Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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27/09/2014
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
27 Sep 2014 by Nigel Lihou
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Trips over the last few weeks have consisted of mainly half days to the local inshore wrecks where anchoring over the wrecks has proved to be more successful this year than drifting across the wrecks. We have had a variety of species come aboard if you can get through the masses of Pouting there have been Pollack, Silver Whiting, Some large Scad, Bass, and some very large Mackerel. This weekend we had four guys down from Burnley who fancied a run out to the Skerries for some Flatties. Some really good drifts down the seaward edge of the bank produced some good Plaice and large red Gurnards but with two rods out each and one baited up for Ray and Turbot I would have expected to see a couple of these aboard but it was not to be, we still had a good day on the Plaice with one member of the group catching his first ever Flattie. Optimist is staying afloat throughout the winter in the hope that unlike last winter we can get a few days good fishing in, Give us a call to see what's available weather permitting.
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26/09/2014
Fishing Report by rich dean
on Reel Deal (Watchet, Somerset)
26 Sep 2014 by rich dean
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another great day out on reel deal with skipper dan and my good pal nial fisher.started out by heading straight to the 3 mile bank where we had success in our search for blonde ray last trip out.within ten minutes of anchoring I had a lovely pull down and hit into a rather angry conger of about 15lb. a further ten minutes wait and a blonde ray was taking line off my reel...we stayed there for an hour and caught 5 blondes ..4 over 10lb.
we next steamed off to find some clean water in search of tope but couldn't find any.we fished close in near to the waterfall in search of trigger fish until the tide eased enough to get to an oil tanker wreck off foreland.immediately we found conger... I lost an eel of 40lb ish at the net but caught a few more eels and doggies.nial had a couple of large bull huss also.we ended the day off the golf links in search of an early cod but only caught doggies tope and a bonus thornback ray for me.
another fantastic day afloat.the fishing was hard but we caught some quality sized fish.....as usual dan pulled out all the stops to give us a great day again. View Boats Page
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09/2014
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Sep 2014 by Colin Penny
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Hi, all, During September the Plaice fishing has been excellent with lots of Personal Bests being broken.
Pictured is Jim Stone has who at last landed his first 5Ib plus Plaice after 25 years of trying and getting plenty of Plaice just under 5Ib."Congratulations Jim".
The Black Bream fishing has also been very good.The Ray fishing just continues to be excellent as it has been all year, I have never known so many Undualte Rays to be caught in one year before, "Just Amazing". Tope,Bull Huss, Congers on the reefs have also provided good sport.Wreck trips have produced Pollack,Bass,Ling and Congers. And of course the Porebeagle Shark that a Belgium gentlemen caught, If you have not already seen it check out the Shark video on http://www.deepsea.co.uk/england/south-west/weymouth/flameriv/
With October approaching fast we can expect similar fishing during the month. Here are some dates with places available which includes some weekend dates - DON'T MISS OUT
Bream and Flatty Trips - October, 13th - 8 Places Left, 28th - 8 Places Left,
Flatty Trips - October 5th - 3 Places Left, 6th - 5 Places Left, 14th - 1 Place Left, 29th - 9 Places Left,
Reef/Bank - 7th,8th,9th,10th - all with 10 Places Left, 26th - 8 Places Left,
Wreck Trip - 25th - 5 Places Left,
By popular request I have put up another Bass Trip - November 19th - 8 Places Left,
Don't forget to book your trips/places for 2015 as well.
ALL THE BEST,COLIN,FLAMER IV
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25/09/2014
Fishing Report by Adrian Cawte
on Lillie May (Beer, Devon)
25 Sep 2014 by Adrian Cawte
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25/09/2014.
We set off from Beer just after 08:00 with five of us fishing, clear skies and a light wind.
A few hundred yards offshore we stopped for about fifteen minutes to feather for Mackerel to use as bait with everyone catching. That done the skipper, Paul took us a couple of miles out and we anchored over a reef on the falling tide.
