2013 Planning Time

[oldessox]

Ray, you must be one of a crowd of people round here who have their fingers crossed for better weather and a better season this year.

If the weather allows this year, I want to have a run up northwards to plunder the ample Amble Pollock. I’m wondering if I can find water that is deep enough to hold good Pollock but shallow enough to fish with a spinning rod and sandeel. It may mean working out how to slow any drift down a lot, maybe trial a drogue. Roll on summer.

We've had some good pollock spinning metal lures with a spinning rod and fixed spool reel, one of my aims for this coming summer, if we get one, is to float fish for pollock from the boat , a sliding float set deep , cast over the side and let the drift take it away , lifting the rod will raise the bait, probably a sandeel of some description , through the water layers, releasing the line will drop it back again.
Whether I get the chance to do it only time will tell, but it might be fun.
If you are coming up , give me a shout, I'll give you any marks I know for pollock to get you started.

[Kev1n]

Thanks Ray, that looks like a good plan. Now all we need it for the weather to cooperate.

[hulme6612]

Cheers Arthur

What is your PB Chris from the UK? will try and beat it this year

Skate trip now booked so thats one weekend out of April the wrecks/rough ground will be safe from Stingray

cod 18lb and i'm yet to get a double ling

[northeast1]

Cod be a tough one, only had 4 over 18lb in the last 2 years but the ling be NO BOTHA

[northeast1]

Well bit of good news for me, on shifts for a while longer at work so that means some Mondays and Fridays extra at sea instead of just the weekends.

Any shift worker on here that cant get booked up mid-week giz a buzz as often just me or me and Graham out mid-week...thats if the weather lets us

[northeast1]

Well two day Tope trip booked with two lads off here for the end of May, something else to look forward to and maybe a half day pollack fishing from the boat...plans comming together nice