More October Cod

Managed to get out Thursday evening for another go at the cod. It felt like the middle of summer in the late evening sun and afloat in a boat seemed to be about the best place to be!
I kicked off the trip early with a lovely bass on my first cast before the tide had even got going.....really nice chunky fish that put up a great fight. On the scales at 8lb 6oz!

 Just as the tide got going Dave lateched into the first cod at 9lb....

 Then, just as we were thinking things were hotting up it went dead. We stuck it out into darkness but with still nothing showing we had a move and found the fish again. Another 4 cod came to the boat before we called it a night!

Hectic Day With 10 Cod Today!

One of the most hectic trips for a while today with a total of 10 cod to 16lb. Throw in the rays and eels that were also taking the baits and I think the pair of us were on our feet all day!

Dave had the biggest eel at 48lb that gave him the run around over slack tide....a big old thick brute that had to come aboard for a photo!

Short Mid-Week Evening Trip

To take advantage of a small window in the weather we sneaked out for 2.5hrs on Tuesday...the wind was still showing touch and go on the forecast but we made the decision to go for it last minute! 
The fishing was pretty slow until the last trickle of tide when I snuck out a nice looking cod of 13lb.

I quickly followed this up with another suspect cod that actually materialised at the surface in the shape of another nice Bullhuss....

  
Dave added a smaller huss and I finished up with a bonus bass before we went in at slack tide around 9:15. 

Mike stayed out for some of the flood tide and was rewarded with a cod of 15lb....we are certainly in full swing now!

First Go At The Cod - 2014

First go at the cod last night and it was hectic fishing for the most part. Lots of fish came to the boat with a good mix species. We had 6 Undulates to 15lb, Smuts to 12lb, Eels, Thornies, Whiting and a quality Huss of 11lb 8oz (PB for me).
More importantly we also managed some of the target species and officially started the cod season off with 3 fish to 20lb!, that'll do nicely!

Autumn Is Coming

Last couple of trips have yielded plenty of fish and quite a few species from eels to 30lb, undulates to 15lb, smuts to 10lb, tope to 15lb, blondes to 26lb, tub gurnard, bass and a small cod (ling) - here's a selection of pics...looks like it'll get stirred up next week with some windy weather on the way which should hopefully kick the cod fishing off.

 

Bass Bonanza

With the weather window falling midweek we had to take a day off work today and get out there. Conditions and tide were perfect for lure fishing and a last good shot at the bass.
On our first drift through we both hooked into fish....same on the second and the third!

And that's how it continued all morning! We couldn't put a foot wrong......

We had a lot of small fish between 2 and 4lb but every now and then we'd get a better one with the best up over 7lb...

There were even a few pollack to be had too!

I lost count of how many bass we had and 4 hours went by in the blink of an eye.....you don't get many days like that and it certainly makes up for the times we've not been able to get out - Great Day!

Last Of The Summer

September already!!!......This year is flying by and to think in just a month we will be setting our stool out for the Cod. A few more weeks left though to keep chasing these Bass.
Our last couple of trips have been forced due to the weather and tide and although we couldn't fish when and where we wanted, we still managed to find one or two. Finding mackerel in the bay was a lot harder but our reserve fresh frozen's seemed to work just as well with the coloured water.
Nothing big but just getting out and catching is sometimes all you need...

Fingers crossed that we can get back out and make the most of what's left of the summer!!