Sinbad Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 (edited) I had decided to take imagine out in search of the Cod on Friday, forecast looking good even from as far away as Monday! Despite posting for a buddy boat, no-one responded on the forum ??? and with just Gordon H, Jon (aka Jay Kay) and Myself we reduced to one boat and set out from Poole on the last of the ebb, slightly behind the Alderney boats, at just before 0700hrs. The plan was to fish a mid way wreck before going to the channel grounds, as low water was expected an hour after LW Poole- about 0930, and we wanted to arrive at the grounds with at least some tide.... What had started as a lovely sunny blue sky zero wind type of morning at -0600 quickly deteriorated into a north easterly F3 and we wallowed and bounced our way out via swanage stopping for a few hairy drifts for bait across peveril to no avail. Forecast was wind to drop after 10.00hrs which it did, but we still found it a bit lumpy even across the dumphries. We saw one charter who stopped up tide of us near the wreck, but this was the last boat we saw all day!!! He obviously was going elsewhere probably rust hopping.... nothing doing on the Dumphries despite being right over the wreck and plenty of fish showing on the sounder... The tide got going fairly quicly so we then went onto our intended drift on the cod banks... We persevered for a couple of hours here, with Gordon being the top gun on bottom features... but no rocks had the right marine life on it, so after a number of fishless drifts we headed off to the pinnacles.... More interesting features here, plus a few overfalls... and a few drifts produced just one Pollack to Gordon - but welcome nevertheless.. Then off to another spot which had produced in the past.. and by now the wind had eased to zilch so a lovely afternoon and a few beers to wash down the last of the lunch. Then almost at the end of the afternoon, but not late enough to qualify for the 48 hour competition... a GOOD pull from the bottom, and a fish which felt much heavier than its weight, which stayed deep for a good while. But that was the only one, and the absence of any other boats, except channel coasters confirmed our thoughts that it might be the last of the Cod from these banks... Our return trip was un-eventful on a smooth sea, until we reached 10miles out, then the ebb kicked up a short chop, which disappeared entering the swash. An enjoyable day out with some new faces, and some old... a long way to go for only the one Cod, but better than toiling away at work.... Thanks to Jon and Gordon for crewing... for the good company, and opportunity to go and fish this area again. Maybe next time.....we'll have more luck... Paul Edited June 20, 2010 by Sinbad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Nice one Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirky Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Echo the cangrats Paul.......Fishing seems to be getting hard at the mo.....very slow.....and with the windy weather, chilly N & NE it does nothing for the day !! Well done lads... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay kay Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Fair play to you paul! Thanks for a nice day i'll just keep waiting for my first cod! It was nice to fish on a bigger boat for a change. thanks again Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Nice picture of a good fish Paul We tried hard for our fish at the weekend too. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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