Wor Lass 14th Aug

[Kev1n]

After a couple of week’s holiday followed by poor weather, we finally got out today. The storms and heavy rain have washed a lot of debris into the sea, we motored past a tree and other flotsam six miles out from Tynemouth and the water looked like tea.

That’s all the excuses in, now for the fishing..... it was poor.

We started close inshore with no luck then made the unusual move of turning south east, passing a lot of other boats on the inshore wrecks and steamed on to plot some new coord’s at about six miles. We only caught small scotchies and some undersized whiting. The plague of whiting were a problem, coming in two at a time from some wrecks but became scarcer further out. Hitting the 12mile wrecks we still hadn’t found the cod; becalmed, the drift was 0knots and the rain hammered down.

On the way back in, an old favourite wreck saved the day with a few coddling to about 5lb falling to lug and squid baited muppets. They had a preference for pink muppets, we would have tried them baited with mackerel if we could have found any. Still, it was great to be back out there.

[oldessox]

It was a glorious day to be at sea today Kev I would still be out there now if it wasn't for the bogey man that comes out after dark

[The Jester]

Nice one Kev , looking for new co-ords is exciting as well, you just never know if you are going to find . Plus you ended up with some codling .

[canman]

Was that Sunday you were out Kevin, as that was the better of the two days?
Saw the tree your referring to, that could cause some damage
The water was dirty as you say, but surprisingly, the mackerel were only 6ft below the surface in what must be almost brackish water at 2-3mls from the tyne.
At least you finally hit a wreck with a few fish to save the blushes.
Hope to see you out there soon

[Kev1n]

Was that Sunday you were out Kevin, as that was the better of the two days?
Saw the tree your referring to, that could cause some damage
The water was dirty as you say, but surprisingly, the mackerel were only 6ft below the surface in what must be almost brackish water at 2-3mls from the tyne.
At least you finally hit a wreck with a few fish to save the blushes.
Hope to see you out there soon

It was Sunday we were out, conditions were great but the fishing was carp. I should have known better than to head south

Still, if it was always easy it would be no challenge and it helps you appreciate the good day all the more.
Our next trip will be either on Wednesday or Friday afternoons if the weather allows; give us a shout on ch6 if you're out. You'll know where to avoid then

[Kev1n]

Nice one Kev , looking for new co-ords is exciting as well, you just never know if you are going to find . Plus you ended up with some codling .

You’re right Chris, every one we plot increases the options and, like fishing there’s always the element of size, is it a big one or just a tiny spec of debris. As an added bonus we saw the dolphins again as we sat becalmed. They were at a distance this time, not playing in the bow wave. It all adds to the day out.