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31/05/2014
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
31 May 2014 by Dave Builth
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Catch report 2014
March/April
With a very mild winter we got off to an early start with the first Codling being caught by Bill Jenkinson on the 7th of March, a small fish of around 2lb which was returned for another day.
The first day there was any quantity of fish caught, was the 11th April where 7 anglers caught 56 Codlings with 28 being returned, 28 were kept for the table, between 2lb to 3lb. Along with the Codlings, there were also Pout ,wrasse, scorpion fish. The first Pollack of around 2lb was caught and returned by Dennis Miller on a Jelly worm on the same trip. Late April averages were around a couple of Codlings per angler with a lot of small Codlings being returned. For April, the catches have been quite steady, with a lot of small fish being returned .You can only catch what’s there it’s no good complaining about the size of the fish.
Spring fish are Spring fish, if you are not prepared to put the smaller fish back don’t go, the better fish will be here soon enough. The best baits have been without, doubt prawns fished on small (0/5) daylights and green hokkis, fresh dug worms have fished well and fine cut strips of calamari have worked well.
May 3rd
The Maggie May’s SAC from Carlisle, averaged around 6 Codlings per angler, and as usual returned a lot of small size fish, and only kept fish of 16 inches and above.
May 4th
Overnight, the fish seemed to improve, with Tom Holloway landing a 5 lb 1oz Codling (see photo) John Ord, had the best fish so far this year at 5lb 12oz, and then caught another codling of 5lb 15oz, may be on a rocking boat it, should have been 6 pounds plus. (see photos )
May the 5th .
The weather this year has been unsettled with the wind remaining Easterly and Northerly resulting in coloured water up to four and a half miles off , the best Codling this year so far was caught by Dave Munro which weighed 7lb 14 oz,( see photo ) there were plenty of Codling between the 2lb to 4 lb mark and still an average catch of 6 codlings per person, the fish are gradually getting a better stamp of fish .
May 10th
The Dalston SAC from Carlisle had a red letter day fishing off the rough ground, their first trip of the new season they ended up with 238 Codlings between 2lb to 5lb of which 122 smaller codlings were returned unharmed.
May 21st
The Civil Service Sports Council SAC fished their annual points competition with the winners and runners up going to National finals in Cork Southern Ireland,
Cod Pouting Wrasse Pollack Coalfish Other Points
I Mitchell 11 6 3 97
M Chapman 15 2 1 1 1 88
N Richardson * 7 4 3 87
J Cuthbert 15 3 1 85
C Wilkinson 13 2 2 78
B Robinson 15 1 1 70
J Cunningham 14 1 64
The winner was Ian Mitchell with a mixed bag of Codlings, Coalfish, Wrasse ,Pouting. Runner up was Mark Chapman with the same mixed bag of Codling ,Coalfish ,Wrasse ,Pouting , Scorpion fish and the best fish of the Day A 6lb 14oz Pollock (see photo ). Total catch for the day was 90 Codling of which most were returned.
Typical Bank holiday weekend weather stirred the sea up with 20 mph Northerly winds making the water coloured and fishing difficult ,as a result of the weather Friday and Saturday was Cancelled.
Despite the conditions the Port of Leith SAC managed 6 Codlings a piece with the best fish of the trip being caught by Ben ……… an 8 lb 6oz Ling, Robert Ranick had an unusual Cuckoo Wrasse (see photo ).
May 31st
Best Cod caught out of Amble this year so far weighed 15lb and was caught on a long flowing trace baited with a strip of Mackerel by Chris Mullarky {see photo ).
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05/05/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
5 May 2014 by Ray Martin
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Another cracking good weekends fishing. Plus for once perfect weather..
We tried for smoothounds and our efforts were rewarded (once we managed to find a spot not full of dogfish and whiting) best one was around 5lb but loads of 2-3 lb to keep us going.. they love fresh hermit crab.
