Latest Fishing Reports: England
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05/05/2014
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
5 May 2014 by Gary Flint
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05,04,14 individuals trip.
We left the marina at 5am to headed out into the bay to try a few of the wrecks,the forecast was ok,but as we moved out of the river the wind was starting to gust,some of the gusts where 20 knots which with wind against tide it was to much to head offshore, so we had to resort to the back up plan fish in the river for an hour or two and then try the rock channel as the tide backs off,we set the anchor at a mark in the river and everybody caught whiting,Dabs,Dogfish and small thornbacks.We then moved into the Rock channel and started again,Taking more whiting some nice Dabs and plenty of Dogs,so another move was offered ,the Skipper was out voted so the skipper persuaded a majority vote in the end we moved to another mark where we dropped on 7 Thonback rays ,two Smoothounds and the fist Bass of the year which was returned for another day being undersize overall a great day with the Sun shining all day. nice to see Smoothounds and Bass making a return signs of summer.
Gary the Skipper.
pic to right H with his first Bass this year
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04/05/2014
Fishing Report by Les Jones
on White Maiden II (Lymington, Hampshire)
4 May 2014 by Les Jones
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The Bank Holiday weekends settled weather was fantastic for us all.
Saturday's crew were after the bigger fish with Rays our first target species. We had one decent 7lb Small Eyed Ray caught on a bank and lots of Dogs. We moved off to a wreck for Congers to 20lb before Billy nailed a cracking 10lb 3oz Bass on squid, at the end of the trip and the start of the ebb.
On Sunday the Dyer family had another great forecast which enabled us to head for the Bream grounds. It was all very competitive as Ballan Wrasse, Bream, Bull Huss, Whiting and Dogfish took the various small baits offered. The snaggy ground caused a few problems at the end of the flood so after a short move we avoided the snags and found more Bream. Left is Becka and Bee all very happy on LSD. That's Lesser Spotted Dogfish! It was a sociable but busy day for me but the lovely weather sealed it for all.
My original Monday crew of two were cancelled due to low individuals numbers. I then contacted Tuesdays 'windy forecast' half day crew to cancel when they asked to be moved forward to the Bank Holiday Monday and an early 0630 start. This time was fine by me so we snuck out in the morning for more Bream and Dogfish. Most Hen Bream are in spawn and are dropping eggs so they went back. Young Eddy on the right is holding a nice hen Bream.
Interestingly an Oceanography expert advised that it takes 3 to 4 male Bream to fertilise one female Breams eggs successfully. We release the females and some males too, if the crew agree. It would be good if some guidance could be introduced for all of us to follow! Come on Anglers Trust, what are you going to do?
Another conservation argument this week in the news was the release of 10,000 helium balloons to celebrate a special occasion. The argument against was the littering effect and although latex does bio-degrade, if a fish, bird or animal swallows them before they bio-degrade they will die a slow death. So there's another moral option for us.
With plenty of fish starting to show and lots of dates available give me a call if you fancy a full or half day or evening trip. Tightlines, Les. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD White Maiden II
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 07/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours £85.00pp 0800-1600 Plan A Offshore Banks max7 £85pp (Plan B optional Deep Solent) 2 spaces left. Booked on: ChrisTosen, GrahamCarter, PeteNightingale, DaveWest, PeteHellyar Conger Eel / Spurdog / Thornback Ray / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Thu 20/02/2025 7 Spaces £85.00pp 0800-1600 Offshore Banks Max 7 £85pp Conger Eel / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Sat 22/02/2025 7 Spaces £85.00pp 0800-1600 Offshore banks max7 £85ppView details Mon 24/02/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours £85.00pp 0800-1600 offshore max7 £85pp Conger Eel / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Fri 18/04/2025 1 Space £85.00pp 0730-1530 Bream, Pollock and Bass. Max8 £85pp 1 space left Booked on: PeteNightingale, BryanRickets, DaveWest, GarethSmith, ChrisSmith, SteveBanks, BobClack Bass / Black Sea Bream / Pollock.View details Wed 07/05/2025 2 Spaces £95.00pp 0730-1530 Bream, Pollock and Bass. Max7 £95pp 3 spaces Booked on: PeteNightingale, BryanRickets, DaveWest, PeteHellyar, BobNunnView details Fri 30/05/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp 0730-1530 Bream, Pollock, Bass Max8 £85pp 5 spaces Booked on: ChrisSmith/SteveBanks/BobClack Bass / Black Sea Bream / Pollock.View details Fri 11/07/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp 0730-1530 Max8 £85pp Booked on: ChrisSmith/SteveBanks/BobClack Bass / Black Sea Bream / Pollock.View details Thu 17/07/2025 3 Spaces £95.00pp 0730-1530 Bream, Pollock and Bass. Max7 £95pp 3 spaces Booked on: PeteNightingale, BryanRickets, DaveWest, PeteHellyar Bass / Black Sea Bream / Plaice / Pollock.View details Thu 14/08/2025 3 Spaces £95.00pp 0730-1530 Bream, Pollock and Bass. Max7 £95pp 3 spaces Booked on: PeteNightingale, BryanRickets, DaveWest, PeteHellyar Bass / Black Sea Bream / Bull Huss / Plaice / Pollock.View details -
03/05/2014
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
3 May 2014 by Nigel Lihou
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The last few trips have found Plaice, Plaice and more Plaice on the Skerries with the inshore wrecks producing some Pollack of between 3lb to 10lb. We still seem to be lacking in baitfish as mackerel are still fairly few and far between but those caught of a good size. After the winter of storm after storm things are starting to settle down with spring species starting to reappear but fishing is still a bit hit or miss they are either feeding in which case we are catching or they are there but not showing an interest. Plenty more trips planned and as things settle it will get better.
