Weather was a bitch

[Norman]

Mick, (in my opinion, but others will have their own views) best catch time is when there IS movement in the water, ie the 3 or 4 hours between high and low and also between low and high.
drift is dependant on both wind and tide so if they go in same direction you move fast which is not good for tackle losses or catch since you spend so little time over a given spot. However its possible even in a big tide if the wind is going the opposite way to vertually stand still even though the water is running below you. So there`s no strict answer as it depends on 4 factors wind direction and wind strength, tide direction and tide strength ........
If I could control weather etc and I had a choice I`d fish the 6 hours tide rising from low tide time (therefore flowing from north to south) on med height tide with a 5 to 8 mph southwesterly wind (wind with south to negate the drift and west to keep the sea down) Oh and with the sun shining of course (and a bottle at the ready)

LOL with orange muppets !!

[The Great Wallsendo]

I forgot to mention that the wine and beer are shared cost Les ,I even looked for a monacle on Saturday for picture purposes ,but couldn't find one, Oh and by the way please don't think I'm a posh bloke lol .

Speaking of being posh...Steve/Norman...any requests to top up the cheese board? camambert? potted wensleydale?

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

[Les]

I forgot to mention that the wine and beer are shared cost Les ,I even looked for a monacle on Saturday for picture purposes ,but couldn't find one, Oh and by the way please don't think I'm a posh bloke lol .

lol @ the monicle...

my personal chef supplies the beers as he owns a pub/restaurant and gets them trade.

but he's still a bitch!!!!!!!

[Norman]

LOL gets them trade , no guessing you nationality then les eh

[davem2005]

Les ,

I will never forget fishing downwind from you at Luce bay. I was starving smelling the odours coming from your chefs cooking.

And theres us making do with a two day old cheese and ham sarnie.


Cheers
dave

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Personally Tony I like stilton with port but I thinks it's going too far on the boat ,we'll just stick with the camambert and water biscuits .
Les it sounds like you've got a canny set up there mate

[The Great Wallsendo]

And of course Grapes...peeled for the skipper tho' lest he keel haul us!!!

[Norman]

Steve I think we still need to improve on the temperature a little, that red was a tad cool on Sunday, maybe a few more minutes on the engine block ought to do it ............

[Les]

Les ,

I will never forget fishing downwind from you at Luce bay. I was starving smelling the odours coming from your chefs cooking.

And theres us making do with a two day old cheese and ham sarnie.


Cheers
dave

dave,

that was just the frying pan with the steaks on it seasoned with some lemon peppercorns we had brought back from kenya.

you should smell it when we do a BBQ....lol

one time we were sitting up off st.abbs one day anchored for the flatties and we had a brilliant spread for the BBQ.

once the disposable BBQ was ready tony put bangers, steaks, burgers the works on and after 5 mins the smoke was like a fog all round us.

now unknown to us the BIG lifeboat was on exercise nearby and when it rounded st.abbs head we saw it change tack and head straight for us, we thought we were for it because we thought someone had called a distress for a boat on fire and 2 dudes waving their arms in the air looking for help when in reality we were trying to clear the air because we were choking on the smoke from the BBQ as it was one of those rare flat calm days.

they must have pretty good binoculars on those boats as he got to about 1/4 of a mile from us and turned away....lol

nice scran though )

[Les]

LOL gets them trade , no guessing you nationality then les eh

hey hey norman.....

you geordies are just scotsmen with your brains kicked out, you know that don't you??

[Norman]

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Aye Norman I have to agree on the temperature ,we'll get it right next time mate.

[mick dunn]

Drift.

Thanks Norman that makes sense. Never really understood it.

Cheers Mick.