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Plaice Hunting Cogdon

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Everything looked good for another plaice hunt at Cogdon this weekend and it didn't let me down although I did manage to set up right on a snag and promptly lost two fish in two casts one of which felt like a good plaice!But I persevered knowing that I was on the clay beds and was soon rewarded with a couple plaice around 34cm and nice and fat like most this time of year. Thankfully at some point in the morning I managed to pull in the snag which consisted of a lot of weights, line ,weed, dog fish and my rig with a plaice on that I had lost in the snag earlier ! The fishing was steady but fun with a few dog fish and 10 plaice ranging from 32-38cm .Most plaice were taken on a loop rig with a blacklug/rag mix and a couple were taken on my wishbone dropper .

Abbotsbury ,The easing of a storm

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The perfect time to hit Chesil if your targeting cod is when a good southwesterly storm is easing and the water is nice and brown although this is also very dangerous , as was the case a week or so ago when me and a mate had a session at Abbotsbury . The sea was still extremely dangerous with a big swell creating a big surf run off which will have no problem sucking you out to sea if you get to close so always look for the last high water mark before setting up just to be safe. The conditions made it much harder to get a nice fish out of the surf  as I found out within 30 minutes of setting up, with a nice codling of 5lbs 8oz .It was taken on my preferred cod rig when the water is brown a dropper rig 6/0 pennel with fresh blacks , but I am sure peeler crab would have worked just as well if you can get them ....There was no short supply of fish on this trip sadly it was mainly dog fish and good sized whiting .I did however get another codling  a bit bigger at 6lbs 4oz so not to bad

Chesil Hunter Facebook page

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  Just a heads up i have created a Facebook page where I will put up a brief summary of all my fishing trips ' live from the beach when I can find a signal! '  My reports on this blog will be more detailed a day or two after a trip !! So feel free to like my page ...! https://www.facebook.com/1ChesilHunter/timeline