Latest Fishing Reports: South East
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05/04/2015
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
5 Apr 2015 by Bob Marshall
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Spring is finally upon us despite the cold easterly wind persisting. Herring shoals are arriving along with Skate and Bass. The Codling are starting to thin out as they move offshore. Once the weather settles the fishing should improve with the shore crab peel.
The fishing to date has been hit and miss, one day plenty to catch the next being quiet. This weekend we have found plenty of fish with Lee's group from Essex landing Skate to just under 9lb along with a mixed bag of doggies and Whiting.
The recently introduced protection for Bass and Skate will hopefully improve fish stocks giving us good fishing throughout the summer so dust off the rod's and let's go fishing!
Pic shows Lee's group from Essex with todays Skate
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27/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rob Thompson
on Phosphorescent 'WH1' (Lymington, Hampshire)
27 Mar 2015 by Rob Thompson
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March 29th - Bank Fishing for Rays
On Friday 29th March I had a charter from Gary Hirons and his mate John aboard Phosphorescent. It was Johns birthday and the lads had travelled up with their wives for a few days in Lymington. Gary and John have their own boat in Kent and specialise in Bassing on their own patch and had never fished for Rays. At this time of year the grounds have been left alone for a good few months and can fish exceptionally well as we found upon settling down for a full flood tide. Not only did I expect a variety of Rays but there should be some large Congers (another new species for the lads) still hanging around after there winter feasting.
The lads fished both up and downtide with a variety of cocktails baits (Squid, Mack, Sandeel or Bluey) and caught fish from the off. Frst up was a Thronback Ray to Gary and then the Blondes started to arrive as we swung over the sand and the tide picked up. As the tide got going the Congers woke up and John had 4 in a row with biggest around 45lbs. The rays continued with Gary taking a nice female around 17lbs and John a male of similar size. Gary then caught a small eyed ray (pretty rare these days) and I commented it would be great to catch unduate also....well last drop of the day he did exactly that, another fish around 17lbs. A great day afloat in absolutley stunning conditions. Job done for the day and for Gary something pretty cool 4 of the 5 ray species you catch in the area all in a few hours. We ended up with 15 Rays and 6 Congers. View Boats Page
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22/03/2015
Fishing Report by Rob Thompson
on Phosphorescent 'WH1' (Lymington, Hampshire)
22 Mar 2015 by Rob Thompson
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It's that time of year when us boat Anglers are getting ready for the season ahead. A hardy few will have fished through from Xmas until now and fair play to them....!
With the first bit of real sun and warmth down here in the New Forest we have headed out a couple of times in the last weeks to try inshore around the Isle of Wight and Christchurch Bays.
March 22nd - Individuals Ultralight Trip
The plan for the day was to look in and around Christchurch Bay for some early season flatfish primarily Plaice, Turbot and Dabs. I had a mixed crew and for the first time I can remember more of the lads wanted to fish exclusively with lures rather than bait something unheard of several years ago. The conditions in Christchurch Bay were awful with the water clarity @ zero....! In fact it looked like the perfect cup of Tea. I spoke with a mate who was fishing in Bournemouth Bay and it was far cleaner so we pushed on round Hengistbury Head and headed to the known plaice marks off Boscombe and Bournemouth. To cut a long story short this was also dire. Several charter boats were already there and I saw 1 tiny plaice come aboard all those fishing. I headed back towards the Head and stopped a little mark where there is some structure hoping that we could at least pick up a wrasse or pollock for the guys fishing lures. Well that was the plan on the third drift Neil Perry had a hit on a tiny Savage Sandeel and his tiny LRF rod bent double. After several fruitless hours we were intrigued to as what he had hooked...the fish stayed deep and had a couple of little dives, certainly not a Bass, Wrasse or Pollock: probably a Codling. When after a couple of minutes a Turbot around 3lbs slid into the net Neil, myself and I think most of the other guys were ecstatic....only a small fish but a target achieved and with it being caught on a lure a marker to show that there is a change at foot in the way guys want to fish in UK in 2015. View Boats Page
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19/03/2015
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
19 Mar 2015 by Bob Marshall
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At last the weather has been good enough to get out and despite the conditions deteriorating throughout the day we manage a reasonable catch with Codling and some quality Whiting. There are lots of Herring passing through at the moment, this of course draws the Cod up in the water making them difficult to catch.
