New to the game and picki'n your brain

Member Joined: Sep 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Location: East Coast

Hi all you good fishing type peep's
Just a quick intro from myself, i'm very VERY VEEEEERY new to this game.
found myself with new time on my hands so decided to try this sea fishing thingy.
over the last 2 months done alot of reading and buying the gear big grin

gonna be aski'n lots of stupid questions and hope i dont piss peeps off.
fished off a boat 2 weeks ago at bridlington and caught jack **** sad

then tried to fish at chappel st. leodards last saturday, caught loads of species but it all looked like sea weed lol

hope to chat soon
dude happy

(ps. even made some rigs and learnt some knots tougue

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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:18 am

welcome to the site and good luck buddy.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:37 am

Welcome mate and don't worry too much about blanking. The best of us still do it and I still recall blank after blank in my early days until I began to learn a few things - notably where the fish are likely to be which makes up for all the wonderful gear you may be conned into buying.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:23 am

A warm welcome to the site, ask all the questions you want as they will be answered as all the members are only too willing to help whenever they can and will even meet up with you to give you first hand experience.

I was actually going to sugest that Manic muppet giveing you a hand at blanking lol big grin

But he has ruined his reputation as he caught thee species on his last trip out.

Cheers keith big grin

Member Joined: Sep 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Location: East Coast

Cheers for the welcome lads.
gonna look at the tide and maybe try imminham again at the weekend cos its local (only around 25 miles from me)
not tried real bait yet, will try this berkeley gulp rag again and see what happens

Cheers
the dude cool

(ps. last time i tried gulp the bloody packet kept falling off me 'ook angry

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(ps2. it also says the packs resealable but still leaks water in the hole i made last time crying

(maybe take it to work and try to weld the hole shut tougue

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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:37 pm

We need to tell you newbie that Berkeley Gulp Bait is a con. Lots have folk have tried it and 90% of the time it will catch nothing. Get some frozen mackerel and cut into strips suitable for putting on the hook or get some proper worms and watch the fish come running.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:28 pm

Hi ND, welcome to the site. good luck with Immingham. I fished paull carpark today with Dickyp, and blanked, he caught a solitary rockling. Im not impressed with Paull at the moment, but the docks seem to do better. let us know how it goes, and as has been said, get some real bait, Squid n macky are cheap and easy to get if you cant get worms. Cheers...Mick

Member Joined: Sep 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Location: East Coast

Cheers for the info on the gulp MM & E. Only bought it thinking on the lines of i wont need to go shopping before the next fishing trip cos what i dont use will be good for next time! (bad logic i see).
Guess i can't trust what the geezer says in the shop, best find a new shop i think ( or not ask for info and keep bugg'n you guys instead lol)
Does the frozen bait have to be defrosted first or do i just cut and use it as is? (working on the assumption fish don't have microwaves).
Will try the wall again on sunday with REAL stuff this time. The wall is the only place i know in immingham. Hey Mr Muppet, how do get to 'Paull' or the mark at the docks so at least i have more options next time.
Looked at the wall the other weekend just to see whats what and there were peep's lobbi'n bits of spikey metal things on the end of skinney long things in so guess it aint to bad big grin

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Many thanks for the advice.
The dude. cool

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:28 pm

Frozen bait will normally thaw out enogh for you to use by the time you get to your venue, and will thaw out even more when it hits the salt water.
Cheers keith big grin

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:40 pm

Me again, yes I'm afraid you have discovered that not all tackle shops know what real fishing is about. I have heard some first class B.S. in some tackle shops and seen some dreadful gear and very high prices in some shops. Fortunately at least one of my local shops is very good - mainly because the owners go fishing regularly themselves. When I use frozen bait I find that if I get it out about 1/2 hour before leaving for the beach (10 minutes away) it has thawed out sufficiently for use by the time I have got set up. If I buy a box of squid, it's a slightly different approach because when you open the box, you usually find a solid lump. I therefore leave it open for an hour or so until it has partially thawed then separate out the squids and put them in small separate packets.
NB there are some dabs around at the moment in our area (not big but very tasty) and I would have thought there should be some in your area too. Tactics are size 2 or 4 Aberdeen hooks loaded with lug or small strips of mackerel - cast out around 60 yds on a sandy beach with a rising tide at night.

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:57 pm

Hi ND, you need to nip over the Humber bridge, head straight down the A63 and all the docks are signposted as you come to each roundabout, try victoria dock. or the last one before the chemical works on the right, theres a carpark on the right as you get to the end of the road leading into the docks. Paull carpark is the next roundabout down, just follow Paull signs, as you get to outskirts of paull turn left, follow the road and theres a quaint white house in front of you, take the little private road to the left of it, you cant miss it. Cheers..Mick

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:00 am

eccles wrote:

We need to tell you newbie that Berkeley Gulp Bait is a con. Lots have folk have tried it and 90% of the time it will catch nothing. Get some frozen mackerel and cut into strips suitable for putting on the hook or get some proper worms and watch the fish come running.

Gulps are awful....they work as plastic baits but thats it. Forget the fish attraching part tougue

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:42 pm

welcome to the site m8

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:20 pm

welcome from the east forum,yep avoid gulp baits,crabs love em though.a good read through the site will give you some pointers and tips,dont worry about blanking just enjoy the fishing,and dont try to hard.best of luck.

you got some top guys up there in N/E that will always answer any questions no matter how stupid the question is.

Andy1i

Member Joined: Sep 12, 2009 Posts: 7 Location: East Coast

Thanks bh.
I took all your advice and got some frozen squid and lug today (didnt have any mack left) and guess what! they were cheaper than the gulp but you already knew that right !!
(hope they didnt wanna find any females when alive cos JEEEES, THEY IS ONE SET OF UGLY MOTHERS laughing

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Anyhow thanks for the directions Mr M. I will thake a look pretty soon.
Still gonna try immingham tomorow though, high tide is just gone 12 so gonna try and be there for 11, guessing it might be about right.
Looked at the rigs from the menu on the left and gonna try knocking up that 3 hook flapper one.
Ok ok, go on, your'e all gonna tell me that ones only for fishing in the kithen sink at 3am on a tuesday when sat on the eifel tower over looking pearl harbour!!!!!!! but hey! i'm still learning at wits' end - New!

Will let you know what happened if your'e interested, or even if your not, gonna bloody tell ya all anyway devil