Longline Fishing For Cod At Whitby

I had a very enjoyable day longlining for cod locally with a couple of friends. Please have a look. i hope you enjoy the pics. Story here.

http://www.real-whitby.co.uk/real-forum/index.php/Thread/221-Sustainable-Fishing-At-Whitby-Fishing-With-Long-Lines-On-A-Whitby-Coble/

 

What a cracking read with some nice picture too. It also looked quite a good result for 4 hours

 

Nice report Glen,

we managed one shot with one of Martins lines last month.

its a great way to catch /return fish .

after renewing the hooks on the long line we used horse shoes every 10-15 hooks to ensure that the bait keeps on the bottom

do the commercial lads you went out with use a similar method ?

we found out how accurate you have to be, hit a bit of soft & the bigger whiting

seem to dominate that section of line.

seems you had a good day out

 

I did some lineing in the 80ss the most memorable times was when you shot worm lines on the big tides the size of the fish you got on line was incredible many in double figures and you had to shoot them in sand just before it got dark them hauled them next morning if you shot them to early starfish would smoother the bait it was allways best just as it was getting dark.

You hauled them by hand in those days when you grabbed the line to haul and there was plenty of fish on it the line would be pulling like hell what a feeling when you knew was to come and big fish was well .

paul.

 

Really great story, and really great pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Great account of the day

 

A very enjoyable read Glenn,looks as though you had a good day,we have seen these guys when out uptiding,very friendly.
Good quality report and photos portraying a genuinely sustainable method of fishing.

Karl.

 

A cracking report there Glenn , good pics , nice to see them getting caught like that

 

The future is the past regarding catching cod for the inshore fishermen imo.

 

I really enjoyed reading that. Amazing story.

 

Thanks for all your feedback. Pleased I did it now

 

Hi Matey, these lads werent that refined. Instead of horse shoes they used the odd stone here and there.

 

Nice read and some great photos

 

We dont use any weights on our lines just one on each end where the dhans are we use 3 lines with 300 hooks per line.

 

Only just had time to read it Glenn - saw it before but too busy! Great read and great photo's. Well done - and thanks for putting something a bit different on for us to read

 

Good report, enjoyable.

Wish it were so..

 

Fantastic article.

 

Hi Matey, these lads werent that refined. Instead of horse shoes they used the odd stone here and there.

thanks for reply, thought we were going down the right way to maintain hooks to sea floor.

 

Excellent read Glenn thanks for sharing with us.
Just out of interest were the lads using circle hooks on the lines.
In years gone by The lads down here in Filey use to shoot there lines in pitch darkness to get the best results. some days resulting in 250+ stone of prime cod they were only using size 17 mustard hooks otherwise known as spade ends.
The good old days

 

Some hooks were circles yes, but not a majority. Makes you wonder if shooting in the dark would be better for them ??