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01/10/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

1 Oct 2013 by jon old

Just bringing all trips up to date. as we are on what i call change over period summer species leaving, few odd winter fish turning up, fishing a bit patchy. We now need a bit of cold to bring the cod in, have caught few small codling nothing worth a photo, the whitting getting more and more thicker soon the bigger ones should arrive. Still catching spotty dogs of all sizes amazes me how small some are this year! Most of the smoothies have left inshore only caught the odd one lately still connecting with few skate when we can get out to the banks. The strong south easterlies have scuppered most of last week and this week , pictured here is Dave Pike who also skippers the High flyer with myself with a four and half pound bass caught on whole squid. We will be doing more herring trips this year as proved very popular, people love pulling in the nets to see those silver darlings dangling, end up with a feed as well, please ask if you want to organise or be part of a herring trip and we can sort the right tide out for you. Looking forward now to winter hoping the cod season this year is a good one, we are due one! Until then tight lines everyone hope you can join me and Dave on the High Flyer at some point.
Jon.
13/09/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

13 Sep 2013 by jon old

Today was Friday 13th unlucky for us! Our wrecking trip of 5am start was the worst i ever experienced due to the fact every wreck we tried no fish at all were tempted. All baits under the sun used , done the usual wrecks all the biggies ended up nearly off Cromer still nothing. Not even a pouting! Wind kept increasing bit lumpy so as the wrecking was dire we ended up on a bank off Happisburgh at a spot of uptiding. i was lucky enough to end up with this tope pictured here took mackerel head finding best bait this year, few whitting came in along with flatties. As the wind was strengthening we decided to head right inshore and finish the day off Winterton on the flatty grounds. Was dissapointing wrecking wise but thinking we could hopefully if it turns cold be in for a bumper cod year as poor last year, no spring codling run and hardly cod on the wrecks does this mean loads havent been caught?Time will tell, looking forward to the winter and first frosts, this week been few whitting showing up with still odd doggies about , the first herring have been caught so begins another season. Will let you know when first codling appear, this winter hope to increase our night trips weather depending. Watch this space. Jon. (High Flyer)
29/08/2013 Fishing Report by mark crame

29 Aug 2013 by mark crame

Flying High…29/08/2013

Charter boat fishing is a whole different ball game. Though we often fish amongst the local skippers, catch the same fish, use similar tactics, rigs and baits and some of us are on first name terms with them the tactics and feel of the fish are different and it provides both a level of comfort and access to deeper, further, faster marks and species we don’t otherwise see around here. With Garry holding the space from my skydive raffle for High Flyer and the fine summer weather, good tides and tope around at the end of the summer holidays it was perfect timing for a trip to be put together for us yakkers to go and have a play and learn a bit more. Originally hoping to fill three boats, the nine wanting to go who were available would all fit on Jon Old’s Offshore 105 High Flyer out of Gorleston and with the clearer water and Marty and Jon’s recent tope catches to the north of Great Yarmouth the booking was made and Jon planned to give us a day to really get our teeth into…and not just OUR teeth!

I had to work a shift afterwards so an earlier start and return were requested and Jon was brilliant, it was no bother and so we left around seven for a four o’ clock return. It turned out perfectly like that as it happened as we caught the tides right and with us all parked nearby for free (though there was sufficient parking by the boat as it turned out) we said our hellos and wandered down to the berth, clambering down the ladder and making ourselves at home. A safety brief and outline of the initial plan followed and as soon as the shipping entering the harbour was clear we headed out into a brightening morning on a flat sea which showed all the swirls and eddies of banks and wrecks as we steamed north past the Scroby Sands windfarm for the first mark, a bank of 20-30ft by a drop off to a hundred!

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It was a 45 minute journey and in those conditions was very comfortable indeed with a multitude of harbour porpoise being spotted, the first for many of the party. Beautiful creatures which have been a common sight for me this year, seeing them in the progressively clearer water was even better. Surprisingly we didn’t spot any seals at all this time but we did keep away from the sands themselves.

