Missing cod

[7ozlead]

Fished the hall beach tonight perfect conditions se roll coming in , caught two codling on blacks. When i,ve gutted them they have been both crammed full of sand eel , maybe this is the reason the cod aren,t showing in good numbers this year. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this .

[codseeker]

ive heard they feeding on sprat etc miles off so they happy enough (better than them pipefish they was bloated on couple years back ) out there i suppose and not interested with our baits but it could change with these big seas forcasted and bigger tides due ya never know i might be out seeking

[JohnMc]

Was fishing the walk way sund. Had 20 plus coddlin, but none close to a pound(story of my life ha ) Every1 had a stuffed gut and most of them had sprats in the back of their throat!!!!

[jonesey]

The ones i had the other week were spewing sprats up about 4-5 inch long. pretty fresh ones as well. all others have had crab or prawn in

[davey g]

sand ell

yes had a few fish from newbigging and sandy bay that thave been stuffed with sand eel to when nocking them on the head there falling out there mouth maybe we should try using them.

[dave craig]

had fish of blyth beach about 3 weeks ago also full of small sandeel, it suprised me there weren't more bass around if there are so many sandell knocking about the surf beaches

[codseeker]

had 2 whiting last night 1lb odd and a 1lb.8 one which spat sandeel out

[phil185]

yes had a few fish from newbigging and sandy bay that thave been stuffed with sand eel to when nocking them on the head there falling out there mouth maybe we should try using them.

I did, my mate pulled out a fish of about 3lb with a live sandeel still in its mouth so i tipped off my next bait with it and got a 2lber



Phil

[alandacre1961]

the groyne,south shields..mon 22nd feb 2010

Fished the groyne with my mate monday morning..2 hours before hi water to 3 hours after,into the shipping lane,very poor,three caught between us,very small undersize tommies