Latest Fishing Reports: South East
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11/09/2016
Fishing Report by Steve Green
on Brigand (Brighton, East Sussex)
11 Sep 2016 by Steve Green
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Another cracking day aboard Brigand today. A crowd of guys from Ireland onboard who wanted to catch a Turbot - not a problem��. We set off just as the sun was rising and headed to the Turbot banks, within a couple of hours they had their Turbot and wanted to go looking for some other species; again, not a problem! We managed 12 species on all today;
Bream
Red Gurnard
Tub Gurnard
Dogfish (2 species)
Mackerel
Scad
Launce
Pouting
Giant Weaver
Cuttlefish
A fabulous day with a great crowd and glorious weather ........ Perfect!
If you would like to hit the Turbot banks or bag a few new species give me a call and I will do my best to accommodate.
Best wishes
Steve
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09/09/2016
Fishing Report by Ian Dale
on Kelley's Hero Charters (Gosport, Hampshire)
9 Sep 2016 by Ian Dale
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We haven’t had much to report on over the last few weeks. A lot of our trips had to be cancelled due to the heavy weather that was coming in. We had to cancel a few of our plaice trips, our last wrecking trip of the season and an evening sole fishing.
Thankfully we have managed to get them all to book again. Lets hope the weather agrees.
Our first trip we headed on was a Plaice trip, we had a boat full of eager fisherman waiting to see a few spots. Once we got there it was slack water so it took a while for the bites to start. As the tide picked up so did the amount of fish that was caught. We saw plenty place up to the 3lb mark, a brill of 2lb 5oz, and a few mackerel. Everybody caught and had plenty, and we returned a load to fight another day.
On the 26th Kelley’s Hero had an appearance from Total Sea Fishing Magazine, we took them out on another trip looking for Plaice mainly, with the aim to go hunting for a bass as the tide picked up. Yet again as we got there the tide was just about slack and we had to wait for it to pick up to get some bites. The plaice were hard work and after a flurry, it went dead again. So after a lot of thought, we decided to head out and see if we could catch some bass whilst the tide was right. In an hours fishing we had around 20 bass, all bar two were sizable. This made the day. On the way in from this trip we had the rescue helicopter come along and practice putting a man on the deck. That was the perfect way to end a days fishing.
We had a couple more trips over the next few weeks. Again the plaice were slow on the ebb and whilst the tide was slack, but we had to hit it hard whilst the tide was flooding to get the most out of our day. The biggest plaice was 3lb and we also saw a nice red mullet of 11oz.
Things are looking up and we have the winter cod fishing to look forward to. Bookings are coming in and the diary is filling up nicely. If you would like to book a last minute plaice trip or a winter cod trip please get in contact via email: iandale@kelleys-hero.com or call: 07795538933 View Boats Page
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03/09/2016
Fishing Report by Jason Parrott
on Lady Ann (Ramsgate, Kent)
3 Sep 2016 by Jason Parrott
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A cracking fish aboard Lady Ann from Ramsgate today in quite testing conditions, caught on single lug. Well fished Matt. Looking forward to a good September for big bass this one topped 9 lb, happy days, still got places for Monday and some in September, weather is looking fantastic to get among some silver bars and maybe an early cod or two. Phone Jason for more details and booking 07966273650.
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29/08/2016
Fishing Report by Lynne Hawkins
on Blazer 2 (Brighton, East Sussex)
29 Aug 2016 by Lynne Hawkins
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Another great days fishing cod not playing game but lots of fun with the bream. Beat my husband again. Stocked up the freezer.
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08/2016
Fishing Report by Barry Ratcliff
on Nova Stella. (Isle of Sheppey, Kent)
Aug 2016 by Barry Ratcliff
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Smoothound's still showing .fishing getting a bit easier as the weed disperses.Thornbacks and bass on some trips.
Dates available in September 4 or more anglers and we go fishing. Tight lines BAZ. View Boats Page
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26/08/2016
Fishing Report by Steve Eastman
on Kittiwake 111 (Gosport, Hampshire)
26 Aug 2016 by Steve Eastman
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What a great days fishing with excellent weather.We had plenty of Mackerel on the way out to use for bait.
For most of the lads it was their first boat trip . At anchor they boated a total of 15 Rays the largest weighing in at 16lbs.
On the way back drifting for Mackerel , one of the lads caught a rare Red Band weighing approximately 10oz.
I have never come across this species before during my 32 years of chartering.
