Must be bad

[LING_BASHER]

I was out on the boat today...from Amsterdam to newcastle.....and there is no way i would be going out in that sea.The big girl was being slammed from the winds and the waves so a 20-30ft boat had no chance.

[TC]

Aye Richy.......
Coming along the coast road tonight, the sea looked a wee bit rough.......plenty white horses out there.
Have a good time in Amsterdam ????.........DAFT QUESTION or what :P

[KeithB]

Richy, That\'ll be one boat trip you\'ll be pleased to have caught nowt

[jason]

especially the crabs mate.

[LING_BASHER]

Just got up been in bed for 5 hrs lol paying for it now...or was before lol.No joke aside it was good, we had to give the lad his last right......or is that last night of freedom.No trouble and great crack

[sless]

i bet the crack is great over there richy
did you participate?

[LING_BASHER]

Without a dout Sless

hows things with you then, feeling better now?

[sless]

fished the cleadon club match last neet

nothing to report
hahaha
my finger is still sore
but im ok
cheers

[MarinerKenny]

Don\'t get depressed......The boating season never finishes...wrecking yes.

I\'ve got to say I love winter uptiding / anchor fishing and I\'m surprised how few boats do this type of fishing around our area. The fishing is very good...more cod to be had and certainly more consistent than wrecking.

It\'s also more relaxing...just like shore fishing but you catch fish, (I\'m a crap shore fisherman !!)

Come to think of it we were thinking of trying some long range wrecks over the winter this year for some Pollock...anybody else tried this?

Jeff

Hallow Jeff,
I have been thinking the same myself - this winter I want to have a go at Up/Downtiding, as I will always favour Boat fishing to fishing from the shore - This winter might see me fishing from the odd rock mark, but I am looking to mainly fish from the boat - if the weather behaves itself.
Any tips you can give to an Uptide fishing virgin ?
I have read the mags & books, but you can never take enough good knowledge in

Can\'t imagine how the long range wrecks in the North Sea would fish, but they do ok with it down south so it could be worth a go.

[jeff]

Hi Kenny,

Well first of all...don\'t spend a fortune on gear if you haven\'t done so already. If you\'ve got an old Beachcaster cut it down to 9.5 to 10 feet in length. Most good shore reels will do, ( for e.g. Penn 525 /535, ABU 7000, Daiwa Slosh etc...).

On the \"Volante\" we use 25lb braid or Spiderwire Fusion with a 60lb leader. Rigs are simple 4-6ft flowing traces with a single or pennel hook set up with grip lead.

Casting is done at distances of 40-80yds in any direction from the boat. We haven\'t experienced any more success from up or downtiding really. As long as you get your gear away from the area where the boat is disrupting the tidal flow.

When you\'ve cast in let the lead settle before taking up some of the slack if there is any. Put your reel in free spool mode and switch to the ratchet. Then put the coffee on...followed by bacon sandwiches and wait.

We sometimes sit on a mark for up to two hours before getting a bite...be patient. Let the smell of the bait bring fish to the hook. Fish tend to come in short bursts.

Unlike some boats down south we fish the roughest of rough ground and not sand or mud bottoms. We also fish the odd inshore wreck at anchor.

We seem to have more success in the bigger tides and try to keep to less than 8 fathoms of water.

Baits are your typical shore baits but we also hang out a spare rod with 2 - 3 squid on a pennel looking for a lunker.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Jeff.

[MarinerKenny]

Cheers for that Jeff - am lining a few uptide trips out of Whitby for November onwards

Asked a skipper about the chances of catching pollack etc from the offshore wrecks in Winter, and he reckons that aslong as we have had a calm spell of weather for a week or so, so that the water is clear, that is no reason why you won\'t catch Pollack & Coalies.

[PhilT]

Calm weather for a week, clear water...

Any other preconditions? The second coming or the abolition of income tax perhaps? We haven\'t seen a full week of calm weather this summer, let alone winter.

Hope I\'m wrong though.

[LING_BASHER]

I know i should of bought the paper lol but anyone know if there has been anything caught from the boats this weekend, the weather never looked that bad from Gateshead.