South Coast Chesil dragonet

[charr]

Morning peeps
A few days ago I went to mid Chesil to try for my first cod of the season
Arrived about mid way on a incoming tide
No flow so put out loops loaded with rag and frozen blacks on a plain lead
After a few casts had a very delicate bite and wound in this little fella !!!
What a lovely fish with attitude he even managed to spike me with it’s sharp gill covers !! My first dragonet female I believe
Carried on until I had some tide flow and tried rag and black cocktail on up and overs boom nice pull down first codling of the season , only small but welcome
I left soon after dark but a great way to spend a few hours on the wonderful chesil beach
Stay lucky
Gray

 

[J Richards]

Awesome fish mate, what a result. Saw Pete got one last year, wouldn’t mind getting one either

 

[Wolf]

Nice catches Great write up & piccys.

 

[wingnut55]

Great report Gray. Nice fish..

Ian.

 

[charr]

Thanks guys
J I think it might have been 2 years since
Pete caught his , same area ha !!!!
I’ll contact you soon to get you out on the beach

 

[Trampster]

Nice report & photos Gray!

 

[squidword]

I've caught three over the years, all females, my friends have had a few as well, never a male! They have one of the smallest mouths of all the chesil species, so not easy to catch. Would often find the early cod stuffed with them.

 

[geejayy]

Yes, have caught most at Abbotsbury, some at berryhead, years ago , usually worm baits mid -late summer

 

[J Richards]

Thanks guys
J I think it might have been 2 years since
Pete caught his , same area ha !!!!
I’ll contact you soon to get you out on the beach

It would have been mate just realised i’ve not been on the beach for nearly 2 1/2 years.

Make sure you call me mate, need that catch up for sure

 

[Mr Fish]

Nice one! Interesting as I’ve had a few up here on the north coast while fishing for triggers - and I recall them being quite colourful so I guess they were males?

 

[Tatunka joe]

F&@k me charr not turning into a tiddler fiddler are you cool looking fish mind bey

 

[charr]

F&@k me charr not turning into a tiddler fiddler are you cool looking fish mind bey

ha !!!!
No mate, just a unfortunate little chap wrong place wrong time ….
Carn’t be doing with all that jigging stuff
You’re soo right cool little dude even tho he spiked me … for a milli second I thought about returning him gently with a 6/0
Out again later in the week we’ll see what’s about