Latest Fishing Reports: Northumberland
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30/06/2015
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
30 Jun 2015 by Dave Builth
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June Catch Report
Catch report from my website www.ambleboatcharter.com
The Fishing still remains to be the best has been for years,
Anglers are averaging 10 Codlings a piece to keep with many smaller fish being returned. Despite an abundance of Northerly and Easterly winds and strong westerly winds to clear the water the Fishing in June has been excellent.
The first Mackerel was caught on June 4th with the best in June being caught By Bill Jenkinson and weighed in at 2lb.
It’s been quite common for Anglers to catch 2 and 3 Codlings at a time (see photo ).
The best Pollock so far this year was caught by Richie from Washington which weighed 8.5lb, the photo does not do the fish justice. There were 76 Codling Kept up to 6lb and 58 Codling retuned by 7 anglers.
The best Cod so far this year was caught by Andrew Mackie and weighed 12lb (see photo ).
It’s a bit early for Ling the best was caught by Alan from the Southend SAC from Carlisle and weighed 8.5lb.
The Civil Service Sports Council SAC fished their annual qualifying competition and posted their results below on the NESA website,
Six members entered the Civil Service regional qualifier fished aboard the Upholder out of Amble on Wednesday 3rd June, from which the top 3 would represent the North East at the National Final in Poole. Looking at the forecast last weekend it was strong winds on Monday & Tuesday before dropping off on Wednesday, XCweather was again spot on and we headed out into a flat sea with a westerly breeze behind us. What followed can only be described as a codfest as we caught them throughout the day on all sorts of baits and lures.
The competition is points based with a limit on how many you can record for any one species,this rewards the angler who can catch more species, however there were that many cod it was hard to catch anything else.
All anglers maxed out at 15 cod (60 points) and it was a few stray species to decide the places, which were
1st Ian Mitchell 15 cod, 2 pouting, 1 coalfish & 1 dab 80 points
2nd Barry Robinson 15 cod, 1 pouting, 1 coalfish & 1 wrasse 75 points
3rd Dave McKenzie 15 cod, 2 wrasse, 1 poor cod 75 points
Overall there was about 150 cod caught between 2 & 4lb of which 45 were kept with the others being released to fight another day.
Dave put us on to the fish and we all enjoyed his company & banter, but not his latest taste of music (Barbra Streisand) so once again we all appreciate his efforts on the day.
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27/05/2015
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
27 May 2015 by Dave Builth
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May started disappointingly with the water quality being poor due to algae bloom and weather conditions, the start of May was plagued with Northerly and Easterly winds. When the Westerly winds came the water cleared the fishing improved immediately with each angler averaging 6 codlings a piece to keep.
From mid-May onwards the fishing has been the best it has been for years.
The Codlings started around the 2lb to 3lb mark with the best codling being caught by Andrew Mackie and weighed 6lb.
Nine anglers from the Northern Power Grid Sea Angling Club fished their points competition, top rod with 30 Codlings was Karl Wiltshire, followed by novice angler Kevin Garside with 18 Codlings, John Golding had the biggest fish a 6lb Codling. Total catch was 122 Codling, 5 pouting, 11 coalfish and 1 ling. 67 Codlings were kept for the table.
In the last week the quality of the fish has improved dramatically and the average size of the Codlings increasing to the 3lb to 4lb mark. Anglers are managing to catch up to 25 Codling a rod with the majority of the fish being returned unharmed. Best Codling so far this season was caught by Brian Bailes and weighed just on 7 lb.(see photo ). View Boats Page
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02/04/2015
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
2 Apr 2015 by Dave Builth
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Thursday the 2nd of April was the first trip for 2015,Chris Mullarky caught the first fish a clean Codling about two and a half to three pounds (see Photo ). The fish was caught on an orange sidewinder on a flowing trace.
