Duration: 4 Hours (10.30pm - 3.00amish)
Tide: 2hrs either side of HW
Weather: Dry, calm starry night, moon set @ 1.30am
Bait: Fresh peeler Crab
Rigs: 4/0 and 5/0 Pulley Pennels
Results: 9 Cod (to 5lb) & 13 dogs
Report:
Not one for generally posting reports, but I was specifically asked to.. so here goes
Bought a new 16ft Beachcaster on friday so was eager to break it in...
Surf had died down a bit and the seas (although a heavy swell), looked fishable for the first time in weeks. I recalled this time last year, where we had bumper sessions with up to 16 cod in 2hrs - unfortunately however, the whole south coast has nearly been out-of-bounds since August between the wind & weed!
In addition to the new rod, I spotted 5/0 Aberdeen hooks in Woodies DIY (Yes, woodies! - do a whole range of rods and reels now too
) - I got a pack for the craic, a step up from my usual 4/0.New rod, 5/0 pennel, 1st massive cast.... 2 mins in, Rod buckled over - tripod and all, started heading for France
Thought SURE it was a Bass! - gave a good scrap, and took a bit of negotiating it through the heavy surf and undertow. Eventually fish landed, a new PB for me
- 5lb Cod. Nice way to christen a new rod!!The Bro-in-law was next on with a Dog, followed by me with a dog, then him with another plump Cod about 3lb.
It continued like that all night - Cod, Dog, Cod, Dog, Cod, Dog etc. etc.
Some of the cod bites were identical to dog bites too, so it was a lottery each time whether to bother reeling it in straight away or not!! I had another big fish on near the end, about 5 or 6lb I suspect - scrapping like mad, which I am fairly confident was a Bass - but lost him in the surf's undertow trying to drag him up the hill.
Finished up at about 3am, ONLY cos we ran out of crab!!
Total tally for the night was 9 Cod & 13 Boww-wows.
Went back down again to the same mark the following night (Sat), same tide but NOT A SNIFF - 4 dogs in 4 hours.
Looks like the cod have moved on from that mark for the minute... but at least the signs are there for another great season!
