pierro
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Saturday, 21st April,
Fishing the River Wear at South Hylton. Started at 11am finished at 4.45pm High Tide at 4.30pm (4.9m). Weather forecast was for showers throughout the day so I thought rather than get the soaking I did on Middleton Pier last week I’d head to one of the rivers somewhere where I could pitch my fishing shelter. With everything set up - started slow, as expected; so long before the tide brought any fish up the river. It was about 2pm when the rod knocked a couple of times, I should have left it longer for the fish to fully take the bait but I guess having sat for so long the excitement got the better of me – alas no fish on when I brought it in. It was about 3.15 when the next knock arrived, this time I sat on my hands and left it to develop for several minutes after the fourth knock brought it in to be rewarded with two flounders, 31 and 24cms. This was a tester for the little rod I was using, a small carp rod which gives good bight indication, using 25lb braid. There was plenty of rubbish floating in the river and so had to be careful when reeling in and also be observant that none of the floating debris caught my line and pulled the rod into the river. Next capture was an eel (first for me) then just at high tide pulled in two further flounders 19 & 21 cm and another eel. So all in all not a bad session 4 fish and two eels. Bait used was rag, tipped with mackerel, some runnydown and tipped with squid also had a few small whiteworm which bagged me the first two flounders. The shelter did the business keeping me and my gear dry. The fishing was interspaced by the relaxation of watching a pair of oyster catchers having fun on the opposite bank together with the sight of a couple of c**k pheasants and a cormorant/shag flying around which fortunately did not take up residence at my location. Three other comrades fishing with me landed about six flounders between them none of which could beat the 31cm prize I’d pulled. At the turn of the tide called it a day as the river starting to flow back towards the sea was bringing lots of debris down with it which would have ruined any enjoyment. All in all a very pleasant day and some canny little sport on the light rod. All fish returned unharmed.
Fishing the River Wear at South Hylton. Started at 11am finished at 4.45pm High Tide at 4.30pm (4.9m). Weather forecast was for showers throughout the day so I thought rather than get the soaking I did on Middleton Pier last week I’d head to one of the rivers somewhere where I could pitch my fishing shelter. With everything set up - started slow, as expected; so long before the tide brought any fish up the river. It was about 2pm when the rod knocked a couple of times, I should have left it longer for the fish to fully take the bait but I guess having sat for so long the excitement got the better of me – alas no fish on when I brought it in. It was about 3.15 when the next knock arrived, this time I sat on my hands and left it to develop for several minutes after the fourth knock brought it in to be rewarded with two flounders, 31 and 24cms. This was a tester for the little rod I was using, a small carp rod which gives good bight indication, using 25lb braid. There was plenty of rubbish floating in the river and so had to be careful when reeling in and also be observant that none of the floating debris caught my line and pulled the rod into the river. Next capture was an eel (first for me) then just at high tide pulled in two further flounders 19 & 21 cm and another eel. So all in all not a bad session 4 fish and two eels. Bait used was rag, tipped with mackerel, some runnydown and tipped with squid also had a few small whiteworm which bagged me the first two flounders. The shelter did the business keeping me and my gear dry. The fishing was interspaced by the relaxation of watching a pair of oyster catchers having fun on the opposite bank together with the sight of a couple of c**k pheasants and a cormorant/shag flying around which fortunately did not take up residence at my location. Three other comrades fishing with me landed about six flounders between them none of which could beat the 31cm prize I’d pulled. At the turn of the tide called it a day as the river starting to flow back towards the sea was bringing lots of debris down with it which would have ruined any enjoyment. All in all a very pleasant day and some canny little sport on the light rod. All fish returned unharmed.
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