Sunday 19th Bristol channel

[jonnyswamp]

Caught the 7.30 lock and was going to head west, thick fog and a not very nice easterly saw us head up towards Clevedon, where the wind was forecast to be a bit lighter

Got into ladye Bay, after a much slower steam up than usual, nearly an hour later and dropped the pick 

Had one bite in 3 hrs between the 2 of us here, which resulted in this little fella

Around a pound and a half

And went straight back

After the tide had slackened enough, we had a move over to Newport deeps and dropped anchor in 18ft about an hour before low

One bite here resulted in a better fish 

14lb 8, I got my double

I even smiled on the outside

Low water came and the freezing wind was holding is side on and as we didn't want a late one, at 1.30, we packed up and made our way through the thickening fog to get the 2.15 inbound lock

Very poor day with just 2 bites between us, but I got my double, so not a disaster

The cod was caught on double squid and was absolutely stuffed full of crab and one small whiting

[Andy135]

Ah, the lesser spotted Smiler! Good work! Well done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fish ain't bad either. 😉 👍

A worthwhile day by the sounds of it. You made the bites count - can't ask for more than that. Well played.

[Odyssey]

Cracking cod 🙂 

I’ve not been up east as it’s been slow but good to see some about 🙂 

[captin slows old outlaw]

its nice to see some cod this year nice report

[jonnyswamp]

10 minutes ago, JonC said:

@jonnyswampwhat’s with the state of those topsides? They look like they are going green? 

They are, I didn't have chance to do anything with them this year

Next years job now

[GPSguru]

Looks like the Cod are running later this year, which probably ties in with the way the year has been.

It will be a shame if Drakeford locks you guys down over the xmas holidays and  into the new year, having said that, Doris and his clowns are meeting today to discuss England.