Mike Fox Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Neal phoned me yesterday, offering a trip on Court Jester, and met him down at Cobb's Quay for 9.30 as planned. The car was iced up, as was the pontoon, oh, and the decks. We left promptly after sloshing the ice away with a bucket of brackish water, and headed out to a mark beyond the Spoil Grounds targetting cod. Unfortunately, the wind might have been in the NE, but the swell remained firmly from the East, and speed had to be reduced as the waves built. By the time we had reached the mark, the gentle NE4 conditions over Easterly swell and against a flood tide too made conditions frankly unfishable. We surveyed the mark, and headed back into a mark in Poole Bay that Neal and I both had fished in summer conditions. If all else failed, we should have whiting there, and after dropping the hook, a whiting took the first bait presented. We had a steady trickle of them through the morning, and as the flood was dying away, I had a different bite. Definitely not a whiting, and yet, it didn't feel anything special. Holding the rod now, I felt a gentle moving away, and leant into the fish. The 30lb class rod (club prize rod - for my bass in 2007) arched over, and I realised it was a good fish as the TLD15 started losing line. After a few thumps, it seemed to hang in the tide, and I was wondering if conger or ray had grabbed hold. As it came to the surface like a dead weight a long pale flash resulted in Neal yelling "Cod" as he went for the BIG landing net. He netted it first time, then as he lifted it onboard he reckoned it might have been a 20lb fish. After tidying up, and getting a rig re-baited, I weighed it on digital scales, and it's lowest steady weight was 22lb - a new Personal Best, and best for the boat. What's more worrying is that Frisky is out of the water, and after today, Neal now has whiting, cod, a lonesome doggy and a small poor cod, and is way ahead of me in the year-long species comp! Mike Edited January 3, 2009 by Mike Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun j. Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Nice one Mike! I pulled the plug on today.......... saving all my calories for tomorrow!! Alun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Nice fish Mike. Good to see there are still cod around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Well done Mike Hoping there may be one or two around tomorrow... Yes Quest II will actually be out, and in Winter! Tom PS: Can anyone confirm if it is the "boat" as a whole that is in the year round species comp or is it just club members catches on that boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osprey Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Well done Mike and Neal. Cracking fish! Martyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 nice fish mike you could have raised a smile or is it hidden behind that beard pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Well done Mike, a cracking fish to get, hope it tastes as good as it looks! Dave Well done Mike Hoping there may be one or two around tomorrow... Yes Quest II will actually be out, and in Winter! Tom PS: Can anyone confirm if it is the "boat" as a whole that is in the year round species comp or is it just club members catches on that boat? Hi Tom It is the boat and ALL who fish on her not just club members. Good luck on Sunday Dave Edited January 3, 2009 by Coddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Well done Mike and Neal - enjoy!!! Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Nice One Mike I was going after that one tomorrow Looks like you beat me to it so I won't bother now Cracking Fish Peteg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Well done Mike. A super fish. rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzippy Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 What a lovelly cod to catch.Well done We heard the news this morning on the radio as we were fishing off our Kayaks in the harbour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Well done! But come on, that's not Mike, it's Ringo Star! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Nice fish Mike well done It proves that there are fish inshore and we really do steam past them in our urge to head to deeper waters Well done also to the skipper Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Charlie - I had exactly the same thought!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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