Novacaine for the Soul

[The Great Wallsendo]

Set out tonight with my light rod, half a dozen frozen crab and some of that freeze dried Ragworm from SeaBait...

Intention was to catch an Eel and/or Flatties so off I went to the Rivers...fished at Blyth Quay first off...


Got nowt here except a load of Lugworm and Ragworm from a fella who's boat trip had also been called off ...if you look in here mate - cheers

The Rain started coming down so I headed back down south to the Tyne...and pulled in at North Shields Fish Quay...


Hadn't fished here since last year at about this time (no dead sheep this time )

Rig was simple tonight - fixed 2oz leger with a flowing trace to a size 1 blue kamasan "crab" hook - bait was crab.

Wasn't long before I was getting knocks, struck into something only for it literally come off at the waters edge so I rebaited and tried again...

This time another definite knock resulted in...


Woo Hoo - first Eel...deep hooked so snipped the snood and threw the slimey critter back.

New rig, fresh bait...10 minutes later...


This one twice the size of the first one duly lobbed back...

Another rig, more bait...10 minutes later...


A nice little flounder about the size of a size 8 trainer

That was it then - no more fish caught.

Totally enjoyed it tonight...a really good example of leaving the house with a specific plan in mind and managing to make it work.

[gazzawill]

nice one tony a few fish to boot aswell canny session

[a3rox]

i think i may of seen you mate, down at the fish quay, were you driving a silver corsa? and got caught in the heavy rain? well done on the catches by the way, with the weather been like that catching fish is always the treat

[johnf]

I was down there myself with my mate & kids, we fished the "gut" at the east side of the fish quay where the trawlers moor up. From 9-12pm we had 12 fish, flounder,coalie & a solitary eel, biggest fish was a flounder of just over a pound. There was a hell of a downpour at around 10pm.

[tonynufc]

well done mate thanks for the report

[fishing bairn]

great catch concidering the weather

[greggthe1]

Well done Tony mate. Sorry i didn't reply but been up at Beadnell and didn't get ya message till tonight. Well done on catching some fish but i'm not suprised...you never seem to blank these days bud

[The Great Wallsendo]

i think i may of seen you mate, down at the fish quay, were you driving a silver corsa? and got caught in the heavy rain? well done on the catches by the way, with the weather been like that catching fish is always the treat

Aye that was me mate ...I wasn't dressed appropriately for the rain but it strangley didn't bother me...maybe I'm practicing for Glastonbury

Well done Tony mate. Sorry i didn't reply but been up at Beadnell and didn't get ya message till tonight. Well done on catching some fish but i'm not suprised...you never seem to blank these days bud

No worries mate - you'll have to come out again some point...we'll have to check calendars - busy few months coming up LOL