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  • 22/01/2023 Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

    22 Jan 2023 by Geoff Sharp

    Report on-board Sweet William

    We made it out for the first time in while yesterday, expecting a decent day.

    We were met with with an iced up boat, lightly iced marina, wind gusting way higher than forecast and an uncomfortable little south easterly swell with 4 second intervals.

    After the big northerlies recently, we had a feeling the fish may be full to bursting, and threw the ropes early in the hope of finding some decent dawn codling on the inner grounds.

    By the time the sun had risen, and it started to get lighter, nothing noteworthy had made an appearance so it was fairly clear they weren't feeding.

    We tried everything to find them , hauling, moving and re-setting the anchor at least 6 or 7 times, headed north, south, exploring the normally productive grounds inside, checked some underwater skeers, looked slightly further off, and even had a run a good way out to see if they'd pushed off. Once we had wind against tide, we even tried a few inshore wrecks, hovering above them perfectly, with little more than the obligatory pouting and some small codling to show for the efforts. I'd say we took no more than a dozen fish all day.

    We broke out a hot beef stew with tiger bread, washed down with tea and coffee to boost the morale just after midday, with the craic and banter being top tier thanks to Mark, Barry, Amelia, Archie, Nile, Craig and the lads.

    Other than the fishing being slow, it was a great run out for this time of year, hopefully we get another couple of decent days soon once they're back on the feed.

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