RHB & Whitby Saturday 18th January

Three of us set off Saturday morning for the east coast i forgot the bait  so we had to go back for it arrived in Whitby had a massive breakfast at the singing kettle (excellent value & a right plate full should anyone find thereselves in Whitby & hungry) then Whitby angling for squid a new pair of studded vass evo wellies for me & a bit of advice off Dan who works there it was decided give robinhoods a go for a couple of hours on the flood then back to Whitby west to get a place for a few hours more.Andrew had a stonking bite first cast but didn't connect we stayed on the scar moving back with the tide but had no more bites in the two hours we stayed.So back to Whitby west hell of a job finding parking near by & ended up right up by the whale bones on the tops finally got on the pier 7 about half an hour later my rod nearly went over the rails god job it was tied to them.Seemed to take an age undoing the cloth holding it i lifted the tip & wound the rod was well bent it felt a big fish i shouted to Andrew who shouted back Ive got one too anyway it turned out when the fish hit the surface & rolled both lines & traces were there & it was a really big fish well into double figures.Anyway we went for the lift got it two or three feet out of the water & it lost the hook & back it fell gutted does not describe the feeling    .But a bit later my rod tip rattled then thumped right over i grabbed it started winding & immediately felt that grating of crossed lines then Carl shouted me from down the pier i think Ive got your line he had too & the chaps next to him he also had a 3lb cod though we packed up shortly after & headed for our last mark down the A64 where we all landed a large haddock apiece complete with chips & seasoning  A day of forgotten bait & lost fish but a thoroughly enjoyable one my new vass wellies were great on the slippery scars too   " />

unlucky on the lost fish mate,well done for getting out  

good report and pics pity about loosing the big one    

Shame about the lost fish but good report and pictures.  

A big breakfast, a days fishing and fish and chips on the way home, this is what weekends were made for     

Put a drop net on your wish list, it will be even bigger next time you hook it!

Aye nets already sorted dont want that happening again

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A big breakfast, a days fishing and fish and chips on the way home, this is what weekends were made for     

Another breakfast today too   went back to go on trot on 2 charter but south easterly swell that had come on meant nothing getting in or out the harbour shame we didn't have shore gear or we could have had another do

There's a lesson in there for all of us