FISH

Conditions	A damp mild night. Lusty swirling wind ( SW gale). Sea state was calm !! with the odd swell.
Tide	04:10 low water - 10:12 high water - 16:44 low water - 22:43 high water Small tide 5.9 m-2.2 m Sun rise 08:09 - Sun set 16:55
Bait	Frozen commercial bait mackerel, one lug, and sand eel.
Tackle	Two rods, an old Daiwa Moonraker with an Abu 6000c (30 years old) and an Abu Atlantic with a Abu 6000. Main reel line 15 lb with a 30 lb shock leader. Single 2/0 blue hook on a short 8 & 12 inch trace (two rods!).The trace was 3 feet above the gripper weights (4.5 oz and 6 oz).
Species
Whiting	Not a lot happened until nearly full tide. One 7 inch beastly, and how the second one got onto a 2/0 hook I don't know? Then at 01:50 bang bang ! unfortunately I was running about with a codling in my hand at the time so I did not see the full strike. Bringing it in, a sleek 8-9 incher, a very fit fish. All taken on mackerel.
3 Bearded rockling	Put a lug on and what do you get ?
Codling	At 01:50 there was a fair tug on the Daiwa. Anything that can move that old broomstick must be worth a look. The rod went silent, then bang bang, in you come. Funnily enough, at that moment Jamie and I were moaning about the lack of any decent codling this year. At 11.5 inches it is my best codling of 2000 (taken on mackerel).