Latest Fishing Reports: Hard Labour
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08/2014
Fishing Report by carl porter
Aug 2014 by carl porter
Well the last couple of months have seen some mixed fishing. Some exceedingly good days and some not so. In general good numbers of bass and hounds have been coming to the boat. Some nice specimen fish boated in amongst them. Plenty of high double figure hounds to 19 lb 9oz and nice bad to mid 7 lb range.
As for now the bass are still around and the Roker are starting to show in good numbers again. We've seen the first of the codling, which is a good sign for the winter fishing. Weekends from now until January are filling fast so get in quick so as not to be disappointed. There are a few individual spaces up for grabs on various dates from now until November. -
07/2014
Fishing Report by carl porter
Jul 2014 by carl porter
Well June has seen the hounds arrive in force. Catches of 30 plus fish a day are the norm with the average fish size being 6 to 10 lb. So far this year we have had a lot of good double figure fish, lots of 15lbers a fair few in the 16lb bracket, a nice 17lb fish and the biggest of the year so far a cracking 19lb 9oz fish. With july now under way and traditionally our best month for the smoothounds, im expecting great things for the coming month. Usually the numbers of fish landed increases but the average size reduces slightly as the girls pup out. Catches of 70 plus fish in a single tide are not uncommon through july and august.
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04/2014
Fishing Report by carl porter
Apr 2014 by carl porter
So far the spring has been kind to us. The weather has taken a turn for the better and the summer species are starting to show, not long now and the Bass and Hounds will be in full force. Skate fishing is the name of the game at the moment with catches of 20 to 30 fish common place, although on a good day such as yesterday 60 plus fish can be taken on a single tide. Yesterdays crew managed circa 65 fish, 40 plus of which swam off happily. No massive fish yesterday the biggest going about 8.5lb but the average stamp was about 5lb. The fish were quiet happily taking squid and herring baits nailed tight to the bottom.
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02/2014
Fishing Report by carl porter
Feb 2014 by carl porter
well the codling have turned up in numbers as expected however the weather had other ideas on the odd occasion when the wind don't blow the fishing has been excellent plenty of codling between 2-4lb one group taking 65 in one trip!! still good numbers of roker and the higher than average sea temp should see an earlier start to the main skate fishing season
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12/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
Dec 2013 by carl porter
well the cod season has finally picked up were averaging 15-20 a trip now mostly in the 2-4lb bracket with the odd bigger double figure fish thrown in still plenty of skate offshore though the weather has been a real pain stopping us from getting to our offshore marks still January and febuary normally sees a good run of codling inshore with catches of 40+ a day last year
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22/07/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
22 Jul 2013 by carl porter
with summer well and truly here at last the fishing continues to hot up as well still some great smoothound fishing to be had with one group landing 112 fish to15lb in one tide !! also a lot of pack tope around with a few bigger ones as well fair numbers of bass on the banks as well as inshore and plenty of schoolies
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06/06/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
6 Jun 2013 by carl porter
well the summer has finally arrived the skate fishing finally kicked into gear with catches of 40 to 50 a trip not uncommon the biggest so far being around 14lb and with the rise in water temperature we turned our sights towards the smoothounds fantastic shallow water sport with almost a hundred coming to the boat this weekend up to 19lb bass catches are improving all the time with a fair few better fish included settled weather and bigger tides will see us targeting them more
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06/05/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
6 May 2013 by carl porter
May bank holiday weekend was a mixed bag.
Saturdays forecast wasn't the greatest and considering it was predicted to blow 20mph, it was actually blowing 35mph. We still managed to find some fish, but the weather cut our day short.
Sunday was a better forecast and the offshore banks were the target. fishing wasn't fast and furious but steady and over the course of the day the species and numbers of fish racked up. schoolie bass, dabs, skate, codling, pouting and the ever present thames tiger shark (LSD).
Monday was a local trip and by far the best day for numbers of fish although the species list was down. Plenty of skate was the order of the day mainly good sized fish too in the 8 to 10 lb bracket, with the biggest of the day going 11.5lb. Most of the maids went back, but the boys were not so lucky. The crew went home with a good feed of fish -
09/02/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
9 Feb 2013 by carl porter
still plenty of codling to be had nothing big but good fishing all the same and good numbers of skate offshore
saturdays anglers managed 45 keepers to around 4lb -
02/01/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
2 Jan 2013 by carl porter
Wednesday and thursday this week have seen good numbers of cod and roker coming to the boat. The forecast not being at its best limited us slightly in the marks we could fish. Both days produced in excess of 10 codling to 4.5lb and roker to 10.5lb.
