b.o.t.a.c. r/m tynemouth pier. 29.12.14.

[davidhayley1945]

1st tony Anderson 32whiting,1fld, 26.3.0.
2nd bob Gascoigne 23 whiting,1cod, 22.13.0.
3rd ken robinson 22 whiting, 19.1.0.
4th mick styles 18 whiting, 15.7.0.
5th trevor straker 14 whiting,1coaly. 13.12.0.
h/f bob Gascoigne cod 4.12.0.
20 fished 17 weighed in on a dry sunny day over 150lb fish. davy.

[g-force]

Lots of whiting there to keep the lads busy! Well done to Tony again - bet some mackerel fillets were used up today haha I think the three of us from South Beach club were all recovering from our Xmas comp & drink yesterday, but see you in the new year Davy.

Gary

[ChrisH]

What happened to all the whiting that were weighed in?

[bigroppa]

What happened to all the whiting that were weighed in?

most of them are just weighed and released.

[davidhayley1945]

What happened to all the whiting that were weighed in?

all fish are weighed then returned unless the lads want to take some home, davy.

[ChrisH]

Kudos to the Tynemouth lads for not slaughtering bags full of whitings for the sake of getting their weight up.
How does the weighing work? Does everyone carry their own scales or is there a weighman sprinting up and down the pier with a set of scales?

[g-force]

Kudos to the Tynemouth lads for not slaughtering bags full of whitings for the sake of getting their weight up.
How does the weighing work? Does everyone carry their own scales or is there a weighman sprinting up and down the pier with a set of scales?

There are a couple of sets of scales - one kept up by the numbered pegs at the end (where most lads fish) and another down at the four-posts end for lads fishing the free zone. You just take your fish to the scales, get the weight witnessed by another angler and the score-chart filled out then the fish is returned (or conked on the head if it's a nice plaice or codling etc destined for the pan!).

Gary

[davidhayley1945]

Kudos to the Tynemouth lads for not slaughtering bags full of whitings for the sake of getting their weight up.
How does the weighing work? Does everyone carry their own scales or is there a weighman sprinting up and down the pier with a set of scales?

stopped fishing the second half so I could get the the fish weighed and returned,most of the whiting were around 1lb with quite a lot heading towards the 2lb mark some of the lads took the bigger ones home for a fry, the lads fish number 1 to 24 each having 2 numbers then change at 12.30. to fish there 2nd number so it is quite easy to weight and return two sets of scales used sometimes three. davy.