My first cast brought in a Dogfish and not long after another angler, Marcus brought in a nice sized Gurnard.
From then on, the Black Bream started hitting our baits and they were coming aboard at a reasonable rate.
It took me a while to connect with one but while I was waiting I landed a Gurnard and a nice Thornback ray.
During the middle of the day on slack water, a shoal of Mackerel moved through and were taking the baits meant for Bream on the drop and on the retrieve. We all changed to feathers and had ten minutes of fast and furious action as we hauled in the fish, most hooks being filled on every drop.
That over, we went back onto the Bream. The action quietened down over slack water but there were enough knocks and the occasional fish to keep everyone interested.
As the tide swung in the early afternoon, the wind got up and pushed the swell up the channel. This made for some interesting fishing as the boat pitched but more importantly, the Bream were showing again with more regularity with everyone on board landing fish and I got four on board within about an hour and a half.
The fish were taking small slivers of Mackerel on small hooks. I think we were all using three hook traces with the bottom two hooks taking the fish.
Eventually good things come to an end and with conditions becoming ever more choppy the decision was made to head for the shore because it was fast becoming difficult to stand up and keep tackle boxes and gear from sliding around. On the return we again stopped for Mackerel but none were showing.
At the end of the day (between the five of us) we landed about 25 Bream weighing in between 1-2lb, 4 Dogfish, 3 Gurnard, a Thornback, countless Mackerel but more importantly we all had a thoroughly enjoyable day with fish showing continuously all day.
Many thanks to Paul for a great day and I think we will all look forward to a return trip very soon. View Boats Page
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20/09/2014
Fishing Report by Simon Fisher
on Becca Marie (Brixham, Devon)
20 Sep 2014 by Simon Fisher
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September has been dominated by eastly winds which on some days made fishing difficult, we also cancelled a fair few trips during the Torbay Fishing festival due to the weather as saftey and comfort of our Anglers is most important to us...... That said we have had some calmer days and on these the fishing has been great.
Again we`ve been targeting Ling and have had some great sport on our 10hr trips, seeing plenty of Quality Ling coming to the net. Aswell as Ling we`ve even landed Conger on the drift......
The Pollock are still coming up when the tide is running but as yet still no massive fish but nice table size of 5-8lb. Cod are also still about and we are planning individuals trips to target these late sept and through out till Christmas before the boat is taken out...... We plan to be out for January and back in for Feb ready for the monster Pollock. so anyone wanting trips during the winter months dont hesitate in contacting us.
We also have some Individuals Wreck fishing for Bass coming up............hope to see you onboard soon View Boats Page
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20/09/2014
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
20 Sep 2014 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi All ! A weekend of two totally different days so much so that you would hardly think that it was the same week or the same month ! Singles/Individuals Day on Saturday with the regulars including Tom and Johnnie the Brickies, Kev the Chippie, Gary the Builder and the 'overseas contingent' of Mac from the Emerald Isle and Alec from Jockland (and I only ribbed him a bit about the Vote outcome - honest ! Anyway Saturday was misty, murky and downright miserable ....but....the Sea was flat calm.....not a breath.....so with a nice Neap tide we set off down to the West off the Jurassic Coast. Slow start but then.....wow ! Big Tope, Big Congers, Big Rays and some Big Bream.....and plenty of rod bending, arm wrenching action for the boys onboard. We must have had over 200lb of fish and pulling them up in 120 foot of water is not to be sniffed at.....you come and try it ! Great day and I'm pleased that Dan, Tom's mate, took some photos coz my old iPhone 3 had a wobbly moment and didn't store any of my 20 odd pics.....grrrrrrrr !
Sunday was totally different, bright Sun, no mist or fog or drizzle and it was hot ! Sadly it was also breezy and from the North East, and I hate bloody Easterlies. Even so we fished a deep mark out towards the Needles and recorded some interesting fish. Big Pout and a solitary Whiting mean that the Autumn is here and we'll have Cod soon. The rest was an Undulate for the Organiser Colin Moors plus a small Conger and some Bream. I think the hire rod lads best enjoyed the Mackerel and Scad fishing and the wind never did die off like the good old Met Office said it would.....40 million pound Computer and they still can't get it right !
