Latest Fishing Reports: England
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05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
May 2016 by TERRY BATT
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Well we are heading out on Friday to try to get on the mighty Smoothounds, with a mix of Thornback Rays and perhaps a Bass or two.
We have now put our pot out again to start to harvest hermit crabs, which we all know is the favourite bait for those hard fighting Hounds, so as it's the first drop, we will see how many we get, as it can sometimes take a drop or two to locate these little wandering pieces of gold...lol
Well with squid just about impossible to obtain, due to the world shortage due to the El Nino we have very limited stocks left in our own freezers, so the days of fishing two Rods each with Squid bait is out of the question at the moment, if you have to fish two rods only one can be fished with Squid while we have some,the other one will have to be fished with an alternative bait and might involve an additional cost for a second rod.
A funny situation occurred the other day on Vanishing Point-2.... a group of anglers came on the boat really nice guys, some had our hire rods and equipment, and some had there own, but with a really hard tide running even the guys with there own gear didn't have the right lead weights and asked if they could borrow one of ours,,,,?
well that is no problem, all I ask is at the end of the day they put them back ready for someone else to use.!! but unfortunately one of the guys snapped off on the cast and asked for another 200 gram weight, which we gave him..!!! BUT...!! this is the thing...... when we came to the end of a very successful days fishing with over 50 fish caught, and it was time to settle up, I told matey he owed us another £2.00 for his lost weight, and he didn't agree???? well I said you lost the weight, which was one of ours, if it had been one of your own it means you would have go to a tackle shop like we do and purchase the tackle so if you borrow weights off of us and you lose it, we have to replace it, and the bigger heavier weights are around £2.00 each it's not rocket science, you lose it ... you pay for it..... or am I missing something here???????. but I must say that is a rare thing to happen most offer to pay for lost equipment, and sometimes if I don't consider it was the fault of the angler we don't charge them.....
OK well I will leave it there and let you all know how we do on Friday....
PS: I want to try to arrange a half days Clay shooting only for the boat..!! if there is anyone interested please call 07768306646 with the new all singing a;ll dancing trap now fitted if you think your good best think again.... Medals and trophies for the top Guns.........!!
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09/05/2016
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 May 2016 by Rich Cope
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Mistress Weekly Round Up
Its been around a week since our last report, in one way its good that we’ve been getting to sea a bit more regularly, in another way its been quite hard work, working around the May algae bloom. With the algae being patchy its meant that no two days are the same, and as the tides have lifted its made fishing quite difficult, never the less we’ve put to sea and got our anglers a few fish to take home. As the tides drop this week the fishing should become more productive.
Early on in the week we experienced some cracking weather and managed to get out and do a bit of Wrecking for a few hours before the wind came on fresh in the afternoon.
The lads who had all fished before but not really done any wrecking managed to rake up a good few fish each for the morning, we managed a few up to 6lb in weight but most in the 2lb - 4lb region.
As the wind freshened on we ran inshore and dropped the anchor to finish the day raking a few more codlings together.
After the previous trip we were tied up a day, then back the day after, the tides had lifted and with only a couple of lads booked on, we stayed inshore Uptiding.
We admittedly had a slow start to the day, moving around raking a few fish here and there. Our 2nd move produced a real nice fresh run cod just over 6lb for one the lads, so it lifted everyones spirits a bit.
Another move saw us boat a few more fish to 4lb just before we lost the tide run, and I upped anchor for a move to one of my more consistent ledges.
The move was a good call, we started getting bites as soon as we’d shut off the engine, we experienced a steady couple of hours with everyone on board getting a few fish and bites.
My good mate Alex came along to help out and wet a line, and also bought his son Kai for a run off.
Kai got one around 4lb and was absolutely proud as punch!
I was fishing too, and despite a bit of a lean time for myself the last couple of trips I was actually managing to bag a few fish!
Ive been trying to run my baits stocks down a bit for next winter so I was using a lot of crab based baits, Ive still got a lot of Black lug worm too, The cart fished well, getting me quite a few bites, the Worm, Mussel and squid also fished well for everyone else on board.
The bites dried up a bit, so we upped anchor for our final move of the day.
It was a good move, no sooner had we settled in got our baits cast in, Kai’s rod started twitching with slow long pulls on his tip. . . . . You guessed it, best fish of the day! It was only ounces short of his PB, he was really buzzing!
Then on his next cast, still absolutely buzzing from his 7lber, the jammy little git only went and clicked a 5lber too!
The lads on board, including his dad were all proud as punch to see the young lad get a few nice fish, as it was Kai finished up with 6 nice cod to take home, and fished the best on the boat . . . . . again!
The tides in the following days took a pretty big jump, and the fishing tailed off a bit for the lads, we still manged fish for the boys though and always put 110% effort in finding our anglers a few fish.
