Post by joebassdude on Apr 14, 2014 8:24:57 GMT
Me and my mate headed out for some East Coast angling this weekend.
Up and on the road for 7ish we headed for Robin Hoods Bay.
Got pitched up at Hooks House Farm up the hill, which has an awesome view of the bay, and got fishing for around half 9.
We decided to take the light rods down with it being low water, and chucked out a few lures on the scaurs, (trying to dodge the kelp).
Nothing showed.
Decided then to rig up some floats with smaller baits over the worm bed to see if we could encourage any wrasse or flat-fish out.
Nothing showed.
We headed back up to the tents just as the the tide was turning to get the big guns rigged up and ready for high water.
The weather was incredible, and we were pretty sheltered from the wind by the cliff. However it was blowing in the wrong direction for the fish to feed. All we saw here was one Scorpion Fish.
We left this mark as the tide started to ebb. Had some food and a sit down and headed for our next mark at Saltwick Bay.
We got there at low water so we could suss out the ground and see what we were casting onto.
Set up base at high water mark and got to it as the tide started coming in.
Conditions were perfect. (For us, not the fish)
And the moonlight was incredible!
This was a tackle-hungry mark to say the least! I lost 3 rigs and my mate lost 2!
The fishing was the same as RHB; virtually non-existent.
I had a Rockling around 11pm.
We fished here until just after 2am, which we then decided that if the fish were going to show, they would have done by now.
The following day we picked up some more bait from Whitby and decided on Boggle Hole as our mark for Sunday.
There is a sandy bay just south of the Youth Hostel which we thought we'd go for, as there were no snags that we could see, and we thought would be a haven for flatfish.
The wind was insane! Fished from low water through to high, and nothing showed again. So we packed up and went for a pint!
Our lack of success was purely down to wind direction.
It's hard for people who live far from the coast to time these things right. As we plan our trips a few weeks in advance, no one can anticipate what the weather will do.
Anyway, a great weekend was had!
And are both looking forward to some warm weather sea fishing!
Cheers,
Joe
Up and on the road for 7ish we headed for Robin Hoods Bay.
Got pitched up at Hooks House Farm up the hill, which has an awesome view of the bay, and got fishing for around half 9.
We decided to take the light rods down with it being low water, and chucked out a few lures on the scaurs, (trying to dodge the kelp).
Nothing showed.
Decided then to rig up some floats with smaller baits over the worm bed to see if we could encourage any wrasse or flat-fish out.
Nothing showed.
We headed back up to the tents just as the the tide was turning to get the big guns rigged up and ready for high water.
The weather was incredible, and we were pretty sheltered from the wind by the cliff. However it was blowing in the wrong direction for the fish to feed. All we saw here was one Scorpion Fish.
We left this mark as the tide started to ebb. Had some food and a sit down and headed for our next mark at Saltwick Bay.
We got there at low water so we could suss out the ground and see what we were casting onto.
Set up base at high water mark and got to it as the tide started coming in.
Conditions were perfect. (For us, not the fish)
And the moonlight was incredible!
This was a tackle-hungry mark to say the least! I lost 3 rigs and my mate lost 2!
The fishing was the same as RHB; virtually non-existent.
I had a Rockling around 11pm.
We fished here until just after 2am, which we then decided that if the fish were going to show, they would have done by now.
The following day we picked up some more bait from Whitby and decided on Boggle Hole as our mark for Sunday.
There is a sandy bay just south of the Youth Hostel which we thought we'd go for, as there were no snags that we could see, and we thought would be a haven for flatfish.
The wind was insane! Fished from low water through to high, and nothing showed again. So we packed up and went for a pint!
Our lack of success was purely down to wind direction.
It's hard for people who live far from the coast to time these things right. As we plan our trips a few weeks in advance, no one can anticipate what the weather will do.
Anyway, a great weekend was had!
And are both looking forward to some warm weather sea fishing!
Cheers,
Joe
