Latest Fishing Reports: England
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21/04/2017
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
21 Apr 2017 by Ray Martin
Report on-board PLAN B
Skate skate and more skate.
First hounds and small bass , plenty of life in river.
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24/04/2017
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
24 Apr 2017 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
Here come the summer fish !
The weather has been lovely over the last fortnight and this has allowed the charter boats to get out regularly where we have enjoyed some excellent sport on the thornbacks.
Inshore
The fishing inshore has been superb with big numbers of thornbacks showing, best reported at around 16 lb, these bigger female rays are full of eggs and should be returned alive to protect stocks. There are also lots of the smaller male thornbacks around and numbers seem to be increasing every year. Best baits are herring, mackerel, squid and any other fish baits available. Don't forget to use a big strong hook and strong trace of at least 40 lb breaking strain.
There are a few bass starting to show with quite a few caught over this weekend, best reported at around 8 lb, again best baits are the same as for the thornbacks but the bass also love crab and worm baits.
There are a few small smoothounds starting to show, these early male fish will take squid baits but their favourite is hermit and peeler crab, the bigger female hounds will start to show around mid May.
There are a few dogfish and good whiting still around although the whiting will soon move off.
There have been some big stingrays caught from the beach marks, these hard fighting rays should be handled with care, their stinger under the tail can be deadly, best baits are ragworm, squid and crab, these fish taste horrible and should be returned alive.
Offshore
The offshore marks have been producing good numbers of thornbacks and dogfish, however as the water starts to warm there are increasing numbers of small smoothies and bass showing, all these species can be caught on squid baits this time of year but when the bigger smoothies turn up they will prefer crab baits.
There have been some cracking spurdogs showing with reports of fish up to 20 lb, these hard fighting mini sharks tend to stay well offshore outside of the sandbanks but can be caught in big numbers if found, best baits are squid and mackerel, tackle needs to be strong as if you are tope fishing, watch out for the spikes behind their fins.
Prospects are excellent, it's that time of year when you never know what you might catch, very exciting.
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23/04/2017
Fishing Report by Bill Jonas
on Blazer 2 (Brighton, East Sussex)
23 Apr 2017 by Bill Jonas
Report on-board Blazer 2
Plaice fishing very good with plaice up to 3Lb, Low tides and worm scarce but the best fish came on sqid as we ran out of worm bait.
When tides pick up and the diggers can get black lug fishing will be very good inshore.Wrecks still are not good View Boats Page
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23/04/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
23 Apr 2017 by Philip Higgins
Report on-board Mistress Linda / San Gina3
The start to the Bream season kicked off earlier than for many years with goods catches coming aboard from the 1st weekend of April, all the local marks are producing with several early season bream weighing in around the 3lb mark, and young Andy Jewson on his 1st fishing trip with his 1st drop landed a fine Bream of 3lb 1ozs much to Dads dismay who had not even finished baiting up. The better fishing has been in the harder tides as expected but even in the weaker ones plenty of fish have been landed. Drift fishing along the shores has produced some fine Plaice up to 2 1/2lb along with several small Turbot, Gurnards and Garfish. For those anglers wishing to do species hunt trips Poole is an ideal venue as last weekend aboard the Mistress Linda over 23 different species were landed. Further off to sea during the weaker tides plenty of sport has been had with Tope, Spurdogs and Blonde Rays. Wreck fishing has been consistent with the time of year producing some fine Pollack and early Cod. The banks to the west have produced some fine Bass to over 12lb which after being photographed were duly returned by the anglers.
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23/04/2017
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
23 Apr 2017 by jon old
Report on-board High Flyer 2
Bit of a lumpy start today so plans for offshore banks scuppered armed with fresh herrings and longlining sqiud
had to stay inshore and make the most of it. Headed north of yarmouth to little group of holes i like spotty dogs from the start and still the dreaded whiting, and after seeing in the first hour of the ebb decided to move the weed just killing us. Headed back south again much calmer too, first skate came in to Tristan (Stevanage) weighed 7.5lb next one followed to Mike of 10.7lb (Wisbech) returned fish not to be out dione mate Micky (Hertfordshire) with just over6lb also returned and first timer Dale (Local) with his first skate ever of 8.5lb and lastly Will Duncan local regular with todays biggest 11.11lb also returned pictured here on todays report. Spotty dogs and whting throughout the day no smoothies for us today or flatties wasnt too bad for a windy old day lucky for us wind with tide!
Would like to thank everyone today for coming out on the High Flyer especially those making the long journey also the two girls onboard first timer Emma and regular Tess for putting up with our male banter!
Nice to see few skate making a show also nice to see conservation of fish well done to the lads for returning them. Top marks. Until next time tight lines everyone.
PS. Camera picture has last years 2016 date on as i am a useless numpty but has now been amended!!!! View Boats Page
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23/04/2017
Fishing Report by Jason Parrott
on Lady Ann (Ramsgate, Kent)
23 Apr 2017 by Jason Parrott
Report on-board Lady Ann
What a fantastic day of 2 halves, first we went looking for skate as the party was split in half what they wanted to target with a skate virgin aboard and he landed a 14 lb Skate and another pb on the boat of 10.5 lb, lost count how many skate we landed Stu crewman lost biggest skate of the day on the surface, amateur,,lol. .2nd half was Smoothounds but we only had 90 min on them as long steam home but landed 5 and some cracking pouting and whiting, great days fishing for everyone.
