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  • 28/11/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    28 Nov 2014 by brian poppy

    This one is for you Dave sorry for delay in getting the pic on i have also put it on WSF that was a good day,BP.

  • 01/01/2015 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    1 Jan 2015 by brian poppy

    This report covers 3 trips 29th/30th/31st,fished all 3 trips off snag ally with moderate results still plenty of small Cod coming up from all over that area 57 take home with plenty going back to grow a bit bigger one thing we've found this year is a lack of Whiting in numbers only 4 showed up yesterday,theres a bit of wind now for the next 2 days so its looking like Sunday 4th will be the next trip if any one is interested give me a call happy new year all,Brian

  • 28/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    28 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    hi all hears a pic to feast your eyes on,bp

  • 27/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    27 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    Its not looking good for the next 2 days with strong North Easterly winds dont think we will be able to get away be for Tuesday never mind the fish will keep until we can go again,ive heard some good reports from a commercial friend of mine he shot some lines last Monday in an area that we go to when conditions are good enough he had 4 double figure Cod that's encouraging i haven't been to that mark for 5 weeks so hopefully in the not to distant future we can pay it a visit,but cant complain the fishing inside has been very good to us long may it last its a god send when conditions are so we cant go any where else,bp.

  • 25/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    25 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    Have a great Christmas and an even better New Year every one from Brian/Paul.

  • 22/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    22 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    With conditions as such that we cant get off we have been keeping inshore off Corton all week all the partys were advised of this but there is plenty of fish to be had all though they might be a bit on the small side it is good that we have some where to go when conditions stop us getting off with 4 trips fished there this week the total amount of fish was incredible,Tuesday just me and Andrew on his boat 50 Cod with 35 take home,Thursday 64 Cod for the party with 47 take home,Friday 39 Cod and 25 take home,Saturday 40 Cod this party had a weight competition 45lb of fish,a total of 240 Cod,these fish just keep coming there must be such an abundance of food down there but we did find over the week there were plenty of sprats in the bellies when gutted,well done all you boys and look forward to seeing you all in the new year,Brian

  • 13/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    13 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    Antony and his party were on the ball Saturday morning it was nice to get away on time so that we could get the best out of the falling tide with low water around 9.00am on the mark i was hoping for a few fish before slack water, the flood has been fishing very good the last few times ive been in that area so i was pretty confident that we would get a good selection of fish,Bert had the first of many on the boat with Rodger bringing in the best fish of the day a lovely condition 6lb8oz proper Cod the party respected the size limits and put back the fish that i recommended under 4ocms unless they were gut hooked i think this size fish will allow you to get a half pound fillet off each side if you are good with the knife weight wise if you weigh the majority of these 40-44cm fish you will be amazed that they only go about a pound and half to three quarters and haven't had a chance to reach maturity so putting the smaller ones back is a feather in you cap for conservation and the future Cod stocks well done boys have a great xmas and look forward to seeing you all in the new year,BP.

  • 11/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    11 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    Meeting Ian and his mates at 7.30 was a good call with the wind coming off the land at a great deal of knots we did not have to many options to chose from were we would finish up off Corton,it came up trumps again fishing inside about 400yds off the beach the Cod were hungry as the fish started to show straight away and kept on coming right through the flood with Robert getting top fish of the day a lovely Cod coming in at 8lb11oz with a party total of 44 take home fish it was a day to remember well done all and i hope you enjoy your fish see you all on the 18th,BP.

  • 07/12/2014 Fishing Report by mark crame

    7 Dec 2014 by mark crame

    Brian took pity on me after loads of shifts and bad weather and persuaded me to persuade my wife to let me come out on weekend...it took a lot of smarming to get the okay but I managed and at half six I got up in darkness, made my sandwiches and energised with a couple of strong coffees I wandered down to the Yacht Club to meet him. It was supposed to be raining but wasn't which was a good sign and with Simon and Mike aboard the four of us headed out to sea. The wind was quite stiff and we couldn't drop anchor in the intended spot so moved to a mark that's been pretty productive of late; it's where I'd been getting my roker and the 6lb cod a few weeks back and though lumpy it was fishable. We were still on the flood and with rods rigged and baits hooked we dropped down and started to fish.

    I had my uptider of course but also a new toy - Fladen have brought out a new and update version of their popular and superb full carbon rods and my 7ft 10-20lb class had arrived a few days previously. I'd christened it with a whiting on Friday on a brief session but it really needed to get codded. The reel seat was a bit too short to take my usual Lever Drag multipliers so I decided, seeing as it's a sensitive rod, to screw on my Maxximus KM10 spinning reel - a small coarse reel it was totally unsuitable for the job of pulling codling up against three knot tides with a pound of lead on but I figured that it'd give me a really good feel for the rod and the fish, especially with the braid that's on there, so with a 4/0 pennel holding a couple of frozen blacks and a ring of unwashed squid from Sam's Baits I dropped it off the stern and let out plenty of line...

    Three minutes! Talk about quick, the rod was nodding away and I started winding it in. I should have greased the reel up a bit more to smooth things out with this workload but it coped admirably and up came the first cod of the day.

    Simon was next up - his first boat trip. Used to catching a lot of pin whiting he wasn't unfamiliar with what came aboard...well, I say next up but I mean next person up - I was on three codling already and we'd been fishing twenty minutes tops; two on the full cabron and one on the uptider with a whole unwashed squid.

    Mike was next, with his first cod of the day

    And then my rod was going again. I was feeling guilty so offered it to Brian so he could have a play with my skinny rod.

    At this point I was streaking ahead. The others all had fresh lug while I was on frozen blacks and this kind of stayed the same throughout the remainder of the flood; I mention this because things reversed totally on the ebb. I think I landed six codling before slack (plus whiting) but only two once it turned, the others catching up at this time and Brian overtaking me. Perhaps it was an anomaly or just where my baits were dropping or perhaps there's something about expected food and tide states? Who knows; but I was having great fun on this setup whatever I caught!

    The sea flattened considerably once the ebb started and the first hour was manic before it went quiet and apart from the odd fish here and there we had to wait until it passed it's peak before the fish came in more steadily and just after three we brought the line sin to make it back through the heads before darkness fell with 28 keeper cod (split evenly between us) measuring 42-48cm in the bucket plus a few decent whiting including a two pounder.

    With Brian driving Mike and I tackled the gutting and the fish were full up, their stomachs bulging. Mostly crab, shrimp and prawn with a few digested fish. One of mine, full and fat, had taken my bait while a six inch whiting was down its throat with the tail still in the mouth; another had a crab around 5 inches across the carapace in its stomach which is the largest crab I've seen in a fish - and this was a 46cm fish so not even a lunker. Another had a sea mouse and a few had lug in them. Back we came as the sun began to set on what felt like my best boat session since the summer before last when we bagged up on thornbacks and hounds...

    A truly great day and a huge tonic to my winter blues - Thanks ever so much Brian and thanks also to Mike and Simon who were a pleasure to spend the day with.

  • 07/12/2014 Fishing Report by brian poppy

    7 Dec 2014 by brian poppy

    Plenty of fish this weekend close in off snag ally with both partys taken home a nice lot all fish that were kept ranged between 40cm and 48cm there were some good sized Whiting showing as well ,only one Rooker on Saturday 7lb6oz a nice sized fish a few Dabs are showing as well that have got a nice bit of roe i haven't been onto my favorite mark for them yet may be next week with the twins they love Dab bashing like all children,well done youall and look forward to seeing you all again have a great xmas and an even better new year,BP.

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