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Home » Sea Fishing Reports » Catch Report 9th April 2010

Catch Report 9th April 2010

BY Mick - UPDATED 04/03/2020

Cod-Pollack 9.04.10What a glorious day to be heading out of Brighton Marina for a days fishing.  The sun shining and the flattest sea we have seen for ages.  After the gale force winds that saw the Easter holiday blown out and the stressful trip of two days ago that saw one of our crew taken very ill we were all looking forward to enjoying the weather and the fishing.
Today we have a crew made up of individuals and we ended up with only 6 aboard as 3 forgot they had booked and our good friend Nick had slept through the alarm.

The crew today were David, Clive, Dean, Darren Marcin and Arkadiusz.

We headed out in search of Pollack and Cod on the wrecks and steamed out for around 1 hour 40 minutes on a sea as smooth as silk with the tide pushing us along.  It was a glorious trip out at around 15 knots allowing time for all to prepare all the gear, have a good old natter and also enjoy some time just to relax and enjoy being out on the boat.

On approach to our chosen wreck it was obvious that we were not the only ones taking advantage of the glorious weather, but we found ourselves a spot and the shout went up to get fishing.

Lines down and we didn’t have to wait long before the bites started.  Clive kicked us off with the first fish – a very nice Pollack swiftly followed by David and myself bringing in a couple of very nice Cod.

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More Pollack followed again Clive was in the fish and David was not far behind him.   Not to be left behind I also hauled one in.

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Another fish followed and it was yet another Pollack for Clive.  Either he had chosen the perfect spot on the boat or he had stepped in the jam pot at breakfast.

The day was off to a good start but it was interrupted by a quiet period with the fish showing in plenty on the sounder but not wanting to bite.  This was the perfect time to move onto another wreck and we visited a couple more before we found another wreck where the fish were interested in the lures we were dangling in front of there noses.

We were soon busy again bringing in fish with more Pollack finding Clive’s lure and a smashing Cod being reeled in by Marcin.

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Arkadiusz caught a cracking Pout and Darren also landed a nice Pollack.

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Dean at this point was getting some stick, as he was the only one on board who had not yet caught a fish despite having had some bites and losing one.  The day was not about to end in a blank for anyone though and despite it being time to head for home it seemed that we were about to get a flurry of bites and so we decided that we would stay out for a while longer.

Dean used this time well and landed the biggest cod of the day and to put the icing on the cake also landed a decent Pollack.  Well done Dean and 2 nice fish to catch on your birthday.

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Before we started for home Arkandiusz also landed another Cod.

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Today’s catch was made up of 18 Pollack, 7 Cod and 2 Pouting.  No monsters but plenty of double figure fish all in wonderful condition.

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Well done to all the crew and thank you all for a lovely day out.

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About Mick

Mick was a contributor to this blog between 2009 and 2010.

Comments

  1. David Leckie says

    10/04/2010 at 19:46

    Great day out.

    Good company, weather and fishing. Very impressed by the skipper staying out well beyond normal time because we found fish.

    Look forward to the next time.

    Regards
    David

    • Ray says

      10/04/2010 at 19:50

      Hi David,

      Many thanks for the kind words, it was a pleasure to have you aboard and look forward to seeing you again 🙂

      Cheers

      Ray

  2. Clive Marshall says

    12/04/2010 at 09:50

    Hi Mick and Ray
    A quick thank you for an extremely pleasant and hasslefree trip out. The area you chose to fish proved to be a good call and the fishing wasn’t bad either! The cod was in prime condition and was delicious with the remainder of it and the pollack tucked away in the deep freeze to be hot smoked later.I will be pestering you again for another trip shortly when the bream are in and would not mind a go at the bass later in the year if possible please.
    Thanks again
    Clive

    • Mick says

      12/04/2010 at 09:57

      Hi Clive

      Thank you for your comment we really enjoyed having you on board with us. I am pleased to hear that you enjoyed a good meal and will be talking to you on how to go about hot smoking the pollack as I have tried putting it in my pipe and this does not seem to work. 😮
      We will be very happy to take you out again to catch some bream and bass when they start to show.
      Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

      Mick

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