Luckiest cod on the south coast 03/01/2009

Well this was the 50th cod in 17 trips not bad, that gives us a 3 fish average. The fishing has definitely got more difficult in the freezing weather conditions but we keep on persevering. The tally for the day was 1Cod 10lb2oz , 1 Spotted Ray and towards slack water some good Channel Whiting up to 3lb and the usual dogs and pout . As for the Cod , that was kept it in the live well for an hour until we decided to release it along with the spotted ray in a way of celebration of reaching our goal of 50 cod for the winter which meant we all had a good day including the cod.

Cod competition effort 30/12/2008

Stan a Graham with the two cod caught 10lb 4oz & 8lb 4oz not a bad effort for the day this got Stan 5th place and a good prize. A good day's fishing which amounted to 2 cod 6 skate and some whiting to 3lb thrown in for good measure.This takes our tally of cod to 49 for the season .

Little marky with a fine skate 30/12/2008

One of our young anglers with a fine skate of 10lb 1oz this was one of 6 caught on the boat during the day. Mark looks pleased with his catch as most anglers would

Rolly starts the day with a cracker 23/12/2008

Well we gave the island a miss and decided to go off shore for a change but all we caught were congers around the 20lb mark so we decided to go off further still . This move soon payed dividends as Rolly caught a nice starry smooth hound to kick start the day with . Then the tide started pushing and we were on 2lb of lead pluss but still the fish kept comming with congers , pollock and whiting putting up some good scraps in the tide. We decided to move inshore at slack water to fish the flood tide with lighter tackle . About 2hrs after the move Tommy latched into the cod which we had been searching for throughout the day so the plan payed off in the end.

Tommy's first fish of the day 23/12/2008

Tommys conger 23/12/2008

Our man Tommy tangles 23/12/2008

Our top man of the day Tommy Tangles with the only cod caught but he also had a 10.3lb Pollock, 59lb conger which the old sod could'nt lift so we had to photograph it in the net, and a cod which weighed in at 8.2lb plus a few whiting for good measure