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Had an invite to join Ben on his boat Julie Anne. 0700 saw us leaving Cobbs at low water. This always makes it easier getting under the bridge. Lol Dave and Chris were also heading out. Its always good to know friends are about. After a couple of recent whiting trips all boats were going to try for something else. Off we go heading SE. Tide assisted. Anchor down and the usual suspects show up. Strap congers. Whiting.doggies. After 90 minutes of that we started planning a move to target larger fish. Sod it if there are this many eels about. Lets go to a wreck and look for some bigger ones. As it turns out that was a good plan. After a couple of drops of the anchor, we got into a good position. Lines down and five minutes later I am struggling with a proper eel in the tide. No time to weigh it as my other rod was doubled over. Ben was also getting a bite. We soon dropped to one rod each and action continues. By the time the tide eased we were knackered. We repositioned for the ebb. Ben cooked up a great lunch as we took a break. We dragged baits as we swing on the tide. A couple of keeper whiting. Then we each had a spurdog.11.5 and 14.5 lb For the last hour the boat sat uptide of the wreck and the congers were feeding, they were getting larger and close to specimen size. So lets get the scales back out. The first we weighed was 40 lb and was a complete pain to keep in the weighing bag. Sod that lets put the bag and scales away. Clean up and carry on Time for lines up approached and my whiting bait was being attacked. Of course the last one was the biggest of the day and needed weighing. 44lb It made us late for the lifting bridge but we didnt care after such a day. Slip her back alive to swim home, anchor up and off we go for Cobbs Thanks Ben Really enjoyed my first trip on your boat mate. Pictures to follow Charlie

Just doing a spot of bait digging at work

I managed to find one today. [emoji1303] https://www.offshoreoutlaws.co.uk/topic/2022-friday-was-cod-day/#comment-27164 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A good argument to wear a hard hat. VID-20220120-WA0000.mp4

Almost home 13/1, wish all trips were this calm …

I'm doing something about it though Trev ! Picked her up on New Year's Eve. First jabs and Microchipped today. Up every 1½ to 2½ hours during the night. We're both cream crackered. But looking forward to plenty of long walks in the future. She's a Beagle - ¼ Jack Russell cross. I'm in love ! ! 😍