seaham sun/mon/tues session

[jonesey]

well, managed to get last monday and tuesday off so decided to get the rods out and get fishing.
bit of a southerly on, so with hopes high i set off sunday evening for the flat rock at seaham. got there just before high water.

not long before the rods were out
.
that southerly then got evil, and every cast i was getting fast. stuck with it till the tide was well out , regrouped and fished the next up and halfway down. tried rag, lug and squid without so much as a bite until around ten in the morning when i got a slack liner which i missed . time for a move...

headed off back along the blast to the spiles
had a couple of hours sleep then rods back out. that wind had dropped off a bit by now. fished for around two hours with only 1 crab to show so moved up the north pier.


(photos taken just before leaving tuesday around noon)
bumped into a few lads fishing around the thirty mark, they were catching decent numbers of whiting so i set up on the 36. things were getting desperate by now so it was whitey time!!my mate brian then turned up, cast out and caught a codling of around 1 1/2 ib.you can imagine how pleased i was !!!
Anyway, SHOCK AND HORROR, i then got a bite which felt quite heavy which resulted in this...
a lovely 5 pounder.....get in!!
hopes were up by now , and a steady stream of bites resulted in a dozen whiteys mostly around the 3/4 to 1 ib size. baits were rag/lug and squid in various combos, some with a good spray of wd40 on.

things slowed down around 6am for a couple of hours, then a bite and a heavy weight which felt like a decent fish.
turned out to be a flattie, hooked in its back..must have been like an underwater kite!!


managed another flattie soon after before calling it a day....absolutely knackered.

for anyone interested, cod had pipefish and a crab in it when gutted.

over and out

[gazzawill]

nice report and pics jonesy well done on the 5 lber
was out tonight at the dolphin neer sunderland marina
not a touch managed a crab and my mate paul took one too hoping the sea will drop of for tomozz as its real big at moment

[seanyrooroo]

Nearly all the fish I've taken in the last 3 weeks have been full of pipefish. My mate found some live ones flapping on the beach at Horden a couple of weeks ago. The bloke just north of us at Horden had a 6 1/2lb cod full of them.

A nice marathon session there mate, at least you got fish in the end. Well done on the 5lb - er.

[CHOPPER]

Great report and pics mate, well done on the five pounder!!

[gazzawill]

the bass i took just before new year and a few whiting from last week were stuffed with them to must be new to the area as never seen them in fish from the shore at seaham ect before(just the odd one in guts every now and then)

[basswrasse2]

Thanks for the report jonesey cracking fish mate well done our lassass cod had lobster in its stomach

[J.J.]

nice one jonesey good report and pics well done on the 5 lber

[mick dunn]

Those marks look cracking. I have never fished around there before and would love to have a go.
I do not recognise the pier.
Is this the private one the Seaham club has ?.
Oh and well done on the fish.

Mick

More than i got yesterday.

I had couple of nice bites and some lovely big doggers.

[eddie t]

cracking report jonesey well done.

[basswrasse2]

yes mick it is a private peir you have to be in seaham club to get on it mate

[mick dunn]

How much is it to join and is it difficult. Would be nice to go where its quiet.

[gazzawill]

£25.50 first year mick with key to gate
then£19 a year after
to join you need 2 current passport size photos and fill a form out at club house recive your dock pass ank key and bingo
fish when you want
iff the peir is awash the gates will be chained of to the peir but you can fish the white pole and nuckle end inside of the peirs (also gated off but the one key opens all gates)
send me a pm mate if you need any help finding the head quaters

[gazzawill]

SEAHAM SEA ANGLING CLUB
Sep 19,2006 by Tony Cutter


Thanks very much to Kensr27sz for providing the info below:-


The club has comps throughout the year starting from january, comps are held about 2 to 3 weeks apart.

New senior fees are, £10 club membership, £6 dock company fees, £3 insurance and £6.50 key.

Junior fees are, £5 club membership, £6 dock company fees and £3 insurance.

Seniors entering 7 comps during the year can enter the xmas comp.
Juniors entering 5 comps during the year can enter the junior xmas comp.

Any member fishing 15 senior comps during the year gets free club membership the next year therefore only paying dock company fees and insurance fees.
This means that as a new member you will be paying less than 50p a week to fish on the pier. next year we will have access to the south pier.

For more information contact the club on 0191 5810321, ( best time to call is between 0930 and midday ).

[codhead26]

flat rock seaham

hi mate were abouts is the flat rock at seaham.im from h.pool but would like to fish it,is it near he piers.thanx