Hornsea Match

[Ramrod]

Me Andy B and the Kelpster went to fish the Hornsea match with a spring in our step checking out a couple of places on our way south. Our plan was to fish a sand bank for the start of the flood for cod then move north after a couple of hours to try for skate. We were greeted by 3 blokes hauling a net in from the beach! Any way we all blanked there so we stuck with our game plan and headed back north. First cast Andy caught a 3.5lb cod and Mark got a nice Doggie. My second cast hooked me a skate just under 5lb, good start! Andy caught a whitey and Mark went on to catch a 2.5lb cod a whitey and a bleg. While this was happening i hooked into another skate, by this time i was fishing on the mudbanks, i got it onto the beach below me and got my leader through my rings and off it came. I would  have estimated it to be about 8lb. The skate i caught won me the heaviest fish anyway as it turned out and was the only skate weighed in! There was some decent bags of codling weighed in, the winning bag and best by a good margin was 6 cod for about 8 kilo (i think)

[mww]

Nice one Ray, hard luck with the bigger one - maybe if you'd had a 18ft rod you could have flipped it up the cliff!!! ;D

Was there much movement down there?

Mart

[Ramrod]

There was a bit of movement Mart and it was starting to build towards the end of the match. The wind was bad and spoilt it a bit, there was also some weed about. I tried to get some stronger hooks earlier in the week (cox and rawl) i think i would have got the fish  if i managed to get some. It had too much time in the surf but i didn,t dare give it too much with the hooks i was using, gutted when i lost it.

[macky]

well done ray

shame to kill the skate for matches but hey, ho

gorgeous fish aint they?

[Ramrod]

Cheers Macky. As it panned out it,s just as well the second one got away but I wasn,t impressed at the time.

[Baramundi Bob]

Sounds like you boys had another good day out. Well done on the skate shame about the second one.

Nice one Ray, hard luck with the bigger one - maybe if you'd had a 18ft rod you could have flipped it up the cliff!!!

PMSL  ;D ;D

[Ramrod]

Watch it Glen you,re next Juan in line :D

[Baramundi Bob]

 :( :o ;D

[smokey]

Nice one Ray,shame bout the escapee,i take it that Andy B's back is in better shape,our kid said he's been in a bad way with it.Was going to have a go at the thornies this weekend,but this sea is sure to have scattered em. >:( >:( >:(

[MFC]

Well done ray,again.Your not still using that 3 foot rag worm are you by any chance?

[Ramrod]

You mean Ragaconda Mark. No I think it,s still in my bait shed but I dare not go in to find out. Thats the biggest ragworm i,ve ever seen,when you pulled it out(the ragworm that is) of its lair the headland slipped down a bit ;D

[Steve]

where is the best spots for the skate at the moment and are they producing more in daylight or darkness

[macky]

the skate will stay away for a few weeks now the sea is as rough as hell

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