too restless

[geejayy]

lastnight i was just to restless to sleep, so drove to abbotsbury in the early hours of the morning.
fished from half 2 till 0730, with blacklug, squid & herring.
caught buggerall but enjoyed the sunrise.

[Devon Born & Dorset Bred]

Shame... I was driving home last night at around 4:00 and thought what a great night, for fishing. Good clear night.

Bad luck. At least you got out!

DB&DB

[geejayy]

there was acouple of anglers there but they were looked to be packing up as i arrived, just dogs n slugs was their report.

[gullyworm]

Good on you for trying, you don't catch owt sat indoors

[Portland Pirate]

Wow. Now that is what you call restless.

I did speak with Andy in Weymouth Angling Centre yesterday. He says that there are still some Codling being caught, but that they are only coming from the deep water marks like bridging camp and Langton Herring. Nothing from the accessible parts of the beach.

Other then dogfish and pout, have you ever caught anything on Black Lug? I have tried it loads of times and to me it just seems like a waste of money.
Portland Pirate.

[geejayy]

up until last year when i caught one on crab, all of my cod/codling have come to lug or lug/squid cocktails i'm more confident when useing lug for cods but i would think that pealer or hermit has the edge, especially over rocky/broken ground
with lug ive had less variety of fish compared to rag, froze lug is easier to obtain & store for me being well in land.
to be honest i don't think that bucketmouth cod are that fussy, if its food they'll eat it.
on chesil the black tends to slow the relentless onslaught of dogfish, though last night one would have been welcome
last night was spent mostly clearing old baits from the freezer, the squid had seen better days & most of my lug stock is now that oiled stuff, its a lot tougher than standard froze worm but the jury's still out for me as to how effective it is. though it was , i trhink part of the offering that took my pb cod the other year.

the alternetive last night was to fish a riseing tide in the solent for 6am highwater, which sounded a better opotion but fishing the solent without any ragworm as ever, for me, seemed unappealing especially at this scratchy time of year

[cuckoo]

Good effort gord

[Portland Pirate]

Originally Posted by geejayy

up until last year when i caught one on crab, all of my cod/codling have come to lug or lug/squid cocktails i'm more confident when useing lug for cods but i would think that pealer or hermit has the edge, especially over rocky/broken ground
with lug ive had less variety of fish compared to rag, froze lug is easier to obtain & store for me being well in land.
to be honest i don't think that bucketmouth cod are that fussy, if its food they'll eat it.
on chesil the black tends to slow the relentless onslaught of dogfish, though last night one would have been welcome
last night was spent mostly clearing old baits from the freezer, the squid had seen better days & most of my lug stock is now that oiled stuff, its a lot tougher than standard froze worm but the jury's still out for me as to how effective it is. though it was , i trhink part of the offering that took my pb cod the other year.

Thanks for that feedback. I just don't seem to have any confidence in black lug, frozen or fresh. For me nothing beats blow lug or fresh crab on Chesil during the winter. Maybe its psychological. Do you ever get that feeling when you know you have a good bait on and you put it exactly where you want it, you know you are going to get a decent fish.

Portland Pirate.

[Vagabond]

Originally Posted by Portland Pirate

I just don't seem to have any confidence in black lug, frozen or fresh. For me nothing beats blow lug or fresh crab on Chesil during the winter. .

I don't fish Chesil very often (it's a long way from home), so do not know it well.

I know Dungeness rather better. When there is a SW Gale, black lug (and seamice and slipper limpet) get thrown onto the shingle at high tide. If you are there at the right time, you can get bass, various flats, codling and whiting all on black lug. In the good old days, good cod on seamice.

When you have a gale at Chesil, do you get stuff like black lug thrown onto the beach ? If so, it is the right bait and the right time to use it.

[geejayy]

i don't ever see much in the way of bait thrown up along the bank after a storm , all the rubbish & flotsam from lyme bay along with lumps of sea peat,
cuttle bone & the odd dead fish, but never any worm or shellfish.