I would not say that there were exactly “loads” of codling caught as there were about 15 to 20 people fishing the pier me being on of the many that blanked, conditions mind you did look perfect. Fished on the bend from 1.00 pm until 5.00pm and only saw two codling caught in that time, one on the end and one from the river side just after the bend, bait used razor, mussel, rag , crab & yellow tail.