jonnyswamp Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 With a total lockdown due to start at 6pm on Friday 23rd (and the barrage closing except for emergencies) work was put on the back burner and bait was ordered Got in the 7.30am lock and were out in open water heading East by 7.45 Arrived at Ladye Bay, Clevedon around 30/40 mins later and the pick was dug in, then it slipped, then it dug in again Fresh blacks and rag on the uptiders, whole squid on the downtider, kettle on the gas 3 cups of tetleys finest for me and my 2 crew (Shuff and Nipper) and a Tunnocks teacake to get the sugar levels up ready for the boat full of cod we were going to land My downtide rod was first to twitch and when I struck into it, showed all the classic traits of a nice sized cod, stayed deep with the odd solid thud Then unbelievably, the double figure cod got off and was replaced with a 6-8lb Thornback, which started kiting in the tide and making a nuisance of herself Quick pic then returned to dupe someone else Nipper then had a near carbon copy of my first fish (although his definitely knew it was a Ray and acted accordingly) Pulled the pin and moved a bit further out on slack water to the bank of a channel that (when they are in) always produces cod Apparently, cod weren't made aware of this rule and stayed away allowing us to bring in some nice-ish congers (if ever there were anything nice about them) to around 10-12lb and a few dogs The ebb got too strong and with wind against tide we pulled anchor and headed back down the channel for a mark on the coral A real snotty ride back with the tide and against a much stronger than forecast wind gave the roof and deck a good swill off though Dropped anchor toward the top end of the armada that were already there and in the hour that we were there I had one pin whiting, with nothing else showing interest in any of our baits Upped anchor for the last time and made the 10 min journey into the 4.15 lock, talking to a charter skipper and all he had heard caught was a few small codling and one around 6lb near him Very hit and miss at the moment, with some nice doubles coming out, but not in abundance.............yet Barrage shut until Nov 9th 😭 Andy135, Geoff, Scotch_Egg2012 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Well done for getting out at least. Shame you guys can't scratch the itch until November now 😭. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 10:39 AM, Andy135 said: Well done for getting out at least. Shame you guys can't scratch the itch until November now 😭. And that's the earliest we can expect to get out If Drakeford feels like flexing his muscles again, it could well be later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 38 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: And that's the earliest we can expect to get out If Drakeford feels like flexing his muscles again, it could well be later Well, you have my sympathies. I was climbing the walls to get out on the boat when we were locked down in the summer and I have absolutely no wish to repeat that. Of course if it happens in England then I'll respect it, but from one angler to another I feel your pain 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Well Drakeford says his “firebreak” will end in 2 weeks. However, what he hasn’t said is what restrictions will be in place after that.... A man without a plan it appears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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