Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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06/12/2014
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
6 Dec 2014 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi One and All, apologies firstly but recently returned from extended 'end of season' break including visits to family and friends abroad and hence a lack of recent reports. The run of constant Easterly winds has caused problems with the logistics of running any trips and whilst some have managed to get out midweek the weekend trips have proved difficult in lining up customers and trips on the same day. However some good news as I now look at a wet and windy forecast for the coming week ! We managed to get out yesterday, Saturday, and although there was only six of us in total good numbers of Whiting were caught once again and good size ones too. Killer rig was baited feathers with Mackerel strip marinated in Pilchard Oil, every drop down producing bites and fish. Big baits on the 'second' rod with pennel rigs, muppets and all manner of different baits, Cuttle, Calamari Squid (from Castaways Tackle - nice big ones) and frozen Mackerel only attracted the local Dogfish population and one small Smoothound, sadly no 'Trophy Fish' for us. Although I did hear that another Angling Charter Boat near to us did manage to find a Cod. The Needles seems to be producing some Cod but patchy reports and with many boats preferring to fish our own Bay for Cod, Conger and Rays. I guess we are all guilty sometimes of driving over better fishing grounds right on our doorstep to get to the place where the Anglers think that they have to go ! Experience often teaches us to go with our own 'gut feeling' rather than join the rest of the flock, but it takes a brave Skipper to make that decision in an often 'No Win' situation. All the best, Malc.
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11/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Nov 2014 by Ross Parham
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After a couple of weeks break to allow time to spend with the new arrival to my family I was happy to get back to Sea to do the last couple of trips for 2014 as the boat is now out of the water for her annual scrub and tidy up ready and primed for the 2015 season.
The fishing on the trips were good with plenty of Pollock and some drifts taking 11 Pollock to 9 rods with everyone in at the same time, this made me very busy and not able to take many pictures but I did my best.
Average size was around 5/8lb mark but with some nice double figured ones in the mix, other catches were a number of small Bass, a few Cod and a ling along with a late mackerel and plenty of pouting.
I would like to thank you all who have come on board Spot On this year and look forward to many more trips with you all in 2015 and supporting Brixham and Spot On.
Remember there is only one Spot On in Brixham and is the only boat to consistently bring you great results and catches that other boats simply dream of, just look at the others for yourself.
Just look at the gallery and see this years catches and find another boat who can match it!
Pictured is Marcin with his fine November Pollock of 15lb 2oz.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 09/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Tue 10/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Wed 11/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Thu 12/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Fri 13/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details -
11/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Nov 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
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Well the weather has started to become a bit of a pain with a high number of trips being cancelled. But then again it is the norm for this time of year.
When we have been out when the weather has let us the main focus has been bass with some amazing catches and other hard ground results. Good numbers of Whiting are starting to feature along with the odd Cod, conger, blonde, undulate and Spotted rays have made things variable. The shock has been the late staying bream, it is December next week and as recently as yesterday we were catching bream in numbers like the summer!!!
A few trips left for the year now and we will be operating between christmas and New Year so if you fancy a day away from it all then gives us a shout.
Thanks to all for their continued support to Weymouth as ever.
