Fishing Whitby Tues 7th Aug

[MARTING]

First time out with Paul and had a great day. The weather was good a bit of wind but ok. Only 6 on board which was great (can't imagine 12 on there). I found the skipper very informative. Told me that the water was a bit murky and Shad's and bait were the order of the day. So me and Daz Mac went mackie bashing.

We had a great hour and enough bait for the rest of the day. The wind picked up a bit but the fishing continued. The guy's using Shad's caught most of the fish which was a learning curve for me has i had not seen this way of fishing before.

 

Paul fishing from the front of the boat(proving that the fish were there) was pulling em in. He never stopped moving and trying for better productiv fishing. Later in the day on our way in Paul changed his mind and we stopped just off Whitby then the fishing started coming fast. Quite a lot of nice coddling caught and Ling.Pollack. Everone had a good amount of fish to take home. A great day out.

[glennk]

Not sure if any of these pics are yours Martin but they are pictures of Paul's from this week. The lady's cod is nearly 16 pound if I remember correctly. Sound like you had a good days fishing there its a real eye opener the way Paul fishes isn't it. Out of a large area of rough ground he pics out little ledges and other features then if there's nothing there he is off to another mark. It's hard work for the anglers some times but it pays off when you locate the fish.

 

 

 

 

 

[big_cod]

Yes glennk thats martin with the mug shot to the left and its his mate to the right with a ling i hope you lads enjoyed your day martin tho other photos were taken the very next day .

 

This photo is husband and wife team leon and lisa ward they were both bait fishing with squid we were fishing some ledges just 3 miles to the south of whitby harbour i have had some cracking cod and ling from there and it allways seems to come up with the goods on small tides leon got his 13lb cod first and took the mick with lisa but no sooner had his said his last words lisa was then struggling with this 16lb cod and once the fish was aboard did she give leon some stick.

Edited August 12, 2007 by big_cod

[John E Ashford]

Cracking