Ian Ragg caught 6 Codlings and Hilton Cox caught the biggest fish of the day a 41/2 to 5lb Codling on cooked prawns. In total there were approximately 20 Codlings between 2lb to 3lb average of which there were about 12 fish kept. Sea conditions were light North westerly winds with up to 2 meters of ground swell at times.
Although the fish were small at least we did not blank on the first trip.
Saturday 4th April
The fishing was much the same as Thursday with the best fish being a 4lb 12oz Codling caught on Mackerel strip. View Boats Page
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06/2014
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
Jun 2014 by Dave Builth
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June Catch Report 2014
Pupils from the High School Ashington Had two half day trips, those who were not being seasick the first day managed to catch 7 Codlings and returned 9 smaller Codlings. The second day the sea was a little kinder with not so many pupils being seasick with 9 Codlings being kept and14 smaller Codlings being returned. The pressure was on to catch some fish to take away as a Chef was organised to show the Pupils how to fillet and cook the fish as part of the experience .
With the water still dirty with algae bloom and flood water from the River Coquet and Aln the Mackerel have been late coming with the first Mackerel of any numbers being caught by Paul Hamlin on the 6th of June along with a couple of Codlings up to 4.5 lb .
Due to the dirty water up to 4.5 miles off it was a complete waste of time fishing the rough ground resulting in the worst inshore fishing in early June I have ever Known. Thankfully there were a few fish to be had offshore were the water was slightly cleaner and the water temperature was 14 deg C.
We have been plagued with Northerly and Easterly winds and algae bloom this year stirring the sea up. When the sea settled the second half of June fished well on the ground. The best Cod of of June was caught t by Eric Dodds from Carlisle (see photo).
The best Pollack in June was caught by Ian Berridge Weighting 6.5 lb (see photo) View Boats Page
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31/05/2014
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
31 May 2014 by Dave Builth
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Catch report 2014
March/April
With a very mild winter we got off to an early start with the first Codling being caught by Bill Jenkinson on the 7th of March, a small fish of around 2lb which was returned for another day.
The first day there was any quantity of fish caught, was the 11th April where 7 anglers caught 56 Codlings with 28 being returned, 28 were kept for the table, between 2lb to 3lb. Along with the Codlings, there were also Pout ,wrasse, scorpion fish. The first Pollack of around 2lb was caught and returned by Dennis Miller on a Jelly worm on the same trip. Late April averages were around a couple of Codlings per angler with a lot of small Codlings being returned. For April, the catches have been quite steady, with a lot of small fish being returned .You can only catch what’s there it’s no good complaining about the size of the fish.
Spring fish are Spring fish, if you are not prepared to put the smaller fish back don’t go, the better fish will be here soon enough. The best baits have been without, doubt prawns fished on small (0/5) daylights and green hokkis, fresh dug worms have fished well and fine cut strips of calamari have worked well.
May 3rd
The Maggie May’s SAC from Carlisle, averaged around 6 Codlings per angler, and as usual returned a lot of small size fish, and only kept fish of 16 inches and above.
May 4th
Overnight, the fish seemed to improve, with Tom Holloway landing a 5 lb 1oz Codling (see photo) John Ord, had the best fish so far this year at 5lb 12oz, and then caught another codling of 5lb 15oz, may be on a rocking boat it, should have been 6 pounds plus. (see photos )
May the 5th .
The weather this year has been unsettled with the wind remaining Easterly and Northerly resulting in coloured water up to four and a half miles off , the best Codling this year so far was caught by Dave Munro which weighed 7lb 14 oz,( see photo ) there were plenty of Codling between the 2lb to 4 lb mark and still an average catch of 6 codlings per person, the fish are gradually getting a better stamp of fish .
May 10th
The Dalston SAC from Carlisle had a red letter day fishing off the rough ground, their first trip of the new season they ended up with 238 Codlings between 2lb to 5lb of which 122 smaller codlings were returned unharmed.
