With my mate Ben landing a nice near 13lb Cod a while back the pressure was on to try and land a double as well (can’t let him have all the fun!), so another Cod fishing session was planned and away we went. A light breeze and clear sea meant conditions were looking good so out we paddled for 1.75miles to our favourite cod grounds. We made a few drifts but nothing much was showing so decided to move a little further out to the slightly deeper water, this proved to be a good decision as I managed a fish on each short drift with the average fish being around 5lb. I landed quite a few fish with the smaller Cod going back to fight another day, fishing had slowed down a little until I hooked into something bigger.
Soon as the fish was hooked it went mental! for the first minute or so (it felt like an hour!!) I couldn’t do a thing with it, if I got 2ft of line back it would just strip another 8ft off! It felt like a very good fish and was expecting a high double or a big ling only to find it to be maybe 10-11lb. Don’t get me wrong I was very pleased with a potential double figure Cod but after that fight I kind of expected something bigger A quick weigh on the beach and it just touched double figures at 10lb 1oz, my third double so I’m very happy with that 
Taming the beast!