Recent content by lemmylad

I think willywetegg mentioned small feathers on a spinning rod earlier. I usually only fish macky over at the mull as bait and prefer to get them on a spinner. I learned to tie my own feathers this winter and made a few sets of 3 or 4. They're great with a 1oz pear lead on the spinning rod...

you want the biggest hooks you can get hold of with makerel flappers on a 150lb running ledger. oh and a boat... TRM got one off the mull the other year but he was way out. Tope from the shore are like rocky horses **** as far as I know. Prob too late in the year now anyway. Have a scout for...

straining for a ****e by the look of him!

Hoy lad! Hoy lad! You can't leave us plebs out - even if TRM junior takes terrible photos! Here's a couple more catchess from the trip.

not these days!! not these days!! You could get a car along there, but as I say, there's locked gates at various points. If it weren't for them, you could get right along the breakwater in a 4x4. (Hmmm!!!!)

aye but it's a hike. aye but it's a hike. We fished warkworth a couple of years ago. I think the access road is gated & locked though. Park in the public carpark (the one with the toilet-block) next to warkworth caravan site an a path goes straight down to the back of the dunes halfway along...

nice report nice report lovely pics and well done on the conger. It's a shame the mull seems to have gone off a bit over the past few years. We've been fishing around the flat rock and the wall a few times a year for the last 4 or 5 years. We went for a couple of days in July and it was a...

not for skate not for skate Sorry, I wasn't too clear. My mate has been showing me the heavy kit he's getting together for skate. It's very much beyond my price bracket. I want something general purpose that I can use mostly on the mull for conger, and on the boat for tope / rays etc when the...

I'm expecting the opportunity to go on a mates boat up in west scotland this summer, so I need to get myself a rod. As far as I know they're going for skate and require some very heavy and expensive kit. I'm on a tight budget but I'm hoping to get something that will allow me to try for tope /...

with limited experience, I can't recommend it over anything else, but since it's already mentioned.... I got a RT Axcellerator 2nd hand with an Okuma f/s reel for £80 (I don't 'do' multipliers!!), and to me it's a cracking bit of kit. I can't cast for toffee, but I can manage over 100 yds...

maybe I was a bit harsh in my previous post. I only started fishing last summer, and due to commitments, I spend more time reading about it than practicing it. I bought 2 books (new) for about £7. Between these, I have a permanent reference of every knot and rig I could ever want and a few I...

I've wondered about this stuff. I seen some on the counter in Frasers last week and thought it would just be the same old chemical junk that's been on the go for ages. Obviously doesn't compare to fresh bait, but would be handy for me as I fish to the timetable of my wifes menstrual cycle...

soothan wooftahs soothan wooftahs innit just that these mags are aimed moreso at those on the south and southwest coasts? They have a few things relating to our patch but when was the last time any of you caught a bass on a lure? As a relative novice, I read with the hope of learning...

well said micky. very informative. Have you ever seen a doco about 'noodling' (catching catfish by hand)?

Can anyone tell me where I can get some admiralty charts for nowt? I can find agents selling them on the net but nowhere to look at them for free. Obviously chart 156 generally, but chart 1627 covering warkworth harbour would be ideal. All suggestions gratefully received. Also, I'm planning my...