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  • 17/10/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)

    17 Oct 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Report on-board Vanishing Point-2

    It's official now ... the last weekend date has now gone for this year.. December 24th yep Christmas eve... the guy are flying in from the The United Emirates, they come about 4 times a year and in their quest to get some Cod they have taken the only weekend date we had.... (Saves me doing last minute Christmas shopping)
    Well just need the water temp to drop now, and looking ahead the weather seems to be getting colder from Thursday onward, N-NE for Friday if we get a week of Northerly winds that should take down the water temperature down to where it need to be, then perhaps we will see some Cod.
    I know the odd one has come out, but it's a bit like fools gold, we have had Codling right through the summer once you clear the inshore marks, they are just there not lots, but we had almost one per trip in July while chasing the big Smoohounds, every now and then a Codling would scoff your hermit crab.
    When the Cod do turn up and I don't think it will be long, I would think there wont be lots of those hoppers but a better stamp of fish, hopefully around the 8- 13lbs mark ...!! we can only hope.
    Most of our Cod last year ended up North of the Hummber, and from there up to Peter-head they had so many Cod it was the best Cod fishing they had, had for years, so all we can hope is these fish migrate back down South and give us some good sport...
    We do have some mid-week dates available, so once the Cod start to show up we will let you all know and if you fancy a crack at them we would love to take you, but I think honestly we are looking at least another 2 weeks before, if we are lucky we will start fishing in earnest for these lovely rod bending fish,
    Photo from this time last year Alan Tarrent.....
    Tight Lines guys....

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