Solent - 8th November. Wot, no cod??

[Andy135]

Just now, Newboy said:

The go to recipe, chilli and salt.

No matter how bland something is, it adds lots of favours to it.

Just use small chunks, coat with flour and fried.

 

Sounds very nice. May well give that a try next time I get a deep-hooked one.

[Tarlach.]

 
Sounds very nice. May well give that a try next time I get a deep-hooked one.

Probably won’t be long eh!


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[Newboy]

I haven't been cod fishing in winter for years, I remember we used to catch quite a lot of big one as by catch.

Is it still the case, or are they mainly small congers now?

[Andy135]

2 hours ago, Newboy said:

I haven't been cod fishing in winter for years, I remember we used to catch quite a lot of big one as by catch.

Is it still the case, or are they mainly small congers now?

 

Like anything it depends where you fish. The ones we had in the Solent were quite small. The further offshore, the bigger they seem to get in my experience.

[Newboy]

21 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

 

Like anything it depends where you fish. The ones we had in the Solent were quite small. The further offshore, the bigger they seem to get in my experience.

Not off shore, usual marks around the car park.

Used to catch Congers 30+, some upto 50 lbs.

Been told by various skippers the inshore marks are full of small/very small congers.

[Andy135]

7 minutes ago, Newboy said:

Not off shore, usual marks around the car park.

Used to catch Congers 30+, some upto 50 lbs.

Been told by various skippers the inshore marks are full of small/very small congers.

South of the Needles the size does improve. The solent congers were underwhelming.

[Newboy]

Thx for confirming, not that I'm likely to go out fishing for cod.

Getting too old to stand around in the cold December day.😅