whitby disaster

[lingking]

sailed from whitby on 3rd,on shy torque. also out were twa dugs and sea otter 2 shy torque tramped over 20 miles n/east to a wreck,twa dugs went 20 mile southeast to another wreck sea otter 2 stayed around the 9 mile ground catch total for the 3 vessels 1 cod about 8 lb and 2 about 2-3 lb. bad start to first trip of spring festival

[Iva-Cod-on]

Nightmare mate it'll pick up

[wildcard]

We have all been there. Thats fishing.

Alan

[Norman]

aye too true, but it makes the good times even better

[mickthefish]

last year (or the year before?) me and a couple of mates went out for the spring festivalk.
we went 20+miles to the wall in an deteriating sea .it was well choppy the time we got there (2hrs) and the southerly wind was getting stronger.
managed 1 drop , i used a 4inch sidewinder lure which was immediately snaffled up by a nice , presumed pollock due to the rocket dives the fish was taking.
i thought i had the winner as it was the 2nd last day of the festival and most of the previous days were cancelled and the winning fish to date was 7-8lb .
needless to say , i lost the fish probably by fannying about to much cos of the fine wire hooks on this particular lure. i didnt want to give it too much pressure but when i had to ,the fish came off and hook came up straight as a die.
i know for a fact this fish was well over 8lb in my experience.
by this time , skipper announced it was time to go back in (too rough and we had only 1 drop) , 2 and a half hours later we were back in the fleece .soaking , cold and wobbly.
gutted , and surely enough the festival was won by the 7 -8lb cod (i think).we travelled 50 miles in the boat for 1 drop and 1 single 10oz whiting on the boat then straight back in.
i wish tempest could produce the same lures with o'shaunnassy hooks for extra strengh as i think the small lures are excellent for big fish but the hooks are too weak and i have lost confidence in them even though the lures themselves are superb fish catchers.
cheers ,
mick.

[dt1]

Can you change the hooks........Dave.

[northeast1]

Just that time of year really...2 more weeks and should be happy days....past years have shown one day nothing, next weekend its like someone flicking a switch they there in numbers

[lingking]

aye your right northeast 1,the annoying thing is they had fish the week before.the 3 boats mentioned have good skippers.but if theres no fish the best skipper or angler has no chance.theres better times ahead,one hopes

[mickthefish]

Can you change the hooks........Dave.

no mate , the lures are moulded around the hooks. it would mean pulling them to bits.no good.
they do do bigger lures with bigger hooks but they arent as effective as the smaller ones in my opinion.
cheers,
mick.

[mickthefish]

TEMPEST 4" SIDEWINDER SAND EELS PEARL on eBay (end time 29-Apr-10 16:58:31 BST)

these are the fellas here. every boat bag should have a packet.
they are class , and can pull fish out when the waters murky and the going tough.
just divent hook nowt over 10lb lol.
cheers,
mick.