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  • 29/12/2013 Fishing Report by Alan Milford on Moonstone - now Why Worry! (Littlehampton, West Sussex)

    29 Dec 2013 by Alan Milford

    Report on-board Moonstone - now Why Worry!

    Finally we had a break in the weather and a new crew joined me on Moonstone to hunt for some cod.

    We headed out at 8am to our first mark about 3 miles off Littlehampton.

    The lads were into whiting and dogs from the off and one very good fish was dropped before it got to the boat....a bit more attention to the drag would have saved this one.

    We moved off to a second mark as the tide picked up and joined a few other local boats.

    Again the whiting were showing but then a good ray jumped on the hook to make up for the lost cod earlier on. The drag was set perfectly this time!

    As the tide turned the anchor broke free so we took this cue to move to a mark a few miles away.

    As the boat swung there was a shout and a good fish on....this turned out to be the first conger of many with the best easily beating 40lb.

    The light started to fade so we headed back in just after 4pm with just enough water to get back into port.

    A good day of mixed fishing even if we didn't find the target species.

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