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Welll with the recent no show of the cod, sick of wasting top quility bait and there being nout on tele me and me cousin decided to have a session tonight to see if we could pick a decent flatty/whitey up on light tackle.. so we got out our spinning rods and 525mags loaded with 15lb line and a shocker and decided to give the pilot pier a shot to see if there was out in the mud on the chanell. we took down about 15 crab a couple packs of frozen yellow tails and anything else old that was in the freezer !! i also told me cuisin to grab a few makerel fillets incase there was any whities there. we got there about 7pm and i set up with a 2 hook flapper loaded with size 4 long shanks and a 3oz plain lead. for the first few casts i baited half a crab on each hook and none of us had a bite , i decided to start fishing crab on bottom hook and a strip of makerel on top hook to try and get a whitey or something ( desperate ) lol. any way i cast out into the channell and stood talking and me cousin says yav got a bite i turned n seen my tip tapping away as i walked towards me rod it arched over and continued to tap, i picked it up and lifted into the fish and me nexave big game bent double lol at first the fight was quite frantic head shakes so i said i dont think its a cod as i got it further in it started to nod like a cod so i said it could be like ( it was quite quick nods ) so wasnt sure maybe id hooked a stray cod on my crab bait? . as i played it to near the star blocks ... ( was it a decent cod ?? ) heard me cousin shout F*ckin Hell yav got a massive PLAICE!! i reeld down and got my leader not on my reel and swung it over the wall . id just landed a really big plaice . ive seen big plaice on the trawlers and i new this one was easy 3lb plus. any way i took my tiny size 4 hook out of its mouth and yes it was on my top hook baited with a strip of makerel !! i got my scales out of my bag and me cousin colin is saying its a 4lber !! i wasnt sure i said its over 3 but i dont no if it will go 4lb. any way i put it in a carrier bag and weight it.. JACKPOT it went 4lb 2 oz. i got a few quick fotos on me cousins phone as my cyber shot was nakered. i then climbed back down the rocks and released it ! and watched it dart off back towards the channell. its gut was really puffed out as if full of spawn but its a bit early i thought so maybe it had been off chasing them sandeels with the cod and decided to come inshore for a different taste of food lol ! anyway i have caught lots of flounders dabs etc as a kid but nout above maybe 1lb and i can never remember catching a plaice and ive always concentrated on the cod ! this fish opened my eyes and is a new P.B plaice and my first haha !! the pictures do not do the fish justice but i will upload the pic were im holding it tomoro when i get it off me cousins phone. u will see its head is at my chin and its tail is down to me pocket on me crossflow and im 6 foot 1 and about 19 n half stone. im still buzzing now..... SST and TTR going in the cuboard and me spinning rods and mags are out (haha oj) . still buzzing now !
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catch a bass of 2lb catch a cod of 5lb catch a plaice of 2lb catch a thornback 
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