Sweet William finds some nice Cod and Ling on a trip up North

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome aboard Steve, Andy, Jackie and team today who had travelled all the way from Carlisle, Chris and Peter, and Andy who was experiencing his first taste of wreck fishing!

We headed out to a slight fret, flat calm seas and warm conditions. The first stop immediately produced a fantastic stamp of mackerel for both bait, and the pan.

We headed off on a fair steam to some less frequented wrecks, and began to pick away steadily. Andy soon mastered the technique to wreck fishing and hooked up with a great 5'7 lb cod as his PB.

Chris and Peter had some cracking fish between them, with Peter knocking into a double string of both a cod and ling together, with the cod weighing in at 8’9 lb.

Andy (part of Steve's party) quietly picked away on some lovely fish all day, with a fantastic ling coming in on the digital scales at exactly 9'0 lb. It was very clear that this wasn't Andy's first rodeo, and a pleasure watching him work.

The sun made an appearance for a good part of the afternoon, with some incredible Minke whales slowly breaching past close to the boat on a few occassions which is always amazing to witness.

The steam home was also an event in itself, with an extremely dense fog bank greeting us a few miles from the Tyne; no sooner than we arrived back at Royal Quays Marina, it was back to sun and clear skies.