If you fancy a days fishing with me here at Whitby on Mistress, give me a call on 07977 436903. alternatively drop me an e-mail at; seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk or message me on my facebook page; Mistress Sea Angling Charters
Tight Lines - Rich
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10/05/2016
Fishing Report by Terry Bolingbroke
on Gloria B11 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
10 May 2016 by Terry Bolingbroke
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May the 14th book now frozen bait included spaces running out 45 pound a head 8 hour trip tea coffee and hot food also
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07/05/2016
Fishing Report by Rob Lee
on Luna-Sea (Merlin) (Liverpool, Merseyside)
7 May 2016 by Rob Lee
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5 hour trip today, all the lads, hired tackle not done lots of fishing before, but caught plenty of fish today. Dabs Whiting,Dogfish,,and Bullhuss
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05/05/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
5 May 2016 by brian poppy
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Plenty of summer fish now showing with the best so far is a 15lb8oz Blond that Martin added to his trophy collection,dont miss the chance of some lovely Rooker for your table and some other species that are around at the moment with 3 trips last week and were all different as the tides increased the fishing slowed up which is unusual for this time of the year its a funny old game just cant put your finger on it.BP.
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24/04/2016
Fishing Report by Ross Burnett
on Dawn Venture (Langstone Harbour, Hampshire)
24 Apr 2016 by Ross Burnett
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Dawn Venture yearly (2015/2016) free competition qualification and final results
Top qualifiers for final; Dave 'smiffy' 34 species £100
Alan Bird 33 species £50
Kim Boden 32 species £30
Final was fished on 24th April
1st/ Simon Norman 116 points
2nd/ Ray Baron 114 points
3rd/ Kim Boden 110 points
4th/ Tony Sherwood 87 points
5th/ Dave 'Smiffy' 53 points
6th/ Steph Baker 49 points
7th/ Alan Bird 40 points
Next years free trip;
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08/05/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
8 May 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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What can i say its fantastic fishing at the moment what with that and great weather its all tickity boo so come on out with us and have a great day with skate to 14lb and the early run of hounds up to 6lb and a few bass to whet the appetite when we can officially go for them :-) till next time have fun and tight lines Trev / Matt
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03/05/2016
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
3 May 2016 by Matt Rowe
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Well done to James Ellis , one of the first fish caught in this years Piscary evening series was a 14oz Baillon's wrasse , which is well over the current British record and one of the best specimens ever caught on Piscary. In the interest of conservation the fish was returned.
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08/05/2016
Fishing Report by clem carter
on Wild Frontier 2 (Weymouth, Dorset)
8 May 2016 by clem carter
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Thank you Allan Yates for sharing your day out aboard Wild Frontier 2 and a bigger thumbs up for supporting Weymouth port - we are a tight and supportive community proud of the expertise and good times to be shared out on the water - please find below Allan's latest review - we cant say it better ourselves!
'Disappointment that turned to elation out on Wild Frontier II from Weymouth skippered by Clem Carter. The trip plan was mid channel wrecking to find some early Cod but it was changed to inshore for the Bream, a good call for us in the end and reason was the May bloom that so colours the water it was totally un-economical to venture out mid channel for possibly only a few to no fish at all. Day started wet with rain which soon cleared and the sun shone for us, another bonus was we arrived at the mark far quicker than steaming out miles to the wrecks so more fishing time. Bream started to show which were good sized 3 - 4lbs and during the day plenty were taken with undersized returned to fight another day. Fishing at anchor bores the Ass off me to be honest which is why I very rarely do it I much prefer drift fishing keeps me more occupied BUT!! yesterday my boredom turned to excitement when I got into what turned out to be a really well marked Undulate Ray and of good size on my really light spinning kit set up for Breaming. Skipper Clem Carter had just come up front were I was fishing to let out more anchor rope and the Ray took off fortunately the tide had eased right off so it was tackle versus fish without adding in tidal flow to allow the fish to kite. With great weather and good fishing plus meeting some of the anglers from my FB friends for the first time it turned out to be a really great day and Weymouth Rocks !! Again, never get bored saying that. Here are some images of the Bream taken and my Undulate of course, even the skipper got in on the act enjoying a spot of fishing in between his other duties looking after the anglers and why not.' View Boats Page
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07/05/2016
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
7 May 2016 by Colin Penny
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Bill Walton and friends from Devon enjoyed two sessions fishing at anchor to the East of Weymouth along the Jurassic coast using light tackle. They caught Black Bream, Smooth Hounds and Thornback and Spotted Rays along with the usual Dogfish and Pouting. Pictured is Steve Matthews with a 7Ib Thornback Ray which was his first ever and he also caught his first ever Spotted Ray. Steve was using 6Ib class tackle with strips of mackerel and squid being the successful bait which was mounted on a Sakuma size 2/0 stinger hook on a flowing trace with colored beads on. We must not forget Bill Walton who caught the first Black Bream and species number 27 caught on Flamer IV this year and Bill also did a sterling job of catching plenty of Dogfish so the other guys could catch the Rays etc.
The next Reef/Bank Trips on Flamer IV with places available are on June 4th, 6th,20th,21st,Don't Miss Out.
Book Your Place/s/Trips Now.
For dates and places available look at my web site: www.flamer4fishing.co.uk
2016 - NOTE: I am Now Taking Bookings for 2016. LOOK - I have put up an Itinerary of trips for 2016 on all my web sites, take a LOOK, the itinerary is not set in stone so I may be able to change it to suit your needs subject to the tides. View Boats Page
