newcastle 2.8

People:me

Duration:9pm-12pm

Tide:rising

Weather:nice

Bait:mac and crab

Rigs:7/0 pully and mini flapper

Results:weever,whiting and my first tope

after a bad day at work were everything went wrong all day i was in two minds about getting out for a few hour,checked the weather and tides and decided id go for it.
I was planning on going to graystones but ended up going to newcastle instead witch work out great
so i got there and set up for 9pm no sign of weed happy days,i set up two rods one for tope and a little spining rod for scratching.
straight away on the small rod i was getting small whiting about 20cm then i got what i thought was a whiting at a quick glance and very nearly grabbed a small weever fish
after about 40 mins some chap and his kids walked down to me asking was there any macs about,i replyed with ye on the end of my hook
just than i seen the big rod wobble at the corner of my eye and wasn't sure if i had knocked it or not,a sec later and the rod doubled over and line started stripping of the reel
my god what a fight at tines i thought i was going to loose him,he made about 5 mad runs,so after the fight of my life i laded him
my first tope 22lb a few pics later and he went back still strong.
needless to say the scratching went out the window and i focused on the tope but no more showed packed up at 20.30am as it was a school night.
here's a pic or 3




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very very nice well done

Well done Paul,delighted for ya

Paul fair play lovely fishing and very nice fish... Well done

Dave

Thats a great way to end a bad day at work m8, Well done, nice to get the first one under the belt!
All the best SQ...........

excellent and you got him at the dusk,,well done

Well done pal , a fish of a lifetime from the shore, thats one to send into the mags, and its even better when they publish it,a very well done again pal.

fair play, nice fish

That's a bloody shark! No doubt you had to resize the picture. Great!

nice fish well done

Thanks lads ye it was a fish I'll always remember and I'd say it will be a long time before I get another like it

well done man, nice job you did over there,hope catch bigger next time ....

brilliant Paul. well done. crackin fishin!

Now that's what ya call a good fish,,,,,,,,,Cracking Tope Skell,,,,

lovely looking fish well done mate

Super fish Paul Well deserved for all those trips

Well done Paul a cracking fish from the shore.

Yappo

Nice one Paul

Brilliant fish paul big well done to you

cracker of a fish paul a big well done