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Kent cod meet 2012 full report


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The Ultrateers Kent story. It was omg early Saturday for me and Barry Robson as we left sleepy Poole on the 171 miles to Dymchurch on the south Kent coast. We arrived at Steve (pipes) caravan park to find a motley bunch of kayak fishermen nursing hangovers from the Friday night. Fuelled on a fry up ,cars were loaded and Sandgate was chosen as a launch

We arrived under a thick grey sky to gaze upon a very lumpy sea. It was very different to Poole as the swell was huge (5 feet?) but no white horses. The beach was all shingle down a 40-60 foot slope into the sea.

We watched Steve- another- ( lure man) seal launch ( toboggan ) down the beach to a perfect entry and paddle out through the breakers. Well my turn . With a push from Barry he managed to time it so I smashed head first into a breaker and drenched paddled out to sea.

I used big pre prep'd cuttle stuffed with lug( a la Cam) and managed this cod around 5 .5 lb

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The whiting were very annoying with almost constant pecking on the baits. They really needed to be wrapped up to death with bait elastic.

After the fishing session me and Barto checked into The Ship Inn at Dymchurch( rated third best on trip advisor) and had some nice grub before joining Oceans Ten back at the campsite for tall tales, reggae , disco balls , booze and choccy. The world was put to rights and a plan hatched to fish Dungeness beach on Sunday.

Up nice and early and off to the launch by the lifeboat station on Dungeness. Now this beach is massive and made of pebbles with a picturesque nuclear reactor in the background. Bloody hard work getting the yaks to the water but we done it and launched about 10 am

 

 

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I scanned the horizon for a potential mark and decided on the spot with 25 private boats on it ( Kent car park)

 

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You can see we're my anchor

dragged until I payed out more line. Looking at Navionics I reckon a lot of the boats were around the wreck Samida?

 

 

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Today the weather was kind and the sea state flat.

 

 

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I had a cod around 6.5 and one just under 5 in the first 2 hours but that was to be it today. The whiting and dogs kept Barry busy while I paddled off to say cheerio to the chaps.

 

 

 

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Thanks John for the money shot

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Barry with his ultra 4.7xt

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What I wasn't ready for was the 7 metre neap tide that turned our 15 foot slope into a bloody mountain of shingle. You can just make out Richi at the bottom

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With my heart bursting through my chest we got mine , Barry's and Richis yaks back to the car park for our return journey

A big thank you to all who put this on and attended the meet. Ill definitely be back for Sandgate 2013( will probably give Dungy a swerve though)

Cheers

Lofty

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Cheers for all your replies. It was a great couple of days with most catching cod, the best at 17lb I heard . My favourite part was the seal launch. I know it's childish but the photo below shows my yak at the top of a 50 foot slope. I slid all the way down and punched through the swell.

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Biggest swell I've ever been in but not rough? Just sea sick inducing for those that suffer

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