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08/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2014 by Ross Parham
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Spot On has been out again on the skerries bank which is a very short steam from Brixham, the days fishing was steady with good numbers of Plaice coming to the net and again a nice little mark I have been fishing produced some cracking plaice over 3lb, 2 great sized dabs made a nice surprise as well.
Other speices included tub gurnards, red gurnards, grey gurnards, whiting, mackerel and dogfish.
A total of 64 plaice were boated with many f them returned to grow bigger.
Wrecking has still been producing good numbers of plump Pollock, nice Cod and some ling with the biggest going 23lb.
A rough ground trip recently produced some massive Brixham Bream with many fish over the 3lb mark, the biggest fell to Phil of a cracking fish of 4lb 10oz.
Other species included cod, Pollock, pouting, whiting, mackerel, dogfish, gurnards, conger eels and a surprise Tope for regular angler David Inns.
Pictured is Phil with his cracking REEF caught black bream of 4lb 10oz.
If you want to book a trip on board Spot On for 2015 then feel free to contact me as dates are filling up fast.
Channel island trips, Weymouth multi day trips and sharking adventures, remember Spot On is the south wests premier charter boat and the only Catamaran to operate from Brixham.
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24/08/2014
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
24 Aug 2014 by Nigel Lihou
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20th, 23rd and 24th August 2014
A few good trips this week, first off a half day reef fishing, but not a lot there so moved to an inshore wreck where a good amount of fish Pollack, Pouting and Whiting were brought aboard, with everyone having had some good sport. The 23rd found us with Father and 2 sons fishing a wreck about 10 miles out again Plenty of Pouting with Pollack and Whiting mainly on strips of Mackerel, lunchtime found the wind force increasing so a move to an inshore reef was favoured with catches including Bull Huss, Lesser Spotted Dogfish and Conger Eel being boated and returned. The day ended with a drift for Mackerel. The 24th was a half day with a family group introducing the youngsters to fishing. Anchoring over an inshore wreck proved a good move as we had a variety of species and some good fishing with the youngsters catching well, Species included: - Mackerel, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Pouting, Silver Whiting, Red Gurnard, Small Pollack, and Thornback Ray. Everyone had a good time and caught fish returning to Port vowing to return View Boats Page
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25/08/2014
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
25 Aug 2014 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi Everyone ! Apologies for a lack of blog stuff lately but lots of trips plus a new project that should keep me busy this Winter has kept me away from CBUK reports.....so if you've been waiting for your photos to appear then they will be on here soon ! Busy months for me this June, July and August plus some trips for the hut on the Quay (SFP) now run by my mate Stevie P, Jill, Rik and Sheila....we even managed to get on the telly when they were filming a News bit about the new Wind Farm Project in our Bay. Bloke was talking just as 'Just Mary' cruised past in the background at Sandbanks.....all the passengers waving at the cameraman.....someone must love me somewhere ! We've been doing some really mixed trips lately, not only the usual Hire rod or Stag Party Summer work plus my Loyal Regular Anglers but Social Services work for the Elderly, Dementia Sufferers, Mentally and Physically Handicapped and other 'Service Users'. We had one lad out as part of a group who had Downes Syndrome, never been on a boat, never been fishing.....you get the picture.....anyway we showed him how to use a rod and reel and he landed Mackerel on feathers.....lots of them.....the look of achievement on his face just puts all the stuff we do into another dimension.....some photos will follow soon ! I know that to some Skippers this type of work isn't what they're into but I'll tell you this, if you're not affected by the joy that you can easily bring to less disadvantaged people then you're missing out a big part of what being a human being on this planet is all about. All the best, Malc.....
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21/08/2014
Fishing Report by Dave Pitman
on Atlanta (Weymouth, Dorset)
21 Aug 2014 by Dave Pitman
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Aug 2014 by Colin Penny
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AUGUST 2014 - Reg Phillips and friends from Sussex did a 5 day Angling Break and enjoyed some wonderfu flatty and ray fishing. They had some superb Plaice with plenty of fish in 4 to 5Ib plus bracket.On the Ray front they caught several Blonde Rays up to 18Ib 8oz and Undulate Rays to 12Ib. Reg himself landed the best specimen of the trip with a Brill weighing 7Ib 8oz (pictured).
