Ling, Cod and Pollack aboard Sweet William on the Tyne wrecks in October

We've made the most of some difficult conditions over the past week; with gusting winds, choppy seas and dirty water after the recent storms, it's definitely been a 'fishing not catching' experience for the more hardened anglers.

The craic has been great aboard, and the lads have been well prepared. Early starts in the dark at 6:00am, with that dawn chill creeping in, giving us the opportunity to see some incredible sunrises.

The mackerel are still here, with some solid fish mixed in amongst a smaller stamp, plenty of coalies for sport, and some lovely pan size whiting regularly coming aboard.

Decent cod are still elusive even on the wrecks in great numbers, with some nice ling making an appearance when the weather and fishing conditions allowed. The better stamp of pollock seemed to be making an appearance at dawn and tailing off throughout the day.

The inner rough grounds have started producing a good number of small stamp codling.

Fingers crossed for a good spell of weather over the coming weeks!