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09/11/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
9 Nov 2012 by Gary Flint
Friday 9th November 2012 - Individuals -
Today saw us briging some new and old faces back out aboard Discovery. We set off up the river and began fishing. The anglers who had been out before began fishing while the new faces amongst us were given a demonstration on bait and the rods/reels etc. It didnt take long for Fiona to catch the first Cod of the day weighing in at just under 2lb. H who was fishing at the front began pulling in some nice sized whiting untill he had his first cod of the day at 3lb, closely follwed by another of 2lb 6oz.
Plenty more Cod were pulled aboard with until Robbie who was fishing from a boat for the first time decided to hook into a lovely Cod that gave him a good fight right the way to the surface. It wasnt until we were unhooking the fish that we noticed another rig was hanging from the side of the cods mouth. The fish weighed in at 7lb 9oz. Daz was looking at the rig when he noticed that the rig was similar to the one that Nick who was fishing with us on wednesday used. So comparing the rigs that Nick had left with us and this rig showed that they were infact identical, the knots were the same, swivels hooks and the lenght. This may well have been the fish that Nick lost on wednesday and we hooked and landed it 2miles further down the river 2 days later. But credit to Robbie for landing such a lovely fish on his first time boat fishing. Total fish for the day was 13 cod to 7lb 9 oz with plenty of whiting and dabs.
A superb day fishings
Gary -
08/11/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
8 Nov 2012 by Gary Flint
Thursday 8 th November 2012 - Lookers-
Today we had a group of lads that were mainly from Lookers car dealership. The fishing began slowly, with a few whiting being brought aboard so a move was in order. It didnt take long after that for the first cod of the day to be brought in. Fishing was steady all day with some decent sized whiting being caught. We also had thornbacks to 4lb 9oz. Best cod of the day was 3lb 8oz. Plenty of big whiting best being 1lb 8oz.
Good day was had by all.
Gary -
07/11/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
7 Nov 2012 by Gary Flint
Wednesday 7th November 2012
Today we had a mixed bag of anglers aboard. Some formed small groups others were individuals. We did however have Nick from our sponsors Diawa out with us today along with Shaun and Renee from Foxons tackle in St Asaph North Wales and Malcolm who works for Rovex Masterline. The fishing began well with Renee hooking and landing a lovely 6lb 9oz cod within the first half an hour of fishing. As the fishing went on throughout the day plenty of cod were being pulled in. Nick managed to hook into a lovely fish but his line snapped above the rig so we didnt get to see the fish. A few thornbacks were also landed to go with the hundreds of whiting that we boated. Total for the day. 11 cod to 6lb 9 oz, Thornbacks to 5lb, Dabs and over 150+ Whiting.
A cracking day with a good bunch of anglers
Gary -
06/11/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
6 Nov 2012 by Gary Flint
Tuesday 6th November 2012 - Individuals-
We locked out of the marina today hoping that the Cod fishing had improved even more than the last set of tides. It didnt take long (1min) after dropping the anchor for the first cod of the day to be pulled aboard by H2. Plenty more Cod were pulled in throughtout the day with cod falling to nearly everybody on the boat great day with the totals being; 12 cod to 4lb, 250+ whiting to just under 2lb.
Great day with some good fishing
Gary -
11/2012
Fishing Report by jonathan cunliffe
Nov 2012 by jonathan cunliffe
congrats to the crew on discovery on recieving charter boat of the year 2012. looking forward to fishing with you again soon.
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03/11/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
3 Nov 2012 by Gary Flint
3,11,12 Mark, Kevin ,Paul and Patricks Trip,
We locked out of the marina 2 hours before highwater for a short trip whilst the tide eased we started with a whiting to be closely followed by a nioe codling of about 3lbs overall 4 codling to4lb and a load of
Whiting,Good signs for the neap tides next week, fingers crossed
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25/10/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
25 Oct 2012 by Gary Flint
Thursday 25th October 2012 - Chris Taylor -
We locked out of the marina just after high water and headed up the river. When we got to the first mark and anchored, we began to get the lads geared up. With the baits all in the water it didnt take long for the first fish of the day to be pulled aboard a thornback of 4lb 9oz falling to Sweep. After this everybody began boating whiting untill Chris pulled in the first cod of the day weighing in at 2lb 4oz. Not to be outdone Arthur began pulling in Cod to 3lb. With plenty of dabs whiting doggies and Cod, we decided a move was in order.
