Winter Solstice Cod Bonanza! | Collywell Bay | Northumberland

It was the last session before Christmas, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The baits were hung by the tripod with care, in hopes that St Codolas would be there....
David was struggling, but Gary was there, catching cod after cod, as David just starred...
Merry Christmas all! Thanks for your support this year, seasons greetings and tight lines!
See you in the New Year!
David and Gary
FCA

[@Mark-ml6yk]

Great video third time ive watched it just shows they dont allways stick to the script

[@fullcircleangling]

@@Mark-ml6yk cheers Mark, yes it certainly does 👍

[@johnwilson8999]

Great fishing lads, well Gary lol, hard luck mate fair game to you. Have a great Christmas and a fish filled new year ahead - tight lines

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers John very much appreciated mate 🙏 tight lines and all the best for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@davidoldboy5425]

Well done both of you and Seasons Greetings with a big big thank you for all the entertainment you give me, tight lines in 2024

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers David much appreciated as always🙏 same to you, merry Christmas and all the best👍

[@MarkPerry-fk1ot]

brilliant video as always lads, some nice fish gary, unlucky david, i suffer from angina, would i be able to fish this mark ? i fancy giving it a go sometime. thanks for any info fellas, all the best to you both for the new year, stay safe tight lines

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks for watching and commenting Mark. I really wouldn’t like to say as I would hate to encourage someone to do something and they end up coming a cropper, hope you understand. What I would say is that it’s an easily access mark and is relative flat and safe compared to most marks, assuming you fish seas that aren’t too rough. I think the best recommendation I could give you is to have a walk down in daylight, hopefully when others anglers are fishing so you can watch them fish and gauge for yourself how you think you’d cope? Hope that helps, thanks again and tight lines for 2024🙋‍♂️

[@MarkPerry-fk1ot]

thanks for your honest opinion david, im over in bolton so was just looking at coming over one weekend for a bash, cheers lads@@fullcircleangling

[@neil.23]

Well done Gary on 3 nice cod and well done David on managing the same sort of style smile you usually see at the Oscars when the award goes to someone else 😂 all the best to you both for xmas

[@fullcircleangling]

🤣🤣 perfectly put! I was genuinely happy to see a few fish for Gary, I could’ve done myself a favour though and just left my gear at home🤪🤦 Thanks very much and yes same to you, have a good Christmas and All the Best for 24👍🙋‍♂️

[@garywilkinson1970]

3 nice codling Gary. Well done from 1 Gary to another lol. Also the jacket Gary. Id like to have a look at one if you have the details plz.. Great year guys we'll done 🎣🎣🎣👍👍👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Gary much appreciated mate🙏 yeah super session for Gary there. I’ll double check but I think it’s a Guideline fly jacket. Thanks very much for your support, All the Best for 24👍🙋‍♂️

[@carldawson832]

Eazy David and Gary you both ok lads, well done on the codling . You can't beat catching one in daylight. The wind has been bad the last week or so. What a cracking bite on Gary's rod. All the best n a very merry Christmas from GRIMSBY.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Carl mate, all good thanks hope you’re well. Yes great bite but a shame he didn’t connect with it! Merry Christmas and all the best to you too, tight lines for 2024👍🙋‍♂️

[@neilconway3693]

Merry xmas m8, my sessions are much like yours turned out. I keep going anyway 😂😂😂 have a great new year all the best

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks for watching, yes tricky session indeed! Good to see Gary bag up. All the best to you too👍 tight lines 🙋‍♂️

[@kevintodd6150]

The same situation has happened with me when fishing with a mate multiple times! There’s been stacks of times when, even though we’ve been using the same bait, the same tackle at the same venue, one of us will catch the majority of the fish, while the other one either blanks or just gets the odd one! Obviously there’s a reason for this, but what it is God only knows! It can be very frustrating, but it is what it is! Thanks very much for taking the time and effort to make the videos, and all the best to you and Gaz the Cod killer.You know what they say Dave: There’s fishermen and theres fishermen .Perhaps you could ask Gaz for some tips🥴😉😲Exceptionally tight lines for 2024

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Kevin much appreciated, yes it’s a strange phenomenon isn’t it! Haha maybe he’ll give me a tip or two for the new year 🤣 Thanks as always for watching, tight lines and all the best for 2024!🙋‍♂️👍

[@rosswaiton7710]

Really enjoyable videos these. Have a good Xmas. Look forward to watching more from youz in 2024!