Is this due to climate change as apparently coddling have been caught on our shores ????
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26/08/2016
Fishing Report by Steve Green
on Brigand (Brighton, East Sussex)
26 Aug 2016 by Steve Green
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Had the pleasure of top angler and great bloke Calvin aboard Brigand today. A mix-up with dates meant the rest of his party were unable to join us but I wasn't going to add to the disappointment by cancelling so we headed out into a beautiful Brighton morning on a bit of a species hunt, the result;
Mackerel
Scad
Red Gurnard
Plaice
Dab
Dogfish (of course!)
Bream
And a couple of cracking Bass.
Great weather, great company and great fishing - Brighton at it's best.
Best wishes
Steve - 07572065543 View Boats Page
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24/08/2016
Fishing Report by James Palfreyman
on Yellowfin (Brighton, East Sussex)
24 Aug 2016 by James Palfreyman
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Went out with Kurt on yellowfin 24th aug out for turbot after a speedy trip out we were into fish from the off loads of gurnard and dogs over the slack water then as the tide started to move we had some nice undulates and thornies then the turbot came out to play with 7 being landed to 7lb and a couple of lost ones at the net...great to be back out with kurt and a great mixed bag of fish!
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18/08/2016
Fishing Report by Ian Dale
on Kelley's Hero Charters (Gosport, Hampshire)
18 Aug 2016 by Ian Dale
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August has been a funny month so far, but then again it always is.
We started the month with a good run of mackerel and a few different species showing to where we are now with the inshore trips being hard work.
As the inshore trips are now getting harder, we have decided to focus our trips on the Plaice fishing. We have done a few Plaice trips this month with many nice plaice showing. Along with Plaice we have had a nice few Brill and turbot. This is nice to see as last year we only had 2 brill altogether, and this year we are doing this per trip.
The last plaice trip we did, didn’t end very well for us as the boat decided it was going to spring a leak, and as many of you know this is never good on a boat, so we had to head in early. We had a great start to the day though, the weather was calm, the sun was shining and the plaice were biting.
We have done 2 inshore trips this month so far. The first one which was earlier in the month wasn’t as hard as the latest one. We have had species such as smoothounds, undulates, thorn backs, blondes, and small eyed rays, bream, mackerel, plenty of scad and tope.
The second trip was very hard work and we only had a handful of mackerel, scad, 2 dogfish and a smoothound.
Two other trips we did this month so far, were the Cowes week fireworks, and a half day trip.
We headed up towards Cowes for some mackerel fishing, before heading to our spot to watch the fireworks and eat our hot dogs. We caught a few mackerel scad and a herring.
The half day trip produced many dogfish, a nice thornback ray and some smoothounds. The mackerel weren’t playing again but the scad were. The only thing we have noticed about the mackerel we have had this year is that they have been perfect bait size.
Looking forward at the weather it looks like we are going to have to cancel our evening trips that we had scheduled and our last wrecking trip of the season. We will be putting on another evening trip or two but not another wrecking trip. Seems our bait freezer is going to have to stay full for another few days.
We will be mainly plaice fishing for the remainder of August, if you would like a chance to catch a nice plaice, brill or the odd turbot, then please call on 07795 538933
Ian :-) View Boats Page
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17/04/2016
Fishing Report by Barry Handley
on Malaki (Hayling Island, Hampshire)
17 Apr 2016 by Barry Handley
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Fishing Report by Stuart Cross on Malaki 20/4/16
The voices in my head forced me to go fishing again {medication not working] Me , my dad and mate Basher had a day on Malaki with Barry Handley. It was a cracking day - great weather and great fishing . We went straight out on the 40 mile wrecks picking up a few good table size Pollack on the first couple.
We then moved to one that had mainly low doubles on it. A very small tide so I opted for my fast retrieve reel- bingo 9 pollock to 16lb most of them doubles. My dad was on a slow retrieve reel – 2 pollock – rubbish whooped his arse ! We both lost a couple that just kept going with rods bent double- bugger! Basher had 5, all good fish biggest 14lb I think.
After my dad and mini me beating me on the last two trips it was time for pay back- whose the daddy!! Just a quick piece of advice, if your fishing sidewinders and your having a friendly competition a packet of wine gums will help, cut all different colours into small pieces, match the colour to the lure and place on your mates hook point it’s a darstadly plan but very effective!
When they say the fish are finicky, make sure you keep a straight face 40 miles is too far to swim.
Thanks Barry laughed all day.
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