May 21st
The Civil Service Sports Council SAC fished their annual points competition with the winners and runners up going to National finals in Cork Southern Ireland,
Cod Pouting Wrasse Pollack Coalfish Other Points
I Mitchell 11 6 3 97
M Chapman 15 2 1 1 1 88
N Richardson * 7 4 3 87
J Cuthbert 15 3 1 85
C Wilkinson 13 2 2 78
B Robinson 15 1 1 70
J Cunningham 14 1 64
The winner was Ian Mitchell with a mixed bag of Codlings, Coalfish, Wrasse ,Pouting. Runner up was Mark Chapman with the same mixed bag of Codling ,Coalfish ,Wrasse ,Pouting , Scorpion fish and the best fish of the Day A 6lb 14oz Pollock (see photo ). Total catch for the day was 90 Codling of which most were returned.
Typical Bank holiday weekend weather stirred the sea up with 20 mph Northerly winds making the water coloured and fishing difficult ,as a result of the weather Friday and Saturday was Cancelled.
Despite the conditions the Port of Leith SAC managed 6 Codlings a piece with the best fish of the trip being caught by Ben ……… an 8 lb 6oz Ling, Robert Ranick had an unusual Cuckoo Wrasse (see photo ).
May 31st
Best Cod caught out of Amble this year so far weighed 15lb and was caught on a long flowing trace baited with a strip of Mackerel by Chris Mullarky {see photo ).
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02/2014
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
Feb 2014 by Dave Builth
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Booking being Taken for 2014
Its almost the start of a new season, please check availability at :-
http://www.charterboats-uk.co.uk/boats/detailedcalendar/?id=195
looking back at last year the best Ling was 18lb and the best Cod was 14lb and quite a few double figure Cod and Pollock .
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29/08/2013
Fishing Report by grahame elliott
on Serenity (Amble, Northumberland)
29 Aug 2013 by grahame elliott
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A dads and lads special to get the kids interested a slow start until the tide turned then the kids showing the adults up AGAIN with James mitchell getting his 2lb 6oz cod a few mackerel aboard and a few wee cod to return a sighting of some porpoises and a basking shark a great day.
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24/08/2013
Fishing Report by grahame elliott
on Serenity (Amble, Northumberland)
24 Aug 2013 by grahame elliott
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Off fom the steps at 0800 and out into the mist....a steam for 20 minutes and then a drop for bait fish.....NOTHING so off to the hard ground another 30 minuts later and the lines were wet again this time bringing up codling, wrasse, coalies and then pollock....a few decent cod showing throughout the day but no monsters nice to see some sea bass again a couple around the 2lb mark the fog stayed with us all day Terry from Jedburgh winning the sweep with a 4lb 9oz pollock....
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01/08/2013
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
1 Aug 2013 by Dave Builth
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August (early)Catch Report 2013
August has started with some good size cod and Pollock the average size Codling being kept is between 3lb to 6lb ,on some trips there have been more Pollock caught by some Angler than Codlings, best being caught by John Turner and weighed in at 10lb (see photo ) but there have be quite a few Pollock between 6lb to 8lb.
One Angler from Hawick had a nice Pollock of 9lb off one of the wrecks .Fire tail jelly worms and shads fished on long flowing traces seem to be the most successful .
There’s still some decent cod being caught off the rough ground best being around the 10lb mark.
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01/08/2013
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
1 Aug 2013 by Dave Builth
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August (early)Catch Report 2013
August has started with some good size cod and Pollock the average size Codling being kept is between 3lb to 6lb ,on some trips there have been more Pollock caught by some Angler than Codlings, best being caught by John Turner and weighed in at 10lb (see photo ) but there have be quite a few Pollock between 6lb to 8lb.
One Angler from Hawick had a nice Pollock of 9lb off one of the wrecks .Fire tail jelly worms and shads fished on long flowing traces seem to be the most successful .
There’s still some decent cod being caught off the rough ground best being around the 10lb mark.
For more photos and catch reports go to www.ambleboatcharter.com View Boats Page