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11/2014
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
Nov 2014 by Matt Rowe
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Fishing realy well now from Poole for Cod ,Congers ,Rays and large numbers of big Whiting.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 25/02/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Sun 02/03/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Mon 10/03/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Tue 11/03/2025 7 Spaces 9 Hours Boat available for Individuals or charter offshore anchoring tripView details Sun 23/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Tue 25/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Sun 30/03/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the Piscary Sunday league must have your own tackleView details Tue 22/04/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces on an individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Mon 05/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip small tides possible offshore tripView details Fri 16/05/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the evening leagueView details -
20/11/2014
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
20 Nov 2014 by Sam Cumming
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The winter cod season is well underway now with the first cod hitting the deck on October 25th for Martin Lewis weighing in at 21lb. Since then we haven’t enjoyed the best of weather only managing a couple of trips a week due to southerly winds and the temperature has yet to drop which is key to a good days cod fishing. In between cod we have enjoyed plenty of congers, rays, spur dogs, bull huss and whiting. Paul Hathaway pulled up a monster of an eel over slack water one day at the end of October, the fish really fighting every inch of the way. We eventually managed to roll it up into the big landing net and had it aboard but unfortunately it was too rough to weigh it. We estimated it to be around 65lb. You always know the season is properly underway when it’s time for the Lowrance British Cod Championships down in Lymington. Due to poor numbers this year it looked like we wouldn’t be needed up until the last minute when a mechanical problem forced another boat to drop out. Both days saw up to 30knots of south/south-easterly wind so we fished in Solent. The first day was just a practice for us as we didn’t manage a decent bite at all but we more than made up for it on the second. Fishing a different area the lads managed 13 cod throughout the day up to 7lb. They may not have been the biggest of fish but it was good enough to see Clive Webb into second place overall with 5 fish weighing in at 21lb all together. The most effective rigs were 3 down flowing traces with 4/0 hooks baited with lug worm and a squid head, I’m so used to fishing big all the time for cod so it was interesting to see a different technique produce such results. It may sound odd but I’m looking forward to it getting colder soon so we can see more cod turn up down in Poole Bay
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View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 26/02/2025 2 Spaces 11 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for pollock with turbot fishing over the slack £160 7 anglers max. 2 spaces Pollock / Turbot / Blonde Ray.View details Sun 09/03/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 4 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 5 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 5 spaces 7 anglers max. Pollock / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details Mon 24/03/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs blondes hounds tope huss congers £120 4 spaces 7 anglers max. Bull Huss / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details Wed 26/03/2025 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 Fri 04/04/2025 2 Spaces £160.00pp wreck fishing pollock cod etc maybe a session at anchor - £160 7 anglers max. 2 spaces Cod / Pollock.View details Mon 07/04/2025 6 Spaces £120.00pp big fish day - tope blondes huss congers smoothound etc - £120 7 anglers max.6 spaces Bull Huss / Conger Eel / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Wed 09/04/2025 6 Spaces £160.00pp wreck fishing pollock cod etc maybe a session at anchor - £160 7 anglers max. 6 spaces Cod / Pollock.View details Sat 12/04/2025 7 Spaces £100.00pp Bream fishing maybe some other species as well - £100 7 anglers max. Black Sea Bream / Tope.View details -
16/11/2014
Fishing Report by Terry Morris Tel: 07855 033155
on Out The Blue (Poole, Dorset)
16 Nov 2014 by Terry Morris Tel: 07855 033155
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Winter is here but the summer fish are also, still plenty of good Pollock and Ling also picking up few reasonable size Cod . Cod seem to be more prolific on the neaps and the Ling on the springs .
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 08/03/2025 4 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Reef. Bass / Cod / Conger Eel / Pollock / Whiting.View details Wed 02/04/2025 8 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Reef. Bass / Black Sea Bream / Conger Eel / John Dory / Pollock.View details Sat 26/04/2025 10 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Reef.View details Sat 07/06/2025 7 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Reef. Bass / Black Sea Bream / Conger Eel / John Dory / Pollock.View details -
18/11/2014
Fishing Report by Trevor Small
on Rocket (Poole, Dorset)
18 Nov 2014 by Trevor Small
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Dear all
Rocket's winter fishing season is getting off to a rather slow start. Cod our main target seem low on numbers, but this is likely to improve over the coming weeks. Despite lower numbers of Cod than this time last year,catches of other species have been up. All of our trips have produced good size Bass, Congers and an abundance of Channel Whiting. Also Thornback rays seem plentiful, along with Bull Huss and a bonus 18.5 lb Turbot .Rocket came third in the Poole Sea Anglings Centre, Cod Comp fished on Nov 16th. Our Cod was a very small fish, but a Cod and that's all that counted. This time of year can produce some very exciting sport, and often produces a lifetime fish for anglers taking part. Good luck and see you soon.
Regards Trevor Small
Rocket, Poole View Boats Page
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11/2014
Fishing Report by Terry Allen
on Dannyboy II (West Bay, Dorset)
Nov 2014 by Terry Allen
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Good day out at weekend. 23 whiting 3 congers 4 dogfish and several pouting.
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11/2014
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
Nov 2014 by Nigel Lihou
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Available for Charter throughout the Winter Weather permitting ring for details
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11/2014
Fishing Report by Terry Allen
on Dannyboy II (West Bay, Dorset)