ANGLING BREAKS - A few days away fishing out of Weymouth along with the social side is a nice trip to do.The variety of fishing and the amount of different species caught at Weymouth is probably second to none.I am now taking bookings for such trips in 2015. So give me a call to plan and book your Angling Break.
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21/08/2014
Fishing Report by Anthony Hobden
on Lillie May (Beer, Devon)
21 Aug 2014 by Anthony Hobden
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Great time fishing with my boy - Paul was a very experienced and helpful skipper
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15/08/2014
Fishing Report by Terry Morris Tel: 07855 033155
on Out The Blue (Poole, Dorset)
15 Aug 2014 by Terry Morris Tel: 07855 033155
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Well, what can I say. The season kicked off with mackerel abundant then all of a sudden they were gone! However. having twigged this and purchased a freezer load of squid the fishing has still been very good with big bags of ling,,whiting, some cod and pollock although a little smaller than the norm. Now the mackerel are back and the cod and pollock are getting bigger. Blue sharks seam to be of a bigger stamp this year with a couple over the 100lb so far.
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Aug 2014 by Sam Cumming
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It’s been another good month of weather down here in Poole with mostly light winds and sunny conditions and only one or two trips cancelled. I’m pleased to report that the mackerel did finally turn up in reasonable quantity at the end of July which has made the trips where we are live baiting much easier. Earlier on in June it was taking up to 3 hours to get enough mackerel just to have a few drifts. Offshore the wrecks have been producing good numbers of ling, more than I have had in previous years. We are targeting them by bouncing a mackerel flapper on a heavy mono trace over the wreckage at slack water. The cod have stayed later than usual this year, we are still finding good numbers on certain long distance wrecks even though they are usually starting to disappear at this point in the season. The pollock have spread out onto patches of rough ground in the channel to feed on shoals of scad. We have enjoyed some fantastic sport targeting them with sidewinder lures, one return trip from Cherbourg saw a group of anglers land 72 pollock to 16lb in just 10 drifts which has to be some of the best fishing I’ve ever seen on open ground. The inshore side of things has been throwing up some really good bass on the live baits. Amelia Clegg caught her first ever bass weighing in at 12lb 9oz using the free line method, the biggest so far this year and the 7th double figure we have had so far this season. In the next month I’m looking forward to our a last few cross channel trips of the year and targeting some big black bream out on the wrecks.
Sam Cumming
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2014 by Ross Parham
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Just a quick report on how the wreck fishing has been on board Spot On from Brixham recently.
The offshore wrecks have been producing good numbers of summer Pollock and cod with the odd ling thrown in and its good to see most fish are full with the arrival of sprats which has turned the fish into a feeding frenzy making for some great catches.
Inshore wrecks have proved a little slow with the odd bass being caught but mainly consisting of small Pollock and pout and a few small codling, anchoring a couple of times has produced conger eels and this years first Black bream for spot on.
All the fish have been falling to either Bazinder's, eddystone's or sidewinder lures
Pictured is another 20lb+ Cod caught on board Spot On from Brixham devon.
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30/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
30 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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Wednesday 30th July saw Spot On cruise around to Dartmouth to pick up the Manor angling crew at kingswear as requested and we then steamed out to the skerries banks in search of Plaice.
The first drift did not disappoint as from the off we were into lots of the little flatties with 24 fish landed on the first drift, the day did slow down as the tide eased and this saw gurnards, dogfish and cuttle fish being caught along with many more plaice.
We had a nice small eyed ray also and some nice fat plaice with two 4lb+ fish landed with the biggest going 4lb 12oz for Phil closely followed by a 4lb 8oz specimen for Plymouth angler Barry.
A few more plaice well over the 2.5lb mark and some going over 3lb made up a great day of 107 plaice in total with 75% returned to get bigger, top rod was on 21 plaice at the end of the day.
Top bait was fresh ragworm supplied by Manor angling of paington tipped with squid, the best bead combination will be left secret.
The last 4 trips have seen numbers of plaice range from 60 fish to 107 so the skerries is fishing very well for spot On at present.
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Pictured is 2 fine specimens of Skerries plaice for Phil and Bob with the biggest being 4lb 12oz. View Boats Page
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