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poacher36
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 00:21
fished up near craster last night , had 3 pollack and i lost something really big i used a pennel rig 2rag worm 1whole squid i got it so far in and my line snapped it kept on pulling me down n down is there any conger up that way or was it a big cod............i was gutted...
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 08:31
Hi poacher mate ,don't know about conger up that way although I'd say quite possible ,we fish the doctors house and cullernose sometimes ,what bait did you use? vShame about the one that got away eh.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 10:20
Sure theres some Conger up that way poacher. I fished at Cullernose 2 or 3 years ago and saw my rod literally get pulled out of the stand. I managed to grab hold of it, loosen the drag and just watch line strip from my reel. I eventually tried to stop it but it didnt want to know. Everything went slack in the end, reeled in and found my 4/0 pennel bitten off.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 10:23
Conger are suppose to inhabit all of the coastline around the British Isles,
But as yet I have never heard of a shore caught conger from the North Yorkshire coastline.
Thats not to say that there arnt any, its just something no-one targets.
You did have the correct type of bait (squid) to temp a conger, me for one would love it if the conger eel did start to show up in the north east.
I do fish for conger a lot down south (PB 16lb from battery point bristol) but at this time of year the conger fishing is far from good.
North east conger umm!!! dont know about that at the momment.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 11:32
Caught, and seen caught, 2 double figure congers from the shore around Eyemouth (as you would expect). The only area around Tynemouth that used to produce anything other than "eels" (around a pound or so) was the back of the South Crab Hill where I've seen them up to 5lb. Having said that I haven't fished on the Hill for 10 years or more.
[Edited on 3/2/2005 by Stores]
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 11:48
If I remember rightly there was a 14lber caught up that way a few years ago. Used to be on the old NESA catch report pages on the old site.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 12:57
I'm sure there was a one from Beadnell a few year back.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 13:13
the best conger i've seen caught on the ne coast was about 20 years ago. i was fishing an all night qualifier at marine parade in scarborough, all that was getting caught was the odd codling and coalie just about size when the bloke fishing the next peg to me caught a 15lb conger on peeler of all things, his mate had a drop net and luckily it went in first time. no one could ever remember a conger caught from there before and to the best of my knowledge none since.
there was also a small strap caught in the nesa comp just over a year ago from s.shields pier.
it may not have been a conger though that snapped you off, my money would be on a seal !
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 13:17
NESA shore comp a acouple of years back, HSF was if I remeber rightly a strap conger, only little about 3lb If I remeber rightly
caught from shileds pier
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 15:25
Dunstanburgh the most common place these days for conger. Although conger have ben taken from Cullercoats harbour 10lb, Beadnell, Craster, etc. They are there and getting more common. If you get a lunging bite which does not bounce back up and you are stuck chances are it is a conger. As those that fish the west coast for them, if you keep constant pressure on sometimes they will come out there hole.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 17:33
You,ve got me thinking now Poacher Sixfootsteve (son-in-law) and I were at Cullernose about a month ago and I thought I was snagged I lost loads of line , could it have been a conger ? interesting , have to make some steel traces up & have a go next time were up there , I,ll try owt once . mind you we nearly had 2 roe deer when we went round bend just outside boulmer, my car would have been a mess as well
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 22:20
lost something last year from dunstanburgh castle it nearly had me in tears the fight it was putting up. kept going solid all the time then when i could'nt shift it i gave it some line and it shot of like a train. Would not have liked to have put a weight to it but it was BIG....lost
john
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posted on 4/2/2005 at 20:41
We had some BIG runs on the boat last year , so fierce we could not stop them . The traces were cut through and we put it down to big Pollack , not so sure now .
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posted on 14/2/2005 at 03:07
I know someone with a crab boat and he often gets conger in the pots between Blyth and Whitley. I'm sure more would be landed if people were geared up for them but probably just get bitten off.
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posted on 14/2/2005 at 07:17
I fish for conger from the shore at portihead (avonmouth), the best i've had todate is a 16lber.
I use a 60lb mono pulley rig, if you think you may be getting bites off conger the best bet is to get the pressure on straight away and dont slacken off till the fish is ashore.
any slack line and the buggers will get themselves into any nook and cranny resulting in a near impossible task off getting them back out.
i hope this helps
[Edited on 14/2/2005 by tala]
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posted on 14/2/2005 at 12:28
If im not mistaken a conger of 10lb won the whitley bay all nighter a few year ago and it came from cullercoats.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 00:21
fished up near craster last night , had 3 pollack and i lost something really big i used a pennel rig 2rag worm 1whole squid i got it so far in and my line snapped it kept on pulling me down n down is there any conger up that way or was it a big cod............i was gutted...
