jonnyswamp Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) Xc Weather saying high winds and the Windy app saying 12kn ish South Westerley , I rang Nipper to see if he fancied a gamble hoping for the lesser of the 2 forecasts He picked up some Rag Friday and we met at 7am Sat morning, to get the 7.30 lock out for low water around 8 ish A very small tide, so only limited where we could go by the wind Got out of the lock on to a relatively flat sea, with very little wind, result ! Opted to fish @Odyssey's suggestion between the Monkstone and the middle sand bank, made the 15min steam and had the anchor down by around 8 What little wind was with the tide, so pretty much perfect, albeit had no real tide run until 1.5 hrs after low Dogs were being sent back fairly regularly, with the odd strap conger, then we started picking up the Blondes and Thornies Hims and hers These rays give good sport in small tides, no fun in a 12m plus though Started loosing the tide and decided on a move up on to the spoil grounds, just inside Cardiff North to see if there was a bit more movement up there There wasn't and the wind was starting to pick up Dogs were a complete pain here, plague proportions almost, with double shots regularly Nipper managed a nice Smoothie and a miniature one, quite late in the year for these up here The larger of the two gave a cracking scrap fair play The strengthening wind was holding us side on in a fair bit of building chop, making things start to get a bit uncomfortable With no signs of any Cod and only hearing of one 6.5lb caught earlier in the morning, we decided to get the 2.45 lock back in and get home in time for the rugby (wished I hadn't bothered) Glad both forecasts were not quite right and we gave it a whirl. Edited October 31, 2021 by jonnyswamp Dullness Andy135, Geoff, Captain Sensible and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Well done Nick, a couple of lovely blondes you managed to pick up there. I bet not the first! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Nice pics, but I thought it was still October. Or is it the year that is wrong? Geoff. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Lovely rays! Good fishing 👍 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Well done Nick, a couple of lovely blondes you managed to pick up there. I bet not the first! No of course not Sadly no too many of the 2 legged species though Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Geoff said: Nice pics, but I thought it was still October. Or is it the year that is wrong? Geoff. Schoolboy error remedied Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Nice fishing 🙂 Shame no unicorns. If I’m back to Cardiff Friday I’m hoping to get out Sunday and start looking for cod up clevedon way 🙂 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 50 minutes ago, Odyssey said: Nice fishing 🙂 Shame no unicorns. If I’m back to Cardiff Friday I’m hoping to get out Sunday and start looking for cod up clevedon way 🙂 Big tides next weekend too, may push a few more up the channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 10 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: Big tides next weekend too, may push a few more up the channel Yep, wind is NW so May end up on the coral foreshore but it’ll be first trip from Cardiff in over 18 months, need some practice for the cod comp. Got to get back first…… jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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