SELSEY CODLING

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:15 pm

HI ALL. can anyone tell me why on monday night there was 2 and a half ton of cod taken from selsey east beach only 800 yards off shore in nets .yet when you speak to local anglers they say its very quiet and having fished it hard in the last few weeks myself and only catching a couuple small fish.are we all doing somthin very wrong or do the fish just not come in close enough.any thoughts greatly recived .cheers stew confused

Member Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 33

hello bud thats my local ground i have been fishing it hard for last month withonly doggies and a 3lb bass i saw some one have a 4 pund codling. they have been hitting it hard on the nets . for the farmers market i fault they have caught there quotas for this year SO WHY ARE THEY STILL NETTING OR AM I WRONG IN THINKING THAT CAUSE THATS WHAT IT SAYS ON THE FRONT OF MY MAGS ITS BLOOODY MAD IV BEEN DOWN THERE AND EVERY TINME THERE TRAULING UP AND DOWN LIKE A PAC OF DOGS IV SEEN THEM CLOSER IN 150 TO 2000 YARDS OUT THATS WHY WERE HAVING NO LUCK they say the cod are making a come back at this rate there BE INSTINCT IT MAKES ME MAD TO THINK 5 TO 8 YEARS AGO YOU COULD PRETTY MUCH EXEPCT A SIX TO TEN POUNDER TO SHOW UP THESE DAYS YOUR LUCKY TO HIT 4LBS THEY SHOULD BAN TRAULING SO CLOSE IN WHEN THESE FISH COME IN TO FEED AND TO PREPARE TO SPAWN

Member Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 33

hello bud thats my local ground i have been fishing it hard for last month withonly doggies and a 3lb bass i saw some one have a 4 pund codling. they have been hitting it hard on the nets . for the farmers market i fault they have caught there quotas for this year SO WHY ARE THEY STILL NETTING OR AM I WRONG IN THINKING THAT CAUSE THATS WHAT IT SAYS ON THE FRONT OF MY MAGS ITS BLOOODY MAD IV BEEN DOWN THERE AND EVERY TINME THERE TRAULING UP AND DOWN LIKE A PAC OF DOGS IV SEEN THEM CLOSER IN 150 TO 2000 YARDS OUT THATS WHY WERE HAVING NO LUCK they say the cod are making a come back at this rate there BE INSTINCT IT MAKES ME MAD TO THINK 5 TO 8 YEARS AGO YOU COULD PRETTY MUCH EXEPCT A SIX TO TEN POUNDER TO SHOW UP THESE DAYS YOUR LUCKY TO HIT 4LBS THEY SHOULD BAN TRAULING SO CLOSE IN WHEN THESE FISH COME IN TO FEED AND TO PREPARE TO SPAWN

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:08 pm

i thought the same about the quota but i do no that as of midnight tonight theres a cod ban on so lets hope that will give us and the fish a chance .im going to have a go again friday night rl post results maybe rl bump into you sometime down there .is pagham fishing anygood afta that blow last week .as for netting angry

they should not be allowed to set or trawl within 1000 yards of the low water mark that will give all marine life a bit of a nersery area . angry

Member Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 33

yehn your right there thats good NEWS ON THE BAN im going againg friday i usally go to the left of the life boat down by the bunglows park up on side of the road and your right by the sea at the other end of the car park as they lock it at night now could meet up if you like? not sure on pagham a couple of codling last week and some bass im off down there tomor so keep ya posted always looking for new people to fish with as tend to go by myself ....

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:33 pm

i normally fish abit ferther down park road and walk to were theres a shallay type building and its always been a good spot rl let u no wat time im going wont no till tomorrow eavning though .cheers stew

Member Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 33

ok bud be good to get to know another spot let us know and were meet up tight lines

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:08 pm

will do. hope you have a good session tomorrow night

Member Joined: Nov 06, 2007 Posts: 31

pebble, I totally agree with you about the inshore trawlers, they wont be happy until theirs nothing left. Be careful what you say about them, there are those on this site who dont believe its the commercial boys who are causing inshore fishing to become a waste of bait and time !
I do most of my fishing in the Solent from a boat which I find is quite productive but still enjoy fishing from the shore when the sea is too rough. But I have to admit it is soul destroying at times. Ive fished with 20-30 anglers along Haslar sea wall for 5hours and not seen one decent fish caught.There was a time when you could almost gauruntee someone would catch a good fish, its very rare nowadays.
Hopefully sooner or later someone will get a grip of the inshore trawlers.

Sorry about the gloom and doom but it does pee me off angry

Good luck on friday hope you catch half a dozen cod to 20lb happy

Occasional Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 192

Not wishing to upset anyone, but if the nets are taking shedloads of fish so close to the shore, and yet the anglers are catching none, it would suggest that plenty of fish are there, but ignoring the anglers bait. If there were hardly any fish, the netters would be elsewhere, cos they dont waste their time and diesel if they can help it. Maybe the cod are up in the water chasing sprat or something? Its happening all up the East coast at the moment.

Member Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 33

i totally agree there im not poking at the trawler man thay do what they get paid to do catch fish its the goverment and no true boddy to look after the fish stock for the whole country its all split into groups we need proper limits and quotas not a quota for one and another for another that way were all be happy

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:52 pm

Hi pebble not sure wat time i will get ther tomorrow missis is havin her heir done at 5.30 i would think it would b around 7.30 ish so if your still up 4 it rl meet you at that beach hut you cant miss it its the only one ther if you park at the bottom of park lane and walk 2 the right its about 10 groyns up rl keep an eye out 4 you my names stewart got a white citron van hopfully c u there .did u av any luck thursday night.

Member Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 33

hello bud are try and find it if not are be in the spot to the left of the car park are be there from six ish so if you pass through pop in and are follow you

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:04 pm

ok no probs

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Hi Pigeon

I would assume like most area's at the moment the cod are feeding midwater on the sprats, hence us poor anglers using lugworm bottom fishing wont get a lookin.
The netters using their fish finders will know exactly what depth to shoot their nets and to be honest cod feeding on sprats its like taking candy from a baby as they shoal up in huge numbers purely feeding on the concentrated shoals of sprat. Easy pickings for a netter. crying

Your best chance is wait for a good blow to break up the sprat shoals and get out shortly after.