Latest Fishing Reports: England
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15/05/2010
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
15 May 2010 by Sam Cumming
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Well Spring arrived at last with some calmer, warmer weather. The bream arrived in numbers about two weeks later than last year. We have had good catches from rock marks in Poole Bay with the best fish between 2 and 3lb but plenty of medium size fish to keep rod tips rattling. Colin Jones from Gloucester had 23 fish to 2lb 8oz at the end of April. The first good catches of bream have been made off the Purbecks and our attentions will switch there during May and June when we will be looking for 4lb fish.
The turbot fishing on the banks has been excellent. On the banks off Alderney we had good numbers of turbot to 10lb. Many of the smaller fish were returned to fight another day. There we some nice brill with best a specimen of 6lb 8oz being caught by Neil Harrison form Wantage. The Shambles is also fishing well and our boat record was pushed up to 23lb by Robin Holloway with superb fish that nearly 4 inches thick. This was one of 7 that day.
Offshore we have had plenty of Pollack on the wrecks with live sandeels providing the best sport. The good news is that there are early signs of cod both on the wrecks and on the brittle star grounds. We expect the catch rate to increase over the next few weeks. Conger fishing has also been excellent with our best a fine fish of 70lb.
The mackerel have now arrived in the Bay so that’s a sure sign that summer is on the way. We are looking forward to our first bass trips both drift the offshore banks with lures and live baits and also freelining with live mackerel on the Purbeck reefs. Offshore the numbers of cod will increase on the brittle stars and the tope will start to feature in increasing numbers.
Our revised website is now up and running. There are videos, a new notice board and easy links to our blog, facebook and U-tube pages. Facebook is updated by Sam and he would be glad to have you as a friend of Silver Spray.
For all the pictures please see http://silverspray.blogspot.com/
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 07/02/2025 5 Spaces £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs huss tope rays congers whiting hounds £120 5 spaces 7 anglers onboard Bull Huss / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Sat 08/02/2025 1 Space £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs huss tope rays congers whiting hounds £120 1 spaces 7 anglers onboard Bull Huss / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Sun 09/02/2025 2 Spaces £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs huss tope rays congers whiting hounds £120 2 spaces 7 anglers onboard Bull Huss / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Sat 22/02/2025 2 Spaces £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs huss tope rays congers whiting hounds £120 2 spaces 7 anglers onboard Bull Huss / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Sun 23/02/2025 5 Spaces £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs huss tope rays congers whiting hounds £120 5 spaces 7 anglers onboard Bull Huss / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Mon 24/02/2025 3 Spaces 11 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for pollock with turbot fishing over the slack £160 7 anglers max. 3 spaces Pollock / Turbot / Blonde Ray.View details Fri 07/03/2025 3 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 3 spaces 7 anglers max. Pollock / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details Sun 09/03/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 6 spaces 7 anglers max. Pollock / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details Mon 10/03/2025 3 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 3 spaces 7 anglers max. Pollock / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details Fri 21/03/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 6 spaces 7 anglers max. Pollock / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details -
21/05/2010
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
21 May 2010 by Rich Ward
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Some fantastic weather here at Whitby this week has helped to provide some equally fantastic fishing. Inshore marks are starting to produce a few more fish at last but the ground out on the " Wall " has given us on the Shy Torque a couple of cracking days this week. Plenty of cod and ling for the taking out there at the moment !!
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 02/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Steve Tempest 2. Mike Channing 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 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 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. 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 7 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. 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 -
20/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
20 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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The weather was sunny and flat calm, just what we need, after an hour run to the mark the first fish was a BASS of 3lb, another two smaller BASS and we moved,
The first fish was a DOGFISH....... not what we wanted but you can't pick what fish you want to catch, The next fish was a bit better, A COD of 10lb, then another of 16lb 8oz, we only had 6 COD but the smallest was the 10lb,With 10 Bass and some big WHITINGS it wasn't such a bad day! View Boats Page
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19/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
19 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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This was a short afternoon/evening trip with only three anglers so it was an inshore trip, we did get 4 THORNBACKS to 14lb 8oz and two COD of 4lb, WHITING and ..... yes DOGFISH.
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19/05/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Builth
on Upholder (Amble, Northumberland)
19 May 2010 by Dave Builth
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The second half of May has produced some good catches with anglers going away with on average 10 codlings to keep between 2lb to 5lb.
Jim Cobain’s party had a nice wrasse around the 4lb mark and 40 odd codlings to take home to Halifax.
The following day a Michael French’s party 70 codlings to take home and a Catfish around about 5lb.
The wrecks have started fishing early this year, regular angler Dennis miller had a nice Pollack of 10.5 lb
Off the wrecks south of Amble, the Pollack took a yellow and golden shad fished on along flowing trace and was returned to fight another day.
Dave Bagnell had a really good condition ling of 9lb which took a strip of Mackerel.
Greg Robson caught a 9lb Pollack on a green shad fished slowly above the wreck, he said that it was the best fighting fish he had ever caught. They also had on average 10 codlings apiece to keep the View Boats Page
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05/05/2010
Fishing Report by Charlie Bronse
on Yellowfin (Brighton, East Sussex)
5 May 2010 by Charlie Bronse
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Went out with Kurt on Yellowfin a couple of weeks ago but have only just got round to posting a report. I'll keep it short ! I hadn't heard of any decent reports so wasn't holding out too much hope but Kurt put us right on the fish from the off. Caught loads of mackeral, whiting, herrings, doggies and a few nice smoothounds. Much more than we expected. Have another trip booked for this week and have plenty more booked with Kurt over the summer as he really is a top skipper and a thoroughly likeable guy as well. Cheers Kurt !!!
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17/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
17 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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Another fine start to the day so a trip to see if we could get some BASS and SMOOTOUNDS. We arrived at the mark just at low water, The fishing was slow and with only one small THORNBACK,Then John had a bite, a fine 6lb 4oz BASS, two other anglers had another two BASS of 4lb and small THORNBACK, Fishing was slow so we moved to another mark, As soon as we cast out we were in to fish, a THORNBACK of 8 1/2lb. Fishing was steady with THORNBACKS and DOGFISH, Total for the day 9 THORNBACKS, 3 BASS, 1 SMOOTHOUND and DOGFISH.
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16/05/2010
Fishing Report by Peter Davis
on Warrior II (Looe, Cornwall)
16 May 2010 by Peter Davis
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Hi all, is Summer on its way ? Just had a busy week and the congers are waking up. Bait fish are still patchy but signs are definately on the up. Sea temp is finally going up. We did have a v/good day Tues (last)20+ eels up to 40lb now is a good time to have a go !! More details soon, Pete
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13/05/2010
Fishing Report by Steve Eastman
on Kittiwake 111 (Gosport, Hampshire)
13 May 2010 by Steve Eastman
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May 13th boat competition,caught many smoothounds in morning in deeper waters.In afternoon moved in on the rocks and caught 3 decent wrasse up to 3lb 11oz and many black bream up to 2lb 10oz..Also caught pollock,pouting,mackeral and garfish.Good weather conditions,a good day enjoyed by all.
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14/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
14 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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The weather was fine with a S West wind and bright sunshine but the fish had other ideas, The fishing was hard with only 9 THORNBACKS to 10lb 12oz but it was better than work!!!!!
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