At last! The good old days are back with a 17.5lb cod off the beach at Aldborough.

That’s HUGE by anyone’s standards and it’s not a one-off. You’ve told us about regularly catching 12 pounders all up the east coast, and bagging 4-5 pounders off the pier. As one angler told us, big bait is catching big fish.

But keep it quiet. We don’t want the trawlers coming in and scooping up our fish. There should be a restriction to give the fish - and the sports anglers - a chance. When there are restrictions on catches left right and centre, it seems the most obvious move to make to preserve the fish stocks and a retail angling industry that is an important part of the UK economy.

In the meantime, keep fishing with big bait and keep telling us about it. We’d love to publish your photos here too.