Dover Breakwater.... 16th Nov. 1997

Went over with Karen, Tony Swain, and his Mum Margaret...... the weather was fine, with sunshine and mist and fog in the afternoon. Wind was less than force 2 most of the time.... not really like the weather forecast. High Tide around 12 noon....

Set -up on the inner wall (peg 20), with one rod down the wall, 15 turns off the bottom with a 4/0 / 6/0 pennell with a small live pout for Bass and large Cod.....no result. Use the other two rods, to cast out, a 4/0 clip down pennell with impact shield rig, and a 4/0 clip up, and clip down rig, both with 8oz long wire leads. These were baited up with yellow tails and tipped off with squid..... managed 4 codling (best 1 and 1/2 lb).. along with 8 pout and two whiting......

Really should have fished the outer wall, like the other three.... but I just had too see how it was going to fish, curiosity got the better of me.......

What did the others get between them..... something in the order of (and I probably missed quite a few 'cos I had my back to them).... 20 codling, 30 odd pout (some a nice 12" or more), and about 8 or 9 whiting.... not bad but it could have done with a bit more stirring up I think.... most people caught a number of codling, but the largest was no more than a couple of pounds, plus of course pout and whiting......

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