Well, that was it, the last session of 2007.

Fished Opposite West View at Seaford Beach from 8.30pm through til 4am. Not a breath of wind, overcast with clear patches. A small swell put a bit of movement in the sea but not much.

I fished one rod with a 2 hook clip down at varying ranges using squid strips /slipper limpet mixes. Second rod set up with 3/0 pennel baited with squid – either whole small or fillets of large.

As usual, the whiting were first on the scene, attacking anything in front of ’em. Then I hit a small persistent bite and lifted into what felt like a good fish. I had thoughts of a decent codling the way it was ‘nodding’ and the reasonable weight it felt. Alas it was not to be – as I beached the creature and the water receded, I was left with an eel of around 1lb or so but it was foul hooked half way along it’s length and had come in sideways.

That was pretty much it until about an hour before high, I had a decent bite on the pennel rig which turned out to be a little codling of around 1½ lbs. This was followed a short while later by another of the same size. Both were taken at about 50 yards range. Things then returned to normal with a few more whiting coming in with no signs of any additional codling. It wasn’t long after this that I decided to call it a night.

A decent end to 2007 with hope of a better 2008 and the resolution to make more effort to try new venues and tactics.