Skate are arriving now also some big Bass being caught in the nets, again they are more interested in getting to wherever they are heading than feeding but if there, they are catchable.
Despite the cold wind, summer is around the corner, the crabs will be peeling and the Hounds will turn up along with Bass and Mackerel feeding on sandeels so lets make the most of this spring Cod run that should last through April when they will move offshore and settle on the wrecks hopefully giving us the best chance of Cod for some years.
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17/03/2015
Fishing Report by Chris Mitchell
on Grey Viking (Brighton, East Sussex)
17 Mar 2015 by Chris Mitchell
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Ray had a plan and we stuck to it.
Result 8 very happy anglers including some novices.
Everyone caught fish, everyone had a brilliant day, 64 pollack a couple of bass and a gurnard plus a few pout.
Good boat, great skipper, good value.
Thanks Ray.
I'll be back - again and again. View Boats Page
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03/2015
Fishing Report by Dave Elliott
on Ocean Warrior 3 (Brighton, East Sussex)
Mar 2015 by Dave Elliott
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The weather hasn't been brilliant this week but we did manage to get out to a deep water wreck.
Really Wrecked SAC came out for days wreck fishing at the beginning of the week. Scoop had the biggest catch of the day with his Pollock of 16lb 4oz. He caught it on a sidewinder lure on the drift.
We are still taking bookings for next week as we have some individual spots available. Give Dave a call on 07966 377145 or check out the calendar on www.oceanwarrior3.com which is updated to show the dates available.
Latest news and catches are also on www.oceanwarrior3.com - take a look... View Boats Page
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03/2015
Fishing Report by Dave Elliott
on Ocean Warrior 3 (Brighton, East Sussex)
Mar 2015 by Dave Elliott
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The weather hasn't been too bad of late and we have managed to get in a few days out there on the wrecks off the south coast.
There are still some nice double figured Pollock showing on the deeper water wrecks. There has also been the odd Cod starting to show. The anglers have found that the sidewinder lures have been working well.
There are still some spaces available for next week, so if you fancy a days fishing, call David on 07966 377145 of visit www.oceanwarrior3.com for booking information and latest catches. View Boats Page
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27/02/2015
Fishing Report by Paul Cumbers
on Bonwey (Ramsgate, Kent)
27 Feb 2015 by Paul Cumbers
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Still plenty of codling being caught in Ramsgate skate should return in numbers over the next few weeks.
Photo shows Dan with his Codling caught on 25th February 2015. View Boats Page
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01/2015
Fishing Report by Jon Cudworth
on Portia (Dover, Kent)
Jan 2015 by Jon Cudworth
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cracking days fishing with matthew coker very hard fishing that day,but matt worked really hard still to put us on the fish. matt and mike are cracking skippers and both work hard. cant wait for my next trip the 28th feb sat. really looking forward to it
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02/2015
Fishing Report by Dave Elliott
on Ocean Warrior 3 (Brighton, East Sussex)
Feb 2015 by Dave Elliott
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There have still been some big Pollock showing on the offshore wrecks.
Bretons SAC had a good day wrecking and had some good double figured Pollock along with a few Cods during the day.
The biggest Pollock of the day was from Steve Fuzzey from Southend, which was a cracking Pollock of 20lb 12oz. This was a new club record for Bretons SAC.
We are looking to get out next week for some more good Cod and Pollock - if the weather lets us!
Hopefully there will more Cod running through during March.
We still have spaces midweek and also the odd weekend during the year - so if you fancy booking up a trip contact David on 07966 377145 or visit www.oceanwarrior3.com for booking information. View Boats Page
