lifting fish

[john/r]

just after peoples opions here.

talking about lifting fish up a pier wall with a rod a straight lift no drop nets etc just using your rod and i am not talking about lifting a fish up a very high pier the likes of the end of s/s pier.

type of lift i am on about is the piers at seaham or some parts of hendon prom were there are no rocks in front.

what type of rod would you describe as a good lifting rod say for example a 10lb cod dead lift ,would the likes of a thro action say a lt 14 zziplex that is just an example or say a zziplex lt bullet harsher carbon context in the middle say a j type action rod but very powerful.

i have yrs ago lifted six mackeral up side of pier wth a dc6 but a single cod is diff imo.

a m8 of mine lifted a double figure cod of s/lnd docks yrs ago with a tri cast rod i was a bit suprised but thats what he used. any thoughts lads

 

[codseeker]

rod tip down as far as possible then a gud spring action and its over the railing did this with me nitra last winter with a 7lb cod no problem uncle john

 

[john/r]

rod tip down as far as possible then a gud spring action and its over the railing did this with me nitra last winter with a 7lb cod no problem uncle john

uncle john i am old enough to be your grandfather you young pup.


were you been coddy long time no hear.

 

[codseeker]

uncle john i am old enough to be your grandfather you young pup.


were you been coddy long time no hear.

retirement home ryhope i escaped

 

[john/r]

retirement home ryhope i escaped

i found a way out also still got ya boat.

 

[eastpierlad]

why?

why?

just after peoples opions here.

talking about lifting fish up a pier wall with a rod a straight lift no drop nets etc just using your rod and i am not talking about lifting a fish up a very high pier the likes of the end of s/s pier.

type of lift i am on about is the piers at seaham or some parts of hendon prom were there are no rocks in front.

what type of rod would you describe as a good lifting rod say for example a 10lb cod dead lift ,would the likes of a thro action say a lt 14 zziplex that is just an example or say a zziplex lt bullet harsher carbon context in the middle say a j type action rod but very powerful.

i have yrs ago lifted six mackeral up side of pier wth a dc6 but a single cod is diff imo.

a m8 of mine lifted a double figure cod of s/lnd docks yrs ago with a tri cast rod i was a bit suprised but thats what he used. any thoughts lads

Strange post like, but when fishing from any high mark take a drop net, why risk losing a big cod?

 

[john/r]

Strange post like, but when fishing from any high mark take a drop net, why risk losing a big cod?

why a strange post ?.

if i took a spear gun down that what be easier and spear it down the side.

in all my years of fishing which is a few i cant recall seeing anyone up here using a drop net

maybe i need my eyesight checking again but joking aside people up here dont tend to use drop nets plus usualy when decent cod are about there is movement on which makes manouvering a dropnet very hard.

 

[big phil 123]

I think the best rod i have used for lifting fish was a any fish rock rod 13ft stiff tip find it harder to lift fish with longer rods or rods with softer tips. Also if the sea is away makes it easier to lift with the wave.

 

[eastpierlad]

I just thought it was a bit of a strange post / topic, apart from the rod, you stand a good chance of blowing the reel up using it as a winch.

Ive dropped a couple of nice fish on the lift, seen a few lost , heard about loads.

My father lost a really, really big fish on the lift, (he had numerous double figure cod, and a 20+lber off the shore) he said it was the biggest thing he had ever hooked. my brother was there,from then on my brother always takes a drop net (for always read when he remembers)

In winter , from piers a drop net gives you a much better chance of retrieving the fish. lead weight in the net, makes it a bit easier to use, and of course just practice.

I did hear about another system, along the lines of sliding a treble hook down the mainline to latch into the fish, never seen it though.

 

[Richy d]

It would be a Zziplex zeteque txl it will lift out mate

 

[john/r]

It would be a Zziplex zeteque txl it will lift out mate

yes you are right it would also lift me off my feet casting it nie wunder my back is buggered.

 

[john/r]

I just thought it was a bit of a strange post / topic, apart from the rod, you stand a good chance of blowing the reel up using it as a winch.

Ive dropped a couple of nice fish on the lift, seen a few lost , heard about loads.

My father lost a really, really big fish on the lift, (he had numerous double figure cod, and a 20+lber off the shore) he said it was the biggest thing he had ever hooked. my brother was there,from then on my brother always takes a drop net (for always read when he remembers)

In winter , from piers a drop net gives you a much better chance of retrieving the fish. lead weight in the net, makes it a bit easier to use, and of course just practice.

