Blyth Beach 06/10/08

[The Great Wallsendo]

Fished Blyth with Gregg tonight

Sea looked fishy, although it had died down quite a lot since the weekend...

Baits were Rag and Lug...caught nowt for ages, then a good rattle on my rod resulted in a fat Coalie of 36cm guesstimated to weigh about 1.5lbs...nice little fish



It was still very quite on the fish front - Gregg did eventually pull in a micro Codling



Canny night - Good Craic as ever...and it's nice to get the winter season off to a moderate start

Cheers

Tony

[greggthe1]

I it was good craic even if the fish didn't want to play. I had a nightmare with my reels tonight like 3 different reels kept nesting

The pic didn't do your coalie justice bud it looked a lot bigger close up.

[gazzawill]

well done lads keep it up

[phill_itofish]

I it was good craic even if the fish didn't want to play. I had a nightmare with my reels tonight like 3 different reels kept nesting

The pic didn't do your coalie justice bud it looked a lot bigger close up.

have you changed the line on your reel to something smaller?

[Sigsy]

Nice fat Coalie! well done lads

[greggthe1]

Used 4 different reels mate!!! 2 had 30lb line on and the other 2 18lb with a shock leader Just a bad night. Lost about 4 rigs on a clean beach

[phill_itofish]

Used 4 different reels mate!!! 2 had 30lb line on and the other 2 18lb with a shock leader Just a bad night. Lost about 4 rigs on a clean beach

nighmare mate

[greggthe1]

They need a good clean as they were getting sand in them last night.

[g-force]

They need a good clean as they were getting sand in them last night.

What? Sand on Blyth beach? Never! Seriously though, there do seem to be a few patches on the beach (particularly at the top end) where it's like fishing over sandpaper or something. I've had 15lb line snapping every cast before I've even pulled my gripper out & lost leader,rig, the works - after inspecting the end of the line it's as though it's been sanded away to nothing for about the last 10-15 yds. I guess it's a combination of tide & shingly patches - moving along the beach a bit solves the problem.

Nice coalie by the way - no sign of any whiting or bass?

[The Great Wallsendo]

What? Sand on Blyth beach? Never! Seriously though, there do seem to be a few patches on the beach (particularly at the top end) where it's like fishing over sandpaper or something. I've had 15lb line snapping every cast before I've even pulled my gripper out & lost leader,rig, the works - after inspecting the end of the line it's as though it's been sanded away to nothing for about the last 10-15 yds. I guess it's a combination of tide & shingly patches - moving along the beach a bit solves the problem.

Nice coalie by the way - no sign of any whiting or bass?

Not this time...Blyth Beach is still a bit of a mystery to me at times IE how/when is best to fish it etc

Big casts/little casts?

Big/medium/dying/flat calm seas?

H/Water or L/Water?

Fished all variations of above and still find it very hit and miss

[greggthe1]

I prefer to fish the last 2 hours down and the first 2 hours back in.

We need to find some decent high water shots like.

Lots of bites but only the 2 landed. I was using 3/0 hooks and caught a tiny fish and Tony was using size 2 hooks and pulled in a good size coalie.

I lost something in the surf on my last chuck but don't know what it was. Felt like weed as it was canny heavy but there was no weed on the beach or in the surf when i went to have a look.

[eddie t]

well done lads thanks for the report.

[g-force]

I generally also like to fish it last 2 hours or so down & 2 up, but have had some good bags at the top end (bandstand area) at high tide. It's usually a case of searching out the holes, and I like to fish it with a bit a of sea on - not too big however; if it is I'll usually head down to Whitley beach.

It can be hit & miss though - I've fished successive nights, similar conditions, and had completely different results. It used to be one of the best codling beaches years ago - I think my club's record of over 70lb of fish (by one angler) in 3 1/2 hrs came from there.

[basswrasse2]

blyth beach

Well done lads keep it up nice coalie

[greggthe1]

I generally also like to fish it last 2 hours or so down & 2 up, but have had some good bags at the top end (bandstand area) at high tide. It's usually a case of searching out the holes, and I like to fish it with a bit a of sea on - not too big however; if it is I'll usually head down to Whitley beach.

It can be hit & miss though - I've fished successive nights, similar conditions, and had completely different results. It used to be one of the best codling beaches years ago - I think my club's record of over 70lb of fish (by one angler) in 3 1/2 hrs came from there.

70LB I would be happy with 7lb at the moment lol Which clud do you fish in?