whiting

[alun j.]

Calm enough today to venture out to the Dolphin Sands area. Got there just as the tide was easing, so was able to quickly scale down from 12oz leads to 6 or less.

 

Dogfish action from the off, quickly followed by small whiting...then gradually bigger....then something that was much bigger; slow thumps quickly reminded me how mrs. cod feels.... and up comes a plump 6 lber for the box.

 

Action with the whiting was pretty much non-stop.....interspersed with a few more doggies, a single bass [about 3 lb.] and a couple of angry congers in the 15 - 20 category.

 

Sport died with the tide....save for a few pout.

 

Re-anchoring for the ebb didn't improve sport much and soon the ebb was hammering through and kicking up a bit into the breeze......so an early finish

 

......and good thing too. [see 'Christchurch' updated post]

 

A good morning's sport.....tempted to get back there on the next quiet[ish] day.

 

Alun.

[plaicemat]

Well done on finding the whiting, Alun. I'll set my gear up and be ready for the weather window, when it arrives.

 

Terry.

[Gnasher]

well done mate. I must get myself a few marks out there myself (pm anyone...lol).......

 

Anyway, it's a great result, especially on the cod. A few have already been landed so far, so i recon its going to be a good winter Hopefully the next cod landed on a club boat will be a 20lb fish

[Coddy]

Like Dan I have never tried fishing there so any help in pointing me to a useful location would be grateful.

 

Coddy