Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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06/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Jun 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
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Hi All,
a lifetime since the last report, things have been crazy busy with the wonderful weather we have been experiencing. 4 channel islands crosiing in May proved fairly fruitful, numbers of Flatfish were down a little on previous years but the quality was for sure much better with more double figure fish than i have ever seen which can only be a good thing. This goes to show that the strict 45cm size limit i operate can pay off if you give the smaller fish a chance.
The wrecking the last couple of months has been fantatstic with great catches of Cod and Pollack which has been nice to see, althoigh things have tailed off slightly this week. We have seen 3 John Dory's in recent weeks which have been a pleasant suprise.
Inshore fishing has been pretty yough to be honest certainly for the flatfish, Some cracking breaming in May boades well for the next month or so when they should reappear for the summer. Some nice rays, Tope, Huss and congers on the reefs for those of you that wish to anchor up. A nice early run of bass has kept things interesting on the various tidal marks with 3 doubles already boated this year with many anglers choosing to return the big fish which is wonderful to see.
Long may this weather continue and tight lines one and all, keep coming to Weymouth the country's Premier sport angling port. Top Boats, Top Skippers and Top facilities.
Lyle
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25/06/2014
Fishing Report by Peter Davis
on Warrior II (Looe, Cornwall)
25 Jun 2014 by Peter Davis
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Wow !!!!! what a start to the season !! it's still only the 25th June and we have done 8 Shark trips -- wait for it, 30 Sharks !! inc. 6 qualifiers best being a cracking 94" Blue on 12lb to Dave Keen. Flat calm yesterday and 5 inc. a 90lb er to Richard Cranwell (now a new member of SACGB)
In 27 years of doing this I have never had such a fab start to the summer - lets hope this is a sign of how its going to continue !! More soon, tight lines, Pete View Boats Page
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06/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2014 by Ross Parham
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The new boat has now been in action for just over 2 months now and as you can see from the reports and the photos the fishing from Brixham has been awesome with lots of amazing catches and in 2 and a half months Spot On has had the follwing to name a few.
2014 BIG ONES (PB's for the new boat so far since April 2014)
Cod to 27lb.
Ling to 30lb 4oz
Whiting to 6lb 10oz
Pollock to 19lb.
Conger to 68lb 10oz.
Turbot to 13lb 6oz.
Brill to 4lb 5oz.
Blonde ray to 16lb 14oz.
Plaice to 3lb 8oz.
Bull huss to 13lb.
Pouting to 3lb 8oz.
Other species include: Small eyed ray, mackerel, herring, Launce, Bass, Dogfish, John Dory, cuckoo wrasse, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Dabs, Weaver fish, Scad, Lobster, Spider crab.
Show me another boat who has had this much success in such a short time period and with only 3 channel island trips to date i think Spot On has shown why she is the number one boat in Brixham.
The photos show simply a snap shot of some of the finer fish caught on board Spot On.
remember the ultimate charter boat to cater for your every need and soon we will be targeting the blue sharks and bass along with Bream to name a few, so watch this space.
The new 3 day weymouth trips are now proving poular with 2 dates already confirmed for september.
Please feel free to contact me for any more help or information.
Pictured is Phil with his 68lb 10oz conger eel. (bigger to come)
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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 -
06/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2014 by Ross Parham
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Spot On has been out and about on the skerries bank with Plaice being the prime target speices, great numbers of plaice have been coming in with the best day totalling 71 plaice, numerouse red, grey and tub gurnard, countless dogfish and a few blonde rays.
Pictured is Dennis Taylor with his fine blonde ray which took his plaice bait whilst drifting the skerries bank, not bad for 6lb class tackle.
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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 -
06/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2014 by Ross Parham
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Spot on was over for a 3 day Alderney break for the 9th,10th &11th of June with a great bunch of guys and it has to be said the weather was perfect.
Day 1 saw Spot On hit the mid channel wrecks on the way over produced some great fish which included too many to count double figure Pollock, a few ling and lots of Cod.
Day 2 saw Spot On fishing the banks in search of Turbot and Brill and again what a day with a total of 23 big flatties were bought to the net which consisted of 17 turbot and 5 Brill, the biggst Turbot at 12lb 4oz and the biggest brill at 4lb 5oz.
Day 3 the lads decided they would like to try for some BIG cod so we again left Alderney and headed to the mid channel wrecks with the first wreck producing again lots of monstrous Pollock, we then hit wreck 2 and bingo with all nice cod coming up, then Phil hit into a bigh fish and soon surfaced a 25lb 8oz Cod, another 'Spot On' drift straight after and again another 20lb+ cod for phil at 21lb 4oz, we stayed a bit longer and getting some more double figured cod before our steam home to brixham.