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The first mark was somewhere off Winterton and with the boat sitting at anchor the ten of us onboard dropped down our baits, a mixture of supplied squid, hardback crab, mackerel and sandeel and sat back to wait. There was a pot running for the largest fish of the day and a pot for the most fish (mackerel not included as we wouldn’t all be able to fish for them and the larger stuff at the same time and if we hit a shoal counting would be a nightmare). A quid a time was enough to be fun and to give a 20% discount off the trip cost for the winners without being an expensive burden for those who missed out. My tope rod was rigged and ready to rock!
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Nigel’s son was along and although a carp fisherman primarily he knew how to fish…a rattle after quarter of an hour and he was in. It was the first time any of us apart from Jon had seen a brill and what a beautiful looking flattie it was, a couple of pound or so of prime dinner that I think we were all quite jealous of! Wonderful markings on it and superb camouflage for the sand and shingle.

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That was it though, a bit too quiet for Jon’s liking, seeing as we were where we were…he hauled anchor after half an hour or so and dropped us again a short way downtide so that we could fish into the drop off. Fresh baits on and we sat and waited. Another half an hour maybe and with suntans coming on a treat the excitement was getting dulled…though to be fair most of us were fishing big baits for big fish…then a couple of small taps on Garry’s rod and he struck. Kind of a whiting sized bite.

Some whiting; the line straightened while the rod bent over and the drum of the reel started revolving in the wrong direction! TOPE!

So this is what we were waiting for…all lines in because this was a good fish and the previous day two had been lost so we weren’t taking any chances. 8/0 hooks, 80lb mono and small baits on long flowing traces were the order of the day, the tidal flow strong enough that spinning into the line and cutting it were unlikely. As Garry fought the head-thumping, running, diving fish the rest of us enjoyed the show, willing him on and taking the mickey in equal measure.

It started to come closer. I pranced around with the video camera to record the struggled and passed my rod with the other camera attached to Tim who stuck it under the water to get some footage from that angle – I love my waterproof Olympus compacts! It got closer and we swapped over; Andy was standing up on the seating so I passed mine up for an overhead view and took the other from Tim and continued to film; a fish like this was worth covering from every angle!

Closer, closer, close, nearly…and it’s in the net!

And it’s out of the net!

Dives, shakes, thumps, comes back up and it’s close again. The net, as large as it is, is too small. The leader is grabbed and Jon gets under the rail, leans right out like someone being seasick and tries to grab hold of the pectoral fin while avoiding those teeth…it messes him about a bit and we start asking each other who can drive a boat, who knows how to haul the anchor and so on if he goes swimming…he grabs it, , scuttles back like a crab and gets Garry’s tope up and over the rail and into the boat!

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Neatly hooked in the scissors it’s a female and a decent one at that; we’re all thinking thirty and Jon goes to get the scales. It goes twenty five; the word ‘only’ does not figure, a fish like that scraps hard, there’s no ‘only’ with a tope!
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Weighed, photographed, kissed and released and it swims away and down strongly. Congratulations all-round and the lines go back down in nanoseconds, no time to waste, we all want some of that! Squid and crab did the trick. I want fresh mackerel head and shoulders – and not to make my bald head sprout renewed growth – and with the tide easing I grab a feather rod and start to jig on the bottom for my bait and maybe some lunch for tomorrow. I love everything about mackerel. Besides, I’ve not caught anything yet.

Nothing on the bottom, the mackerel are in short supply this summer. I give it twenty minutes with no joy then decide to try further up in the water column in case. Bang! Straight in.

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Only one but big enough for four baits. I unhook it, drop down halfway and hand the rod to Nigel, bat the fish on the head and do some surgery. It’s on the hook and out before Jon comes back from the bow where he’s just scampered with three more; fresh bait all around and the leftovers get chopped up small and chummed in the hope of more fish. Then he gets a weever and shows us it in case we ever catch one and inadvertently grab it:

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It stays quiet. Half an hour on and the tide is really dropping away, Jon offers to take us over to a wreck he likes for a bit of cod-jigging if we want. We’re all easy; someone asks for a decision! I suggest that we’ve just put some chum down, had one tope and have all caught cod before (well Andy hasn’t as yet but he will) so we elect to stay for a bit longer.

Then Paul is in with a mackerel, he keeps it to do it justice with a pike or two come winter.

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Half an hour goes by but nothing happens so Jon asks again as we’ve only got a window long enough for a few drifts and at least we should get some fish on the boat though the wrecking has been sporadic of late. We reel in, he hauls anchor and we head towards the wreck of the Dutch-Flagged Montferland, sunk on 27th June 1941 by German aircraft with no loss of lives and lying pretty much intact between sandwaves.

