Abbotsbury ,The easing of a storm

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



My mate Andy also managed  3/4 of a codling ......something big clearly had a go at it !!


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