Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted November 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just Mark as crew today as my old stalwart has arthritis in his knees and sadly had to miss today Through the 7.30 lock with a few other boats for company and out onto this Just the slightest bit of wind and a flat sea, perfect Decided on Clevedon area on the way down to the boat and soon had Penarth disappearing in the distance Decided on Ladye Bay as first stop, then if no good, had plenty of marks to chose from all within 10 mins or so which would be fishable on this small tide 6 rods out between us with Blow lug, rag, squid, prawn just producing the one bite Bit of a runt, but still a Cod(ling) of around 2lb It would've gone back (honest) but my mainline had wrapped around some rough ground and the bite didn't really register and by the time I'd brought it in, it was practically dead With that being the only fish, we moved out a bit wider and positioned the stern just over a drop off More action here, with some double figure conger, rays and dogs coming in very regularly I then had that distinctive nod and brought in another small codling a bit bigger than the first at around 3 ish No pics sorry as I gutted it pretty much straight away to see what was in it's gut Not long after and about an hour before high, Nipper pulled this into the net Not a monster, but at a shade under 8lb, a decent Cod at last Stayed until high catching more dogs, then used the tide to get back down around Penarth where we had more dogs Called it a day at 3.45 and got the 4.15 lock back in A boat along side us had two 11lbers and one 3lb, while the other 2 boats had no cod, only dogs/rays/conger Lots of what I assume to be sprats showing on the sounder and water temp showing 8.5*c (it was still 14 a few weeks ago) All fish stuffed with prawn/shrimp and one or 2 sprats GPSguru, Saintly Fish, suzook12 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Nice fishing 🙂 I wanted to get out yesterday but work got in the way (again) nice to get some fillets there 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Top dangling Swampy and Nipper!! Very well done! 👍 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Good cod. Bastard Andy135 and jonnyswamp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Well done . Out of interest what sort of depth are you dropping the hook in? I know you get a bit of a flow there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 they do exist then........ nice one! 🤙 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, JonC said: Well done . Out of interest what sort of depth are you dropping the hook in? I know you get a bit of a flow there . We went out just after low and were in 27ft IIRC on a small rising tide I prefer to fish in 20 - 50 ft for uptiding, anything more and you can have trouble holding the leads When we moved out wide, we were anchored in around 40 ft with the stern over a drop off of another 20 odd foot, only really doable on a small tide Have also anchored in 5/6ft a bit further up the channel on a sand bank and caught Bass on a small rising tide as well My arse was getting a bit twitchy before I dropped the anchor though on that day Edited November 30, 2021 by jonnyswamp JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said: Good cod. Bastard That's the exact word I called him as well Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, jonnyswamp said: That's the exact word I called him as well Entirely appropriate under the circumstances. Good job he's not a member on here otherwise we'd have to ban him. 🤣 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Entirely appropriate under the circumstances. Good job he's not a member on here otherwise we'd have to ban him. 🤣 I've told him about the site and he's been on here as a guest Don't think he's joined though Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, jonnyswamp said: I've told him about the site and he's been on here as a guest Don't think he's joined though Probably got scared off by some of the weirdos. Andy135 and jonnyswamp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: I've told him about the site and he's been on here as a guest Don't think he's joined though Keep nudging him. He's sure to get a warm welcome with a catch pic like that 👍 jonnyswamp and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Keep nudging him. He's sure to get a warm welcome with a catch pic like that 👍 You reckon?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Excellent fishing, and a decent Cod by nipper. I assume you had the same conditions as us on Monday, almost flat calm and very little (if any) wind which was WNW / NW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 10 hours ago, GPSguru said: Excellent fishing, and a decent Cod by nipper. I assume you had the same conditions as us on Monday, almost flat calm and very little (if any) wind which was WNW / NW. Yes, very pleasant but cold GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Next Monday looks promising… just a shame about the tides…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just now, Odyssey said: Next Monday looks promising… just a shame about the tides…. It did look promising…. Not any more 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, Odyssey said: It did look promising…. Not any more 😭 I have been watching that for a few days, it still looks promising here, but in weather forecasting terms 3 days is a lifetime and 5 days is a millennium ! Also, it is the top of the springs, so there will be a fair current flowing. However, if it pans out OK, then I will still go as the tide times suit my launch site for a morning's fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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