Wreck number 10549

WGS 84 position: Latitude = 52°47'.192 n longitude = 001°50'.347 e

Depth: 20,6 m

Water depth : 31 m

Length: 128 m

Tonnage: 6790 gross

Cargo: sugar, meat, steel, wool, milk powder

Built in 1921 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson ltd and owned Voortzetting van den Kon. Five boilers, two turbines on single shaft. 1066 hp. Machinery by Vickers Electrical Co ltd. On passage from Mackay to London. Cargo 4700 tons sugar, 1755 tons meat, 1389 tons steel, 774 tons wool and 20 tons milk powder. Foundered after attack by german aircraft.

First and last surveying details:

2/7/41 swept in 52 47 13 N, 01 50 19 E. Fouled at 20ft in gen depth 49ft by e/s. Lies 305/125degs. (HMS Franklin, 2/7/41).

22/05/95 located in 52 47 09.8 N, 01 50 27.4E using DGPS. Examined 14/4/95. Swept clear at 20.6mtrs, foul at 20.9mtrs. Least depth 22.8mtrs in general depth 31mtrs by e/s. No scour. DCS3 ht 3mtrs. Length 160mtrs, width 40mtrs. Lies 130/310degs. Strong magnetometer deflection. Lies between sandwaves.

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Jon set’s us up for the first drift; I’m using a Fladen Portland eel, the leadheaded red one on a dropper rig with 20lb fluorocarbon and a ball lead. I’ve watched it just below the surface and it looks irresistible to the fish! Glenn up in the northeast has recommended them and I’ve rigged it how he says. On the 40lb braid I can feel every bump and wriggle as Iift a foot and drop down, jig, jig, jig, trying to keep it tight, jig, snatch, jig, rattle, jig, snag…slack for half a second and snatch and it’s clear; jig jig rattle pout!

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Next drift: jig, jig, rattle, jig, snatch pull…pull…pull snagged! The rod bends over and I can’t release it and I have to straight line it. Snap.

Another drift; I get species number three but only the second to count for the pot; I’m ahead of Top Gun Garry though! He’s on tope and sandeel – the sublime to the ridiculous! Carefully, with pliers and forceps, I unhook and return it, showing mercy on the scary little monster! Then Garry gets his mackerel, kisses it, but it doesn’t count…

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There are a couple of codling on board, two pounders but not for me. Keiron and Jon

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Damn. I tie on a Fladen 3 Hook Deep Sea 1/0 luminous sandeel type rig and drop it down on the next drift. Bump, bump, bump, rattle, pull, fish on! Up it comes, fighting, a pout that felt bigger from that depth and with that lead, it looks okay and is popped back in but takes a while to go down; no gulls around thankfully.

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I drop down again, we’re off the wreck and wind in. Nigel has had a cod, Matty a pout; father and son doing the business!

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Next drop and it’s another pout, around a pound so a decent one. This one’s blown so it’s set aside for bait. Some of the guys are using bait on a commercial trace Jon has shown us – a dropper rig with a 2/0 and a chunk of squid, mackerel or sandeel. I persist with the artificals. Tony’s had one hell of a pout, going on for two pound by the look of it; he guts and gills it straight away in the hope that it may be an eater; it’s blown so isn’t going back down anyway. Tim lands a large edible crab; he’s happy but we’re still over the wreck so no time for pictures just yet and I forget later.

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Next drift and the rig is gone; I tie on some pink Fladen Hokkis…down it goes, I feel some jiggling but it’s not anything much, I continue until we’re off the wreck and then reel up; I have another weever, badly hooked with torn guts; I put it out of its misery and throw it back. Tony gets a brace of pout.

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The tide starts up again and though we drift a few more times the fish are staying down. We all lose a rig or two during this time so at least we can have a break from retying and won’t bankrupt Jon!

We steam to another bank to try for tope, roker and hounds again. Time for hand washing:

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Down go the baits and I wait; I’m ahead but only just…the uptider (I have one nominated rod while bait fishing, the uptider, which changes to the other when wrecking and I’m only using one rod). I get a bit of movement but I’m not sure if it’s a bite. I leave it thinking it’s the lead shifting. Every now and then it jiggles again. Eventually I bring it in and it’s number four, a decent dogfish. It’s slow though and no-one else is getting any knocks.

