I tried to get into town to do a bit of work, but the traffic was so bad I gave up, drove to Wivenhoe and had a long walk along the river and through the woods, before having a late breakfast in the the "Fatman's" cafe. It was too nice a day to work anyway.
I heard the first cuckoo of spring, a nightingale and a cettis warbler. So there. Several buzzards were wheeling on the thermals, their weak arsed cries more appropriate for a bird a quarter of their size, than a near eagle sized beast. That's your wildlife report for the day.
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I've walked, run and cycled this route hundreds of times over many years and never get bored of it. It's bloody lovely.
Sunday I decided to make the monster hike from Aldeburgh, to fish the "Dirty Wall". I had three decent codling to about four and a half pounds and a handful of keeper whiting. All the codling in a mad half hour.
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Massive tidal pull...look at the rod tips |
We had the whole island to ourselves, not one other person fishing. What a remote, desolate place it is. Not many places this wild left in southern England.
We had a great day, each having six good codling to well over 4lb, whiting and masses of smegging doggies.
I had a weird looking codling, with a ridiculous looking face, see photo below. Goozgog finished the day by catching a codling with a lamprey attached , something neither of us have seen in forty odd years of fishing. Hideous looking thing. Didn't get a photo because we were so engrossed ( and repulsed ) looking at it.
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If you you like nothingness ( I do ), this is the place for you |
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Gumby codling |
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Goozgog : Suprisingly proficient today |