STARTED OUT A BIT LUMPY TODAY (slight my a*se:mad 
but it was worth it in the end. We stopped on a mark to get mackerel for the rest of the days bait. we soon had that covered with a big builders bucket full in about 10/15 mins, 8 on boat and now down to 7 fishing, plenty of ground bait. We head off to the ground but decided to stop on a wreck on the way, a short stop, just 3 drifts but we got 2 nice cod in the 8lb bracket and of we went again. first ground mark was very good but slow at first as the tide was just starting the flood. i sujested they bait up as the tide wasn't good for shads at the moment. A few minutes later and we had first ling of the day, 12lb, about one hour later we only had about 3 ling and 5 cod but the tide was now spot on for the shads so i got the lads to change over. First drop on next drift we had 5 cod and another ling and it just caried on. The cod where mostly around the 8lb mark with some nice ones at 10 and 11 lb. We wher steady away for the next couple of hours then it slowed down so we headed of to another mark about half a mile away. we got set up on the first drift and caught 6 cod and another ling ( on shads )smalest cod was 7 and biggest was just over 10lb
I must say the lads ( Mansfield fishing club ) new what they where doing and at the end of the day they had over 185lb of cod and ling + one 9lb pollock we set off back early as the lads wanted to get fresh macky to take home
Well done lads see you in 2 weeks
but it was worth it in the end. We stopped on a mark to get mackerel for the rest of the days bait. we soon had that covered with a big builders bucket full in about 10/15 mins, 8 on boat and now down to 7 fishing, plenty of ground bait. We head off to the ground but decided to stop on a wreck on the way, a short stop, just 3 drifts but we got 2 nice cod in the 8lb bracket and of we went again. first ground mark was very good but slow at first as the tide was just starting the flood. i sujested they bait up as the tide wasn't good for shads at the moment. A few minutes later and we had first ling of the day, 12lb, about one hour later we only had about 3 ling and 5 cod but the tide was now spot on for the shads so i got the lads to change over. First drop on next drift we had 5 cod and another ling and it just caried on. The cod where mostly around the 8lb mark with some nice ones at 10 and 11 lb. We wher steady away for the next couple of hours then it slowed down so we headed of to another mark about half a mile away. we got set up on the first drift and caught 6 cod and another ling ( on shads )smalest cod was 7 and biggest was just over 10lb I must say the lads ( Mansfield fishing club ) new what they where doing and at the end of the day they had over 185lb of cod and ling + one 9lb pollock we set off back early as the lads wanted to get fresh macky to take home
Well done lads see you in 2 weeks
, beats semi retirement due to the weather eh? 
) really enjoyed themselves and so did I. It's great when the fish are there
