Boat Gear

[oldessox]

they would probably be ok, as on a decent day 2 miles north of amble isnt really that far from beadnell, u got any tips/advice for wreck fishing, is it simoly a case of repeating the drift over the wreck or do you anchor?

Most boats off Northumberland drift the wrecks , that is , find the wreck , plot it properly , find your drift over it then drop a bait or perk etc down as you drift over it , over and over again.
Norman wrote an article on this site somewhere , it's brilliant , tells you exactly how to do it , reading that is how I learned to find and fish a wreck .

The co ordinates I put up are wrecks about 5 miles east of Beadnell , they are within my range(from Amble) on a good calm day but so far I've not been to them , if I were sailing from Beadnell they are the wrecks I'd be checking out , and of course the Somali which is on your doorstep , someone posted on here last year that there were a lot of cod on the Somali one weekend.

All the wrecks will be marked on your plotter , it's just a case of checking them out one by one and seeing how they fish and if you like fishing them , I have my favourites , but also have a few marked that I hate fishnig because they are covered in nets and it's virtually impossible to drift them without losing all your gear every time.
It takes a bit of learning how to find and fish them but that's half the fun of fishing for me.
I'll look forward to your reports in the spring and summer , keep looking and asking on here and the lads that have been at it for years will keep you right , they have for me so far and I've improved with each trip out.
Couple more days and the nights start to get lighter again and we can all start looking forward to spring

Ray

[Norman]

ahhh yes "spring" ...... bring it on !

[northeast1]

lol Norman i cant wait and i always do rubbish until May time anyway but still cnat wait for lighter mornings and the chance to get out...you paid your fee's yet? Slinky out the water next year? Stingray out 4th of April for a week (1st time) checked Slinky and she was fine last week, i had a live crab in my fish well...gull must of dropped it

[davem2005]

Going back to the original question...over the years I have used 30 class rods and the shimano tld's, 10,15 and 20,s ...cant fault them .

Braid is a must, any fine make witha round a 30lb BS.

A few years ago I bought a mitchell 6-16 class rod and did at the time wonder if it would manage but it has since proved to cope with fish on this coast and and the west coast of scotland and has accounted for tope up to around the 55lb mark. A very good buy and now time for replacing.

travelling down from Berwick today i called into Greys ( as you do ) just to see if they had anything suitable for the wifes xmas present. I managed to bag her an absolute bargain of a Greys Longboat 10-15...I actually dont know why I bothered because she hasnt used the last rod I bought her...but at least I manged to use it a few times because it would have been a total waste of money otherwise!

I am hoping that this coupled with the Penn 975 ld I bought earlier this year will be a perfect combination as I havent used a jigger in about 4 years and prefer bait or shad fishing and hopefully the slightly longer rod will be an advantage to this kind of fishing....time will tell.

Cheers
Dave

[oldessox]

Going back to the original question...over the years I have used 30 class rods and the shimano tld's, 10,15 and 20,s ...cant fault them .

Braid is a must, any fine make witha round a 30lb BS.

A few years ago I bought a mitchell 6-16 class rod and did at the time wonder if it would manage but it has since proved to cope with fish on this coast and and the west coast of scotland and has accounted for tope up to around the 55lb mark. A very good buy and now time for replacing.

travelling down from Berwick today i called into Greys ( as you do ) just to see if they had anything suitable for the wifes xmas present. I managed to bag her an absolute bargain of a Greys Longboat 10-15...I actually dont know why I bothered because she hasnt used the last rod I bought her...but at least I manged to use it a few times because it would have been a total waste of money otherwise!

I am hoping that this coupled with the Penn 975 ld I bought earlier this year will be a perfect combination as I havent used a jigger in about 4 years and prefer bait or shad fishing and hopefully the slightly longer rod will be an advantage to this kind of fishing....time will tell.

Cheers
Dave

Lol , sick of slippers and other such "useful" christmas presents , I called in to their sale last week , I bought four rods and a jacket and gave them to my missus , I said "wrap them up and give me them for christmas"............. no suprise , but at least I'll be honestly pleased with what I get.

Ray

[The Great Wallsendo]

ahhh yes "spring" ...... bring it on !

Standing on a cold windswept beach with frost bitten toes, rain dripping off the end of your nose, rain so hard that it soaks through your waterproofs - does the thought of North East winter shore fishing not appeal Norman?

[Norman]

Standing on a cold windswept beach with frost bitten toes, rain dripping off the end of your nose, rain so hard that it soaks through your waterproofs - does the thought of North East winter shore fishing not appeal Norman?

So that's what the attraction is Tone, there was me thinking it was fishing ...... nah mate fraid I`m getting past the old trojan bit these days ... ... to me fishing is burning 10 mile out at sea under the summer sun with that moment when you think your snagged but it begins to come upward (but still feels snagged), with the cabin boy keep drenching the deck and bait in clean water to stop it baking in the heat ..... wont be long now ......


Ray, I agree with the xmas present ideas, my wifes got me loads she dont know about yet


and once again getting back to the original question ...... no matter what the reel (lever drag for sure for ease of use) but it's got to be Dynon 3000 55lbd braid "its the dogs b's"



norm

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

It simply has to be Dynon ....I'm even going to use it when lure fishing for Pike !

[oldessox]

So that's what the attraction is Tone, there was me thinking it was fishing ...... nah mate fraid I`m getting past the old trojan bit these days ... ... to me fishing is burning 10 mile out at sea under the summer sun with that moment when you think your snagged but it begins to come upward (but still feels snagged), with the cabin boy keep drenching the deck and bait in clean water to stop it baking in the heat ..... wont be long now ......


Ray, I agree with the xmas present ideas, my wifes got me loads she dont know about yet


and once again getting back to the original question ...... no matter what the reel (lever drag for sure for ease of use) but it's got to be Dynon 3000 55lbd braid "its the dogs b's"



norm

I'm swapping marinas , we don't get any of that up here in Amble , must be the more tropical climate you lads have "down south"

Ray

[Norman]

We get that weather lots down at the Tyne Ray, probably as much as once a year .. well almost that many times

[The Great Wallsendo]

We get that weather lots down at the Tyne Ray, probably as much as once a year .. well almost that many times

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