Bristol Channel Codding last ight

[Ben]

sounds likea brileint trip, brileint read as well, ever thought of being a writer?lol

[Norfolkboy]

Excellent smoothy! Great pic, you can see the crabs in it's gut from that!

Very well done

[Ben]

how heavy was the 1 you kept?

[devondave]

well done smoothy ...

just out of curiosity what were the crabs like?

its just that i recalled from years back when chatting to the netsman down the harbour all the cod picked up in the nets had these small red/pink velvet swimmer type crabs inside them...
i have never been able to find them along the shoreline but i think if i could locate a spot for them they would be a killer bait every cod i ever gutted on that net boat was always full of them! maybe because of the colour of them they are infant edible crabs? i dunno but the cod were always stuff with em so they have got to be a bait worth hunting for

[Ben]

i think i know the type you mean, the only time i have found them is when have gone to whitby and at a very low tide you walk out along the rocky shore as far as you can, this is where you find them, has to be a very low tide though
crabs seem to live in stages along the shore front, green crab being near the shore and the the swimers, then edible 1s, then biger edible 1s and sometimes lobsters and the sea

[Old Smoothound]

Originally Posted by devondave

just out of curiosity what were the crabs like?

They were juvenile edibles Dave, about the size of your thumb, it also had a couple of small prawns as well, but hard to tell as they had turned to goo!

I have tried Peeler for the Cod, but not had any success, but always get bites on frozen or fresh gutted black lug or yellow tails.

Strange isn't it?

[gullyworm]

Same here smoothy,back home they always went on about needing peelers for the spring run cod.
I never had any succes with crab give me blow lug and gullys anyday.

[kiwimarty]

Nice one Shaun. I will make sure I can join you the next time friend!!!
That I think will be a good 1.5 points on your species hunt, as like you say, they are slowly coming to the end. Congrates matey.

Kiwi.

[Pross]

Nice fish Smoothy, are you saying where you caught it or is it a big secret? Gonna have to get myself out and try for one on the next spring tides before they disappear again.

[Old Smoothound]

Originally Posted by Pross

Nice fish Smoothy, are you saying where you caught it or is it a big secret? Gonna have to get myself out and try for one on the next spring tides before they disappear again.