Friday 17th Dec - cod-tastic!!!!

[Andy135]

A relatively leisurely 6.30am start today to head down to the boat. The forecast was for 7mph early doors rising to 13-14 by about 2pm, and I wanted to be back in the marina before then.

Nice and calm in the marina heading out.

But once out of the lee of the Harbour and with a following wind the sea turned decidedly choppier. I headed round to Browndown where I'd have some protection from the ENE wind. Anchored up by the Browndown Buoy and fished the southern wreck.

Didn't have to wait long for the rattles to start...

After the recent chatter about uptiding I had taken mine along and gave it a chuck. Amazingly I even managed to catch on it...

And that was about it as far as fish went. A couple of plate sized whiting came home, and a live-bait sized one... became live-bait. But nothing wanted it.

As the tide increased I noticed a rip appearing to my stern, with a flock of birds working over it.

Too far for me at anchor today but worth a better look another day.

As the morning wore on my baits remained pestered by whiting and, sadly, unbothered by unicorns. As the wind picked up in the early afternoon I headed back in, topped up the tanks and called it a day. Sorry if you were reading this expecting pictures of cod - guess I caught something bigger than a whiting today after all! 🤣

[thejollysinker]

Caught me and I’m a whopper…. You did well 🤣

[Andy135]

30 minutes ago, thejollysinker said:

Caught me and I’m a whopper…. You did well 🤣

Yessss! You'll do nicely 🤣👍

[GPSguru]

Good report and well done on getting out. No chance here as we had a 1.5m sea !

Whiting are OK and no blank ............ It is just the Pout, straps and dog's that don't count.

Did you get chance to look at the house battery charging system ?

 

Edited December 17, 2021 by GPSguru

[Andy135]

6 minutes ago, GPSguru said:

Did you get chance to look at the house battery charging system ?

I did. 14.7v at 2k RPM. High enough that I didn't bother testing any further. Will change the R/R for the new one as soon as the last o-ring arrives from Germany. I re-disconnected the dodgy R/R unit and reverted to the combine switch for charging this trip.

[suzook12]

1 hour ago, Andy135 said:

I did. 14.7v at 2k RPM. High enough that I didn't bother testing any further. Will change the R/R for the new one as soon as the last o-ring arrives from Germany. I re-disconnected the dodgy R/R unit and reverted to the combine switch for charging this trip.

That sounds spot on....... Doesn't sound dodgy at all,,,,,

[Saintly Fish]

I hope you marked that rip on your plotter?

[Andy135]

24 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

I hope you marked that rip on your plotter?

I did indeed.

[Saintly Fish]

19 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

I did indeed.

Good, you need another lsd den. 

[Andy135]

4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Good, you need another lsd den. 

🐶🐶

[Ivan Tuna]

And there was me thinking finally you got a Cod.....

[Sailfish]

On 12/17/2021 at 8:38 PM, Andy135 said:

As the tide increased I noticed a rip appearing to my stern, with a flock of birds working over it.

I have seen that before and assumed it was a sewage outfall. Happy to be wrong.

[Andy135]

7 minutes ago, Sailfish said:

I have seen that before and assumed it was a sewage outfall. Happy to be wrong.

Could well be right. On the charts it shows some sort of linear feature - either a cable or a pipe. Worth fishing it again to learn the mark.