PB Whiting from Abbotsbury

[MartynG]

I had decided to head for Ringstead when I thought "what the heck" and continued on to Abbotsbury. The drizzle must have put a lot of people off as I got a spot almost in front of the carpark boardwalk (no hard shingle shuffling needed) For some reason I'd read the tide times wrong and I'd missed HT by a couple of hours so prospects weren't bright.

Undaunted I chucked out a big squid/lug bait on a 6/0 pennel as far as I could in search of a biggie. Another rod I loaded up with squid strips tipped with lug and cast short hoping for something still feeding in the gutter.

Apart from finding a leak in an 'interesting' area of my floatie and making two cups of coffee, nothing much happened for an hour on either rod. The distance rod baits looked like something had been tugging at them so rather than blank I changed the pennel size to a 2/0, still with a lug/squid cocktail. Almost straight away I got a Whiting of about ¾lb then a couple more around 1lb but nothing on the 'close-in' rod.

I cast both rods out loaded up with lug/squid as far as I could go with my finest OTG (a thing of beauty in my eyes, if nobody else's) and put the kettle on for another brew when one of my rods gave an almighty "nod". Did I have a Cod ??? It was heavy and tugging well, not really fighting but felt Cod-like - my first of 2011. An anxious minute or two got it to the surf and out on the shingle and it sure looked like a Codling until I got close...

It was another Whiting, but a good one Not a record as it only weighed 2.2lb (2lb 3¼oz) and the Shore Record was over 4lb but it was by far the biggest I'd caught

The next half hour was dire, a couple more ¾lb Whiting, the leak in my floatie getting worse, and kicking over my fresh, steaming cup of coffee So I did the sensible thing and packed up and headed home via the Dorchester Macdonalds for a coffee - is it me or have they changed their coffee? It didn't taste as good as it used to

So, still no Cod but I have caught my PB Whiting as compensation

[geejayy]

Originally Posted by MartynG

Dorchester Macdonalds for a coffee - is it me or have they changed their coffee? It didn't taste as good as it used to

So, still no Cod but I have caught my PB Whiting as compensation

well done on that whiteing m8 thats a cracker.

the coffee at mc d's has always been shyte no mattewr where you go.

[cuckoo]

Cracking ting mrg , no levi on this trip mate ??

[MartynG]

Originally Posted by cuckoo

Cracking ting mrg , no levi on this trip mate ??

Too wet for him - he's getting old now

[cuckoo]

I bet he hates you for missing out on his macdonlds

[Maddison_Twatter]

well done on the PB matey

[MRG2000]

Thats a cracking whiting ,well done ....

[pingu]

nice one well done there

dave

[Portland Pirate]

Nice fish, I am surprised to see decent Whiting still around. What date did you catch that on, as you posted two Chesil reports today?

The record for Whiting is held by a good friend of mine Terry Dell. He caught it at Abbotsbury more then 20 years ago now. He said that the night he caught it, him and his mate didn't have a whiting under 2lb all night. All of them were huge.

[MartynG]

Originally Posted by Portland Pirate

Nice fish, I am surprised to see decent Whiting still around. What date did you catch that on, as you posted two Chesil reports today?

It was on the 5th Jan. I'd posted it on my blog but not on here until Pingu reminded me when I PM'd him the photo.