Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2023 Just myself and Nipper for todays adventures Made the trip down to Cardiff this morning full of optimism and anticipation, got the 7.30 lock out and had the anchor down for the first of the ebb on the inner coral out of the worst of the rip I did consider a trip up to the English and Welsh to try and emulate diao's weekend trip, but thought the bigger tide would have caused me a few issues as it can really rip through there Beautiful crisp morning that lasted all of half an hour, then the mist rolled in and the visibility dropped to about 100yds 6 rods out with Dirty squid, rag and frozen blacks the order of the day that all came back untouched.....Apart from a small Codling that had impaled itself on one of Nippers hooks and didn't give any indication it was on until by the side of the boat That was the only "action" here, so when the tide had slackened a bit we moved out into a very promising looking gully This mark was very similar to the first, in fact it was identical in the pissing fog I had one bite about 30 mins before slack low and pulled in a fat little 3lb 4oz Codling, so that was it for the whole tide...two bites The boat swung around, the mist rolled out and we buggered off back in on the 3.45 lock There were 3 other boats in the lock with us and they had done a bit worse than us I'm raiding the English side next time I get out Andy135, suzook12, Dicky and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Well you got out Nick on a mid week special and caught a cod! What's not to like ? Andy135, GPSguru and jonnyswamp 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Well you got out Nick on a mid week special and caught a cod! What's not to like ? I hear what your saying, but 2 bites all day ! Not even a dog or a slack water strap This year is definitely different to previous ones, don't know whether the dumping of dredged silt etc has had an adverse effect on our side of the Channel, or we've all forgotten how to fish All except daio of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, jonnyswamp said: Not even a dog Yeah, you're right. You had a crap session. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 3 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: I hear what your saying, but 2 bites all day ! Not even a dog or a slack water strap This year is definitely different to previous ones, don't know whether the dumping of dredged silt etc has had an adverse effect on our side of the Channel, or we've all forgotten how to fish All except daio of course Good effort though 👍 Yes, but you were out there giving it the effort, and that is what pays dividends in the long run. I didn't go out this morning as the fog was forecast late last night, and although the boat was ready on the trailer for a 6:30 departure, I gave it a miss. The forecast was right and even at 11:00am the visibility was only 200yrd or so. I will probably go out again on Friday morning, and try for some more wreck Cod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Top end of channel got lots of cod. Channel explorer from Portishead had 15-20 fish yesterday…. Safly I think you need to burn done diesel to find them and head up the top end, Well done in getting one though 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Odyssey said: Top end of channel got lots of cod. Channel explorer from Portishead had 15-20 fish yesterday…. Safly I think you need to burn done diesel to find them and head up the top end, Well done in getting one though 🙂 Yes, I saw his post, the next compatible tide and that's where I'm heading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 22 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: I hear what your saying, but 2 bites all day ! Not even a dog or a slack water strap This year is definitely different to previous ones, don't know whether the dumping of dredged silt etc has had an adverse effect on our side of the Channel, or we've all forgotten how to fish All except daio of course just keep on trying and enjoyoing what you are doing nick good times ahead mate we all get days like that my mate was out last saturday on another boat and they all blanked good luck for next time Saintly Fish, jonnyswamp and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 nice one - sounds way better than what i did - stuck behind a keyboard all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, mike farrants said: nice one - sounds way better than what i did - stuck behind a keyboard all day! Have you been transferred to the customer complaints desk? That’s a job for life if ever there was one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 people only call that coz they're bored - im not trained up on the land lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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