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Ross very much appreciated mate🙏 plenty more to come next year, All the Best and tight lines 👍

[@ebe2278]

Well that's collywell bay chocka for the next few days!

[@trentangler]

Honestly pal why oh why? Ok, if they want to spoil it for themselves but spoiling it for others is out of order. Social media has ruined fishing

[@bertbasset8961]

Nice one again lads👍,, you gotta love those bites your pall had near dragging the rod of the stand 😂 proper bites 🎣🎣 all the best lads 👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Bert much appreciated mate🙏 yeah it was some bite! Thanks for watching and All the Best🙋‍♂️👍

[@gordoncarass2360]

Fantastic bit action lads. Great seeing Garry land that first fish in daylight, it really made the video for me.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Gordon much appreciated. Yeah so much nicer being able to film nice fish in daylight, doesn’t always happen but good when it does. Thanks as always for watching and all the best 👍

[@eastcoastshoreangler9308]

cracking bite mind great to see you back out mate are you too coming back down to the holderness coast in march for an other crack take care merry christmas all the best bonnie lad 🎣🎣👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate much appreciated 🙏 yeah we’ll be down there I’m sure. Tight lines for 2024, All the Best 👍🙋‍♂️

[@taranscott155]

Very interesting - I gave up shore fishing a good 20 years or more ago. I decided one freezing snowy New Year's Eve that I wasn't really enjoying myself on Whitley Bay beach, and I've not had my shore gear out since then. I do a lot of kayak fishing though, and I often go for pollack off Collywell Bay.

[@fullcircleangling]

Yes it does make you question your sanity at times doesn’t it🤦🤪 good that you’ve been getting a few on the yak though 👍 thanks very much for watching and tight lines🙋‍♂️👍

[@remskicodhead1]

Cracking video well done lads

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much mate much appreciated 🙏👍

[@Oli.Brown.]

Funny how you had a mare yet Gary could do no wrong despite being only a few metres apart. I was around that area about a week before and the codling I caught chucked up a Se Scorpion too. I guess cod just aren’t that fussy. Great video, especially in those conditions.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Oli very much appreciated. Yeah one of those weird unexplained vagaries of fishing. Yeah they’re not fussy are they, if it’s alive, they’ll have it! Thanks again, tight lines and all the best👍

[@kevbrindle2236]

Great session Gary...that bite that nearly took the rod in was a heart stopper !! Unlucky David,fishing can be like that sometimes....have a great xmas boys,look forward to more quality vids in the new year

[@fullcircleangling]

Such a shame it didn’t fully take the bait Kev, disappointed but hopefully next time🤞 Thanks for your support and all the best, more to come in the new year👍

[@jmr5551000]

Well your pal had a good session , I will say merry Christmas , hope you have a better trip next time

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate yep he certainly cleaned up! Merry Christmas to you too and All the Best🙋‍♂️👍

[@alanpringle397]

Seasons Greetings, i used to fish 50 years ago i lived in North Shields, even when my mate cast all night for me, he still got much more fish than me ! lol. Never heard of Cart back then, don't know why ?

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks for watching Alan, yeah it happens doesn’t it. Not sure about the cart, I don’t know if it a more recent thing🤷‍♂️ all the best and tight lines👍

[@NorthernSky1980.]

