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  • Slinky Kate Saturday August 13th 2011

    Well, a different day today ... not for reasons of fishing but for the hours of fishing

    Up and out weather watching at 4.30am this morning with a trip to tynemouth... ohhh it was not good, wipers on all the way there, a little easterly blowing and the sound of surf with as far as I could see breakers in on the rocks, not that I could see far at 4.30am but it was enough to cancel the trip ...... since Tone has been working away all week I thought it best to call him early and let him know of the cancellation ....... (back to bed)

    That was it, back home , back to bed, and sleep until a reasonable time of 8.00am ...... by which time ....sh1t, it was bright, slight west breeze no rain ....... ooooops. so after a quick change of clothes and another trip back to Tynemouth a looksee to find the breakers had all but gone I made the reverse call ... it was back on ........ (sorry Tony and Lisa I mean Mr and Mrs Wallsendo )

    This saw myself and Tone leaving the marina at an extrodinary late time of 8.30am and in the knowledge Tony had to be back early for a family function .......

    To be honest it was a great day out , relaxing and not tiring as usual as we decided early on to limit the day to about 4 hours.
    We went straight out to clear the dirty flood water and met up with bert and crew about 4 - 5 mile out, they were more or less on their way back having had an early (and I take it very bumpy) start.

    Tony was into his first codling at approx 30 seconds with a hokkai'd pirk then into his second soon after on a custard shad.

    We had a leisurly few hours only visiting 3 wrecks but once again shads did the biz giving us a dozen or so fish to take back with several others returned.
    Points of note today
    spotted a dolphin
    spotted a sharks fin ... until we got close and we realised how a sharks fin and the corner of a plastic box look very alike
    didnt catch a single mackerel (mind you had shads on line most of the time)
    caught on all sorts of shads, no specific colour
    didn't catch ANY whiting which were so prevalent the week previous ...

    Left to head back at about 12.30pm which was more or less our alloted 4 hours , both fresh and ready to enjoy the rest of the day , maybe there is a time to NOT be out at 4.00am sometimes

    due to a technical hitch with the camera the pictures are somewhat limited today, however ..... (we'll remember eventually which is the on switch ... ! )

    leisurely fishing .....




    Tony with a "poor cod" on a shad almost the same size .....




    codling codling




    And the same for Tone




    And theres more ....




    and some a little bigger




    Not the biggest of fish today but all clean and fit for the table .....

    cheers all

    norm
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    ,,;;`` [_________/-,......... Norman......... http://slinkykate.com/

  • #2
    Well done lads, thought the report might feature after the football

    jonny
    PB Ling 14.5lb (AUG 2013 Stingray)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by jonny_s View Post
      Well done lads, thought the report might feature after the football

      jonny
      aye jonny, even honours all around sets it up as a good un next week ....

      norm
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      ,,;;`` [_________/-,......... Norman......... http://slinkykate.com/

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      • #4
        Great report as ever Norm.

        Yes it was bumpy early on, I wish it had stayed that way as well, we were out at the Beehive presentation last night so I over indulged, however I felt okay until the sea flattened off to leave those lazy swells. Another reminder to never mix pleasure (drinking) with pleasure (fishing).

        We had a canny catch as well, 40 cod, whitings, coalies & mackys.

        Cheers!
        Cheers, Keith.

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        • #5
          Great report and pics as ever Norman. Nice to see the codling are still there , even after the late start, I was down the marina this morning and the water was like mud in the river, so if i'm out tomorrow i'll be heading well out to the clearer water.
          What was the drift like Norman

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          • #6
            Great stuff Norman , it was never going to be a world beater after last week , but it seems to have been a goodun
            _____________
            Ray

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            • #7
              another great haul of fish lads and classic pics .... tony ya look like ya been on the smack ya get thinner every week
              Panel Pin Champ
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              • #8
                Aye Chris fast drift especially on the ebb with wind and tide both flowing from the south ... but fine for shads ...

                norm
                ]` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` )
                . . ,,,,,,___[ ~ \___
                ,,;;`` [_________/-,......... Norman......... http://slinkykate.com/

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                • #9
                  Well done Norman for making the most of the short session; you and Tony look to have caught some lovely clean, pan sized fish.

                  08:30 is a very civilised time to start although the sea still looked lumpy then. Poor Tony must have been up and down like a bride’s knickers, first it’s on then off then back on again.

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                  • #10
                    good report as ever Norman, I'm out on the Mistress in the morning, so hoping for a few cod on the shads as well
                    Chris

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                    • #11
                      If only the late start had of been planned I'd have turned up straight from nightshift , well done on getting out.

                      Oh and Tony you're losing some beef there , well done.
                      You can take the lad out of Walker but .......

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                      • #12
                        great report norman your reports make a tough day seem ok
                        but please can you start feeding tony
                        AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT

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                        • #13
                          Nice report and pics well done on the catch.

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                          • #14
                            great report catch and pics as usual well done lads we all look forward to reading your reports well i do good luck on your next trip out.

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                            • #15
                              Was a very satisfying foray into the north sea this week and as has been said great to not feel exhausted (that said I never begrudge it when I do )

                              as Norm said I've been away this week and will also be for the next 5 weeks so Mr Wallsendo really is quite forgiving

                              As to the weight loss it's going steady - the hotel I'm stopping in has GYM and Pool so have been visiting daily....that said I still had the 16oz T Bone Steak on Thursday night

                              Cheers as ever Norman - see you next week, weather permitting
                              Ooh a new vid!

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