Saintly Fish Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 @Andy135 and I met at 07.00 this morning for another crack at mastering cod catching from the Gilkicker hole in the Solent. Anchor was dropped at 8am, rods baited and down the offerings went. within 2-3 minutes I had a cracking pull down bite that snagged a fish. This was not the normal strap conger bite that I though it would be, this beast held its station low in the water. A heavy nod here and there then nothing just weight. Cod was the thought and I'm convinced by the fight that that's what it was, unfortunately though it bit me off before I could get it to the boat. Around 2m from the top the weight on the line vanished, up came half a cuttle fish with the top pennel hook still in it, but the bottom hook and head section of the bait was gone. ☹️ And that was that, for the rest of the time we were out not even an annoying mini bream rattle was seen. dejected we went back in at 13.30! It was a lovely day and the sun danced well through Andy's ginger locks... Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, JonC said: Thanks for the invite In your own words.... "I can't see myself taking a weekday off in the near future". Or summin like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Who the heck is that ugly fucker in the photo? You got me properly squinting in the sun there 🤣 It was not an auspicious day today. No real tide so no fish I guess. Shame on the skipper - must try harder. #megablank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 never mined you can show us all up on Sunday next Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Who the heck is that ugly fucker in the photo? You got me properly squinting in the sun there 🤣 It was not an auspicious day today. No real tide so no fish I guess. Shame on the skipper - must try harder. #megablank is it the beer , 2 cans and thats it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, JonC said: In that picture it looks like you’ve really put some timber on. #catchingmeup Yep. Lockdown wasn't kind to my waistline. #ijustwanttobelikeJonC GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: @Andy135 and I met at 07.00 this morning for another crack at mastering cod catching from the Gilkicker hole in the Solent. Anchor was dropped at 8am, rods baited and down the offerings went. within 2-3 minutes I had a cracking pull down bite that snagged a fish. This was not the normal strap conger bite that I though it would be, this beast held its station low in the water. A heavy nod here and there then nothing just weight. Cod was the thought and I'm convinced by the fight that that's what it was, unfortunately though it bit me off before I could get it to the boat. Around 2m from the top the weight on the line vanished, up came half a cuttle fish with the top pennel hook still in it, but the bottom hook and head section of the bait was gone. ☹️ And that was that, for the rest of the time we were out not even an annoying mini bream rattle was seen. dejected we went back in at 13.30! It was a lovely day and the sun danced well through Andy's ginger locks... I thought this section was for ‘CATCH’ reports 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’ll get my coat 🙄 captin slows old outlaw and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 39 minutes ago, GPSguru said: I thought this section was for ‘CATCH’ reports 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’ll get my coat 🙄 I did catch....... just didn't land.. ☹️ captin slows old outlaw and GPSguru 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: I did catch....... just didn't land.. ☹️ If it was just a weight with no kicking, then I would guess a Cuttle, or a decent squid, once they have taken a bait to the beak the cut off is always going to happen. When you fish for them with squid jigs, the jig is designed to catch the tentacles before they bite with the beak. This time of the year the Cuttle are coming inshore to spawn, the squid follow a little later. We get hordes of them along our coast, and this is the time of year for the Brixham trawlers 'black gold' harvest. This is what you are up against, there is only one winner ......... Edited October 15, 2021 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 @GPSguru I never said no fight, it just wasn't a frantic fight like a snake. There was a good pull down, then a couple of hard head shakes. Then weight. Ive caught cod before and this was how they felt. TBH if it was a cuttle, I'd have been just as chuffed. GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: @GPSguru I never said no fight, it just wasn't a frantic fight like a snake. There was a good pull down, then a couple of hard head shakes. Then weight. Ive caught cod before and this was how they felt. TBH if it was a cuttle, I'd have been just as chuffed. I have never been bitten off from a cod, but we mainly catch the larger fish on lures off the wrecks. Had plenty of Bite off's from cuttle and squid though. A cuttle bite is a long slowish pull down, and then you get a couple of tentative kicks once it knows it is hooked. The kicks are when it applies the water jets to escape. Edited October 15, 2021 by GPSguru Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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