Throbshaw Point, Heysham, HW, day 11/2/19

[StevieA]

Amazing transformation after the gales. Sunshine and a gentle breeze - a fabulous day to be out by the sea.

Idyllic morning at the low-water mark on Half Moon Bay

Needed some worms so walked out in waders to the low water mark and put two rods out without much expectation while I teased a few - a very few - worms from their cosy holes. One was an absolute whopper, though.

Bruiser

Nothing doing on the rods, though, apart from one tenacious crab.

Cheeky

The tide comes in at a slow walking pace here, so I didn't do a lot of backing up and headed for the rocks.

What a spot

Dismayed to find a pile of newspaper someone had left from the night shift. Then less cross when I discovered it contained a dozen or so leftover black lug. Just what I needed. I had a leisurely lunch waiting for the tide to catch up. The delay also gave me the chance to size up the rough round north of the rocks that I fancied chucking a big hook into later.

Just need some water now

Spent the first hour or so watching squadrons of birds fly past. What are they? Must have been a thousand of them.

Low flying practice. (Note the reassembled Penn reel - only took me 5 hours to put back together! The gears grind like a knackered BSA Bantam, though.)

An hour before high, the trickle of small codling and whiting began - 8 in all.

A mix of small codling and whiting near the top of the tide

Then at the top of the tide a most unusual winter arrival - a decent sized plaice. First of those I've seen in a while.

Hello stranger

Weed was annoying but manageable. Fished a single 3/0 with black and squid on the rough ground, and a 2-hook flapper size 1 baited with black and mack/squid tips. Caught on all of them, though the lug/squid did best. The 2 codling caught on the 3/0 on rough ground were no bigger than the others. A fine day to be out. And that plaice gave a hint of spring.

An island of my own

[bob1]

Good result mate well done

[shacky]

Another top session with a Spotty ending Super

[rob f]

well done Stevie

[Padsta Tel]

Nice day for fishing and an early Plaice their on the way yippee.

[JoeRoberts]

Good session Stevie, well done

[Willpower]

Nice clear photos and a good spotty bonus.

[senatorkenny]

Well done Steve thanks for the report and great photos

[Shane ousby]

Well done stevie ,top report and pics well done on your catch

[Fzappa]

A good session and a good report with the photos well done..............

Frank