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Again excellent report and pictures, well done

Excellent report and images!(y)

Hard lines, with your session. With the cart wings do you just whip it straight onto the hook with the lug already on?

Thanks

I don't put the videos up to make people watch them, that's why I like to write a long report

Sometimes you just have to go when a chance arises! Cart is crab cart - the inside of edible crabs

After the strong Southwesterlys we have had over the last couple of days, I saw that the wind was dropping down and that meant an opportunity for some codling, but I would have to endure another silly o'clock session for low water at 4.15am. I arrived at Rossall promanade car park for 1.40am and...

Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks, I think the flasks, coke bottles and putting the cooler in the freezer are things I'm going to try.

Not thought of putting the bait bag in the freezer the night before, good tip

Bit bigger than I was looking for

I generally use a tronixpro bait pak for taking my bait on sessions, but I find that it's not great at keeping the bait frozen for long sessions (even with freezer blocks), but it is convenient to take as it sits on top on my seat box. I hate throwing bait away and am reluctant to refreeze...

Very true, Zeppelin the best band there has ever been!

Just found out that the lad who moved into my spot caught 2 codling on the cart and squid wraps. So maybe a combination?

As the Fylde coast hasn't been fishing well recently due to the weather, I decided this weekend to head over to the Mersey to try to catch some codling. The mark I fished was Eastham Slab, I had never fished there before. My plan was to arrive at 1am and to fish the flood up to high at 4.45am...

I've seen a couple of other anglers with that particular one. Thanks for the tip and nice fish!

That's a good idea about using a mat, I do try to unhook them, photo etc them and then get them back ASAP. But I find that I have to pick them up by the snout to be able to them hold them horizontally.

So in my image at the top, would you say that I am okay holding a ray like that or to continue as I am currently doing holding it by the tail and underneath, but horizontally?

And that is exactly the video that he mentioned, plus another were I had a smooth hound and it was bleeding from the mouth. But I have grown up with that type of fish care and now wish to change it. Would you hold a ray in the mouth?

I think there has been some out, but I only fish the Mersey for rays from end of August to end of October, I fish the Fylde coast more often, as it's closer to where I live. What I don't like about the Mersey is that the high water marks are fishing off proms and the like - which is not my cup...

I was brought up as a son of a commercial fisherman operating out of Holyhead and wasn't taught great fish care. At work, a colleague (who is a carp angler) always comments on my youtube videos, on my poor handling of fish. So I made the decision to try to improve my fish care and in particular...