Wicked Jack 9th May 2012

[dave craig]

Well after sitting in the house for a month and resisting the temptation to try it on Tuesday afternoon, Graham and I finally got out yesterday morning. We got out past the piers around 8.30am to a surprisingly calm sea with a gentle swell.

Headed south and had a few drifts which resulted in my first cod of the season!! Certainly not a large fish by anybodies standards but a fish nonetheless!

We tried various spots which resulted in a few fish here and there but no consistency. By lunchtime the wind had completely dropped so I decided to hit a wreck around the 6 mile mark. This proved to be a waste of time due to the ripping tide and the fact that there was nowt there!

So we headed back inshore where we took a few more fish...


By 2pm the predicted easterly had begun to make its presence felt which resulted in a heavy chop and not particularly comfortable fishing conditions..

So around 4pm we headed back. In total we had 8 keepers - best around 4lb. I lost 4 fish throughout the day also so ended up with only 50% of what I had actually hooked!!

All in all an enjoyable day, great to be back out; the water was surprisingly clear also given the recent seas we've had. All fish taken on daylights, hokkis, shads and sidewinders.

Tight lines

Cheers
Dave

[codseeker]

nice to get that break in the weather and a few fish welldone lads

[billyturbot]

looks like it was a canny day,a few nice clean fish as well

[jameswlong1941]

Wicked Jack

Well m8 you must be proud of yourself and with Gordon produced some canny cod there for the table and the pics show it all so not a bad session but better luck the next time you go out there and as you know things will change okay m8.

[mick dunn]

Well done. Good thing about Bon Ami the charter boat is it is good when weather worsens but its still hard work.
Mick.

[Graham B]

She looks fairly snotty on the last photo Dave, well done with the keepers!

Graham.

[wormole]

Wednesday off Creswell

Good pics..I think that was me in the third photo. Much the same catch plus the pollack on the shad which you saw. I saw a couple of good pollack landed on the boats despite the conditions. Great to get out though at 7 am off Coquet Island I wondered what I was doing there..a good day to have a bit of company.
Fingers crossed for the weather and high pressure over Amble for the whole summer?

Colin H