dazzer
Well-known member
Decided on an early start this morning to see if there was any fish about.
Got out of bed at 3am and was on a snowing Blyth Pier at 4am.
Went straight to my lucky spot where I got my pb & set up there.
I have been alternating baits on my casts lately, today I started with lug/crab & razor cocktail on my first cast & missed a good knock.
Second cast was with whole squid.
The squid was not in the water 10mins when I got a good bang & slack line.
This resulted in the first fish of the morning, a nice codling of 2lb 6oz
Had my other rig ready baited with another cocktail, so on that went, and back in.
Had no takers to that one.
It was back to whole squid again and just like the second cast, was not in the water long when a fish took that.
Another nice codling of 2lb 10oz
After that fish, I decided to stick with whole squid on all of my casts.
I was getting some cracking bites & must not have been hitting them right as I was losing fish when I was reeling in.
Could be that they were just lip hooking & the big swells were causing too much pressure on the fish, don't know.
Think I lost about 7 fish like that.
Just after the turn of the tide at about 9am I hooked into another fish that I managed to keep on & that codling took the scales to 2lb 9oz
Had another hour after that but without a touch, so I decided to call it a day.
It's the best shore session I have had in years, other than getting my pb on New Year's Eve of course.
I really enjoyed it this morning, with some excellent sport.
Got out of bed at 3am and was on a snowing Blyth Pier at 4am.
Went straight to my lucky spot where I got my pb & set up there.
I have been alternating baits on my casts lately, today I started with lug/crab & razor cocktail on my first cast & missed a good knock.
Second cast was with whole squid.
The squid was not in the water 10mins when I got a good bang & slack line.
This resulted in the first fish of the morning, a nice codling of 2lb 6oz
Had my other rig ready baited with another cocktail, so on that went, and back in.
Had no takers to that one.
It was back to whole squid again and just like the second cast, was not in the water long when a fish took that.
Another nice codling of 2lb 10oz
After that fish, I decided to stick with whole squid on all of my casts.
I was getting some cracking bites & must not have been hitting them right as I was losing fish when I was reeling in.
Could be that they were just lip hooking & the big swells were causing too much pressure on the fish, don't know.
Think I lost about 7 fish like that.
Just after the turn of the tide at about 9am I hooked into another fish that I managed to keep on & that codling took the scales to 2lb 9oz
Had another hour after that but without a touch, so I decided to call it a day.
It's the best shore session I have had in years, other than getting my pb on New Year's Eve of course.
I really enjoyed it this morning, with some excellent sport.
