Wots yer biggest cod ??

[Cwab]

As they say.. empty vessels make the most noise..

Yes, called a ding by some and there’s millions of them who used to vote Labour and may again.

 

[flappy]

Yes, called a ding by some and there’s millions of them who used to vote Labour and may again.

Why have I never met any of these people..?..

 

[Cwab]

Why have I never met any of these people..?..

Just consider self fortunate

 

[hughes66]

My biggest cod was in november 1988 at Aldebugh dirty wall.8lb ,My grandad would of been chuffed to see it but he was laid to rest a week or so earlier ,it was down to him that me and and my brother and three uncles all fished bless him.Did show my nan tho and it made her smile.

 

[RemoteWanderer]

Mine was this summer 11lbs 3oz, gave a good account of itself, tight lines,

 

[Seymour]

Mine was in June 2010. 27lb fishing a wreck in Hurds Deep. Do wreck fish count? It feels like cheating. Though it did take 20 years of occasional wreck fishing to start catching cod. It was all ling, conger and pollack, mostly ling, before then. In 2007, again in June I had my very first cod, a 9lb fish on live launce drifting the Godine bank for turbot. I think for 6 or 7 years around that time there was a bit of a bounce back in cod numbers on the wrecks, but it went quiet again by about 2014.

I've never caught a shore cod. But I've always been fascinated by them. Having read the articles in the magazines as a teenager, and looking at the fine fish laid out on the shingle by the light of an anchor lamp (when they worked ). I used to daydream about catching a shore caught Jersey cod, but I was being naive. I'm still fascinated by beach caught cod. But sadly, I even understand that even the infamous Dungeness dustbin feature is no more.

 

[Cwab]

Mine was in June 2010. 27lb fishing a wreck in Hurds Deep. Do wreck fish count? It feels like cheating. Though it did take 20 years of occasional wreck fishing to start catching cod. It was all ling, conger and pollack, mostly ling, before then. In 2007, again in June I had my very first cod, a 9lb fish on live launce drifting the Godine bank for turbot. I think for 6 or 7 years around that time there was a bit of a bounce back in cod numbers on the wrecks, but it went quiet again by about 2014.

I've never caught a shore cod. But I've always been fascinated by them. Having read the articles in the magazines as a teenager, and looking at the fine fish laid out on the shingle by the light of an anchor lamp (when they worked ). I used to daydream about catching a shore caught Jersey cod, but I was being naive. I'm still fascinated by beach caught cod. But sadly, I even understand that even the infamous Dungeness dustbin feature is no more.

Don’t think boat caught cod cheating but I know what you mean and less challenging maybe unless paddling your own canoe and planning the days fishing selecting reefs and wrecks to fish on depending on tides and conditions.
Maybe paying for a skipper to locate fish and make decisions could be seen differently and a different form of angling, for me would rather now concentrate on shore cod fishing and the challenges it brings even when not catching which is more often than not.

 

[Seymour]

Don’t think boat caught cod cheating but I know what you mean and less challenging maybe unless paddling your own canoe and planning the days fishing selecting reefs and wrecks to fish on depending on tides and conditions.
Maybe paying for a skipper to locate fish and make decisions could be seen differently and a different form of angling, for me would rather now concentrate on shore cod fishing and the challenges it brings even when not catching which is more often than not.

It was our own boat, but I wasn't the skipper. As with all boat fishing, unless you're the skipper at least half the credit goes to him. And although you can stack the odds a bit in your favour by being an experienced wreck angler, it does seem a bit more random. On that same drift my friend had three cod and a ling on one trace, myself just one on a single pirk. We used to get some big hauls of cod those few years, but none over 30lb.

A big shore cod is a really special fish I think.

 

[Cwab]

It was our own boat, but I wasn't the skipper. As with all boat fishing, unless you're the skipper at least half the credit goes to him. And although you can stack the odds a bit in your favour by being an experienced wreck angler, it does seem a bit more random. On that same drift my friend had three cod and a ling on one trace, myself just one on a single pirk. We used to get some big hauls of cod those few years, but none over 30lb.

A big shore cod is a really special fish I think.

Definitely a special thing and can only catch what’s in front or below of you at the time.

 

[Trampster]

Mine was in June 2010. 27lb fishing a wreck in Hurds Deep. Do wreck fish count? It feels like cheating. Though it did take 20 years of occasional wreck fishing to start catching cod. It was all ling, conger and pollack, mostly ling, before then. In 2007, again in June I had my very first cod, a 9lb fish on live launce drifting the Godine bank for turbot. I think for 6 or 7 years around that time there was a bit of a bounce back in cod numbers on the wrecks, but it went quiet again by about 2014.