After anchoring more whiting and dabs were pulled aboard with a couple of nice Thornbacks to 7lb. As we apporached to last hour of the trip a few more Cod were pulled in by Arthur, Chris and Wayne. Total Cod for the trip was 11, with 3 Thornbacks, numerous whiting dogs and dabs.
A Cracking trip with a good bunch of lads
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24/10/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
24 Oct 2012 by Gary Flint
Wednesday 24th October 2012 -Ray and the lads
We locked out of the marina and headed up the river to our first mark of the day. We dropped the anchor and got the lads fishing. It didn't take long for the whiting to make an appearance. Shortly after it didn't take ray long to hook and land a 2lb 4 oz cod. Some big whiting we're landed and as slack water approached Keith hooked into and boated a lovely 3lb 8oz cod.
We decided on a move and began catching plenty more whiting and then with Shaun fishing a bait for congers hooked into a small strap conger of about 3lb. Then with Ray Jnr pulling in whiting he dropped in another fresh bait and hooked and landed a 3lb 15oz cod which took him into the lead for heaviest fish.
Some of the guys decided to try a bush tucker trial "Discovery" style. With squid eyes and whiting heads the order of the day, Paul was the first to sample the delightful taste of a squid eye. Rolling it around his tongue to get the taste then swallowing it without a second glance. Ray not to be outdone decided that a freshly filleted whiting head would be his next sample. Taking a glance at the head he began to chew on the meat and go for the eyes. Nobody else wanted to try anything else after this so that put an end to it.
After the guys had a bit of fun more and more whiting were brought in and some dabs. With a the guys happy we called it a day and headed back to the marina for a lock in.
Gary flint
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23/10/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
23 Oct 2012 by Gary Flint
Tuesday 23rd October 2012 - West Yorkshire Police Sea Angling Club
We locked out of the marina at 7am. The Mersey was like a mill pond with not a ripple on the water. We got to the first mark and everybody was baited up and ready for when we anchored. With the anchor in the water, everybody began fishing. It didnt take long for the first whiting of the day to be caught closely followed by a few more. The first cod of the day was boated by David and was 3lb. Shortly after Kevin the "Knotman" thought he had snagged the bottom so with Gary hand balling the line in, a large wake appeared 20metres of the stern. As Kev started to wind the line in with the mysterious fish pumping but not fully surfaced, there was a large swirl in the water and it disappeared back under the surface and the line twanged out of the water. It was clear as to why the fish had been lost due to Kevs knot coming undone. This wasnt to be the last that Kev heard on the matter as he took a barrage of abuse throughout the day from the other guys. However it didnt take long for Kev to redeem himself with a lovely 5lb Cod, followed by Arthur with a 3lb 8oz Cod.
We moved to another mark and it didnt take Jane long to hook into a fish which before it hit the surface, the others were estimating 4lb, when it broke the surface it was a lot bigger than 4lb. Once boated and the hook removed it weighed in at 7lb 6oz. A very nice fish. With the trip drawing to a finish, Arthur landed a lovely 5lb Thornback and David followed up his 3lb cod with a 4lb Thornback, with whiting bringing the day to a close.
An Excellent day with a great bunch of Anglers.
Darren Flint -
22/10/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
22 Oct 2012 by Gary Flint
22.10.12 kingys worm danglers,
We met at the marina for 5 45 am to find the sea flat we headed out to a mark which produced a couple of whiting so we moved after 12 hr to try another mark which only produced a few whiting,so we moved again to yet another mark we began to catch whiting and finaly the 1 st cod of the day we had some more whiting and a couple of cod we then moved for some rays and dabs to another mark we droppwed the anchor yet again but only caught whiting and a couple of dabs which meant yet another move,We caught large Dabs and Whiting from the start followed by a 5lb Thornback to karl lea had the best Dab we then went back on the cod we fished a mark which produced 6 cod then anorther mark which produced cod and then another mark which produced cod overall loads of whiting dabs dog fish 1 thornback of 5lb and 1x 7 lb cod 1x 6lb cod 4x 5lb cod5x3lb cod 1 x 1.5lb very good day for october well done lads GARY
