Wrecks

[joostan]

Just a quick question but are wrecks peoples little secrets or do you guys let others know of a few that have been fishing?

If the latter please let me know of a couple? If you have the name of the wrecks I'll look them up on my database.

[northeast1]

I guess it is abit of both, we do sometimes share between people we know but to be honest not often 1 wreck fishes the same two days or even 2 tides in a row anyway, i have fished wrecks on the Sat and not had a thing, stopped off on the way home on the Sunday and bagged up .


Good example of a wreck fishing was a day we took 100+ cod off one up north, tried it 4 days later and only landed 1 cod and 2 ling.

[Kev1n]

I guess it is abit of both, we do sometimes share between people we know but to be honest not often 1 wreck fishes the same two days or even 2 tides in a row anyway, i have fished wrecks on the Sat and not had a thing, stopped off on the way home on the Sunday and bagged up .


Good example of a wreck fishing was a day we took 100+ cod off one up north, tried it 4 days later and only landed 1 cod and 2 ling.

And by coincidence, I fished it the day after without any luck.

There’s a few posts on NESA that give names and coordinates of some well know wrecks and there’s info on several websites too.
Once you have that info it’s pot luck about which ones have fish on. We are still learning and have found a good approach is to try one drift on a wreck then move on unless there’s fish on it. Diversity instead of thoroughness.

[oldessox]

Just a quick question but are wrecks peoples little secrets or do you guys let others know of a few that have been fishing?

If the latter please let me know of a couple? If you have the name of the wrecks I'll look them up on my database.

Pay the fees for a years membership of the wrecksite ( £25ish)and look all the wrecks up in striking distance of your boat , the site will tell you all about all the wrecks in the area , which ones are still intact , which ones are no longer there , what they were , how they sunk ....... all kinds of information , put the interesting ones in your plotter and go plot them out one day when it's calm and you can zip around easily. Once you have them all in there , like the lads say , it's a case of going round them one by one looking for the one with the fish on it , sometimes it's obvious just by looking at the fishfinder , sometimes it's not so obvious and you have to do a drift or two to see what's there , if you find one with fish on , make it a priority visit next time out but don't bank on it having fish on it again , sometimes they are still there (or maybe they have gone and another shoal has arrived , who knows?) and sometimes they have vanished without trace.
What I do is head with the tide , if it's ebbing when I go out I'll head north and fish the wrecks up there , when it turns I'll head back south fishing the wrecks on the way , saves petrol
Usually there are enough fish about in ones and twos to keep me interested without doing the full circuit , occasionally I hit a wreck teaming with fish and only move off it when I'm aching or bored with catching them , and very rarely I run about like a headless chicken from wreck to wreck catching absolutely nowt.
Go look for them , it's much more satisfying finding them for yourself than being put on them by another skipper

Ray

[Axe]

WRECK

i think thats the one olessox was on about im saving/looking for a boat myself so doing dome homework on wrecks and drifts aswell while im stuck on dry land lol

[oldessox]

WRECK

i think thats the one olessox was on about im saving/looking for a boat myself so doing dome homework on wrecks and drifts aswell while im stuck on dry land lol

That's the one , it's a great site once you've paid the fees , then you have full access to all the wrecks all over the place for a year , I made the mistake of only plotting the ones within 10 miles or so of Amble , I should have marked the tyne ones while I was on .
It's fascinating to know you are drifting over the wreck of a German submarine one minute and then some of the ships it sank later on in the day.
There's much more to fishing than catching fish

Ray

[The Great Wallsendo]

despite evidence to the contrary in recent weeks I would still maintain there is no such thing as a "banker"

as we have all found they are often there one minute and gone the next - you just have to go find them again

[joostan]

It's fascinating to know you are drifting over the wreck of a German submarine one minute and then some of the ships it sank later on in the day.
There's much more to fishing than catching fish

Ray

Totally agree with you mate and thanks for the link. I too would like to know more about the history of the Sea's I am fishing which includes the wrecks I am fishing from.

[mark]

if you can track down a copy "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" volumes 1-3 I think it is that covers our bit of the coast. They are compiled from the returns of Lloyds register of shipping, Board of trade and UKHO and make some fascinating reading.

worth keeping an eye out for but getting harder to come by, seconds hand ones one amazon are often £150 a volume

managed to get a near full set on ebay a few years back for 50 quid, with just one volume missing, (the cornwall bit) for 50 quid

[joostan]

Well I've signed up to the wrecks site for a year so this will keep me busy for a while.