July Cod trip with True Blue from Poole
The day started with a prolonged spell on the jetty due to car problems with one of our members. But the delay was only small as as it was a lovely day no one minded!
After the safety brief Steve said that the cod had unfortunatley declined, that there were still a few about but not enough to justify fishing specfically for them and that we would be better of Wrecking. All members agreed so off we went. Steve tried a couple of smaller wrecks on the way to the main wreck without any bites, but it gave some of the members a chance to catch some mackeral for bait. A couple of passes over the wreck yielded a couple of takes and one fish landed, Steve suggested that we try live mackeral which proved to be the bait of the day! As Andy caught a nice pollock of 15lbs, and several other members
caught fish up to 12lbs.
A total of about 30 fish were caught with good sized fish being caught by Drew, steve senior, and some of our new members! All in all a good days fishing helped by the weather which stayed calm all day but blew up a bit on the way back in. Thanks to Steve excellent skippering skills we once again came home happy (well most of us did!) We did stop on the way back in to try for the cod but none were caught. As usuual Steve's advice was right on the mark.
Next trip is Lymington Good luck to everyone on that trip and lets hope the weather and good fishing hold out for a bit longer.