22lb Cod - River Mersey

[Pete C&C]

What a cracker Paul Lonsdale from North Wales was aboard the Olivia Jeanne, Skippered by Martin Jones when he hit into this superb fish.

weighed in at exactly 22lb!

 

They lost another fish that comparable with this one!

[dale]

its a good fish. pity he couldn't have returned it as its in there to spawn.

 

rather have seen him take a couple of smaller fish.

 

suppose that his choice.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Cracking fish well done that man.

[stavey]

I agree with you dale, it was a nice fish that should have been returned to spawn, this catch kill policy of many sea anglers does not belong in the sport anymore it is a bad image,wasteful, and does absolutely jack as far as i am concerned for the future of sea angling....

[maidstonemike]

What! what! A fish bigger than mine. Damn!

Aha! it was caught from a boat, that's easy.

 

Yep! well done, it's a great feeling.

Edited December 21, 2005 by maidstonemike

[Gillies]

Lovely fish Pete, thanks for posting the image ... nice to see more big Cod been caught somewhere ... nice big grin on anglers face, and I dont blame him!

 

Would of been a great sport on semi-light gear.

 

Gillies

[phil dean]

Great fish, no wonder he was so happy.

[Sharkbyte]

Interesting point brought up by Stavey and Dale, you all know I like to see a good fish returned if possible but I have been told that cod don't lend themselves very well to C+R.

 

Any thoughts chaps?

 

PS I am refering to shallow water caught cod here.

Edited December 21, 2005 by Sharkbyte

[sam-cox]

LOVELY FISH, if cod were left for a few years instead of being taken at 35cm there would be more great fish like this, being very fast growers it wouldnt take many years.

 

 

again well done!

[stavey]

Interesting point brought up by Stavey and Dale, you all know I like to see a good fish returned if possible but I have been told that cod don't lend themselves very well to C+R.

 

Any thoughts chaps?

 

PS I am refering to shallow water caught cod here.

 

I use to put plenty of codling back years ago when inshore dingy angling with no problems at all, strange thing though is the look i used to get from the neanderthals i used share the boat with when doing this, as they filled box after box to take home half the time for the cat, looks like some things dont change sharkbyte.........