Drifting for cod

[Bob F]

I've read a few articles recently that talk about drifting over banks for cod using artificles or the usual squid.

 

It doesn't seem to be a tactic that we use in Poole Bay. Why is anchoring preferred compared drifting a bank? Wouldn't drifting offer you a better chance of finding the fish??

 

Comments welcomed.

 

cheers

 

Bob F.

 

[Paul J]

Bob,

 

I think that the waters we usually fish in are too murky and we have to rely on scent.

 

Offshore waters are clearer and when the Cod are on the wrecks in the summer pirks and artificials are used to good effect

 

Paul J

[JIMBOB]

I also agree with paul, when the waters clear the cod are hunting by sight,when its murky (poole bay in the winter) there hunting buy smell.

thats why we end up useing half a tonne of squid on a hook!!!

James

[Adam F]

Suppose its a bit like drifting for conger? And as the other guys stated the winter cod will be feeding by smeel more than sight.

 

That said I cant see why drifting using a pennel loaded with 4/5 squid would work if the drifit was slow enough. Hard work though, cod fishing is slow enough, so using 2/3 rods and putting them in the rests while you have a hot cuppa and a bacon roll seems a better idea than sitting on the gunnel holding a single rod!

 

Anyway, dont matter at the moment unless you like sitting on the Slates in a F8!!!

[shytalk]

you lose enough tackle at anchor on the cod grounds drifting would be christmas come early for the tackle shops,