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'Fishing mackerel on lighter tackle gives a fantastic sport'


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SHOALS of mackerel off the Lincolnshire Coast have attracted the tope to come in and feed.

 

Several boats were out last weekend and some of them had success with tope up to 60lb being caught.

 

There seems to be lots of joey mackerel about at the moment – these are perfect for using as bait for the tope.

 

I also enjoy fishing for the mackerel on the lighter tackle as they give fantastic sport.

 

Tom Marshall and Mark Taylor had several runs but never landed one tope.

 

They had runs that took several hundred yards of line but the tope dropped the bait.

 

Several years ago there was a debate in the angling press about whether you strike on the first run and it was split.

 

I have tried both and it seems to work with the first run on the smaller fish.

 

The circle hooks have made a lot of difference to the percentage of hook-ups you achieve.

 

The lads came into the river and at the moment it is smooth hound city – you can't use two rods as one will disappear over the side.

 

The bait does not even get to the bottom of the sea bed and the hounds will grab the bait and off they go.

 

If you get the chance, and want some real fun, take a spinning rod and fish in the shallower water; they go absolutely mad.

 

I have previously mentioned about the Angling Trust and the Yorkshire division of the sea anglers having trouble and that the committee had resigned. Well, the Angling Trust has asked for its AGM to be put on hold so the meeting in July has been cancelled. It will now be held in either September or October .

 

The Yorkshire region has, from last week, been declared inactive – this has been requested by the Angling Trust.

 

This is a shame as over the years the Yorkshire division has done a lot for sea anglers and also looked after the interest of all sea anglers in the area.

 

Here is the report from Chas Tibble for the Skegness area:- After a recent spate of good catches, anglers found it hard going in the latest Skegness Pier Angling Club (SPAC) match held at Wolla Bank, Chapel.

 

Wrangle's Paul Cridland decided not to fish with peeler crab at distance for smoothounds, but instead targeted smaller fish close in with lugworm and ran out the easy winner with four flounders and a small bass for 3lb 2½oz.

 

His bass weighed in at 11oz to also take the heaviest round fish prize.

 

Chapel Beach Angling Club member Paul Kennedy used his local knowledge to come in second with three flounders and a weever weighing 2lb 3½oz.

 

His best flounder tipped the scales at 1lb 2oz and won the heaviest flatfish award.

 

Boston's Mo Fendyke continued with his recent run of good form to take third place with two flounders for 1lb 2oz.

thisisgrimsby.co.uk

Making the most of it

 

Chi dorme non piglia pesci

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