Running a busy charter boat means I meet lots of different people. They ask me all sorts of questions. One thing I am often asked is what my favourite fish is. To be honest, I enjoy all sorts of angling for all sorts of fish. However, if I had to choose a favourite fish it would be the cod. I can’t provide any single reason why, but the return of a run of codling to the Essex coast last winter reminded me what we had been missing since they all but disappeared completely from the southern North Sea eight years ago.
THE FIGHT
Firstly, they bite and fight very well, perhaps not the best pound for pound but they really do put a bend in the rod the way they make it bounce as they shake their