We all have one of them friends 🤣,Another good watch and All the best lads🍻

[@fullcircleangling]

Haha we certainly do! Thanks very much for watching, all the best to you too 🙋‍♂️

[@jonathangibbon-hayes1816]

Fantastic videos lads

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks Jonathan very much appreciated mate🙏 all the best 🙋‍♂️👍

[@brianjackson1956]

Great video Dave. Gary totally out fished you 🙈👍🎣

[@fullcircleangling]

Certainly did Brian😂 thanks for watching and tight lines🙋‍♂️

[@TheCoggsy]

well done lads. Mint session. Nice to see Gary bag up. Nice new reel, he careful leaving the the rubber on the reel handle. As it caused me bearing in my power aero to corrode as the water was sitting behind it mate. Merry Christmas to you both.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate very much appreciated 🙏 good point re the rubber, I’ll have to check it’s dry behind 👍 thanks for watching and all the best for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@TheCoggsy]

@@fullcircleangling yeah I left mine on as it was new and I thought it was stop it from getting damaged as we are all tackle tarts. 😂😂 and then I got my reel serviced and my mate showed me that it had actually caused the bearing and bush to corrode away. 🤦🏻‍♂️ took it straight off my new bullseye. Did replace the power aero handle with the gomexus. Much better grip like the bullseye handle. Which you have mentioned before in one of your vlogs.

[@fullcircleangling]

@@TheCoggsy good to know mate thanks for notifying me👍

[@alanpickering5734]

Another cracking video. I was shouting at the screen to tell Gary he had that massive bite. All the very best to both of you for Christmas and the New Year

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Alan much appreciated 🙏 haha yes it was a hell of a bite! Have a good Christmas and all the best to you too 👍🙋‍♂️

[@davidbutler1931]

well done you two,another class video, pity you had no luck David but thats fishing. Hope you, Gary and families have a great Christmas, all the best x

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers David much appreciated 🙏 not a lot doing for me but glad to see Gary getting a few👌🏻 thanks as always for watching and all the best to you too👍

[@chris881989]

Some cracking fish in this video. Well done 👏

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Chris much appreciated 🙏 all the best🙋‍♂️👍

[@annrobinson4951]

Hi Lads, another good vid and a lovely session. Nice cod!! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Tight lines. Malc and Ann North Lincs xx

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Ann very much appreciated 🙏 thanks very much and same to you, merry Christmas and tight lines for 2024! All the best 🙋‍♂️

[@arniec5707]

Really enjoyable video again mate 👍 you've put out some cracking videos all year 🎣 Fishing can be funny at time's and very well done to Gary 👏 some nice codling mate 🎣👍 Hope you both have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year 🍻🥃 Regards Arnie

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Arnie very much appreciated mate🙏 yes strange old game at times isn’t it🤷‍♂️ Same to you, Merry Christmas and All the Best for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@davidbrindle2630]

Wat a cracking session lads ,except for the loss of tackle but that's wat it's all about,just subscribed great vidio lads and all the best for Xmas and look forward to more 😊

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much for the sub and commenting David, much appreciated 🙏 great session for Gary, tricky for me but as you say that’s fishing! Tight lines and all the best for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@micksly7570]

Another great video some really nice cod shame you didn’t get into them but that’s angling you have a great Christmas 🎄🥸🐶

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Mick much appreciated mate🙏 same to you, all the best for 2024👍

[@castersfishingwales2038]

Have a great one buddy! all the best for 24

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate much appreciated 🙏 same to you, all the best 🙋‍♂️

[@mickwalsh8136]

Dave did you ask Gary for fishing lessons for Christmas ,only joking, great video as usual guy's,all the best

[@fullcircleangling]

Hahaha I think I need to Mick! Thanks very much for watching, all the best and tight lines for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@matthewsprawling5168]

Great bag for Garry and what a bite that was! Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year! 🎣

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Matthew much appreciated mate, yes same to you, All the Best🙋‍♂️ Yeah great bite and such a shame that he lost the other good fish, never mind, always next time🤞🤞

[@petermcfarlane9674]

Great session david/Gary. One of my local favourite places. All the best lads 🎣👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Peter much appreciated 🙏 all the best to you too👍🙋‍♂️

[@SteveMc63]

Cracking bite for Gary with some nice fish, I love my Shimano Aero Technium MGS XSD, well done Gary with support from David 😉😵‍💫😂 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year guys and tight lines

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Steve very much appreciated mate🙏 yes the XSD is a super piece of kit isn’t it! Thanks for watching and tight lines for 2024! 🙋‍♂️

[@cupholder3120]