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22/04/2017
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
22 Apr 2017 by Colin De Block
Report on-board Lead Us
Boat Record Smashed Twice In One Day !
Out again on Lead Us Saturday 22nd found heading back to grounds that had produced earlier in the week. With a crew of 4 on board including two young lads Kacey and Lewis on their first trip angling on a boat and what a day it turned out for them, once we had settled into position it was the steady stream of doggies and whiting which continued throughout the day with the odd smoothound thrown in for good measure. Lewis was the first to hook into a ray a nice Thornback at a respectable 7lbs and his biggest sea fish, graham next with a smaller Thornback things were looking good. Then Lewis was into something and it was obvious it was big and took some getting off the bottom as it appeared on the surface a very big Thornback i didn't think it would fit in the net. Once on board and weighed at 12lb smashing the boat record by nearly 2lbs making a very happy Lewis. slack water arrived and things slowed down with the odd whiting coming in as the tide started again graham picked up a Blonde Ray a first for the boat. With the weather worsening and the wind blowing the boat all over the place and everyone just dropping their baits over the side Kacey's rod nearly disappeared over the side as i grabbed it i knew there was something big on the and handed it back for Kacey to bring in once on board another very big fish which caused some debate between the boys as to whose was the biggest but the scales proved Kacey's fish was the biggest at just over 12.25lbs breaking the boat record again and his biggest ever sea fish. At this point with the weather worsening we headed in with two very happy boys and a good day had by all. View Boats Page
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21/04/2017
Fishing Report by Richard Markwick
on Delta Sunrise. (Brighton, East Sussex)
21 Apr 2017 by Richard Markwick
Report on-board Delta Sunrise.
After a successful trip for Plaice in March we were back out with Alan on Delta Dawn Brighton Marina Friday 21st April. As it was a small tide we headed out for deep water and were still able to use light tackle. Almost immediately there was action which lasted all day and all 6 anglers boated decent specimens which were all safely returned. Top of the pile were some beautiful Smoothhounds and Starry Smoothounds with a couple of double figure fish amongst the 20 or more that were boated. There were also 2 lovely Undulate Rays both double figure fish, a number of Thornbacks and plenty of Dogfish and Whiting during the quieter moments. A really enjoyable day, thanks Alan.
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20/04/2017
Fishing Report by Shaun Collins-Lindsay
on Reel Deal (Watchet, Somerset)
20 Apr 2017 by Shaun Collins-Lindsay
Report on-board Reel Deal
On the 20 April Clive and myself set off from Hampshire heading for North Devon to go fishing for Porbeagle sharks the closest realitive to the Great White. The day was perfect slightly over cast with light winds and a light tide. We arrived at Ilfracombe and met up with Dan our skipper on Reel Deal. We set off on our journey heading south towards Lundy Island, once we were past the Island Dan Checked the drift while the tackle was being set up. 6 rods were put over the side all set at different depths, the chum buckets were put out and the slick flattens the water nicely with all the dead baits sitting perfectly in the slick, it now was a waiting game. Whilst we were waiting for the either a screaming reel or waiting to see our floats start bobbing we started fishing for Pollock and Mackerel. A couple off Pollock were caught, Dan said that we were about to approach the reef were he would expect to catch a Shark. He wasn't wrong Dan noticed the middle float disappear, it was on and the battle started. This was a big Porbeagle she made lots of big runs but as we had a small team on board we all shared the pain. The way this shark was fighting Dan knew we were into a really big Porbeagle Shark, this fish would turn out to be the biggest fish that I have ever landed topping my black Marlin from Kenya. So after an hour and half of being beaten up by this powerful shark, she had tired and I was given the honours to bring her up to the boat. After a couple of desperate runs she came up to the boat, when she surfaced everyone was flabbergasted at the size of her, this Porbeagle was full of pup and massive in the range of 450lbs - 500lbs. Dan was going to tag her but as she had put up such a spirited fight we all agreed to release her straight away with out putting any more stress on her. She swam away from the boat perfectly back to the depths. So straight back into the fishing hoping to catch another monster it wasn't long until one broke the surface swimming around our floats , again everyone waiting in anticipation for those reels to start screaming but nothing happened, the hours past and we were just about to head for home when one of the reels started screaming the fight was on, this fish was using the boat to its advantage giving me a merry dance around the boat but after 15 Mins this shark managed to shake the hook. This was a fantastic day on board Reel Deal with a great skipper Dan Hawkins who put us on the Shark and what a Shark it was. Porbeagle 450lbs - 500lbs
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16/04/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 Apr 2017 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
The Bank fishing is producing Turbot, Brill and Rays.Gary Collins on his trip aboard Flamer IV landed his first ever Brill and Turbot.The Reefs are seeing a varietry of species caught like Bull Huss,Congers etc. Pictured is Justin Yates with his Personal Best Bull Huss weighing 10Ib 8oz which he returned alive.
Ian Youngs landed a Redband Fish which is the 27th different species to be landed on Flamer IV in 2017. Also a rare Three Bearded Rockling weighing 1Ib 9oz was landed by Kevin Clark which was a new species for Kevin.
The Next Reef/Bank Trips with places available are on April 29th, May 20th, 23rd,24th,28th, Don't Miss Out.
NOTE: The Black Bream will be showing to the East of Weymouth now. Always a nice scenic trip along the Jurrasic coast to do some fishing.
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