Had a hours fishing last Friday

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I ventured out last Friday for a short fishing trip to the Ha'penny pier. There was a stiff north westerley blowing which made it a bit uncomfortable. I took my Daughter Mickey fishing with me. She loves fishing but only if the fish are biting. She was in charge of cutting up a small mackerel for bait. We were also using some shrimp that we caught in the boating lake and some salted lugworm.
After an hour of catching just one small whiting and no further bites we gave up and came home. I will try again soon!

Waaay tooo cold for me at the moment.

Yes, you can say I am getting to be a fair weather fisherman. When I was younger I could stand out in all weathers waiting for the bite (and hopefully some fish). Now, I would rather stay in the warm! I did however venture out the other day and went digging for some lugworm
I managed to dig around 50 lug before the light faded. I found another lead breakaway to add to my collection. This breakaway had all the terminal tackle along with a Codling around the 2 lb mark on the end of the hook. It was still fresh but had been partially eaten by the 'beach chickens' or shitehawks as I prefer to call them. I recovered the tackle and left the Codling behind on the low water mark. I have around 20 weights now. All around the 5oz weight. Sure beats buying them at £1+ a pop.
I might venture out next week to see if I can catch some more Codling. I have attached some photos of where I catch my bait shrimp. More next time.

Codling in the river Stour

My cousin Chris rang me at midday on the 12th Nov and asked me if I would like to go fishing the next day. Well the 13th happened to be my birthday (52 years young) so I asked permission of the boss (Judy) who said yes! I quickly cycled down to the beach at Earlams and dug some lovely Lugworm.
Friday morning at 8.30 am Chris and I met up at Titchmarsh marina and after the important first cup of coffee, we set sail for the fishing spot. After about 1 hours steaming we arrived and dropped anchor. We anchored in the same spot as the last visit the week before. We were between the end of the stone pier and Felixstowe container port. Just outside the shipping channel, on the Harwich side.
We fished for about 3 hours and caught about 15 codling, some pouting and loads of whiting. We just kept the codling and one big pouting. Most of the codling weighed about 2lbs but I had one at 4lbs, 8oz. We fished the top of the tide and some of the ebb before we had to up anchor and head back to the Marina. One of the best days fishing for ages.

Went out fishing on my Cousin Chris's yacht last Friday. He has a Hansa 32 (nice boat). We anchored just outside the shipping channel, not far from the end of the stone pier in Harwich harbour. The fishing action was non stop. Loads of whiting and a few codling just under the 2 llb mark. We threw most of the whiting back but kept 7 of the biggest.
We used lugworm for bait along with some live shrimp caught in the boating lake at Dovercourt (by the swimming pool).

What a difference a day makes. Sun shining, not a puff of wind. Seagulls looked happy today. Only problem was trying to dig the lugworm. I think the cold and the high pressure is driving them down deep. I ran out of steam after 45 minutes and about 20 worms. Will try again tomorrow.

Monday 3rd Nov

Dug lugworm this morning from 7.30 til 9am. Boy was it bleak. Dull, overcast with a miserable easterly breeze. Even the seagulls looked unhappy today. They follow me and pick up worms that I have missed or discarded.
I dug about 80 worms today. Normally I would have got about 130 or so but the casts where hard to spot today. Good exercise anyway.
Once I get the worms home, I salt them down for later use or sale on eBay.

A few hours fishing on Sunday 2nd Nov 2008

Well,finally the rain stopped and my Daughter Mickey and I went down to the Ha'penny pier for a few hours fishing. High tide was 2pm and we arrived at 10.30am. There was no wind and the sea was flat calm. See pictures.
Of course, I forgot to take my camera but I came back to Harwich Quay after we finished fishing to take a couple of pictures of the pier. You can see the container port of Felixstowe in the background.
For our bait, we used small shrimp and salted lugworm for bait. We stopped off at the boating lake on the way to go fishing to catch these small shrimp. I will try to take some photos of the boating lake this week.
There were a couple of fellas and their kids fishing next to us with mackerel strips and squid. They caught loads of whiting. We did not catch quite so many but I caught a Codling on the shrimp. Again most of the Whiting were throw back size but it was most enjoyable.