Big Cod

[bilbobagins 92]

Been out with the rod this last couple of weeks with sea being rough up here in the northeast and there's some nice cod being caught in the sunderland area best last night went over 10lb

[mackem 26,740]

My sis came down from the north east a day ago,brought me some Sunderland Echo's from earlier this week,theres a pic of a lad with a big cod,maybe the 10lb'er your talking about,he got it on a boat close in to hendon.

[mackem 26,740]

Was the fish your on about shore caught?Check the fishing bit in the back of one of this weeks echo's

Edited January 17, 2016 by mackem

[forest of dean redneck 11,622]

Our neighbour caught 9 lb in boat out of Swansea on Thursday.

[Rabid 1,936]

Is that a good stamp of cod from the boat up your way ?

 

 

This one fell to cuttle last weekend, one of about 20 fish all into doubles, less than a mile from the shore.

 

Edited January 17, 2016 by Rabid

[mackem 26,740]

Its an excellent fish rabid,but the size is dropping out of sunderland,i have 2 mates there whole own small boats for pleasure fishing,yet they still try to make the pilgrimage to norway every other year to fish for cod.

[Rabid 1,936]

Its an excellent fish rabid,but the size is dropping out of sunderland,i have 2 mates there whole own small boats for pleasure fishing,yet they still try to make the pilgrimage to norway every other year to fish for cod.

Ok, well 10lb is an ok ish size from the boat down my way, anything over 20 is what we class a good fish, same as you though, the sizes have been dropping for a good few years now.

 

Norway has also been on my to do list, but just can't get over the cost as a single angler, Mrs don't do boats or fishing, only ever been up the estuary on my boat, never out to sea.

Edited January 17, 2016 by Rabid

[forest of dean redneck 11,622]

I wouldn't know ,I do know by looking at the charter boats FB page that they had been only getting nines but starting to get bigger ones Now.

[bilbobagins 92]

This was a shore caught fish out of the river mouth guy was only 20 mtrs away from me at the time, also seen cod between 5 and 8lb on the pier this week, I'm off to Norway with 5 other guys in 4 weeks time looking forward to it cost about £450 each

[South hams hunter 8,922]

Been loads of doubles down here and a 23lb and bristol channel produced a 28lb

[foxing machine 144]

some verry nice fish here lads tight lines all