Until next time, tight lines ! Malc..... View Boats Page
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20/09/2014
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
20 Sep 2014 by Sam Cumming
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September Report:
Despite a few spots of high wind since my last report the temperatures have been very high for this time of year and the summer fish have continued to keep the rods bending over the last 4 weeks. Out in the channel we are still seeing cod in the high teens pretty much every trip which is a welcome surprise as, as I mentioned last month, they have usually disappeared by now. Along with them we have had good results on both pollock and ling. Recently Pete Knight boated a monster 26lb 8oz ling whist at anchor fishing for congers, the third biggest one we have ever had aboard Silver Spray. Mackerel continue to be a problem up and down the coast and even over by France and Channel Islands where they are always in abundance we have struggled to find many. Despite this our multi day trips to Alderney and Cherbourg are producing good results on turbot, tope and bream still. Our last trip to Cherbourg was hard going on the second day and we barely saw a fish until 4pm when we anchored a little inshore wreck which went absolutely mad in the last hour of the tide. Matt Todd beat his own boat record black bream onboard Silver Spray II, which he set on the same trip last year, with a whopper weighing in at 6lb 2oz. That is sure going to be hard to beat! Along with that the guys got stuck into cod, pollock, congers, bass and even more bream all on light gear which made it even more exciting, a well earned result. Things show no sign of slowing down over the next month and I’m looking forward to some light line species fishing and more monster bream out on the wrecks.
Sam Cumming
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
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 -
14/09/2014
Fishing Report by rich dean
on Reel Deal (Watchet, Somerset)
14 Sep 2014 by rich dean
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Had a fantastic day aboard real deal on sunday with my good mate nial fisher and dan hawkins a top class skipper ! Started of on six mile bank looking for blonde rays...ten minutes after anchoring i had one at 8.5 lb quickly followed by another to Niall Fisher..i missed another shortly after but we went side on in the tide due to slack water and an easterly wind so dan decided on a move to a wreck off minehead.an hr later saw us anchored uptide of the wreck and after catching whiting n pout for bait in search of huss and conger the rods were tapping within minutes of hitting the sea bed....6 hrs of constant action.huss to 14lb.. hounds to 10lb..conger to 29lb..codling..whiting thornbacks ..blondes..dogs ...gurnard..common and starry hounds..
We ended up with 12 species at the end of the day.will definately be using this skipper again ! If you like your boat fishing you would go far wrong to not try him out.hes not shy in traveling to distant marks in search of quality fishing.if you want a charter with a skipper who is as passionate about fishing then just call dan.
— with Niall Fisher and Dan Hawkins Reeldeal Charters View Boats Page
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09/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Sep 2014 by Ross Parham
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Well what can be said about Spot On's first Torbay Festival, not only being the number one charter boat out of:
Brixham, Dartmouth, Torquay, Salcome, Teignmouth, Exmouth, Dawlish, Beer, Seaton and Sidmouth.
Spot On took many prizes of silverware including:
Best fish by a visitor
Next best fish by a visitor
Best fish from a charter boat
Next best Conger from a wreck
Best Ling
Whiting from boat specimen award
Best fish from a wreck day 2
Best fish from a wreck day 7
Best fish from a wreck day 8
Not bad considering we didnt fish days 3-6
Fish caught on board Spot On was the 4 biggest Black Bream of the festival (3 bream all over 5lb)
The biggest Cod to be caught during the festival.
The biggest Ling to be caught during the festival.
Not Bad for first attempt at this competition.
Pictured is Phil with his massive Cod of 24lb 5oz
Brixhams and the south wests Ultimate charter boat
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Spot On!
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 -
17/09/2014
Fishing Report by Dick Peckham
on Strongbow (Poole, Dorset)
