alun j. Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Not a great deal to report other than a very pleasant day out ...in flat calm conditions. Shame there was such a big tide pushing through, as it knocked the fishing right off! The 'gentle' conditions suited Dan [aka Gnasher] as he's nursing his broken\injured insides..... and he seemed dead keen to get out and in with a chance of a cod. Out on the edge of the cod park just before 9, the anchor dug in with a 'twang' on the warp... with about 3 to 4 knts of flow.. and it was quickly up to a pound and a half trying to hold bottom. That would hold, but soon the accumulating red weed formed a 'kite ' that lifts ... so frequent clearing was needed. A regular stream of doggies got at the baits and there was just one solid take on mine that was a good fish..... cod or eel was the call as it banged off in the tide........ a few lifts towards me [ and a few runs away] then off it dropped!! No breaks...and the hooks came in bare!........and that was my excitement for the day!! Only as the tide eased did action improve; a couple of hours of whiting teasing with light tackle for me , whilst Dan resolutely stuck to big baits for the all elusive cod! When the ebb started, it soon got up as fast or faster than the earlier flood and we soon realised it had tripped the anchor. As it was after 3 , we decided on a quick clear up and earlier trip back to the slip. I was happy with a few good whiting in the box, but disappointed for Dan who hasn't had a chance to get amongst the cod this winter yet. Another boat on the slip had been in the same area as us and had just one small[ish] cod. Is it the tides or have the cod thinned out a bit??? [ my results have been fewer cod on the past few trips]. Cheers Dan, for the company and crewing as I cleaned up. Hope today wasn't too tiring\painful\ stressing for you and your recovery proceeds rapidly. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hi Alun and Dan Well done for getting out, I had thought that the fog we had this morning must have been to widespread for anyone to get a trip. The tides and weed down at the island is why we stayed away at the weekend, and even nearer Poole it was hard to keep the anchor in. I am glad Dan is well enough to crew. and you got a few nice whiting. Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hi Charlie, No fog our end when we went out.........just low grey murk. Thin,fog came up a bit later but Needles light was visible for most of the time. It cleared with the HW and we even had a bit of bright clear sky on the way back. Approaching land and it thickened up a bit more... but still not fog... just poor vis. Good to get out, esp as the sea was so flat..... hardly seen all summer! Now.......... where's that next weather window??? Fri. poss.??? Alun. ps... gentle tides by then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hi AJ, I was aboard Silver Spray, 2 cods was caught, one 11-12lb the other about five, plus a conger about 35-40. Some whitings to keep the rest of us codless busy. But 'Our Gemma' which stayed in the bay apparently caught 6 cods, maybe they all moved to poole bay?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djredrupp Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 ut 'Our Gemma' which stayed in the bay apparently caught 6 cods, maybe they all moved to poole bay?! where abouts can you fish for them in the bay? poole patch? xray? (does that even count as in the bay?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 disappointed for Dan who hasn't had a chance to get amongst the cod this winter yet. Al, I i'm not codless this winter Thanks for a great day mate, it was really enjoyable. You are right about the tide, it made fishing pretty tough, but we had a go. Anyway, thanks again for the trip. Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 ut 'Our Gemma' which stayed in the bay apparently caught 6 cods, maybe they all moved to poole bay?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Also did you guys see the dolphin? It popped up twice near our boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Kam, No dolphin near us.........perhaps we weren't throwing enough squid over the side [??]. Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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