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  1. Dependant on your location, try Whitehaven piers (north & west) for Dabs, dogs, small whiting, plaice. the beaches south of St Bees i.e Seamill, coulderton, netherton, Braystones, Sellafield, Drigg, Eskmeals, Silecroft, Kirksanton all fish, some better on a low tide others on a high tide. Workington black bank and flimby are ok on a low tide all these venues should produce bass and possibly early winter cod along with Flounder, plaice, dabs, dogs, eels
  2. Hi Charlie The weather has seriously hindered any decent trips out for the last month, though we were out on saturday during a brief window in the weather,,,, 3 hours,,, basically to give the boat a run and obviously try a few marks,, we had thornback to 8lb plus plenty of dogs and dabs. prior to this we were fishing the banks which were producing Tope, Huss, Spurs, big Tub Gurnard, thornback, whiting, pollock, cod, big pouting, for a 6 to 8 hour trip we would fish this mark along with a couple of local wrecks. as i said in the last post cumbria isnt a top location though we have never had a blank day.
  3. Hi Charlie Skipper of Tigerlilly3 here, the tigerlilly is a 38ft interceptor, (very safe boat) custom built for charter angling (ex chris cairns) she is MCA coded for 60 miles. we cover the whole of the west cumbrian coast as well as southwest scotland and the isle of man. Cumbria has never been known as a top fishing venue with regard to charter angling though we have some excellent days out (when the weather is right) i am sure you and your family would enjoy a day out on the tiger lilly she is fully equiped and i would ensure that the day would be a good un. Carl skipper of Tigerlilly3
  4. Hi Adam Have you tried any of the beaches ??? around whitehaven, south shore, on the south side of tom herds rock, possibly St Bees head, south heads or north heads on a low tide. what about black bank at workington, or Allonby on a low tide for plaice /flounders on the south side there is Seamill on a low or a high, which shoudl produce plaice flounder, Bass, or Cod Coulderton is fishing with Bass and Cod, on a low tide, so is netherton on a low or high. sellafield on low water, anywhere from the bailey bridge "pipeline north" Drigg scar at low water for Bass / plaice /thornback But dont give up on whitehaven as the plaice should be moving in there shortly, we have had some good catched on the boat just off whitehaven therefore they are there. also the Mackrel is in as we have had a few dozen from south of the heads close in therefore its only a matter of days before they hit whitehaven. persivere my friend
  5. we have been getting them south of the south heads,, dozen or so yesterday close in of the beach, so there shouldnt be a problem at whitehaven, plenty of sand eels about so the mack should be shoaling soon though we were picking up odd couples,, if this weather keeps up then we should be in for a early start on them.
  6. Mackrel are here !!!!! Cumbrian west coast, off whitehaven,,,,,,,,,,,
  7. Merry Xmas and a happy new year Big adam there has been plenty of Cod from the Cumbrian beaches, from silecroft up to grasslot, the beaches that seem to be fishing well are from Drigg to black bank @ workington, i personelly fish from Netherton to seamill with Coulderton beach being my main fishing venue, and have had a great year on the Cod with a few good winter Bass thrown in. there hasnt been many big ones caught but i have heard of the odd 16lb caught, not like the old days when these would appear regulary with a couple of really big ones showning up (25 - 30lb) but who knows maybe in a few years the little ones now maybe the big ones in the future. i havent been able to hit the double figure amount of Cod caught in a session but there have been storys of lads catching 10-20 small 2lb to 8lb cod in one session, again these have been south of St Bees. i would try down there, fishing Coulderton ( howman scar) south to netherton station on a spring low tide, netherton to sellafield you can fish low or high tides and Drigg scar on a spring low tide, these have all been fishing well with Lug/mussel, Squid/mussel, Crab, and sand eel / lug, using pully rigs. the Cod normally leave us around late february to early march, but who knows as its been such a good year!!!! hope this has been helpful and i hope you have a good winter on the cumbrian cod.
  8. Hi Highseas was over there a few weeks ago,, though didnt go down the actual fishermans steps as wasnt sure if the chain was still there,,, there is another route down just to teh north of the fog horn,, a bit safer than the steps, though its a hell of a hike,,,, fishing is good here in teh right conditions as you are casting into 6 to 8 mtr water though it does need to be calm. the steps are located on the north head...... last time i was there though conditions were not good and all we caught were LSD dabs and one of the guys got a lobster,,,,,,,,,,, lucky bugger,,,,,, would advise going there in the daylight hours , due to safety reasons, so you can see were your at and what ground your on. hope you have a good trip,,,,,,,,,, just to mention the beaches are doing extremly well at the moment for Cod and the odd Bass on a night tide when its rough,,,,,, double figure bags have been caught from seamill to braystones (just south of St Bees Head) on low tides in rough conditions, fresh or frozen lug tip with sand eel being the best bait. happy fishing
  9. Try St Bees head, prefrably the south of the head if you dont know the area, you can park on the car park and walk along the base of the cliff, there are old ships boilers half way along from the start of the cliffs to the tip of south head, you could pick one up there on a high tide, or fish off the tip of south head on a low water, prefrably on a night tide for both venues. for the more adventurous there is the north head, though this is only accessable from the top of the cliff, you have to drive through Sandwith and take the road to the lighthouse (marked private) park at the designated parking area at the farm (pay two quid) walk up the road to the light house and down to the fog horn, about 100 yards along the cliff top back toward whitehaven you will see a small path going down the cliff,, you really have to watch you footing here, though there is ropes for ease of access though its not easy, specially coming back, you can fish at the base of the cliff here on any tide though a neap or between a spring and a neap is best, though not when its rough, pick a calm night, though must say getting down the cliff is best done in daylight and it is not for teh faint hearted or the unfit Coulderton beach produced a double figure conger a couple of weeks ago, i havent heard of any more being caught latley though thats not to say there not there fish using large fish or squid baits, a sausage of sand eels work well though the LSD like these baits also so be prepared for plenty of these. Good luck i hope this helps in your quest
  10. Not improbable as the angler who had taken the 60lb tope had also taken a 15lb tope on the drop before the 60lbr,,,,, now wether the was a pack of tope under the boat,,, who knows as the crew quickly changed tactics to try for these,,, with 0 results,,, maybe we should look at different methods for these fish i.e mid water, light tackle, big flies or lures,,,,,, its worth a try and who knows,, the line class record could be yours
  11. Pity you didnt get them in, for a photo or better still landed and weighed. I fish the Tiger lilly off the West cumbrian coast, and this year have had 6 tope taken on Mackrel feathers (not all at the same time) these have all been mid water, the biggest being 60lb, though when these have been taken, we have changed rigs to accomodate the tope, with 0 results. it could be that they have been feeding on smaller fry etc rather than the bigger fish,, who knows, as we have caught them on all manner of diffrent types of baits not really intended for these fish, the strangest being a large sea anemone which had been dragged up from the bottom still with the stone attached, this was duly taken by a 30+ tope. could this be a new form of angling with light spinning gear for tope,,,,,,,, it could be well worth targeting these with the intention of catching one on 10 to 15lb tackle with light rod and reel. i am certainly going to give it i go,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if teh weather ever improves
  12. I may be interested as i have been thinking of having a run up that way, though i would be sailing the boat up from whitehaven,,,, if i havent any booking for them two days plus two days either side of those,,, i shall have a go
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