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Nigel doesn’t get a knock. I’m not sure what he’s doing but he’s left his rod. Loose drag and on the clicker though. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOPE!
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He grabs it, pulls intot he fish and against a strengthening low sets to work for ten minutes or more. Jon gets the tailer ready, not going to use the net this time and doesn’t fancy dangling again. A long, hard scrap with plenty of nodding from the fish and then finally it’s coming up and closer. It sees us and runs again, stripping line and a few more minutes follow. I’m over the side with the camera and the leader in my hand, Jon’s over the side because the tailer is proving impossible in the flow. He grabs it and wrestles again and Nigel’s tope comes aboard, another good fish though a smaller male of around 18lb. he’s not romantic enough hough, an air kiss and after weighing and photos he goes back and swims off none the worse for his experience. The tope that is.

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A renewed air of optimism, fresh baits and the lines go back down. Only Andy and Terry (who’s joined the kayaker’s party for the day) are still to catch; I’m hoping they get something but I want a tope! But it’s not to be for the three of us…but Matty is another story and the same rod as last time goes and he’s on it!

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An epic battle in this tide, it’s ripping through and he’s hanging on as it strips line, thumps against him, dives, rises, shakes and pulls and quarter of an hour pass before Jon again leans over the side and does his shark wrangling act! A bit bigger this one, another male of 20lb this time and Matty is made up. Far more romantic than his dead he goes in for the kiss but rubs it with his cheek instead…what? First shave and he uses a shark? He relents, kisses it and back he goes!

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We carry on for another half an hour and then we have to go. None of us really want to, it’s a glorious day and we’ve had some serious fish but it’s been a long day too, it’s time and we’ve an hour’s plus steam back to port and the tide’s going full bore now so unlikely to throw up any more fish until it starts to slow again. Up comes the anchor and we’re away. Cups are gathered, bits are picked up, rubbish is centralised, the decks are swabbed, the boards are scrubbed and a reel is relined on the way back. We run through the turbines on Scroby, quite a sight up close and personal and go into harbour behind a windfarm cat for the short run up to the berth and off the boat to the cars.

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We were still in at five but no matter, coffee would see me through my shift so no complaints from me; or the others, we all had a whale of a time trying new things and seeing some good fish boated. Maybe the first time we’ve collectively turned our backs on the yaks but certainly not the last! Jon did us proud!

Now I’ve just got that video to edit…watch this space!
29/08/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

29 Aug 2013 by jon old

Been a bit slack on the reports due to mackerel bashing. Was asked for a tope session by Mark ( Snapper) local kayak nutter who organised everybody today ,thank you by the way Mark! Started out on the Ridges up North with a lovely little turbot from Matthew , had a quick move to deeper water as tide eased for our biggest tope of the day from Gary 25lb,nice fish. Few mackerel came in with the weavers so decided at slack to hit a favourite wreck of mine on the 9 mile mark. All fish well deserved few small cod, pouting,etc hard fishing for wrecking lads done well, not too many snap offs! On the way home ended up on the Newarp to finish up with a tope of 18 lb for Nigel and 20lb few minutes later for Matthew a great day in all really. Big thanks again to Mark, all the lads , Tim,Matthew,Paul,Gary,Nigel,Tony,Andy,Kerian, and Terry was much appreciated and also for washing down to ! Top marks men, look forward to having you onboard soon. All the best. Jon. High Flyer.
15/08/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

15 Aug 2013 by jon old

Been a bit slow on the reports down to us generally bashing mackerel and gets a bit boring to readers about same thing. Most trips filling up was hard to start as keeping to the 30cm size limit with tons of small ones about. Plenty of large launce this year and sandeel too, no shortage of weavers as usual. Nice to see the odd gurnard on the feathers but not the pesky whiting still about! Todays pic is the lads from Leicester, George, Simon,Darren,Wayne,Ricky,Jack,Paul,Collin,and Matty. Plenty of fish about, few dogs thrown in as well , was an enjoyable day all round until the wind blew up! Well big thanks to all especially appreciate the early start and long drive , hope to see you all soon. All the best . Jon.
22/07/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