I did hear about another system, along the lines of sliding a treble hook down the mainline to latch into the fish, never seen it though.

agree with a lot you say about drop nets but it carrying everything about its a pain i find.
think if you have a look on youtube you may find someting about sliding treble hook system you mention i have heard and seen it used at one time.

a great fish the 20lb cod your father had off the shore well done of him.

 

[mick dunn]

John is right its not a strange post. I used to take a drop net on Steetly and it was a right fanny on trying to get a fish up. Wind and waves made it almost impossible. These days I don't bother-mind I regretted it last Friday on South Shileds pier I caught a Pollack of about 7lb on my spinning gear. I was just about to handball it up when the knot slipped on my small shad and the fish got away--I was gutted. I suppose i could take my trout/salmon net next time and climb down the metal rung stairs near the blocks if needed-but is it worth it. Oh my Century TT Match can lift a 5lb er nee bother. Not tried out heavier-if it was it would be handlined

 

[codonly]

Century TTR.but i would'nt try to wind a fish up over 5lb that puts strain on the reel i would pull the line through the ring's

 

[jamiebrennan]

there was a rumour circulating a couple of winters back that a certain Mr Codonly lifted a quite substantial cod on Shields pier? If i remember correctly it was on a rusty 2/0 aberdeen....just a rumour of course.....

 

[The Plum]

good century rods lift big fish ask some of the lads who fished ryhope club for years im talking the cliff marks they sort of reel and bounce at same time seen many come up over 8lbs if i hadn saw it i wouldnt of belived it but i have,ive also used my rod to lift fish up 7lbs ect but i prefer handball but if on my own and need asap use rod ,

 

[Brashy]

I think the best rod i have used for lifting fish was a any fish rock rod 13ft stiff tip find it harder to lift fish with longer rods or rods with softer tips. Also if the sea is away makes it easier to lift with the wave.

Quality rod can't fault mine, it'll be going to Norway with me in October. Rather stiff!

 

[eastpierlad]

agree with a lot you say about drop nets but it carrying everything about its a pain i find.
think if you have a look on youtube you may find someting about sliding treble hook system you mention i have heard and seen it used at one time.

a great fish the 20lb cod your father had off the shore well done of him.

aye, it was a stonker, shore / rocks very heavy ground not a pier or breakwater.

I agree carrying a drop net is a proper pain in the backside, i must admit to not always doing it like, hand-balled many a fish up the side of the pier, lost a few and got a few, 7-9lb, nothing into double figures. There would have been a lot more big fish landed if there were more nets used.

Be nice if you could leave a drop net at a mark which needed a lift, but it would be stolen or thrown in or vandalized.

All this talk of big fish got me wishing for winter now & a good sea, now where did i leave my drop net........

 

[paulthespark]

you don't need a drop net if you use the Australian method for lifting fish from a height , I watched them fishing from cliffs catching big fish and lifting them over 50ft without a problem, I used this method on the steetly pier to lift a nine and one half lbs cod up the pier without a problem this is what you do get a roll of strong garden twine that nylon green stuff its about 500lbs break and strain never snaps, then about 4f from the end tie on one of them key rings that you snap on and off your jeans belt loops, now at the end of your twine attach a 12oz perk with a big treble hook, when you have a big fish on bring it close to the pier or rocks or whatever with your rod and reel get its head just out of the water and simply clip your perk line onto the mainline and let it run down, it will follow your line straight into the fishes mouth then just handball it up, its simple ,easy to put in your tackle box and it works every time wouldn't go cod fishing from a height without it.

 

[topbanana]

you don't need a drop net if you use the Australian method for lifting fish from a height , I watched them fishing from cliffs catching big fish and lifting them over 50ft without a problem, I used this method on the steetly pier to lift a nine and one half lbs cod up the pier without a problem this is what you do get a roll of strong garden twine that nylon green stuff its about 500lbs break and strain never snaps, then about 4f from the end tie on one of them key rings that you snap on and off your jeans belt loops, now at the end of your twine attach a 12oz perk with a big treble hook, when you have a big fish on bring it close to the pier or rocks or whatever with your rod and reel get its head just out of the water and simply clip your perk line onto the mainline and let it run down, it will follow your line straight into the fishes mouth then just handball it up, its simple ,easy to put in your tackle box and it works every time wouldn't go cod fishing from a height without it.

Got to say this sounds like a belting idea, brilliant mate.