WTF am I doing wrong??

[mick dunn]

It is odd how one can do so well and your mate next too you can struggle. Happened to me loads.

[The Doctor]

Good idea. Pint bitter please doctor.

Here's two mate (_) (_) and here is a couple for smallfry (_) (_) and his two rod experiment.

[smallfry]

Think I'll be taking Geordies advice over yours Doc! We'll see what tomorrow brings! (if anything)

[Stewart 1971]

Well I was on there last night and managed a couple of Whiting and a Flounder. Was using a simple paternster rig with 4/0 pennel hooks and lugworm for bait.

Had plenty of bites once the ebb kicked in but they will have been Whiting hitting the bait and running. If I'd switched to a 2 hook clipdown rig with 1/0 or smaller hooks I'm certain I'd have had plenty more fish.

There were a few other rods on the pier last night but I only saw two codling come in on the drum and heard of a couple off the hard ground around the 70 mark

[smallfry]

Well I was on there last night and managed a couple of Whiting and a Flounder. Was using a simple paternster rig with 4/0 pennel hooks and lugworm for bait.

Had plenty of bites once the ebb kicked in but they will have been Whiting hitting the bait and running. If I'd switched to a 2 hook clipdown rig with 1/0 or smaller hooks I'm certain I'd have had plenty more fish.

There were a few other rods on the pier last night but I only saw two codling come in on the drum and heard of a couple off the hard ground around the 70 mark

Hmm.. interesting Stewy. I think we'll be between 35 & 45 tomorrow night. Say hi if your'e around eh?

[Codqueen]

It is odd how one can do so well and your mate next too you can struggle. Happened to me loads.

And Mark(Kayos) too Mick!!

[The Doctor]

Think I'll be taking Geordies advice over yours Doc! We'll see what tomorrow brings! (if anything)

Aye see wot today brings smallfry. If Geordies 'orrible piggin' pennel rig comes out on top then I think I'll start using them strite away marra ;-)

Geordie! Are you there? Were you the gadgey in the owld blue smock that I saw at the Sunderland Open weigh in?

[GEORDIE H]

Aye see wot today brings smallfry. If Geordies 'orrible piggin' pennel rig comes out on top then I think I'll start using them strite away marra ;-)

Geordie! Are you there? Were you the gadgey in the owld blue smock that I saw at the Sunderland Open weigh in?

No Doc I duffed Sunday mate getting ower old for conditions like that pal I had a rare sunday lunch for a change

[brownmike]

Aye see wot today brings smallfry. If Geordies 'orrible piggin' pennel rig comes out on top then I think I'll start using them strite away marra ;-)

Geordie! Are you there? Were you the gadgey in the owld blue smock that I saw at the Sunderland Open weigh in?

Please don't use pully rigs again doctor you and I know there Sh--.

[The Doctor]

Please don't use pully rigs again doctor you and I know there Sh--.

I know they are. I'm only kiddin'. I'll never use them. For a single hook rig a running ledger is better (if the lead is stationary on the bottom, no tanglyuppies). But most of the time I use a simple simple single hook (size 6.0) paternoster / flapper styley rig with an 18" (500mm) trace when I'm codding. I have got a trick but it's not the way I tell 'em, it's the way I tie them Paddy ;O)

[The Doctor]

No Doc I duffed Sunday mate getting ower old for conditions like that pal I had a rare sunday lunch for a change

I didn't fish it Geordie but I went to the weigh in. Talking about getting owld. I haven't fished much in 20 odd years. I used to be down all the time before I started working away about 1988. I knew George Tully (RIP) et al about 20 years before that. George worked at Pyrex when I served my time.

I'm back home now and I'm gonna start yukking again. I've just bought a Ugly Stick 30lb class 8'-0 boat rod and a Slosh. Not for boat fishing (I hate that) but just for shore fishing. It'll dee me marra, I canna cast much more than 80 yards with bait on anyway and 30 yards is mare than enough wirra git ball o'mussel. Cheers Geordie. I might see ya knockin' around. :O)

The Doctor.

[GEORDIE H]

George Tully

Aye Doc them were the good owld day's mate new George tully very well and he served Seaham sea angling club for seems like donky's as secretary.So it's arny reet they named our new club the George Tully house his missus Rose done the official opening honours.
Good luck on your comeback pal

[smallfry]

Knickers! Well we went & although I didn't use 2 rods I did alternate between rigs, a flapper on my 1st cast got a whitey, a pulley rig later on also got a whitey. My mate won again with a 3lb codling on a 2 hook flattie rig (2 boom set up)

Didn't see or hear of much else being caught on the North pier while we were there.

[GEORDIE H]

Knickers! Well we went & although I didn't use 2 rods I did alternate between rigs, a flapper on my 1st cast got a whitey, a pulley rig later on also got a whitey. My mate won again with a 3lb codling on a 2 hook flattie rig (2 boom set up)

Didn't see or hear of much else being caught on the North pier while we were there.

Had a walk along to the drum head last night while getting some water for me worms .Sat about 20 minutes and there was one lad caught 5 codling in 5 casts ,also on me way off about peg 20 there was a 3 1/2lb codling and down the bottom end about peg 80 my mate had a 5 1/2lb cod all fish caught was on worm baits and at high tide

[blackrat]

It is odd how one can do so well and your mate next too you can struggle. Happened to me loads.

I'm sure you mean it the other way round Mick, where you struggle and your mates always catch !!!!!😝