Hi All, 1st day of spring, and spring it was. Had a few lug so time to wet the hull again, and headed straight to the hard ground inshore of the yellow can.
Anchored up in what was the last of the ebb tide, and within a minute, was into a small codling of a 1lb+, then a couple of pouting and poor cod.
Soon the tide slackened and the bites also, so moved a little further out, but not a touch there. After a while, went back to 45ft 0f water, threw the anchor over, dropped down a couple of fresh baits, and as the boat was slowly swinging round in the now flood tide, my line went tight, and I thought, Sh*t, fast up, but then it started to bounce,........naaaaaaaaaah! that's a fish. Whey, it went ballistic stripping line against the clutch.......flippin great fun. Eventually came to the surface as I groped around in the cuddy for the net, 3rd attempt got it, and it turned the scales at 8 and a half pound.
Continued catching small codlings and returning as many as I could, about a dozen, and ended up keeping 6 fish that wouldn't have survived.
Noticed a boat heading towards me, it was Kev1n in "wor Lass"........sounds a bit strange saying that.:red: Had a bit crack, then he headed further inshore from me to fish at anchor, as the tide was pulling quite strong now.
Now out of bait, it was time to head back in, but look at the view I had to leave,
Hope it's not too long before it's like that again, but Man, it was great to be out again.
Anchored up in what was the last of the ebb tide, and within a minute, was into a small codling of a 1lb+, then a couple of pouting and poor cod.
Soon the tide slackened and the bites also, so moved a little further out, but not a touch there. After a while, went back to 45ft 0f water, threw the anchor over, dropped down a couple of fresh baits, and as the boat was slowly swinging round in the now flood tide, my line went tight, and I thought, Sh*t, fast up, but then it started to bounce,........naaaaaaaaaah! that's a fish. Whey, it went ballistic stripping line against the clutch.......flippin great fun. Eventually came to the surface as I groped around in the cuddy for the net, 3rd attempt got it, and it turned the scales at 8 and a half pound.
Continued catching small codlings and returning as many as I could, about a dozen, and ended up keeping 6 fish that wouldn't have survived.
Noticed a boat heading towards me, it was Kev1n in "wor Lass"........sounds a bit strange saying that.:red: Had a bit crack, then he headed further inshore from me to fish at anchor, as the tide was pulling quite strong now.
Now out of bait, it was time to head back in, but look at the view I had to leave,
Hope it's not too long before it's like that again, but Man, it was great to be out again.
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