OJ/black jetty. canvey island. sat 6/6/09

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:17 pm

got a last minute reprieve and thought i would give the oj a bash.....got down to fish at about 7.45 and set up on the dog leg, mid way along facing kent. put two rods out (3 hook flapper on one and pennel on the other). wind was not pleasant, but bearable.........otherwise weather was quite kind. had one solitary pouting about an hour into the trip, so i moved across to the inside of the dog leg. not a sausage......really quiet all night. somewhat dissapointed i moved up to the top layby(nearest the steps) around half hour before high water. there is a nice little gulley there that seems to always without fail have something to relieve the boredom!!! sure enough the schoolies were in there and waiting lol. picked up two but lost three angry

....................again better than the proverbial poke in the eye with a sharp stick!!!

bait used was lug, squid and a cocktail of both.

i am starting to think that i should have stuck with scars elbow!!! the last two trips there saw me going home with a sizeable fish. whereas chasing the "reports" around fambridge and the oj have landed me zip.............last night with a 5.4m tide would have seen me settled on the lower wall (albeit with casting restraints) right through till high water. also without having to use "shank's pony" for 30 minutes each way lol.

next question is where am i going to try next (unsuccessfully!!! suprise

)

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:02 pm

lol col ,, nice report ,,, someone must be letting the fish know where your gonna be big grin

better luck next time m8

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:52 pm

What on earth is Shanks Pony when its at home???

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:57 pm

Hi Col
Walton is doing very well. I was there on Friday night for 3 hours and couldn't beleive it when I landed 2 very nice codling - just the right size for the oven tray. one of them gave me a good fight. Skates, Garfish are about + if you lucky you can land a good size Bass big grin

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:53 pm

good report kopitecol well done with the bass. waterman well done with your report. i think the codling will be around all summer like last year of the pier. im out wrecking saturday 13th so i will post a report on the east forum sunday as its going to be a long old trip 12hours?

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:45 pm

Well done mate applause

at least you gave the old jetty a go.

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:25 pm

kenny..........you must be a young un lol. shank's pony means walk!! dont ask me where it comes from though devil

waterman............do you think i can blank at walton as well then?

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:28 pm

good report col, winking

jay

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:50 am

OJ is very slow at the moment - blanked on my last 3 trips! What were the sizeable fish from Scars Elbow and what did they come out on? Pouting on squid I reckon.....

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:50 pm

lol fiend.............3lb codling 4weeks ago and a bass just over a 1.5lb.

also saw some strange things in the sky on saturday........... night about a dozen "orbs" which lifted up behind benfleet station, climbed some 300yds high and drifted right over the jetty. NOT ufo's but more like large embers around a 2ft round ish? apparently other sightings of the same thing are on twitter!!! also a 1.30am call to the emergencies services due to a rather large fire in a field .............never a dull moment. probably one of the orbs caught a rubbish pile on fire devil

Regular Joined: Nov 02, 2008 Posts: 291

did you get in touch with mulder and skully tougue

or makers of the twlight zone suprise

or maybe you need some time off work big grin

or it could be the rise of the machines maybe skynet is self aware maybe your gonna be termenaited crying

or maybe you blanked again on the jetti angry

lol
p.s do i have to remined you this is a sea fishing site not a ufo site ha ha ha your last post will be terminated crying

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:16 pm

griegwwr wrote:

did you get in touch with mulder and skully tougue

or makers of the twlight zone suprise

or maybe you need some time off work big grin

or it could be the rise of the machines maybe skynet is self aware maybe your gonna be termenaited crying

or maybe you blanked again on the jetti angry

lol
p.s do i have to remined you this is a sea fishing site not a ufo site ha ha ha your last post will be terminated crying

haha

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:00 pm

Hi "kopite" what you saw is "par for the course"when you are night fishing because you have an uninterupted view i.e. no street light pollution, i totally believe that some of the things that occur and what you see sometimes can't be explained, over the years in some of the remote places that i've visited (fishing of course!!!) some real strange and spooky stuff has happened, i could tell loads of tales but most people would think that it's a load of old "Jackanory, i will say one thing, the place where it is really active is the Shingle st area.......Regards Joli

Regular Joined: Nov 02, 2008 Posts: 291

Hi "kopite" what you saw is "par for the course"when you are night fishing because you have an uninterupted view i.e. (no fish big hug

) , i totally believe that some of the things that occur and what you see sometimes can't be explained,( bites rod tip movment some fishing action big grin

)places that i've visited (fishing of course!!!) some real strange and spooky stuff has happened, (bites catching fish normall fishing action suprise

) i could tell loads of tales (and heads and bodies happy

) but most people would think that it's a load of old (" kol Jackanory story ), i will say one thing, the plaice (have you ever seen one kol crying

) where it is really active(not with your rods) tougue

is the Shingle st area.......Regards Joli

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:26 am

Nice copying.....................some people might think that you are taking the mick