Cracking session as always Me and me mate smashed our PBS last night a took 1 for 8.8 and me mate had a doubler at 11.8 and lost a good fish on the lift good night at the office haha anyways take care drink loads of beer and eat loads of food to both of yous have a lovely xmas tight lines 🎣🐷

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate much appreciated 🙏 fantastic well done to you both! Super fish those! Same to you, have a good’n and All the Best for next year 🙋‍♂️👍

[@nefishingandtackle8557]

Well done lads .. class session gary mate... we all have sessions like that mate

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate much appreciated 🙏 we certainly do! Thanks as ever for your support and All the best for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@nefishingandtackle8557]

@@fullcircleangling cheers mate

[@ChrisJackson-tv2rj]

Great watch guys. Congratulations. And thanks for all the videos. Have a great Xmas. All the best. 🐳🐳👏👏

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Chris very much appreciated mate🙏 you’re very welcome glad you’ve enjoyed them. Merry Christmas and all the best to you too🙋‍♂️🤦

[@mat_allthegearfishing]

loving the videos, just subbed

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate very much appreciated 🙏 all the best and tight lines 🙋‍♂️👍

[@ipaales7552]

What a brilliant channel just came across it . .really enjoyed it cheers lads appreciated 👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much for tuning in and welcome to the channel 🙋‍♂️ really glad you enjoyed the video and thanks very much for the kind feedback🙏 tight lines and all the best for 2024👍

[@Markw13]

Merry Xmas to David n Gary , all the best lads 🎄

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Mark true is very much 🙏 same to you, All the Best 🙋‍♂️👍

[@davidblake2863]

Well done on the cod Gary.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers David, tight lines and all the best👍

[@davidmartin3957]

Merry Christmas lads

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers David thanks very much 🙏 hope You’ve had a good’n, All the Best 👍🙋‍♂️

[@stephenkerr1002]

Well done, Seasons Greetings to you both and tight lines for 2024.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Stephen thanks a lot. Same to you, all the best 🙋‍♂️👍

[@asamitchell7948]

We were fishing over hi water up Howick haven last night as the swell was massive up there and thought we would be sheltered which we were but sadly no fish massive bites just nothing taken hold not even one between me and me dad absolute bugger and git soaked by the rain at the end lol

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much for watching shame you didn’t hook into anything but always next time🤞 tight lines and all the best for 2024🙋‍♂️👍

[@Madmicksoutdooractivities]

What a cracking video mate. Top rod Gary 🎣🎣🎣

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Mick much appreciated 🙏 all the best for 24🙋‍♂️👍

[@Madmicksoutdooractivities]

@@fullcircleangling same to you mate. Am on cullernose point now. Rather wild

[@ianhooper3577]

Great video again mate 🎣👍🏻 merry Christmas 🎅to you all and a happy new year 🍺🎉 🍺🎉

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much Ian really appreciate that mate🙏 Merry Christmas and All the Best to you too👍 tight lines for 2024🙋‍♂️

[@reiverone]

😅Excellent content and enjoyable video lads, well done on those three cod. Happy new year to you both

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate thanks very much for watching and commenting 🙏 happy new year to you too, all the best 🙋‍♂️👍

[@Beachfisher]

Some great fish there. Another good video. Merry Christmas to you both.

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much, much appreciated 🙏 merry Christmas and all the best 🙋‍♂️

[@BrendaWilson-hq5gg]

Great job again lads

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate 🙏

[@FOXY-2023]

Great session lads

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate tight lines!

[@johnwood8401]

Another cracking session! Looking forward to the next one in the new year. Merry Christmas lads 🤙🏼

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers John thanks very much 🙏 merry Christmas to you too and all the best🙋‍♂️👍

[@mikechanning8764]

Really good video. HNY. 🍺🍻🍻

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much Mike very much appreciated 🙏 all the best🙋‍♂️

[@northeastangling]

Great session guys. All the best for the Xmas and new year 👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate thanks very much 🙏 yes same to you, have a good Christmas and All the Best🙋‍♂️👍

[@stephensheppard8364]

Well done lads 🎣🎣🎣

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Stephen much appreciated 🙏👍 tight lines 🙋‍♂️

[@Hooked-On-Fishing4]

Nice fish lads 🎣

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks very much 🙏👍

[@peterchapman7352]

Great session and video quality in that wind. Well done lads, have a fantasic Christmas👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Peter much appreciated 🙏 same to you, have a good Christmas and all the best👍

[@dr4gon166]

Cracking session lads. All the best!

