Andy decided that he was going to achor us over his 'big cod' mark, rather than steam over to the IoW grounds, and soon the hook was down and we were fishing. There was a bitterly cold Easterly wind straight in our faces on the flooding tide, which was not very pleasurable, but soon one of the lads from London thought he wa sinto the 1st cod of the day.
The result was not a cod, but a superbly conditioned bass.
We continued to fish, pulling in doggies and whiting, and then just before HW, I had a much better bite, which resulted in me boating an 8lb cod. Soon after Mark reeled in an cod of over 11lb, which went on to be the 2nd heaviest cod of the competition, and bagging £500 for the lads in the pool.
The £500 fish
After the tide turned the fishing went quiet, but I did manage to catch another cod of around 6lb. All fish caught on single squid on a pennel.
My brace.
