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Anyone notice the wind today? 
Pre-dawn meet up at the RQ sees Captain and Crew set their alarms before 3am! I could even see TVs on in some of the houses while they continued their “Friday night” LOL
No fuel today so it was straight out beyond the piers…dawn was still an hour away at this point
XC Weather has long been the benchmark for predicting the weather for Team Slinky and today was no exception…chilly 22mph winds see us both reach for the jackets and hats; the white horses owing to the high wind put a canny bit of a chop on too – today was definitely a Slinky School of Dancing kind of day!
Fishing was not prolific but it was honest – the winds made accurately plotting the drift sometimes a difficult task…so it was a case of drift by numbers.
Sometimes you’d miss and sometimes you’d hit the mark…but more often than not when we hit the spot we’d hit fish!
So that was how the morning went on - with (probably) several miles worth of reeling our end gear trying to find the fish all the while trying to stand up without falling over
Backs aching, arms aching but always full of smiles on Team Slinky…great to get out and battle the conditions and to prove our worth as men
We called it quits around about the time that the average civvy was just getting out of bed with a satisfying haul of fish and the knowledge that we still had a full weekend ahead of us
Few pics of today:
Early morning on the Tyne looking towards South Shields
The North Pier pointing resolutely towards the North Sea
Finally the sun rises!
Then the fish start coming…
One of the better fish of the day falling to mackerel feathers!
Coalies! And one a jumbo at about 3lb!
Great trip out as ever – cheers Norm!
Until the next time
Cheers
Tony
Pre-dawn meet up at the RQ sees Captain and Crew set their alarms before 3am! I could even see TVs on in some of the houses while they continued their “Friday night” LOL
No fuel today so it was straight out beyond the piers…dawn was still an hour away at this point
XC Weather has long been the benchmark for predicting the weather for Team Slinky and today was no exception…chilly 22mph winds see us both reach for the jackets and hats; the white horses owing to the high wind put a canny bit of a chop on too – today was definitely a Slinky School of Dancing kind of day!
Fishing was not prolific but it was honest – the winds made accurately plotting the drift sometimes a difficult task…so it was a case of drift by numbers.
Sometimes you’d miss and sometimes you’d hit the mark…but more often than not when we hit the spot we’d hit fish!
So that was how the morning went on - with (probably) several miles worth of reeling our end gear trying to find the fish all the while trying to stand up without falling over
Backs aching, arms aching but always full of smiles on Team Slinky…great to get out and battle the conditions and to prove our worth as men
We called it quits around about the time that the average civvy was just getting out of bed with a satisfying haul of fish and the knowledge that we still had a full weekend ahead of us
Few pics of today:
Early morning on the Tyne looking towards South Shields
The North Pier pointing resolutely towards the North Sea
Finally the sun rises!
Then the fish start coming…
One of the better fish of the day falling to mackerel feathers!
Coalies! And one a jumbo at about 3lb!
Great trip out as ever – cheers Norm!
Until the next time
Cheers
Tony
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