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  • 30/06/2015 Fishing Report by Dave Builth on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)

    30 Jun 2015 by Dave Builth

    Report on-board Upholder

    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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