same happened last year Trev,hectic start to the season for some and then the same stories came in,that the fish were not moving inshore as vast shoals of sandeels offshore,to be honest fish feed off shore as well and the main food source for cod is other fish all year round,a lot of the fish i have caught this year have been stuffed with sand eels but have still taken worm,crab baits inshore,think we all at times here stories of what fish are feeding on offshore/inshore....if we took notice of everything we hear...we would not go fishing.........would not worry too much about it mate....still plenty billets about :TNGGGY: