Stewart 1971
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Been suffering from a serious loss of fishing mojo this last month or so, just no interest in getting out or even coming on the boards for a while. However with a new toy to rekindle my interest (picked up an M4 GT tip to use with my M4 Evo butt for a very good price 
) and a good forecast I decided to grab some bait from the freezer and head out for a session.
Decided on the Walkway for ease as much as anything, got there at 7pm with HT at 10 to find just a couple of other lads alreay fishing. Got set up with two rods, one dropped close in and the other (my new toy) belted out to the middle of the channel. Bait was frozen crab, bluey and some manky runnydown on two hook clipdown rigs.
Was into fish straight away, a procession of Flounder on the close in rod to Bluey going to 35cm and a fair few double shots. The rod in the channel was just as busy, had a double shot of a tommy codling and a whiting first chuck then it was non stop Dab action, again a few double shots with fish to 27cm.
HT came and went and a solitary Coalie broke the monotony of Flounder on the close (~ 20yards out) rod. By 11pm I was hankering for home, the decision made when a decent rattle on the channel rod resulted in what felt like a decent fish only to find a bloody great snotty Eel of a good 2lb had completely trashed my rig, scissors being the only way to untangle the mess the slimy swine had made.
All in all a lovely night to be out; away from the hordes on the pier, six different species and a good 20 fish landed. Was really impressed with the GT tip, it makes the rod a completely different animal to the standard M4 Evo tip and it was a joy to cast and fish with. Looking forward to the Seaham club match next weekend now though with the sea forecast to be away in the week I can see it being hard work once again...
) and a good forecast I decided to grab some bait from the freezer and head out for a session.Decided on the Walkway for ease as much as anything, got there at 7pm with HT at 10 to find just a couple of other lads alreay fishing. Got set up with two rods, one dropped close in and the other (my new toy) belted out to the middle of the channel. Bait was frozen crab, bluey and some manky runnydown on two hook clipdown rigs.
Was into fish straight away, a procession of Flounder on the close in rod to Bluey going to 35cm and a fair few double shots. The rod in the channel was just as busy, had a double shot of a tommy codling and a whiting first chuck then it was non stop Dab action, again a few double shots with fish to 27cm.
HT came and went and a solitary Coalie broke the monotony of Flounder on the close (~ 20yards out) rod. By 11pm I was hankering for home, the decision made when a decent rattle on the channel rod resulted in what felt like a decent fish only to find a bloody great snotty Eel of a good 2lb had completely trashed my rig, scissors being the only way to untangle the mess the slimy swine had made.
All in all a lovely night to be out; away from the hordes on the pier, six different species and a good 20 fish landed. Was really impressed with the GT tip, it makes the rod a completely different animal to the standard M4 Evo tip and it was a joy to cast and fish with. Looking forward to the Seaham club match next weekend now though with the sea forecast to be away in the week I can see it being hard work once again...
