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  • 24/10/2016 Fishing Report by Phil White on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)

    24 Oct 2016 by Phil White

    Report on-board Chinook 3

    HERE COME THE COD !

    Inshore
    Well good news, the first cod are starting to show up, most have been reported along the North Essex coastline, the best so far was a cracking fish of 12 lb caught on the Walton charter boat Misty Lady on Saturday, these early fish will soon be joined by more as these big spring tides take off and by next weekend I would expect to see quite a few more, best baits are squid and lug.

    There are a lot more Thornbacks showing up in all areas with one charter boat reporting over 60 on Saturday, a lot of these fish are small which is a good sign for the future.
    The piers and Estuaries have been fishing well with small codling, good whiting and Thornbacks all showing up.
    There are more better whiting showing with several fish around 1 lb reported, best baits for these lovely little fish are lug and mackerel strip.

    Offshore
    There are still only odd better fish further off, however there should be more showing soon as we get into November and the sea temperature drops. Best reported at 18lb although this cant be verified.
    There are lots of small thornbacks everywhere and plenty of bigger ones too, a few dogfish and whiting.

    Prospects are excellent, there should be more cod showing up in the next few weeks with the real prospect of some bigger fish coming in.




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