We caught some nice skate as well, so all in all a great time was had by all .. View Boats Page
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04/05/2014
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
4 May 2014 by peter stubbs
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Sunday 4th may 14, 6 anglers on a 10hr trip fished wrecks 10miles off we headed south today very poor again just the odd small cod a ling of 5lb been the best for the day,
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03/05/2014
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
3 May 2014 by peter stubbs
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3dr May 14 Saturday, Today 3 anglers booked the boat for a 4hr trip inshore wrecks and ground fishing very poor lots of under size codling small pouts been returned the best one of the day fell to a young angler first time out with his day 6 year old Fraser Nickolson from sunderland took a cod of 3lb maken it his pb,
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04/05/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
4 May 2014 by jon old
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Forcast today was no wind plan was to head out to one of the banks but due to the tide i decided to fish inshore to start best idea i had! The wind got up to our surprise but with tide was fine but we knew after lunch was going to be different story. Plenty of different baits aboard we started well with the doggies showing up straight away all sizes most of the day really. Nice few flatties on the menu too from the start and then our first skate came in nearing the end of the flood so bigger baits stuffing herring into the squid making up various crab cocktails seem to pay off. The dreaded whiting still about being a pain along with tiny codling kept being a nuisance throughout also some very small smoothounds came over the side too nice to see. When the tide turned conditions gradually became uncomfortable so decided to head home about 4ish. Picture of our keepers back in port as too lumpy out at sea for pictures, was a most enjoyable day great to see a few skate, good banter all round,thanks to Chris and Dave for washing down much appreciated, also Terry and Collin and first timers Rob and John hope to see you all soon. Cheers me, Jon. (High Flyer)
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30/04/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
30 Apr 2014 by jon old
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Was a very calm day today with no wind for once, calmest i seen it this year so far. Decided due to the strong tides to try drifting on the 6 mile bank after few attempts nothing felt like being tempted by our varied baits so another tactic was needed. Headed up the northeren end of the middle cross to a alley way gulley i found productive many a times which resulted in Paul pictured here with a nice bass, few dogs and flatties. Moved few times around to follow the tide ended up off the wind turbines which produced absolutley nothing very surprised can only blame the strength of the tides. Came home down the Roads and called in at a little hole i know which finished the day off lovely with first of the smoothounds appearing only small but nice to catch, more doggies along with pesky whiting and a nice four and half pound cod again to Paul to finish the day off. Thanks to Paul, Jez, Keith and Derek a most enjoyable day thought we all done well despite the strong tides was a just great to have a flat calm day for once! Cheers men. Jon.
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04/2014
Fishing Report by Simon Fisher
on Becca Marie (Brixham, Devon)
Apr 2014 by Simon Fisher
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Well its been a funny few weeks for us, unfortunatly most of our wreck fishing trips were cancelled due to strong winds, while the inshore reef and bank trips seemed to get the calmer weather, we did manage a few inshore wreck fishing days which were very productive, bringing in plenty of Pollock, not massive but up to 9lb. ( ideal dinner size).. We did venture to a favourite inshore wreck of mine and had our first Bass of the year which was a very welcome sight........We also started our regular reef trips at anchor and managed to catch,whiting, coddling,Bullhuss,Thornback Ray and a truck load of doggies which was i great start and can only improve..... Our regular trips to the Skerries Banks has seen it improve on every trip, we are now catching many Plaice over 2lb and bagging 30+ of keeper Fish aswell as return many smaller Plaice, we have also seen some small Gurnard coming up along with many many small whiting.
Coming up we have planned more trips to the Skerries and our trips to the Reefs aswell as offshore Wrecking so check out our calender and come and join us. View Boats Page
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04/05/2014
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
4 May 2014 by Nick Gough
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a Nice days fishing with a good set of lads.
set off at 9.30 with unpleasant sea conditions and rain headed south to a wreck 5 mile from Scarborough, then we headed further south to wrecks a bit further off and we managed to get a fish nothing big but enough to keep us busy we managed to get a few ling and i got a nice Pollock on a shad then the sea deteriorated a bit more so we decided to have a go fishing in ravenscar.
we were greeted by a small pod of porpoises which were feeding with their calf nearby. fishing started slow as the tide was hardy through, then as the tide picked up we all managed to get a few nibbles and a few fish. we were plagued with small lobsters but we were still managing to pick up a few fish around the 2-3 lb mark and a plump lessor spotted dog fish. then a few seals came in to see what we were doing and the fishing slowed down again.
unfortunately one of the anglers just couldn't seam to get a bite never mind a fish.
so as fishing slowed we decided to give cloughton a go, with in minutes the poor lad who just couldn't understand his luck and managed to wind two cod in one after the other.
by this point the weather picked up and the sea flattened off and we had a nice steam back. View Boats Page
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05/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
May 2014 by Ross Parham
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Wreck fishing is still going strong from Brixham if you do the distance.
Great to see more Cod than Pollock caught on one trip and with the Ling and whiting still around its been a good, Cod are small at the moment, a few double figure ones in the mix but with the average fish around 5-7lb mark, next few weeks will see the bigger specimens turning up.
Remember Spot On is Brixhams premier charter boat and will always keep you up to date with catches and reports, just check out the catches so far this year already.
Skerries bank is still fishing with good numbers of plaice being caught, also the first small Bass was caught on a recent trip so things are looking to be a great Summers fishing on board Spot On.
Sorry for the lack of photos as I was flat out with the net this weekend as my crew was unwell.
Spot On is on Facebook where you can see anglers who have been, caught and conquered the fishing on Spot On.
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04/05/2014
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
4 May 2014 by Rich Cope
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Yet another great day at sea today. plenty of cod and ling for our anglers, The best cod pushing the boat scales round to 17lb. a great fish any time of the year.
pictured is Gary Ball from Blackpool with his 17lb Cod, well done mate!
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