Kev1n
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Friday afternoon’s fishing started slowly and the weather wasn’t as kind as forecast. Calling for Half Time I ducked into Cullercoats harbour, tied up and put the kettle on, to wait for Steve. Coming straight from work he optimistically wandered down the pier carrying a big bucket to fill with fish.
Back we went to the rough ground where the fish started to come in slowly and steadily as the tide turned. When the stock week-old lug worm ran out we continued to catch fish on lures, with orange being the most productive colour. By 19:30 there was the call for one last drift, and on went a little silver pirk. Fishing picked up with the pirks now attracting most of the fish which once again were real scrappers on the light gear. A pattern established where we quickly landed a few fish at the start of each drift then went quieter the further out we drifted. So much for “one last drift.”
The sun came out just in time to set over Tynemouth lighting the piers and cliffs up signalling time for us to head back in, stopping on the way for a few drifts over the north pier wreck. Steve commented that if we were back any later we’d pass Slinky Kate and Shady heading out.
Fish-count for the day was a modest 50~60 fish, mostly coddling in the 2~3lb range and most went back, Steve’s bucket wasn’t as big as it first looked.
Conditions look good this morning and already there is a flotilla of boats by StMary’s can. Will I be allowed another pass out, two days in a row? Watch this space as they say….
Sometime they came in two at a time.
Sunset over Tynemouth
Back we went to the rough ground where the fish started to come in slowly and steadily as the tide turned. When the stock week-old lug worm ran out we continued to catch fish on lures, with orange being the most productive colour. By 19:30 there was the call for one last drift, and on went a little silver pirk. Fishing picked up with the pirks now attracting most of the fish which once again were real scrappers on the light gear. A pattern established where we quickly landed a few fish at the start of each drift then went quieter the further out we drifted. So much for “one last drift.”
The sun came out just in time to set over Tynemouth lighting the piers and cliffs up signalling time for us to head back in, stopping on the way for a few drifts over the north pier wreck. Steve commented that if we were back any later we’d pass Slinky Kate and Shady heading out.
Fish-count for the day was a modest 50~60 fish, mostly coddling in the 2~3lb range and most went back, Steve’s bucket wasn’t as big as it first looked.Conditions look good this morning and already there is a flotilla of boats by StMary’s can. Will I be allowed another pass out, two days in a row? Watch this space as they say….
Sometime they came in two at a time.
Sunset over Tynemouth