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05/05/2014
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
5 May 2014 by Allan Skinner
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may 5th jfk two
after toiling away all winter on the new jfk two. it was really nice to get out fishing again .and the spring fishing has really taken off now the weather has finally settled taking around 80 hard fighting fish, going ballistic on shads, prawns and squid and fighting every inch of the way providing excellent sport . best fish around 8lbs mostly all cod but there was 3-4 .Pollack and odd wrasse. View Boats Page
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06/05/2014
Fishing Report by Peter Everett
on Amino (Shotley, Suffolk)
6 May 2014 by Peter Everett
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Plenty of Thornback Ray around now, getting double figures most trips now, all good fish 8-10lb+ along with loads of Doggies, some Cod and the odd Bass. Smoothounds starting to show so all looks quite promising, you never know what you will get next. Stingrays starting to appear and although we don't specifically target these, they do come into some of the marks we fish so there is the odd chance of hooking a beast..as we did last year...but lost it an hour into the fight...
Give me a call if you fancy a trip for up to five anglers..
Here's Danny with our biggest Thornback of 13 caught on Saturdays trip at just under 11lb. View Boats Page
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06/05/2014
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
6 May 2014 by Nick Gough
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6 Hour Wrecking trip.
we traveled to the wrecks between 5-7 mile off Scarborough and had more of a species hunt than a big fish hunt.
with many different species been taken from
Cod
Pollock
Coalfish
whiting
Herring
Ling
Pouting
and a Butter fish.
nothing massive apart from some big 1 1/2 lb whiting
one lad managed to get 5 different species out of the list.
a good days fishing in brilliant weather. View Boats Page
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05/05/2014
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
5 May 2014 by Nick Gough
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we didn't have any bookings for this afternoon so we decided to have a go anyway.
one of the customers from the 3 hour trip joined us for a relaxing fishing trip.
we steamed to Filey Brigg in unsettled weather and braved the south easterly wind which was uncomfortable.
fishing at anchor with the boat lifting and rolling we managed to get a few nice cod around the 2-3lb mark.
apart from the wind we had lovely sunshine throughout the day. View Boats Page
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05/05/2014
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
5 May 2014 by Nick Gough
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3 Hour Fishing trip
Bait fishing at anchor produced a few nice size blegs a cod and this 4 1/2lb Pollock.
a great trip out in not the best conditions. View Boats Page
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25/04/2014
Fishing Report by Frank Ridley
on Heidi J (Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire)
25 Apr 2014 by Frank Ridley
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Steamed out on a 6 hour trip today 25th of April 2014. With Michael Gaicki and his four Polish colleagues from Bradford.
We were catching fish from start to finish. Totalling about 50 to 60 kilos of fish.
In fact so many it was a struggle to carry them off the boat.. View Boats Page
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06/05/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
6 May 2014 by Rich Ward
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Some lovely cod fishing aboard the boat this last few weeks.
Pictures to follow.....
Rich. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 13/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. John Short 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Tom Allen 6. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 16/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 17/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 20/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Bill B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Craig White 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 22/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Offshore trip includes wrecking. 4.1m tide. Room for 1. Cole Dempsey 4. James 1. Marius 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 23/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 25/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.6m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details