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers mate all the best to you too👍

[@BarneyTrent]

Good fishing 👏🏼👏🏼

[@fullcircleangling]

Thanks Harry very much appreciated🙏 All the Best for 2024🙋‍♂️

[@barrymcintyre7894]

Merry Xmas and all the best lads 👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Barry merry Christmas and All the Best to you too🙋‍♂️👍

[@daveredford7272]

Well done lads, all the best for Xmas and New Year.

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Dave🙏 same to you, all the best 👍

[@mikechanning8764]

Will you post more information about how you rig your rotten bottoms, with line specs etc please. Tia

[@fullcircleangling]

Hi Mike, yes absolutely not a problem at all 👍 thanks for commenting, tight lines 🙋‍♂️

[@mikechanning8764]

@@fullcircleangling Following retirement, I am moving up to live in the north east in 2024. In the main, my decades of shore fishing have been over clean to medium ground. In preparation for my move, I want to understand the techniques you guys use. It seemed like you were both using similar techniques in the video, but you seemed to find all the snaggy places, while Gary did not. All the best.

[@fullcircleangling]

@@mikechanning8764 I think that was just one of those things re the snags Mike. I’ve got a video going live at 10am tomorrow morning where I show the rotten bottom set up. Hopefully that helps 👍 good luck and tight lines 🙋‍♂️

[@mikechanning8764]

@@fullcircleangling thank you

[@stepheneurosailor1623]

👍👍

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Stephen tight lines 🙋‍♂️👍

[@MarkPerry-fk1ot]

hi david, couple of questions, were do you access the mark from, and can you get cut off by the tide ? not knowing the ares thought its best to ask, cheers for now tight lines

[@fullcircleangling]

Hi Mark. Colywell Bay Road, just walk along the concrete road and follow the ramp down. The tide does come in behind you but it’s very obvious so you shouldn’t face any difficulty. Tight lines 🙋‍♂️👍

[@PeterWalls-kq6ye]

Don't take the head off the squid... it's the best bit... simply try one with one without,the one with will out fish the other every time...

[@fullcircleangling]

Cheers Peter will do👍

[@jamesstewart5271]

Do you loose many fish using braid

[@fullcircleangling]

Hi James, the trick is to let the bites develop then reel into them, don’t strike. Hope that helps and tight lines 🙋‍♂️👍

[@oliverholmes8326]

What mark is this mate please?

[@fullcircleangling]

Hi Oliver, thanks for watching. Bottom of the ramp at Colywell Bay. Tight lines 🙋‍♂️👍

[@ME-hi5xz]

Well done! You’ve successfully ruined a great fishing mark!

[@fullcircleangling]

I’m sorry you feel that way, that was certainly never supposed to be the intention or the outcome. The channel was set up to provide a bit of light entertainment and to help fellow anglers along the way. I understand your opinion entirely, but can I ask you this: every nook and cranny from Seahouses to Tynemouth has been mapped out and broadcast since the dawn of social media around 15 years ago, so anyone wanting to learn new marks only has to follow these maps or go and look at the coast when there’s either a sea on or an open being fished. Everything is clearly there for people to see. Social media and information sharing revealed many many marks way before KZbin started, indeed that’s certainly the view of many of the regions top anglers. If people flock to a mark immediately after some fish have been caught then they’re obviously on a learning journey as we all know that it’s by no means guaranteed that they’re also going to bag up. Once the initial short lived popularity subsides as people realise it’s not that easy and marks have to be learned over time, I strongly suspect that the status quo will resume and the crowds will die off. I understand and respect your opinion but I’d like to reiterate my initial sentiment; the channel was set up purely to provide light entertainment and help other anglers, not to create controversy. I take your comments on board and consideration will be given in future regarding publicising some marks. I hope that explains my thinking.