Latest Fishing Reports: England
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17/04/2019
Fishing Report by Carl Farrar
on TROT- ON (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
17 Apr 2019 by Carl Farrar
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After suffering a few weeks of Easterly winds Trot On managed a weather window and headed off to the 18 mile, We did have a little bit of swell until we got into deeper water, With a crew of 9 anglers itching to catch some fish they were not disappointed with the sport. We boated around 100 fish on the day with plenty returned to fight another day .
Cod to just over 5lb, Ling to 7lb 7oz and some nice Pollock to just over 9lb. Most of the fish were taken on squid bait with the odd few being caught on shads. The Pollack managed to secure current 1st place in the W.C.S.A Spring festival that could earn the winner £1000
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04/2019
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
Apr 2019 by Matt Forrester
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Things have been mixed for April so far with terrible Easterlies only 1 trip was run in the first 2 weeks!!! Thankfully weve got it a bit more settled now and trips are getting out when its suitable and I have clients!
The bigger pollock seem to of dispersed now (or been wiped out by the fixed gill nets) but fishing has been good with lots of pollock just into double figures. Cod also seem to be showing and yesterday we had 5 to 7lb along with some new season bass, although small they are a good sign.
Things feel positive for the rest of April and May could be great so fingers crossed.
Please get in touch for bookings or short notice trips as my calander on Charter Boats UK is not always upto date! Check out my face book page and group for regular updates!
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17/04/2019
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
17 Apr 2019 by Philip Higgins
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Great day on the bream with over 60 being landed and mostly returned, the trial with barbless hooks is going well with NO fish lost and all easily unhooked, the fish are very finicky and in tight pockets which involve several moves to locate them but well worth the effort for Gee it was a fantastic trip when he landed his 1st Black Bream and broke a couple of PBs for other fish. If you fancy a bream trip please give me a call.
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14/04/2019
Fishing Report by Colin Graham
on Blueye 2 (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
14 Apr 2019 by Colin Graham
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Blueye 2 was out Sunday - despite the 1 meter South Easterly swell the anglers wanted the fresh air in there lungs and give it go - nothing ventured nothing gained - enjoyable short trip boat was booked 8am - 13:00 on the drift picking few codlings for the pan few small returned - good morning good banter had by all - spaces this week evening trips and weekend full day get in touch join Blueye 11 Facebook page www.northseafishing.co.uk 07572 381784 John Thackray
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14/04/2019
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
14 Apr 2019 by jon old
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Lost Sat 13th April managed to get out Sun 14th April 2019 not the best of days in a easterly wind best thornback here with Arty of just over 5lb usual spotty dogs and whiting to make the day up. Got places left thursday 25th April anyone interested, full up over easter following weekend had cancellation so places available at moment on 27th/28th April 2019. Cheers . Jon (High Flyer 2) 07920043979
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12/04/2019
Fishing Report by Rob Lee
on Luna-Sea (Merlin) (Liverpool, Merseyside)
12 Apr 2019 by Rob Lee
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weather looking great for the Easter weekend, spaces left, fishing picking up now, ring skipper for details
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11/04/2019
Fishing Report by Jon Whitton
on Alexia (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
11 Apr 2019 by Jon Whitton
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It's been a while since our last update and with the easterlies preventing us from getting out over the past week it's gave us chance to catch up on a few things. Our last couple of trips out we had Greg Westgate and his dad charter the whole boat for the self's for a crack at the cod and they weren't disappointed and between them had around 30 codlings taking half for the table. We also returned lots of tiddlers which is great to see. We also had brian
Naughtons group of 10 aboard and they had around 40 keepers on the day. The fishing has been steady away but with the water not been as coloured as I'd like on the uptiding grounds we had a venture out to the wrecks and picked away steady. The average stamp of codlings have been around 2lb to 4lb, with the bait of choice been unwashed squid and blacks. The spring festival is now upon us although we have yet to fish it due to the easterlies but we hope to be back at it towards the end of the week with the winds looking like there dropping off. We also have the kids off school for the Easter holidays so we also have spaces on 3 hr taster trips weather permitting. PLEASE SEE OUR AVAILABILITY CALENDER FOR SPRING FESTIVAL SPACES AND FUTRE TRIP SPACES OR CONTACT
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12/04/2019
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
12 Apr 2019 by Ray Martin
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Loads of Thornback Rays now in river and first hounds now starting to show.
