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On Sunday, @Tarlach. and I headed west from Pompey Harbour to chase the mythical unicorns of the Solent. We'd heard and seen reports that they were present, and we wanted to try our luck. As we headed out of Pompey Harbour I caught Neil doing his best catalogue model pose... #dontgiveupthedayjob Before long we anchored up and had lines down. Then Neil's rod gave a good rattle... And the first of many congers graced our hooks. Then Neil has a good bite that puts a proper bend into his rod - all indications are that it's a cod, so he gets overexcited and bumps it off in his haste to see what it was... His face was a picture of broken dreams 😭. Of course I did what any good mate would do and took the mickey for the rest of the afternoon 🤣 The fishing was steady, with some plate-sized whiting coming to baited feathers and some decent sized conger tugging our strings. As a light fog descended the Calshot fog horn started up, which gets old pretty quickly when you're not that far away from it... 🙉 Final species tally of whiting, pout, conger and of course, my favourite, the dogfish! Sadly no cod, but then there's always next time! As we ran back to Portsmouth we were enveloped in much thicker fog. Most unsporting but luckily no drama 👍

Thanks Jim. It was a shame and defo a big cod. We had had plenty of conger and this was a completely different bite. A big pull down, then slack line. As I reeled into it the line went heavy with a couple of shakes mixed in. Then , bugger, it’s gone. Andy has never caught a cod so just wouldn’t know how it feels. A great day out though with ok company. [emoji1303] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great reports Thanks Andy hard luck on whatever you lost neal

Yeah, sorry about that. Desperate times and all that.

Great report (except for the model photos) thanks for posting

I’d guess that the lack of cod has left way for the conger to come in and clean up . There’s probably a more scientific reason, but I don’t know it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don't encourage him. The fish wasn't seen, and we've only got his word that it "definitely feels like a cod". It was probably a goldfish...

A good day out then Gents. Shame about that Cod though Neil.