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 08:31
Hi poacher mate ,don't know about conger up that way although I'd say quite possible ,we fish the doctors house and cullernose sometimes ,what bait did you use? vShame about the one that got away eh.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 10:20
Sure theres some Conger up that way poacher. I fished at Cullernose 2 or 3 years ago and saw my rod literally get pulled out of the stand. I managed to grab hold of it, loosen the drag and just watch line strip from my reel. I eventually tried to stop it but it didnt want to know. Everything went slack in the end, reeled in and found my 4/0 pennel bitten off.
tala
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 10:23
Conger are suppose to inhabit all of the coastline around the British Isles,
But as yet I have never heard of a shore caught conger from the North Yorkshire coastline.
Thats not to say that there arnt any, its just something no-one targets.
You did have the correct type of bait (squid) to temp a conger, me for one would love it if the conger eel did start to show up in the north east.
I do fish for conger a lot down south (PB 16lb from battery point bristol) but at this time of year the conger fishing is far from good.
North east conger umm!!! dont know about that at the momment.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 11:32
Caught, and seen caught, 2 double figure congers from the shore around Eyemouth (as you would expect). The only area around Tynemouth that used to produce anything other than "eels" (around a pound or so) was the back of the South Crab Hill where I've seen them up to 5lb. Having said that I haven't fished on the Hill for 10 years or more.
[Edited on 3/2/2005 by Stores]
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 11:48
If I remember rightly there was a 14lber caught up that way a few years ago. Used to be on the old NESA catch report pages on the old site.
Davyred
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 12:57
I'm sure there was a one from Beadnell a few year back.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 13:13
the best conger i've seen caught on the ne coast was about 20 years ago. i was fishing an all night qualifier at marine parade in scarborough, all that was getting caught was the odd codling and coalie just about size when the bloke fishing the next peg to me caught a 15lb conger on peeler of all things, his mate had a drop net and luckily it went in first time. no one could ever remember a conger caught from there before and to the best of my knowledge none since.
there was also a small strap caught in the nesa comp just over a year ago from s.shields pier.
it may not have been a conger though that snapped you off, my money would be on a seal !
mark
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 13:17
NESA shore comp a acouple of years back, HSF was if I remeber rightly a strap conger, only little about 3lb If I remeber rightly
caught from shileds pier
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 15:25
Dunstanburgh the most common place these days for conger. Although conger have ben taken from Cullercoats harbour 10lb, Beadnell, Craster, etc. They are there and getting more common. If you get a lunging bite which does not bounce back up and you are stuck chances are it is a conger. As those that fish the west coast for them, if you keep constant pressure on sometimes they will come out there hole.
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 17:33
You,ve got me thinking now Poacher Sixfootsteve (son-in-law) and I were at Cullernose about a month ago and I thought I was snagged I lost loads of line , could it have been a conger ? interesting , have to make some steel traces up & have a go next time were up there , I,ll try owt once . mind you we nearly had 2 roe deer when we went round bend just outside boulmer, my car would have been a mess as well
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posted on 3/2/2005 at 22:20
lost something last year from dunstanburgh castle it nearly had me in tears the fight it was putting up. kept going solid all the time then when i could'nt shift it i gave it some line and it shot of like a train. Would not have liked to have put a weight to it but it was BIG....lost
john
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posted on 4/2/2005 at 20:41
We had some BIG runs on the boat last year , so fierce we could not stop them . The traces were cut through and we put it down to big Pollack , not so sure now .
peter.m
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posted on 14/2/2005 at 03:07
I know someone with a crab boat and he often gets conger in the pots between Blyth and Whitley. I'm sure more would be landed if people were geared up for them but probably just get bitten off.
tala
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posted on 14/2/2005 at 07:17
I fish for conger from the shore at portihead (avonmouth), the best i've had todate is a 16lber.
I use a 60lb mono pulley rig, if you think you may be getting bites off conger the best bet is to get the pressure on straight away and dont slacken off till the fish is ashore.
any slack line and the buggers will get themselves into any nook and cranny resulting in a near impossible task off getting them back out.
i hope this helps
[Edited on 14/2/2005 by tala]
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posted on 14/2/2005 at 12:28
If im not mistaken a conger of 10lb won the whitley bay all nighter a few year ago and it came from cullercoats.
