Latest Fishing Reports: South East
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28/05/2010
Fishing Report by Steve Eastman
on Kittiwake 111 (Gosport, Hampshire)
28 May 2010 by Steve Eastman
Report on-board Kittiwake 111
Individual day, left the harbour and found a large shoal of Bass and Mackeral to start off a good day.Caught lots of Smoothounds on the hard grounds including a reasonable catch of Black Bream.Also caught a nice Bull Huss.Moved up on to Nab Rock where we landed Black Bream and Dog fish etc.Enjoyable day with good varied group of individual anglers.
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24/05/2010
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
24 May 2010 by Bob Marshall
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The water has warmed up, the crabs have peeled and the fish have arrived! At last summer is here! Been out on the wrecks and we landed plenty of Cod and Pollack on Duke IV. A good trip with the individuals Thursday then back out with Crew Lucas from St Albans on Friday. All caught plenty of fish, topped there freezers up till the next trip!
All fish taken on lures on the drift so great sport and as Duke IV is a sportfishing boat all small or unwanted fish were returned to fight another day. Well done chaps!
Inshore fishing has been good one day then quieter the next, with Thornback Ray, Smoothounds, Bass and some cracking Whiting! Martin's crew from Gravesend had a good day inshore with Smoothounds (all returned) and Thornbacks along with Whiting and Dabs, see pic. The Bass should start shoaling on the banks now, you can't be sure where or when, just be in the right place at the right time, keep your eyes open and have some hokkies in your box! Don't worry we've got plenty on board Duke IV!
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24/05/2010
Fishing Report by Matt Horne
on Optimist (Gosport, Hampshire)
24 May 2010 by Matt Horne
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GOOD NEWS: May /June
Things differently seem behind this year, but with the resent turn of warm weather it seems to have kicked the fishing off, down are end of the country. This last weekend showing a up turn in the fishing, plenty of bream and smooth hounds on the inshore rock marks. The mackerel are now showing up, but can be a bit hit and miss, and the Tope seem to have also made a bit of a later appearance but are now starting to show in good numbers.
I got out on the mid channel deep water reef marks for the first time this year on Sunday, with good results, plenty of Pollock a few Cod the best weighing 16lbs 10oz (nice on a shad!). So I don’t think it will be long before more Cod and less Pollock are caught. The fish are stuffed full of sprats, so it will be interesting to see if it happens on the brittle stars this year!
I am looking to get out on the deep water reefs a bit more this year, but with the price of diesel at the moment I have to make sure I run with a full boat, “or the cost of a full boat“! 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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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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09/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Cooter
on Emma Jayne (Chichester, West Sussex)
9 May 2010 by Colin Cooter
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great day had by all on board catching bream and smoothhound
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02/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Cooter
on Emma Jayne (Chichester, West Sussex)
2 May 2010 by Colin Cooter
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good day had by all with bream smoothhound and prize guy 11.5lb bass
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23/04/2010
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
23 Apr 2010 by Bob Marshall
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The wreckfishing season has started here at Ramsgate and blessed with some fine weather we got out there on Duke IV. As with everything in nature it appears that things are running a couple of weeks later than would be normal. We tried a few wrecks before we got amongst the fish! The water is still cool and carrying some colour which is not best for our favoured method of drifting the wreck with lures but after a slow start on both days we got amongst the Pollack, fine hard fighting fish they were too! We also caught a few Cod, not as many as would be expected but I am sure numbers will improve throughout May!
Inshore fishing has been pretty good with fair numbers of Skate, the odd Bass and the first of the Smoothounds arriving. Mackeral should be here soon and they will bring their predators with them! View Boats Page
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25/04/2010
Fishing Report by Les Jones
on White Maiden II (Lymington, Hampshire)
25 Apr 2010 by Les Jones
Report on-board White Maiden II
Struggling with the good weather! Who would have known this last September when these trips were planned! Unfortunately this lovely sun is not warming the sea up as the nights have been so cold. A cold winter, low sea temps, Easterlies plus high pressure is putting the fish off their dinner, that's for sure. The 'White Maiden' crew, Church Crookham SAC, found a few Gars, nice to see mind, plus a dozen wrasse and half a dozen dogs, but no Bream. It wasn't for trying, as rigs and bait looked good and we tested 3 marks. They just didn't want to know or are not there in numbers yet. The pic right, is Paul, with one of the early inshore Gars. Nearby 'Wight Rebel' and 'Our Mary' found a couple of Bream but they are hard work still. The water is clearing all the time and the best fish could be there any time now.
We had lots of options open to us and boats went off in all directions but reports were very similar, lots of effort and little return. Andy Stevens on 'Make My Day' caught a nice 11lb Small Eyed Ray, Roy Davies on 'Agay' a 15lb Cod. One of Kev's crew aboard 'Voyager' caught a 12.5lb Pollock, these were all good but occasional fish with the conditions as they are. Everything could change, any day now, and those first Mackerel will be followed keenly by the rest of the sought after species.
By the way today (Sunday) was very cold with more breeze than yesterday and a horrible sea fog that would have made it more of a challenge for all, lets hope they found a few more fish than yesterday. As I walked Hurst Shingle Bank and then had a pint and a ploughmans lunch in 'The Gun' at Keyhaven, I thought I should call a few of the skippers to find out what was occuring, and then I realised, what I may have thought myself, receiving the same call, while sat out in thick fog! So I didn't dare make the calls.
Tightlines, Les Jones. View Boats Page
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21/04/2010
Fishing Report by Les Jones
on White Maiden II (Lymington, Hampshire)
21 Apr 2010 by Les Jones
Report on-board White Maiden II
As our weather continues to be dominated by a high pressure system, cold at night and still/bright at day, the fishing is a bit ‘slow’ all round, unless you are looking for dogs! The first Black Bream are making a show now. These early Bream, potentially the biggest of the season, are difficult to catch in the murky waters, but they are there, as the Geoff Wheeler crew minus Geoff (laid up with a bad back) caught our first of the season. Tom on the left is showing the returned hen fish. However, the fishing was slow and a move only found more dogs. The water is still down at 10 degrees. On Sunday one boat landed more than nine Bream all good fish, so they are there.
On Saturday, unfortunately, White Maiden didn’t catch a Bream but found a couple of Edible crabs, a small Bull Huss, inevitable dogs and Pout plus a few Wrasse, for the Steve Forster crew. The day was very calm and quiet apart from a cold breeze for an hour on the change of tide.
Wight Rebel of Lymington, fishing near to White Maiden, caught two good Bream and lost two, one thought to be a very big Bream. The other boats in the vicinity that did connect, found one or two fish, around the 3lb mark.
The sea is gradually warming up but is cold still, too cold, maybe? Hounds are deep and falling to squid as they do this time of year. Some Rays are being caught on the banks with Blondes, Small Eyeds and Thornbacks showing. Pollock are being caught well out on the mid-channel wrecks. Kevin Duell, out from Lymington, on Voyager, found 48 for his crew last week to 15lb.
On Saturday, inshore, Steve Davies fishing solo on ‘Agay’, baited worm to a size 2 and struck into what he thought to be a decent Hound (Smoothie). After carefully coaxing the nodder to the surface, after more than 10 minutes, through the 50’ of water he was in, he netted a Cod of 13lb. Maybe we should be fishing for them still!
Good fish! Above is Richard Burgoyne with a cracking 21.5lb Spur caught two weeks ago now. White Maiden is the white mark near his thumb! View Boats Page
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