Caught the 7.30 lock and was going to head west, thick fog and a not very nice easterly saw us head up towards Clevedon, where the wind was forecast to be a bit lighter
Got into ladye Bay, after a much slower steam up than usual, nearly an hour later and dropped the pick
Had one bite in 3 hrs between the 2 of us here, which resulted in this little fella
Around a pound and a half
And went straight back
After the tide had slackened enough, we had a move over to Newport deeps and dropped anchor in 18ft about an hour before low
One bite here resulted in a better fish
14lb 8, I got my double
I even smiled on the outside
Low water came and the freezing wind was holding is side on and as we didn't want a late one, at 1.30, we packed up and made our way through the thickening fog to get the 2.15 inbound lock
Very poor day with just 2 bites between us, but I got my double, so not a disaster
The cod was caught on double squid and was absolutely stuffed full of crab and one small whiting