Charter Boat: Bluefin
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22 Species have been caught on the Bluefin
Conger, Blonde Ray, Small Eyed Ray, Thornback Ray, Spotted Ray, Bull Huss, Tope, Smooth Hound, Spurdog, Bass, Pollack, Coal fish, Cuckoo Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Pouting, Whiting, Cod, Red Gurnard, Ling, Mackerel, Trigger Fish, Dog fish.
over 40 years full time fishing bristol channel and Lundy Island,compare prices before you book else where specialist wreck, bass and Tope trips from june to October, Lundy pollack coal fish wrasse, tope etc . spurdog fishingcatching as many as 150 spur dogs per day between october and may, also general fishing for conger, ray, huss mackerel , pollack bass etc also swimming with seals as seen on big blue uk
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Bluefin
Reviews
Summary:
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STEVE DAWE (17/02/2017)
Another excellent trip out on Bluefin, loads of Spurdogs and big Conger cant wait till the march trip out with Holsworthy Sea Anglers. John knows his stuff and
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Paul Murray (28/10/2015)
My daughter Lucy had an amazing experience just a shame I was feeling ill, but it is all for her, John was brilliant and explained everything easy to understand!
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Colin Shearsby (17/07/2013)
Went out with John and took several new members of the club. What an excellent day both in terms of the weather and the fish caught. The skipper ensured that everyone caught fish by placing us exactly where they were and also drifting "one more time" to make sure we got maximum benefit. He supplied weights where we were short (all returned) and assisted with the numerous Tope brought aboard. All in all, I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending "Bluefin" to all anglers, no matter what standard you are at.
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nichola bullingham (20/04/2013)
first time on board, newbie to sea fishing, it was a fantastic day, caught so many fish we couldn't keep count, we had dog fish, bull huss and spur dogs all of good size, even a star fish..... the boat is a good size easily catering for 12 anglers, the skipper and his mate were very helpful and made the day so much better, would use this skipper again such good fun.
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nichola bullingham (20/04/2013)
first time on board, newbie to sea fishing, it was a fantastic day, caught so many fish we couldn't keep count, we had dog fish, bull huss and spur dogs all of good size, even a star fish..... the boat is a good size easily catering for 12 anglers, the skipper and his mate were very helpful and made the day so much better, would use this skipper again such good fun.
Location
Bait & Tackle
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Mafrket Tackle and Bait
Plymouth, Devon, South West, England
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high street tackle
ilfracombe, Devon, South West, England
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Exmouth Tackle and Sport
Exmouth, Devon, South West, England
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Fish & ships and seaside gifts
Paignton, Devon, South West, England
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Tidal Tackle
Torquay, Devon, South West, England
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Robs bait & Tackle Supplies
Plymouth, Devon, South West, England
Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 12 Species have been caught onboard Bluefin, including: Bass | Blonde Ray | Blue Shark | Bull Huss | Conger Eel | Ling (Common) | Pollock | Small-Eyed Ray | Smooth-hound (Common) | Spurdog | Thornback Ray | Tope
Latest Catches 155 photos uploaded
55 lb 8 oz Conger Eel
10-Feb-2017
Latest Fishing Reports and News
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29/04/2011
Fishing Report by Sue Smith
29 Apr 2011 by Sue Smith
Fishing Trip, Friday 29th April
Brilliant weather, primarily an Easterly wind starting off at 20+ knots but soon dying down to a pleasant 12knots for the rest of the day, mostly sunny and warm.
Good crowd of “Lads” from Barnstable for the day, with a couple of Sea Fishing First Timers. To give everyone a taster and to get the new lads into “the zone” while waiting for the tide to ease in the offshore marks and to get the day going had a go at dog-fishing. The obliging doggies did not disappoint, after feeding them on some prime herring and mackerel baits for what seemed a micro second, there were a steady stream of the kennel club members flopping onto the deck. No doggies were hurt during this performance, all returned to their respective kennels to fight another day!
After nearly an hour we set off to the rough ground offshore mark approximately 8 to 9 miles out of Ilfracombe; close to the one fished the previous Saturday, in the hope of hooking up to a couple of Spur Dogs. After setting anchor in a bit of a lively sea and beam on to boot lol! The results were initially surprising! Not a doggie in site but what seemed an endless supply of their close relatives Bull Huss! I think all of the lads caught Huss with one or two being quite good doubles. They were caught on a mixture of baits including Herring, Squid, Mackerel, Sand eel, Sardines and any mixture, in cocktailed baits. The Spur dogs were not as prolific as the Saturday trip however there were again a few touching the mid double figures. We did have a couple of surprise appearances with a healthy Rocking and a neat little Thornback ray. We fished the tide through the slack well into the afternoon until the tide picked up too much and went back inshore to do a bit of feathering for Pollock or the elusive Mackerel. We picked up Coal Fish, Pollock and again the plague proportion dog fish.
One of the lads Dan; his first sea fishing trip, although he does do the Carp…..yep I said CARP thing lol; had a fabulous day, with 6 species caught and comments like “I will be def doing this again………Soon” “when are we going again” etc, methinks the Carp…hehe, will be taking the proverbial back seat!
We all had an absolutely superb day’s fishing, very comfortable, clean and quick boat.
Species for trip, Dog fish, Bull Huss, Spur dog, Thornback Ray, Coal Fish, Rockling and Pollock. -
23/04/2011
Fishing Report by Sue Smith
23 Apr 2011 by Sue Smith
Lundy Island Fishing Trip, Saturday 23rd April
Fabulous weather, virtually no wind, sunny and warm all day.
On way to Lundy Island stopped at a rough ground mark approximately eight miles out of Ilfracombe to try our luck fishing for Spur Dog’s and Bull Huss. We used Herring, Mackerel, and Squid in baits, these were sometimes cocktailed. Very successful mark, as we caught many Spur dogs up to 16lb and several Bull Huss. We fished the best of the tide for an hour or so, then moved swiftly on down to Lundy Island.
The weather was like a summers day getting very warm (sun burn in April) lol! A different style of fishing as we use feathers some of the other anglers used baited feathers. After a few minutes of setting up the drift, caught several small Pollock most returned to fight another day. Tried further up the island again and after several different drifts caught lots of small Pollock again and some very nice Coal fish and then moved again further up the island where we added Ballen Wrasse and the first lot of Mackerel for this season to the species list, all mature fish; one of the mackerel actually topped the one lb mark!
We all had an absolutely superb day’s fishing, very comfortable, clean and quick boat. The skipper John was helpful, knowledgeable and very patient with the less experienced anglers.
Species for trip, Dog fish, Bull Huss, Spur dog, Coal Fish, Mackerel, Pollock and Ballen Wrasse. -
04/2011
Fishing Report by John Barbeary
Apr 2011 by John Barbeary
charter on 14/4 50 or 60 spurs to 14 lb approx 20 huss to 13, also 17/4 plenty of spurs to 15lb dozen huss to 13lb usual dogs, first pollack of year weather great both days
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20/02/2011
Fishing Report by John Barbeary
20 Feb 2011 by John Barbeary
Caught plenty of Spurdogs to 13lb, a dozen Huss to 11lb, Conger to 30lb, Codling, Whiting, Pouting.
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05/12/2010
Fishing Report by John Barbeary
5 Dec 2010 by John Barbeary
december 5th lots of spurdogs to 13lb conger to 35lb bull huss whiting and dogs