22 Jul 2013 by jon old

Had a few computer issues over last couple of weeks so apoligies for lack of reports. Just thought bring you up to date with whats been occuring. Finally last week the water started to clear so mackerel are appearing catching in numbers bit on the small side unfortunately. Had a nice bass just under 9lb last week, plenty of reasonable smoothounds when the tide gets going, the spotted dogs seemed to have moved offshore a bit now. Plenty of dabs still, looking forward to starting few evening trips soon as weather has improved,email me to get on our database so you get the information first hand. The wrecking has been hard work so far seems to be same all over having fished myself off Whitby this week, might just be one of those years. Those wanting to wreck this year be aware worst ive known it for a long while. on a good note the sandeels have been prolific as well as the weavers! Lets hope the winter this year proves well,still catching those whitting on the feathers and hopefully as the cod have been scarce so far leaves more to catch when it gets cold with a bit of luck? Well hope to see you all soon back on again computer wise ,will be reporting back after this weeks huge spring tides, leave you with a picture of yours truly with a 15lb ling i caught this week up north on the Cheiften Charter Boat from Whitby. Yes i go away for a break and go fishing!
02/07/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

2 Jul 2013 by jon old

Flat calm start today which i havent seen for months! Pleasure to be out with a glassy top to the sea. Headed out to a six mile mark i havent been able to get to lately. was rewarded with a lovely 8lb smoothy first off by yours truly, then couple more for Paul, few doggies as well. Moved slightly south near a wreck as tide eased, unfortunately the wind was picking right up, ended up with a 5lb roker, few more dogs. Had to move as the boat started mis behaving so forced back inshore as has been the situation for months now getting absoulotely ridiculous this weather pattern. Couldnt even hold anchor as the wind was stronger than the tide with the anchor out the stern on a flood! early day for us today thanks to Paul, John and Shannon , sorry about the wait for those who didnt show but least we had a reasonable day. All the best. Jon.
23/06/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

23 Jun 2013 by jon old

Had the place to ourselves today, mostly due to the 40mph winds! Lost previous day due to weather becoming ridiculous for this time of year everything is at least a month behind. Had to hide up inshore as strong tides today, within minutes fish coming aboard usual doggies and a lovely surprise for Carl with a sole normally a nocturnal fish nice to see. Moved onto a skate mark to end the flood resulting in just one around 5lb,was hoping to stay for the first run but the wind proved too much so moved again North to hide up. Plenty of dogs again, few flats, on the ebb , had to shift again to our final position the weather knocking us sidewards at anchor! Positioned ourselves in a little alley i found last year proved to pay off with some lovely smoothounds coming in some nice keepers around the 6lb mark average , usual dogs and odd flatty. Was a reasonable day for the conditions well done to the lads few firstimers on High Flyer,thanks for sticking it lads.
Thanks to John from Milton Keynes,Mike from Hull, Adam and Scott pictured here all first timers onboard today, and regulars Carl,Brian,Derek,James,and Dave , much appreciated men. All the best. Jon.
18/06/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

18 Jun 2013 by jon old

Bit of a choppy start start to the day from last nights blow, went off to a six mile bank i hadnt used for a while down to weather been too windy lately, started off well with doggies straight away. As tide weakened nice sizeable bass and doggie on same line would you believe! Ended up with 9.2 lb skate from the mark before moving to a bass mark which proved no good only few small dogs so ended up back inshore to finish our day. Another couple of skate for us of just over 8lb and 4lb along with more dogs and handfull of lovely dabs. No smoothies at all anywhere today maybe tides were too weak for them? Big thanks to Derek from DXB Water for organizing the trip and Keith,Rhichard and Rob all the way from Brentwood,appreciate you guys making the journey. Was a pleasant end to the day with calm water and we got a nice mixture of fish. See you guys next month, all the best. Jon.
15/06/2013 Fishing Report by jon old

15 Jun 2013 by jon old

Forcast today very strong SW winds no choice but to head North using the tides to our advantage ended up off Winterton. Arrived on slack waited for the flood the doggies came on as expected with nice little smoothy thinking we were in for a good day. Unfortunately the heavens opened ,the sky turned pink with lightening, as always turns the fish right off. Had a move further North , went through numerous downpours and with strong gusts all day made conditiions not great. Fair play to all today spirits kept up, had a great sport as tide slackened and i decided to dab bash changing hooks etc, getting the black lug out.Ended up keeping about 40 odd dabs pictured here, countless returned ,had fun all round. Big thanks to everyone from Mildenhall Base,Shannon for organizing the trip much appreciated, Breanna,Cierra,Ian,Joe,Justin,Andy,Matthew, and Steve ,hope you all enjoyed the day despite the weather well done to you all. Look forward to seeing you all again at some point. All the best. Jon.