Wedger Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) We had a small trip to try out an inshore mark for winter cod. Not at all a long session as we had to wait for the very gentle flood to get going for any real fishing. Light tackle was the order of the day, with 6lb & 12lb ugly stiks set for cod and conger respectfully and a formula bass special set up for whiting. We tried a rough ground mark during slack and early flood with conger and bass in mind, but still fishing a full cod setup. Although a few pulls were forthcoming from conger I suspect, he managed, on three occasions, to remove the fillets from mackerel flappers without getting hooked. After a move to the favoured mark we started with a whiting and the odd doggie with a short lull before Jim's rod gave a subtle but altogether more positive knock.........Cod on. Serious head shakes and nods followed but after 2 or 3 minutes and only 30 feet gained she dropped off rats. Jim seemed to concentrate more on his whiting after that. About mid session my 6lb setup had a pluck that made me sit up, and yep cod on 6lb tackle in action Up she comes Result - 7lb 7oz...........(note to self, 'order a bag of Maris Piper) Jim continued with the whiting to total about 12 to 1.5 lbs. not big but enough numbers on this tide to show promise. I only had the one, probably the greediest fish on the planet.......coming to the boat attached to half a cuttlefish and the bait elastic and nowhere near the hooks. Last fish of the day fell again for my light cod rig and scaled 6lb 13oz. Slow and steady start to the winter fishing but has promise for only 3.5 hours of proper fishing during that tide. Job done. Edited November 8, 2008 by Wedger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Well done Trevor & Co. A nice taste of what to expect if ever us workers can find a week-end weather break suitable to allow us to have a go Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 You part-timers........... I work 1 weekend in three and on duty 3 nights a week. No wonder you don't see many reports from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djredrupp Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 nice cod! where you just using squid? Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 well done that man! Proper tackle there mate! Thats real angling! It was lovely out there yesterday wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Well done Trev., it was a hard call yesterday.......with bass action still going inshore or further out for cod \ whiting. Luckily [ skillfully??], we both chose different targets and both succeeded!! Now the weather mucks things up.....next time, you've tempted me to go look-see! Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hats off to you Trev PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Way to go Trevor. Was out by the Nab today and conditions were certainly not as in your picture ! - also we had 3 cod in total to the boat ( of 12 anglers ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Nice one Trevor It sounds like there are a few about and great start for otters winter. As martin says it will be good to get out and have a practise for the 23rd. Tight lines Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted November 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 nice cod! where you just using squid? We had cuttlefish and large Indian Ocean squid, each used as whole or half slashed and elastic wrapped baits. well done that man! Proper tackle there mate! Thats real angling! It was lovely out there yesterday wasn't it? Cracking day out Dan!! I see you went to the other place . How did you find it coming back in? They had taken half the channel bouys away and left those 'dicky' yelllow jobs when we got back Hairy moment I came in at full chat................ then dropped off the plane as soon as I noticed the change, just in time to have my ass picked up by a breaker and pushed all 2.5 tonnes beam on for 30 metres. Interesting phenomenon for a flatters day........what? Bit of under-laying ground swell me thinks T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Yes, T, i was batting on the other side mate. I launched at Keyhaven as i has an slip pass there, and its only a 10 min blast to the island. It was a last minute decision really ad the plan was to head out on what i suspect to be similar grounds to where you were. I found a bit of lazy swell out there and near the shingles, even though the water was mirror like, i ended up surfing some swell beam on. Not nice at 22 knots! I couldn't believe the size of the breakers though. Fully 8ft high, and more than a mile from shore. The line was a couple of hundred meeters long, and i was like, "oh $hlte, theres a Tsunami . It looked just like one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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