Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted November 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2021 As the title, no cod, nada Started the day on a flat sea with no wind anchored on the English side of Cardiff spit, after getting the 7.30 lock out Counted 35 boats between the Rannie and Cardiff North, with more joining after each lock Fish straight away, all the usual contenders, with a couple of small whiting thrown in !3lb on the left, 16lb on the right Didn't weigh mine, but around the same sort of size Moved up to Clevedon after slack low and anchored on the side of a channel, just inside the Clevedon buoy 6 or 7 boats anchored in Ladye bay, that dwindled to 1 or 2 after an hour or so of the flood We stuck it out until 12 ish, after dogs and straps were getting a pain A move to the bottom end of the West middle grounds bank, for the last of the flood gave us more of the same with a few Thornbacks for good measure Out of bait and patience, we pulled the pin at 3.15 and just made the 3.45 inbound lock Heard of a few doubles that came off the coral and Cardiff spit, but sadly, none for us I will show my true colours next Sunday at the cod comp, where I will no doubt be codless again GPSguru, Josh, Geoff and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Never mind, cod are over rated anyway Nick! Couple of nice days though. Well done. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 looks like a nice day out jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Quality fish and good pics. Well done 👍 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 It was a club competition today, only 5 cod caught so I don’t think there are as many as people think… As for the cod comp, I think that there will be about 150 boats anchored on the coral 🤣🤣 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: As the title, no cod, nada Started the day on a flat sea with no wind anchored on the English side of Cardiff spit, after getting the 7.30 lock out Counted 35 boats between the Rannie and Cardiff North, with more joining after each lock Fish straight away, all the usual contenders, with a couple of small whiting thrown in !3lb on the left, 16lb on the right Didn't weigh mine, but around the same sort of size Moved up to Clevedon after slack low and anchored on the side of a channel, just inside the Clevedon buoy 6 or 7 boats anchored in Ladye bay, that dwindled to 1 or 2 after an hour or so of the flood We stuck it out until 12 ish, after dogs and straps were getting a pain A move to the bottom end of the West middle grounds bank, for the last of the flood gave us more of the same with a few Thornbacks for good measure Out of bait and patience, we pulled the pin at 3.15 and just made the 3.45 inbound lock Heard of a few doubles that came off the coral and Cardiff spit, but sadly, none for us I will show my true colours next Sunday at the cod comp, where I will no doubt be codless again Well done Nick, some very nice fish there. As everything else has been late this year, I am guessing the main run of Cod will also be later. No point in targetting them here as we don't get enough to make it worthwhile, we just look at it as a bonus if we find a few on the wrecks. You certainly had a different sea to us here on the South West coast, the NE wind (F3) was pushing up a 0.75m swell at about every 2 secs, so I had a slower trip out to the wrecks ! I am going out again tomorrow, so my report will come later, but there are Bass fillets in the fridge tonight. Edited November 14, 2021 by GPSguru jonnyswamp, Andy135 and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 nice report despite the lack of Cod, at least you had abend in the rod and a fish or two! jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 17 hours ago, Odyssey said: It was a club competition today, only 5 cod caught so I don’t think there are as many as people think… As for the cod comp, I think that there will be about 150 boats anchored on the coral 🤣🤣 The coral was like a marina yesterday 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: The coral was like a marina yesterday 🤣 Just wait until next weekend, bigger tide, everyone anchored on top of each other just wait for an anchor to drag and maybe like dominos 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Odyssey said: Just wait until next weekend, bigger tide, everyone anchored on top of each other just wait for an anchor to drag and maybe like dominos 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I always get twitchy about anchoring near other boats, and when other boats anchor near me, for this reason. Always used to hate it when using the alderney ring too as you need some working room between boats to recover the anchor. Less so when using a windlass, but still not ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I’m fitting a loud hailer on the weekend I’ll get to shout at people from the helm then 🤣🤣🤣🤣 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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