Met Ben at the slipway at 6pm ready for a few hours kayak fishing for Cod, loaded up the kayaks with the fishing and safety gear and was just about ready to go. I still had to sort out my lobster pots so Ben went off fishing whilst waiting for me to bait up and set the pots. It only took me about 30mins to sort out the pots but that was enough time for Ben to land what was a new pb Cod, I received a shout on the VHF radio asking if I had brought some scales as he had landed ‘a pig!’. As Ben was 1/2 a mile away we decided to meet up at a beach halfway to weigh the fish before it lost any weight (apparently they loose quite a bit of weight if left for a few hours).
Arrived at the beach with a smug looking Ben waiting for me holding a nice fish that looked a good low double, zeroed the scales and ready to go. The fish took the scales round to 12lb 14oz, a new pb for Ben so he was very happy 
Unfortunately the little tinker beat my pb Cod by 6oz! It was definately his round at the pub afterwards!!
We both managed a few more Codling to 4lb before heading in as the wind had picked up to an uncomfortable level, a new pb isn’t bad for a few hours work though.
A lovely coloured 12lb 14oz Cod