dungie 14/12/08

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:17 pm

Sue

Member Joined: May 30, 2008 Posts: 32

hello m8 congrats on the catch!!! any chance on a bit more info on the venue and the time of fishing was it a spring tide?? between high and low? where abouts is it? not from your way but willing to travel to catch even a coldling happy

cheers bud tom

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:59 pm

as a rule of thumb, the cod/codling will most likely be around for three days either side of peak spring tide(were extra lucky this time, as had a SW blow just before)
I've found most of my fish being taken in the two hours leading upto high tide and the 1st hour after slack water....but dunge should fish well all the way up from low water if conditions are right (coloured water)

yellowtails seem to be the killer bait, and lots of em, plenty scenty, but blacks almost as good....squid to tip off if poss.

this seems to apply to most of the deep water around the power station, although certain spots probably have an edge, the point being one, but can get v. busy.

hope that helps...blah

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:08 pm

Bloody well done!!!

Will be heading down during the christmas period.

Again, Awesome! suprise

Member Joined: Sep 10, 2008 Posts: 8 Location: brighton

Glad to hear i inspired you Blah, thats the value of these posts, hearing about the early catches of cod back in september certainly got me ready to hit the beach as soon as the spring tides coincided with a lull in the storm weather.......exactly the conditions you explained!.

...personally i rarely fish in daylight these days, party because my castings a bit suspect, and because the fish generally move in closer. I also rarely fish a Friday or saturday night, to avoid the crowds, and it also means i have the luxury of walking 30yds uptide to cast, to offset the effect of the strong tides.....bit spooky out there all on your own though!! -

i think this season is mostly over now, unless a good low pressure system comes along in the next two weeks, i wont bother after the mid jan springs, i'll sit it out and wait for the summer mullet.....and start planning my assault on next years bigger cod.....

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:55 pm

it's lookin a bit tastier next week mate, as you said, probably our last bash at it until the spring....goddamn I'm getting salty!!(lol)((good new name that come to think of it....psuedo-salty!!))

tight lines!

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:48 am

Sorry for the late reply but bloody well done on the catch and im glad you sussed the images onto the website thing.

I will leave donating any of my knackers for the sake of fish big grin