January 9, 2006
Burnham-On-Sea angler catches town’s heaviest Cod for two years
A local fisherman has caught the heaviest Cod to be landed off the coast of Burnham-On-Sea for at least two years.
Tom Adams, a semi-retired stonemason from Axbridge, reeled in the huge 26lb 4oz cod, pictured above, while fishing in a charter boat near Hinkley Point.
Using a bait of lugworms and squid, he caught the monster meal at Gore Bell, between Hinkley Point and the main buoy, just over a week ago on December 29th.
“Tom suffers with arthritis in both hands and had a real tussle on his hands for what seemed an absolute age,” said Dave Saunders, owner of the Burnham-based charter boat Kelly’s Hero, from which the catch was made.
“However, he has now accomplished his personal best fish to date and this was also a new boat record for Kelly’s Hero.”
The huge fish was caught on December 29th from a mark five miles west of Burnham-On-Sea. It took Tom’s bait one hour before low water and is the biggest catch in the area for at least two years.
The fish was weighed by Dick Shepherd of Burnham-On-Sea Small Boat Association using certified scales.
The news comes despite a poor start to the cod fishing season in Burnham with most anglers reporting poor catches.
It’s not all been bad news, though. Burnham-On-Sea.com reported on January 8th how two large Thornback Rays had been caught in the waters off Burnham.
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