Black Betty II 21/05/19

[Graham B]

A later than normal first trip off of the season but at least it wasn’t a blank like the first trip normally is.

I headed South from Amble and was into fish straight away and christened the new Interline rod.
I had only brought a little bit of bait with me as it was a test run of the boat after servicing and being out for the winter, once the bait ran out the fish still came to shads though.
I ended up keeping a dozen and threw a good few back. Biggest one today was just over 3lb I would say. A cracking couple of hours on the water.


Graham.


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[dt1]

Great start to your season , how was the inline rod for shadding ?

 

[Graham B]

The rod was great. It got rid of one of the main problems of the braid wrapping around the tip ring when bouncing the shads. I think I will buy the next weight up for the deeper marks and heavier weights/pirks.

Graham.

 

[Davey1970]

Good report.nice to be out, and catching fish, Look forward to the bigger fish coming in.

 

[My Alibi]

Good to see you out Graham. I saw Black Betty on the hard just a couple of weeks back with what looked like a lot of on-going work taking place. Did you strip her back and re-paint?

Look forward to reading more of your reports.

 

[Graham B]

She got a bottom scrape and new anti foul. Then it was a full clean and polish. I was going to re flow coat the deck but getting back fishing came higher on the priority list!!

Graham.

 

[Kev1n]

It’s good to see some familiar names popping up in the boat reports, a sure sign that summer is almost here. Keep the reports coming.

 

[Norman]

:thumbup:nice one Graham mate

Norman

 

[Graham B]

Great to see old faces! How are you managing with the yacht Kevin and how many doubles so far this season on Slinky Norman?

Graham.


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[DaveyP]

Good report, nice to see the fish coming to shads.

 

[Kev1n]

Great to see old faces! How are you managing with the yacht Kevin and how many doubles so far this season on Slinky Norman?

Graham.


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We’ve managed a trip up to Amble back in March and a few other days out. There’s plenty of space for fishing but getting anywhere is much slower.