Radar Tower 13/12/2010
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:17 pm
The plan was to fish the full monty from the platform and rocks by the chopper pad but no-one was available to join me 
sadly i had no option but to have a bash on the Sandon
Jags and John were fishing when i arrived and were being pestered by dabs..........
I set up and threw out a couple of lug n squid cocktails....
After 3 casts and one baby codling i`d had enough....really can`t be bothered fishing prom type things
Next plan was to see if anyone was on the rocks,but it was empty
Off to see my old fella for an hour before heading to the rocks at the radar tower where i would be able to fish alone 
The tide was flooding around the corner on arrival so i got in position on the big flat rock next to the fence.....you get plenty of elevation and are unhindered on the cast so you can bang it out to the deeper water
The big problem at this mark on neap tides is the obvious difficulty you`ll have in landing anything of note as the rest of the rocks directly in front of you are big, slippy and awkward
Worry about landing fish when i need to i thought.....waiting for the action to start...
It was dead from 1pm til 3pm but then it really switched on....couple of good rattles and i thought i`d hooked something good...turned out to be a double header of codling @ 1.5 to 2lb...the bigger one dropped off as i lifted them
Next cast and the bait had hardly settled when i was in again...this time i managed to land a nice codling of 3-9-0
It got stuck in the rocks at the bottom but i was able to get down and nab it
Sadly that was not the case for the next 4 cod which came on consequtive casts....3 of which looked to be @ the 5lb mark....no way you can lift them up the rocks so you have to hope you can get down and free them but each one came off as i tried to pull them out of the rocks Frustrating to say the least but after a wrist slitting 30 mins on the Sandon it was really good to get the adrenalin flowing on a proper mark 
NB. Before all hands leg it to the radar it`s worth noting (imho) that only 2 rods will be able to get in the right spot to be able to hit the channel...the further to the right you go,the further away from the channel you are and as a late comer did yesterday he had to make do with a few dabs. The prob is you don`t know if anyone is on the mark until you get there and it`s a 10 min walk....maybe we can sort some kind of flagpole out as a sign of occupancy
Really enjoyed the session and can`t wait to get back down there.
sadly i had no option but to have a bash on the SandonJags and John were fishing when i arrived and were being pestered by dabs..........
I set up and threw out a couple of lug n squid cocktails....
After 3 casts and one baby codling i`d had enough....really can`t be bothered fishing prom type things
Next plan was to see if anyone was on the rocks,but it was empty
Off to see my old fella for an hour before heading to the rocks at the radar tower where i would be able to fish alone The tide was flooding around the corner on arrival so i got in position on the big flat rock next to the fence.....you get plenty of elevation and are unhindered on the cast so you can bang it out to the deeper water
The big problem at this mark on neap tides is the obvious difficulty you`ll have in landing anything of note as the rest of the rocks directly in front of you are big, slippy and awkward
Worry about landing fish when i need to i thought.....waiting for the action to start...
It was dead from 1pm til 3pm but then it really switched on....couple of good rattles and i thought i`d hooked something good...turned out to be a double header of codling @ 1.5 to 2lb...the bigger one dropped off as i lifted them
Next cast and the bait had hardly settled when i was in again...this time i managed to land a nice codling of 3-9-0
It got stuck in the rocks at the bottom but i was able to get down and nab it
Sadly that was not the case for the next 4 cod which came on consequtive casts....3 of which looked to be @ the 5lb mark....no way you can lift them up the rocks so you have to hope you can get down and free them but each one came off as i tried to pull them out of the rocks
Frustrating to say the least but after a wrist slitting 30 mins on the Sandon it was really good to get the adrenalin flowing on a proper mark NB. Before all hands leg it to the radar it`s worth noting (imho) that only 2 rods will be able to get in the right spot to be able to hit the channel...the further to the right you go,the further away from the channel you are and as a late comer did yesterday he had to make do with a few dabs. The prob is you don`t know if anyone is on the mark until you get there and it`s a 10 min walk....maybe we can sort some kind of flagpole out as a sign of occupancy
Really enjoyed the session and can`t wait to get back down there.
That's the corner we spoke about at the fish & meet isn't it? 