the cod are on the decline

[red rock]

Does anyone remember the season of 1986? It was absolutely incredible...there was a mass invasion of codling on the piers and beaches - not big fish, but in the 1lb - 3lb range...

Club matches were being won with weights of 50+lb. I recall having a pleasure session on the Boat House beach at Ryhope, during the day (not noted for big catches in daylight), and in two and a half hours I had 15 codling to 3lb, and ran out of bait!

Everyone reckoned that the following year, the fish would return bigger and in the same numbers - they never did!

i was there,lol if i had less than 15 codling on blyth beach on a night it was rubbish,lol i used to be forever digging bait as i went through tonnes. you even got the codling when the sea was flat on the beach that year

 

[dazza3278]

fish whatever the weather and enjoy it the day you stop enjoying it its time to try something else me i just love been out fishing always have always will and 1 things for sure i will never give up trying for that 1 big fish like so many of us try for
Dazza