Good to see a chesil report so few on here
I too fished last night though at west bexington mind you had to walk so far to get a spot probably weren’t too far away from you at Cogden! Didn’t do so well though another blank.
As you say spiders stripping everything in 15 minutes even whole squid! A night of relentlessly rebaiting.
Started about 8pm & packed up at 2am only had 2 bites typically both at the same time around high tide 1.30 bumped off what felt like a big eel while a slack liner on the other rod had by then departed.
A guy in the car park kindly donated me some rag worms to add to my mackerel & squid. Have been trying to go lighter & further with clipped down rigs or 3 hook flappers & size 1/0 hooks but hard to commit to such while baits are being stripped. Well done on catching what rigs/hooks/bait worked for you & what sort of distance were you fishing at? Apologies for all the questions but seem to be getting nowhere last few times out!
Oh & on the plus side no weed here & managed to escape the storms on the long trek back to the car.