Latest Fishing Reports: South East
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29/12/2013
Fishing Report by Alan Milford
on Moonstone - now Why Worry! (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
29 Dec 2013 by Alan Milford
Report on-board Moonstone - now Why Worry!
Finally we had a break in the weather and a new crew joined me on Moonstone to hunt for some cod.
We headed out at 8am to our first mark about 3 miles off Littlehampton.
The lads were into whiting and dogs from the off and one very good fish was dropped before it got to the boat....a bit more attention to the drag would have saved this one.
We moved off to a second mark as the tide picked up and joined a few other local boats.
Again the whiting were showing but then a good ray jumped on the hook to make up for the lost cod earlier on. The drag was set perfectly this time!
As the tide turned the anchor broke free so we took this cue to move to a mark a few miles away.
As the boat swung there was a shout and a good fish on....this turned out to be the first conger of many with the best easily beating 40lb.
The light started to fade so we headed back in just after 4pm with just enough water to get back into port.
A good day of mixed fishing even if we didn't find the target species.
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26/12/2013
Fishing Report by Jon Himpfen
on Misty Blue (Eastbourne, East Sussex)
26 Dec 2013 by Jon Himpfen
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Happy New Year to all Our Anglers
December was a disappointing month due to weather conditions, However,we were rewarded with a few good size Cod and a good selection of whiting ,doggy and Dabs.
All of us at Misty Blue Fishing Charter would like to take this opportunity to thank the anglers that joined us during last year and welcome you back for 2014
Best wishes from Peter and Mikey
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12/2013
Fishing Report by Eric Elliot
on Wight Rebel (Lymington, Hampshire)
Dec 2013 by Eric Elliot
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Needles fishing well at the moment plenty of whiting - congers and there has been several cod over 30 lb with a fish of 35lb caught on wight rebel this week
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14/12/2013
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
14 Dec 2013 by Bob Marshall
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Plenty of fish still around although not always the species we all want. Whiting of all sizes with Dabs and of course the Doggies keep the rods moving. There are some Cod around but thin on the ground so proving difficult. Still the odd Bass and Skate to be had so plenty to try for.
Duke IV will be lifted out for maintenance mid Jan. Hopefully there will be a Spring run of Codling to go for along with Skate and the first of the seasons Bass when she's launched again in Feb.
Merry Xmas and Happy new year to all our clients old and new.
Hope to see you 2014.
Best wishes Skipper Bob View Boats Page
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12/2013
Fishing Report by Ray Burn
on Grey Viking (Brighton, East Sussex)
Dec 2013 by Ray Burn
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It's been a very hectic summer having been the hottest for years with day after day of calm seas, so it's been a while since I've had a chance to write a report here on CBUK.
However, now we are well into the winter Cod season that hot summer seems like ages ago!
The sea temperatures are higher than normal so far this winter and the inshore Cod season seemed to suffer a late kick off. But as we got into November it started to take off and in the last few weeks we've seen some very good Cod and personal bests landed in the mid double to upper 20lb class, with very few smaller Codling putting in an appearance.
The marks that are producing for us are not plagued to death by Whiting and Dogfish which is a bonus when hunting down those big winter Cod. That said we've seen Bull Huss, Conger and a handful of double figure Smoothhounds fall to our Cod baits so it's been an interesting winter so far.
We've had a couple of days when the Cod haven't wanted to play but mostly we've landed some memorable fish on most of the trips.
The best Cod landed aboard Grey Viking so far this winter fell to Matthew Strowger on the 11th December and weighed in at a very respectable 28lbs, so as you can see the rewards can be high! Needless to say Matt was over the moon as in 5 years of trying on his native East Coast his previous personal best Cod was all of 4lbs, so he's smashed that one out of the park!
Looking ahead if you want to try for a big winter Cod of a lifetime I have availability in January (December is now fully booked) and I expect the Cod to be on the ground throughout January. We will also start mid channel wreck fishing in January on the drift with lures after big Pollack and Cod so there will be plenty to fish for in the weeks and months ahead.
If you fancy booking a trip please have a look at my availability calendar here on CBUK (which is updated at least twice a day) or call me on 07850 171722.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and tight lines for 2014.
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24/11/2013
Fishing Report by Paul Duffield
on Nauti One (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
24 Nov 2013 by Paul Duffield
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A trip out to try for a few Whiting in the Solent. We travelled out of Portsmouth for a short run down to the Browndown Buoy in the Solent. The idea being to try for some larger Whiting. We caught loads of them and many of them would be keepers (most returned) but the largest was only about 2.5lbs.
We also popped over a couple of large rigs with Cuttle on the off chance for any stray Cod. With the winds from the NE the results weren't to hot on this occassion with about 100 Whiting landed (10 kept for supper!) No Cod but we have had those on board out in the Eastern Solent this year already and will be the subject of reports next week after the Nauti Cod Competition. View Boats Page
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24/11/2013
Fishing Report by Jon Himpfen
on Misty Blue (Eastbourne, East Sussex)
24 Nov 2013 by Jon Himpfen
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November has been a funny month with a variety of weather conditions ,but this has not stopped a variety of good fish from being caught on the inshore marks.
Good size Cod,in double figures,Congers in abundance providing good "fun" fishing,along with these have been some good size Channel Whiting, .Dog fish, Pouting amd the occassionall Bass.
With inshore water still holding on to the water temparature any thing can happen.....!
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13/11/2013
Fishing Report by michael button
on Yellowfin (Brighton, East Sussex)
13 Nov 2013 by michael button
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Had a great day out , first time out on yellow fin with Kurt. Ran out of bait despite taking a lot , caught 7 cod , dogfish , whiting pouting , Kurt put us right on the mark . Surrounded by other boats not catching anything , everyone on board were into cod. We had action from when he dropped the anchor to when he pulled it up. Lots of hot coffee and soup , couldn't ask for anything more really , thanks Kurt ill be coming back
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12/11/2013
Fishing Report by Mick Jones
on Fish Tickler III (Ramsgate, Kent)
12 Nov 2013 by Mick Jones
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I've been on this boat many times but this trip has surpassed any other outings I have had, what a day we had catching Bass! John and Dave were running round like blue a*sed flies netting and boxing up the Bass as we caught them, an all round superb package on FT3 and a group of very happy anglers, highly recommended.
Mick, Tony, Andy, MickC, Dougie, Raoul & Shane. View Boats Page
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10/11/2013
Fishing Report by Steve Eastman
on Kittiwake 111 (Gosport, Hampshire)
10 Nov 2013 by Steve Eastman
Report on-board Kittiwake 111
The cod fishing has got going with some good catches of cod and whiting. Unfortunately the weather has not been in our favour, however on the 10th of this month the Dockyard angling club had their cod competition. Ade, Chris , Roger , Cliff, Neil and Mike had a good catch of conger eels , whiting to 3lb, cod to 10lb an undulate ray of 19lbs and spur dog, pout and dog fish.
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