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With reports not great of late i decided to have a nice late start and spend the day wreck hoping given it 3-4 drifts then moving on. We left the marina at 8.30am and greated with a great view of the biggest cruise ship i have ever seen.
With myself, cou's Dave and Scotty on today, the target was the same as last trip out i.e 1 keeper per person.
After that we started making our way up the river and my plan was to hit some close in wrecks first when the tide was half way through the flood. We rounded the piers and the sea was rather good but as expected that wind was gusting on and off and this was to be the way of it today.
We plugged away on the close in wrecks but never had a bite or seen any sign of life on the fish finder but what we did see was laods of bird life all heading north. We made our way wreck hoping as we headed over the 10 mile mark. The sea went from a slight sandy blue colour to a bluey green once you passed the 7 mile mark.
8 wrecks down and no bites but the sun was in the sky and the coats came off.
But not all was lost at a 12.5 mile wreck we got some action on the fish finder and hit it bang on slack tide but with the random gusts setting a drift was not straight forward. We tried with bait first and had 2 fish on and off, next drift the drift had picked up to 1.2k so i thought i would try a shad along with Dave and bang first ling of the season at about 5lb on a small orange shad.
Next drift Dave hits into a fish and Scotty has one on and off, Dave brings up a small codling shy of 3lb.
Then that was it, we tried some ground and shared it with a charter from Sunderland and two prawn trawlers but no joy. We then started our ride back home stopping at two more wrecks and a second spot of rough ground but never got anymore bites.
So in total 4 fish on and 2 landed, nothing big but it was a start...sitting typing this with a sun tanned face at last
Until next weekend
p.s Anyone going out Sunday check the gusts as the waves about 5 seconds apart and building with that strong SW wind.
Double p.s Anyone know a cheap supplier for TLD 15 bearings, mine have given up the ghoast after 3 seasons.
With myself, cou's Dave and Scotty on today, the target was the same as last trip out i.e 1 keeper per person.
After that we started making our way up the river and my plan was to hit some close in wrecks first when the tide was half way through the flood. We rounded the piers and the sea was rather good but as expected that wind was gusting on and off and this was to be the way of it today.
We plugged away on the close in wrecks but never had a bite or seen any sign of life on the fish finder but what we did see was laods of bird life all heading north. We made our way wreck hoping as we headed over the 10 mile mark. The sea went from a slight sandy blue colour to a bluey green once you passed the 7 mile mark.
8 wrecks down and no bites but the sun was in the sky and the coats came off.
But not all was lost at a 12.5 mile wreck we got some action on the fish finder and hit it bang on slack tide but with the random gusts setting a drift was not straight forward. We tried with bait first and had 2 fish on and off, next drift the drift had picked up to 1.2k so i thought i would try a shad along with Dave and bang first ling of the season at about 5lb on a small orange shad.
Next drift Dave hits into a fish and Scotty has one on and off, Dave brings up a small codling shy of 3lb.
Then that was it, we tried some ground and shared it with a charter from Sunderland and two prawn trawlers but no joy. We then started our ride back home stopping at two more wrecks and a second spot of rough ground but never got anymore bites.
So in total 4 fish on and 2 landed, nothing big but it was a start...sitting typing this with a sun tanned face at last
Until next weekend
p.s Anyone going out Sunday check the gusts as the waves about 5 seconds apart and building with that strong SW wind.
Double p.s Anyone know a cheap supplier for TLD 15 bearings, mine have given up the ghoast after 3 seasons.
things are really starting to look up , I'm off to check the batteries in my rarely used camera , just in case I get out Monday 
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