very dissapionting cod season

[brash1]

brash come fishin with dappa,i'll show you where the fish are mate lol,serous theres always next season.

i will take you up on that next season mind dappa

[Phantom of Hook House]

The codling (note I don't say cod!) fishing on the south East coast has been the best since I've been down here (20 years). Lots and lots of fish between 2 and 3lb with the very odd bigger one. Even so, it's all about bait, tide and sea state.
Right place+ wrong time= no fish.
right place+ Wrong bait= no fish etc etc.
I'm also a jucky git!

[kela66]

FLIPPIN HECK the only reason i took up fishing again was after buying a copy of sea angler and seeing all the double figure cod in there thought i would be pulling then in one after another looks like ill have to take up carp fishing now for owt owa 10 poond ,anyone know anyone after an entry level beach caster n fixed spool reel

[dappa]

brashy

well the offer is there mate,time to catch big fish mate.lol only kidding mate, like i've said right place right time all down to luck mate.and i think next season will be your season.

[SCOTSLAD]

Being at the right place at the right time with good conditions and tides has been the key during most seasons, just down to lady luck I gues. Mate of mine travels to Arbroath from the N.E on a very regular basis during the Winter, he had more poor sessions than good but still kept on persevereing for the right trip. It paid off in Janruary this year when he had a cracking session with his biggest cod tipping the scales at 12lb. Fishing in his local area was poor but double figure fish where still caught.

[treeboa]

right place, decent bait and the right time, you cant catch whats not there, not had a brill season, i am putting that down to finding the right marks to fish, however one night i caught a codling while no one else on the beach took anything that i was aware of, then again i have seen it were i have caught bugger all and loads whiting coming in, trouble is those hot spots, give it one good storm and the mark may be ruined untill the next storm, gulleys move, old nets blown onto rocks and the like,

[mick dunn]

I thought it was a rubbish year.

I am now fly fishing. £20 a day at the Derwent. Caught five the other day. Nice Rainbows and lost about 10 fighting on the way in.

I am leaning more towards fresh water these days.

But i,ll be back off the piers in the winter.

[Hiram.A.Biff]

I can honestly say this is a huge factor in me giving up sea fishing and going back to the fly, the fish simply arent here any more, and basically its not the fault of the fish.
Its down to man.

[RONVIK]

i now know where all the cod are! they are congragating around the spawning grounds true!free meals! they have started feeding the cod at the major spawning grounds to prevent them from eating their own eggs and young.