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Well the cod are still around. Nothing too exciting like end of season doublers but a few decent fish.
To be honest i think both me and my dad were expecting pretty much nothing. Wasnt too happy with the wind, but knew we'd get shelter hopefully. Found our way down to our favourite marks at Arbroath Cliffs. Wind wasnt too bad and certainly quite sheltered down on the rocks. Sea was relatively calm but nice and coloured. Excellent conditions for this mark, calmish with a bit of movement. Fished from 4 - 9pm with squid and monster lug.
First bite came a couple of cast into the session. Short quick rattle but missed it. But at least there were some fish about. First fish was a coalie to me........oh no not one of those nights!!
But it wasnt, the cod eventually turned up. Nice fish about 2.7lb to my dad. Had a few other missed bites until i managed to hook into a really decent bite. Cracking fight on the way in, really showing itself up. This mark is littered with ledges close in and the fish snagged about 20 yards out. Felt the fish knocking away and in my haste i put far to much pressure on it and snapped my hook snood. Felt like a nice fish too.
For the next 2 hours the fishing was pretty good. Bites coming quite frequently. First hooked a decent fish at 3lb that suddenly went really heavy half way in. Doubler i thought.......no i'd just crossed my dads line and was struggling with his snag!! Next 2 fish to me were nice 4lbers. Quality fight, really nodding right up to the rocks diving for every snag. Probably the best fighting fish of the season, they were that strong. I ended up with another 2 small fish to finish the session. My dad landed another fish at 2.7lb and another 2 smaller cod.
Couple of missed bites and a few fish lost in the snags and 5 decent fish landed with a few smaller ones for a bonus. All in all a decent day out considering it was March.
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To be honest i think both me and my dad were expecting pretty much nothing. Wasnt too happy with the wind, but knew we'd get shelter hopefully. Found our way down to our favourite marks at Arbroath Cliffs. Wind wasnt too bad and certainly quite sheltered down on the rocks. Sea was relatively calm but nice and coloured. Excellent conditions for this mark, calmish with a bit of movement. Fished from 4 - 9pm with squid and monster lug.
First bite came a couple of cast into the session. Short quick rattle but missed it. But at least there were some fish about. First fish was a coalie to me........oh no not one of those nights!!
But it wasnt, the cod eventually turned up. Nice fish about 2.7lb to my dad. Had a few other missed bites until i managed to hook into a really decent bite. Cracking fight on the way in, really showing itself up. This mark is littered with ledges close in and the fish snagged about 20 yards out. Felt the fish knocking away and in my haste i put far to much pressure on it and snapped my hook snood. Felt like a nice fish too.
For the next 2 hours the fishing was pretty good. Bites coming quite frequently. First hooked a decent fish at 3lb that suddenly went really heavy half way in. Doubler i thought.......no i'd just crossed my dads line and was struggling with his snag!! Next 2 fish to me were nice 4lbers. Quality fight, really nodding right up to the rocks diving for every snag. Probably the best fighting fish of the season, they were that strong. I ended up with another 2 small fish to finish the session. My dad landed another fish at 2.7lb and another 2 smaller cod.
Couple of missed bites and a few fish lost in the snags and 5 decent fish landed with a few smaller ones for a bonus. All in all a decent day out considering it was March.