I've never caught a shore cod. But I've always been fascinated by them. Having read the articles in the magazines as a teenager, and looking at the fine fish laid out on the shingle by the light of an anchor lamp (when they worked ). I used to daydream about catching a shore caught Jersey cod, but I was being naive. I'm still fascinated by beach caught cod. But sadly, I even understand that even the infamous Dungeness dustbin feature is no more.

Welcome to the Madhouse Seymour!

 

[Beach]

It's a welcome from me as well

 

[Mr Fish]

Mine was in June 2010. 27lb fishing a wreck in Hurds Deep. Do wreck fish count? It feels like cheating. Though it did take 20 years of occasional wreck fishing to start catching cod. It was all ling, conger and pollack, mostly ling, before then. In 2007, again in June I had my very first cod, a 9lb fish on live launce drifting the Godine bank for turbot. I think for 6 or 7 years around that time there was a bit of a bounce back in cod numbers on the wrecks, but it went quiet again by about 2014.

I've never caught a shore cod. But I've always been fascinated by them. Having read the articles in the magazines as a teenager, and looking at the fine fish laid out on the shingle by the light of an anchor lamp (when they worked ). I used to daydream about catching a shore caught Jersey cod, but I was being naive. I'm still fascinated by beach caught cod. But sadly, I even understand that even the infamous Dungeness dustbin feature is no more.

Does Hurd’s Deep still fish? Not been out there for quite a few years
Cracking cod though!

 

[Seymour]

Does Hurd’s Deep still fish? Not been out there for quite a few years
Cracking cod though!

Thanks. We've not tried for 9 years. The fishing became a bit hit and miss, and the fuel price went up. It's a 50 mile steam from Jersey. The skipper used to sell the fish, but that became more difficult. What do you do with so much fish that won't go back? So, we used to fish small wrecks much closer to home. The odd small cod off those, but some cracking bream fishing. And the odd surprise such as a 6lb John dory. But even those wrecks became patchy, so we don't wreck fish at all now. Shame really.

 

[Mr Fish]

Thanks. We've not tried for 9 years. The fishing became a bit hit and miss, and the fuel price went up. It's a 50 mile steam from Jersey. The skipper used to sell the fish, but that became more difficult. What do you do with so much fish that won't go back? So, we used to fish small wrecks much closer to home. The odd small cod off those, but some cracking bream fishing. And the odd surprise such as a 6lb John dory. But even those wrecks became patchy, so we don't wreck fish at all now. Shame really.

Similar to me, used to stop there enroute or from the Channel Islands during a 4-5 day charter but the fishing became quite poor and haven’t been for years now.
As you say, the cost of fuel and trips went up and it just didn’t seem worth the bother any more.

 

[Just one last cast]

Best cod

Oddly I can only recall a few details about catching this one. It was probably in my first year of beach fishing before I kept records. Definitely at west bexington & I was pretty shocked to catch it. Not big in comparison to some but I’ve never caught another that big since.

Looking back at some of the descent fish l caught back then i notice half are in daylight & suspect my casting only reached the gutter.Food for thought!

 

[chesilpete]

Best cod

Oddly I can only recall a few details about catching this one. It was probably in my first year of beach fishing before I kept records. Definitely at west bexington & I was pretty shocked to catch it. Not big in comparison to some but I’ve never caught another that big since.

Looking back at some of the descent fish l caught back then i notice half are in daylight & suspect my casting only reached the gutter.Food for thought!

Lovely fat

 

[Gold’nOldie]

Boat 39 and a half lbs, ground fishing off Newhaven in January 1980. Best of a a 5 cod catch weighing thick end of 100 lbs - strange thing was, no-one else on the boat had one! The largest was weighed at the Peacehaven Angler, but not until about 6 hours after it was caught - would have easily weighed well over 40, judging by the amount of fluid swilling around in the fish box.

Shore 19lbs, Dengemarsh ( near Dungeness) sometime in the 1980’s, on a bright sunny late autumn day. Fished that area regularly from the late 1970’s until the early 2000’s. I have had many doubles in the 11 - 15 lbs range and have inevitably lost some really big fish, one of which spat a completely descaled whiting of nearly 2lbs when within yards of the beach. No bite marks or chunks missing, so definitely a large cod.
Sadly, those days are long gone, real novelty to catch a cod of any size now. Last reasonable one I had was on Chesil, (see avatar) 8lbs, although thinking about it, that was probably about 10 years ago.
Cheers for now, Bob.