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12/04/2019
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
on Our Joe (Paignton, Devon)
12 Apr 2019 by Shaun Pedley
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That’s the first Devon Sea Fishing Holiday for 2019 hosted here in Paignton for us now finished. We had 4 anglers plus a few extras individuals that came wrecking during the 5 days fishing aboard Our Joe-L .
MONDAY - We headed down the Ray Pits trying new marks out and on the famous Skerries Bank. With nice weather but cloudy water, we struggled for fresh bait on feathers so decided to head out with what we had out of the freezer only. Using smaller hooks down to a 1/0 due to the lack of bait and a decent tide, we produced Blonde Rays up to 19 1/2lb and a couple of decent Plaice on a slack water drift.
TUESDAY - Mid Channel Wreck Fishing
We fished two small wrecks and one large wreck on a big but dropping flood tide throughout the morning and the start of the ebb in the afternoon. We produced some double figure Pollock along with plenty of smaller ones, a couple of Whiting on baits and a Tub Gurnard fell to Roy who had just taken a likening to the flavour of these fish only weeks ago, so he was well chuffed!
WEDNESDAY - Rough Ground/ Reef Fishing
We fished a couple of patches on the Rough Ground which was brilliant sport but nothing of notable size. Malcolm Wright of Colchester Sea Anglers did manage a club record Cuckoo Wrasse of 13oz. These marks produced Conger, Cuckoo Wrasse, Pollock, Dogfish, Red Gurnard and Dogfish.
THURSDAY - Inshore Wreck Fishing
We started off within 10NM off the South Coast on one of my favourite inshore wrecks from 2018. We had a 10-15knt East wind over a dropping flood tide - my top condition for this wreck in 2018. Seven lads produced a decent stamp of Pollock up to 12 1/2lb, filling the boxes up. When the tide allowed, Dan was practising the art of Slow Pitch Jigging with Master craft jigs. It certainly had the attention of the lads who hadn’t seen this style before! We also had the first Cod of the year falling to Peter from New Zealand who had never fished in UK waters before. Fishing on our Shakespeare Rod and Penn warfare 20 Reel. The Cod weighed 6lb.
Friday - Mid Channel Wreck Fishing
With the Weekend’s conger comp looking to be postponed to later on in the year, I decided to run a longer day to make up for it. Again we had seven lads aboard and six of them had planned to fish my weekend eel comp. We started off heading out into a flat calm Torbay thinking if we can get out, this forecasted Easterly won’t affect us at all! After 10 mins I could see the wind over the surface and knew it would change my plan of heading East. A slight change of heading is all you need in OUR JOE-L like many fast charter boats. We were soon out over 35 miles fishing in a forecast Easterly wind (for the 3rd time this week) over a small flood tide. We caught a steady amount of Pollock up to 6 or 7 lb on the first 3 wrecks it took us until the forth to find the bigger fish for the day, with half a dozen or so going into double figures again, but nothing over 11lb. We had boxes of bigger fish than inshore wrecking the previous day, but not as many fish over all.
It was great to see that such a range of lures catching on the wrecks but the top lure once again is the Sidewinder Sandeels 4 and 6 inch and the super real Skerries Eels Sidewinder
Species count for the Week -13
Pollock
Cod
Whiting
Tub Gurnerd
Red Gernerd
Cuckoo Wrasse
Blond Ray
Plaice
Dogfish
Pouting
Spur Dog
Launce (Caught as Bait)
Mackerel
With the forecast looking ‘marginal at best’ all week, we managed to beat it and headed to sea every day and it was much better than expected. That really is the beauty of these Fishing Holidays - staying at @Parkholm Hotel, 5 mins away from the harbour, you might as well try it in the morning and often you’ll be surprised to get a full day if fishing in! This compared to what we have all experienced in the past - you guys booking a day of fishing then its cancelled the night before thinking it will save you a long early morning journey to the harbour for nothing, only for it to turn out lovely the next day!
The next Devon Sea Fishing Holiday still has limited spaces, arriving on Sunday 26th May for an option of 4 or 5 days fishing. This is Whitsun Week fishing for ‘The Whitsun Annual Trophy’ for best fish and a shield for the most species caught in the week. Last year both won respectively by a pollock of 16lb and 11 species.
Shaun Pedley
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11/04/2019
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
11 Apr 2019 by Paul Kilpatrick
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The weather here at Whitby with the east winds isn’t good at the moment our last day at sea was Thursday another day uptiding the lads managed around 40 cod for day nothing massive best fish around the 6 lb mark very big tides this next week ideal for the uptiding on the cod and with £1000 up for grabs in the WCSA spring festival it’s all to play for tel 07748705695.
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