Searching for Cod - Cleveleys/Rossall 16th Oct

[Rushy]

It was decided to give the kayaks a long overdue trip off the Fylde coast in search of the elusive cod. Terry couldn't make the trip due to family commitments but he nobly offered his Prowler Big Game for our use.

We arrived at our chosen launch venue, 5 bar gate at Cleveleys. The ebbing tide was still quite a way in which made the walk to the waters edge fairly easy. The tide was really quite small at 7m for a cod bashing session, and with reports of dogfish in plague proportions and only frozen black lug & unwashed squid as bait, hopes weren't too high of capturing our chosen quarry





We'd chosen to paddle to an area of rough ground just over a mile and a half out from the low water mark. The sea conditions were pretty decent, with winds forecast as 8mph northerlys, lessening as the day went on. The only slight annoyance was a persistent swell from the north which was ok whilst the tide was ebbing but would need watching when the flood started, as wind against tide could pose a significant risk.


The first few fish to come aboard were the ever present and always hungry dab, mr dependable when it comes to bait robbing and hanging itself off a 3/0 hook :doh:




Then our worst fears were realised with dogfish after dogfish latching onto our pennels of frozen black or squid, they're certainly not fussy eaters! I lost count after 20+ for us both with baits being picked up almost immediately they hit the seafloor...



Then, a glimmer of hope amongst the dogs, a small cod came to the worm baits




This codlet galvanised us to ditch the squid baits and concentrate with the worm. Paul had taken the trouble to provide us with good quality frozen black, actually the worm we'd pumped in the 'How to' pumping video. Paul had vacuum packed this worm after wrapping and it looked almost as good as fresh worm after defrosting. Thankfully the codling thought the same and this was proved at the start of a decent run of cod, interspersed with the odd pesky doggie


There's too many pictures to post on here, so FULL REPORT HERE

[turkish]

Nice report.

Nice pics.

[devondave]

nice job rushy

im in the manchester area for the next couple of days

if you could put me on a bait supplier and/or a venue it would be very much appreciated

[andymurray]

There is a new shop in bispham suppling every thing you will need Bispham Angling 01253 358191
good luck