Latest Fishing Reports: North East
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05/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
May 2010 by Dave Builth
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Fishing was poor in April mainly due to the water being dirty with an abundance of algae, on the occasions the water did clear, there were a few Codlings caught.
The very first Codling was caught by Dennis Miller on the 13th of April weighting around 2lb and would have been returned but was damaged when it was deep hooked on prawns and Squid.
Colin Chandler had 3 or 4 small codlings to keep on the same trip.
As usual with April fishing, if the weather is settled the first of the Codlings normally show at the back end of the month. On the 24th of April a party of six anglers from Carlisle had 16 codlings to keep with quite a few small size codlings being returned, they also had wrasse, pouting and a few coalies for a bit of sport.
The best day in April was the 29th when six anglers had 30 codlings to keep between them,
The best fish of 9lb was caught by Jim Tate on lug worm, when the fish was gutted it had one of the other anglers Lee Builtcliffe’s hook baited with peeler crab in its stomach, A little disappointing but Lee still manage to go away with 6 decent codlings to keep between 3lb to 5lb.
May,
No boats went anywhere from Amble the first two weekends in May due to the Northerly winds. With snow still lying on the Cheviot and a frost all over the Northeast the first trip out in May was the 12th.
The six anglers that were out managed to catch on average 8 to 9 codlings to keep apiece all between
3lb to 5lb with all the smaller fish being returned.
The best bait being fresh dug lug worm also prawns and squid fished on daylights and hokkis.
With the weather forecast looking good for the weekend there should be some decent catches to report for the second half of May.
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12/05/2010
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
12 May 2010 by Allan Skinner
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weather has been so unpredictable laterly. had to scrape ice off my car and the boat minus 2 degrees crazy for middle of may.
set off at about 7.30 just cleared the peirs and straight into a shower of large hailstones that actually hurt when they hit you.
turned south the sea had a bit of northerly roll on but not to bad once the hailstones passed. twenty minutes to the first wreck.
down went the rods. first off a cod of about 4lbs to a chrome jigger an one pouting to bait [suid]
around again 2 ling again on squid 4/5 lbs each. nothing next 2 drifts. away to next wreck. simalar pattern but a fish or 2 every drift with cod to 8lbs an ling to 9lbs. the next wreck was the same steady a fish or so each drift.
fishing was steady away until after dinner when the tide changed an the drift speeded up and only occasional fish being taken. for about 2 hrs
but later the wind eased [an warmed up] and the fish came on again.
so all in all a reasonable day with about 45 fish mainly in th 4-6lbs range View Boats Page
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11/07/2009
Fishing Report by Dave Lumley
on Famous (Hartlepool, Durham)
11 Jul 2009 by Dave Lumley
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HI all heres a nice 18lb cod the skipper caught
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28/05/2009
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
28 May 2009 by Allan Skinner
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had a crackin day out today. flat calm seas warm and sunny.cleared the tyne peirs for 7.45am. headed to the first wreck in hope of mackrel, [normally in by now but slightly late this season]. imediaterly a couple of rods double over into fish. however it was obvious from the bend and pulling motion these were bigger than macrkel, sure enougth two plump cod at 3 and 4 pounds lay on the deck. perfect white bellied cod. [nice clesn run cod]
another pass and another couple of simalar cod.then one lone mackrel. the first this season. and as it happens the only mackrel of the day. set off to the next wreck. again a fish or two almost every drift with cod and ling to about 7lbs.
a steady stream of fish coming over the gunnel.this pattern of fishing continued as we worked our way steaderly offshore. with a cod of 14.5lbs coming aboard several ling into double figures. then over the slack water a lovely ling of 16.5lbs followed quickly by a pollack of 10lbs both to the same lucky angler. all in all a crackin day afloat just the 1.5 hours steam home and to do it all again tommorrow are well?? View Boats Page
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10/05/2009
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
10 May 2009 by Allan Skinner
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eventually after a very blowy couple of weeks, sunday was a lovely day. flat calm seas awaited us.went around about 8 wrecks a few fish off each wreck. [the wrecks and hard ground actually fished better when the wind was howling].
the slack water period proved to be the best time with several reasonable ling coming aboard over this period. by now the sun was out and the teperatures picked up and it was turning into a hot flat day with the sea turning into a sheet of glass a couple of cod just on the double figure mark also put in an apperance. before we knew it the day had flown over and it was time to steam home. approxamterly 1 and a half hours home.a little bit of video was made of the day if you wish to see it please click link to our website then link to videos View Boats Page
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13/04/2009
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
13 Apr 2009 by Allan Skinner
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out monday bank holiday.a thick carpet of fog awaited us, however it wasnt long before the sun broke out giving us a lovely day with a flat calm sea.first wreck we visted first drift 3 rods immediaterly bent over producing 2 cod and a ling all in the 4-5 lbs bracket. this set the tone for most of the day with all wrecks producing fish.steadily working or way offshore. the fishing just got better. with one wreck resulting in eight rods all bending into fish together.the stamp of fish slowly increased as well. with some nice ling and cod just into double figures.
an unusual addition was about 10 -12 herrig being caught. these we used for bait producing several decent ling. as it is still 3-4 weeks before we expect the arrival of the mackrel. then the wreck fishing will really kick in.
all in all a cracking day afloat with about 50-60 nice fish being caught View Boats Page
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22/03/2009
Fishing Report by Dave Lumley
on Famous (Hartlepool, Durham)
22 Mar 2009 by Dave Lumley
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Hi fishing has just started to pick up here at Hartlepool we were out on the wrecks on sun 22/3/09 six of us were fishing and we had 46 cod all 3-6lb .hopefully it will start to improve all the time now
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15/03/2009
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
15 Mar 2009 by Allan Skinner
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out sunday gone 15th march a nice spring like day. tryed 6 or 7 wrecks with a few fish coming of all wrecks. one wreck mid afternoon fished steady producing a fish or 2 each drift. with a ling of 14.5lbs coming off this wreck this proved to be the best fish of the day.all in all. a reasonable day with cod upto 8.5lbs
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01/2009
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Jan 2009 by Allan Skinner
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boat was out in mid january.during a lull in the fairly un settled weather we have been experiencing lately. although a fairly breezy and chilly day fishing was reasonable with 46 fish being taken with cod to 9lbs and ling to 10.5lbs
with seven rods fishing. the bulk of the fish getting caught late afternoon View Boats Page