A Big thank you to the lads for returning lots of there flatties and for making the trip again a great success.
Pictured is regular angler Chris Mcleod with his fine turbot and brill, both PB's for him.
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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 -
22/06/2014
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
22 Jun 2014 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi All, another good weekend aboard the 'long distance' 'Just Mary' from Poole fishing with the 'Big Boys' on some nice western marks in glorious sunshine and calm seas, why isn't every weekend like this ! Saturday and Good Bream for Paul and Zak and, sadly for them, a rather depleted Charter crew (last minute letdowns by their mates) but bolstered by my neighbour Paul Green who is a proper Poole bloke having grown up in the town. Good bream to a good 3lb or more, double figure Undulate and a bonus Bass. Paul said. '' .....more than ten species in total.....good job Malc.....'.....We put in the time, the effort and get the rewards, distance no object to find good fish on good tides !
Sunday and ten Singles, some regulars and some through CBUK.....thanks Sam !.....More of the same and more rewards, a double figure Thornback for Kev Gardner, a double figure Undulate for his mate, and a 'Just Mary' regular now, Tom the Brickie, plus more big Bream to 3lb plus and other species like Smoothound, Gurnard, and a Conger amongst others.
Having returned to work now as a Full time Skipper I will be doing local BASS fishing TRIPS, with our own sandeels (when available), plus an assortment of Livebaits and Artificials. These trips will be more than our normal fee at £40 per person and strictly with your OWN tackle only. Those who have been bassing with me before have seen some decent fish and I hope that they see plenty more !
As testament to what we have previously achieved I have included a photo of my old Southampton mate Phil Butt, I have an archive of over 100 photos, this fish was from one of my Inshore marks in Poole Bay.....enjoy.....I'm back .....! View Boats Page
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06/2014
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Jun 2014 by Colin Penny
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JUNE 2014 - The quantity of flatty catches may not be as good as previous years but the quality is certainly there.Some Real Quality Plaice are being caught with Roger Knights catching his Personal Best weighing in at 6Ib(pictured).Roger also caught his first ever Brill on the same trip. Paul Crockett landed a 4Ib Plaice and two Turbot.Peter Gillett from Ipswich landed two Turbot with his biggest weighing 7Ib, Peter returned his other Turbot alive to grow bigger. The successful bait for the Plaice was Ragworm tipped with a strip of Ammo squid with Mackerel or Launce fillets doing best for the Turbot and Brill.
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22/06/2014
Fishing Report by Terry Allen
on Dannyboy II (West Bay, Dorset)
22 Jun 2014 by Terry Allen
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Fantastic day today - 30+ tope caught ranging from 16 - 25 lb out from Poole.
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15/06/2014
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
15 Jun 2014 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi All, just a quick report from last weekends two hire rod trips, Stag Party Saturday and a Family on a Day out on Sunday.
Plenty of Bream on the 'Mecca' and best one measured for the lads at 45cm, that's 18 inches of prime, in condition, bright blue, male bream and one of the lads won the pot !
We had well over 50 nice fish with all the females still full of roe and released.
Sunday, three couples from Sri Lanka, lovely people and such colourful clothes, plus four little girls from 3 to 8 years old and catching fish. 'Mecca' again and a great day out with them loving their fish almost as much as the Cricket that they are well known for. An SFP trip and a thanks to Stevie.P, Sheila, Rik and Jilly for doing a splendid job in their new 'hut on the quay' !
That's all, see you soon.....Sun's out and the solar powered phone just keeps ringing.... View Boats Page
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18/06/2014
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
18 Jun 2014 by Sam Cumming
Report on-board Silver Spray II
June Monthly Report:
For the last couple of years the bass have arrived on the last spring tide in May, for us on Silver Spray they made us wait a little longer this year until the start of June. The first hit of fish came on live sand eels, not always available but I think I will make the effort to get them more often after seeing the positive effect they have had. Live mackerel produced the bigger fish as you would expect but we are still waiting for our first double this season, although 9lb 4oz isn't far off. To keep us interested over slack water the rays have been brilliant fun with all varieties making an appearance. After bringing a new PB to the surface on his bass gear of 22lb Dave Griffin gave a brilliant display of skill by landing a 26lber on a 12lb class rod and fixed spool reel, a perfect way to top off a good day on the bass.
The wrecks of the Herd Deep provided some fantastic pollock fishing on the return journey from Alderney. Using live mackerel, the bigger the better, fished on a 6 foot trace and worked very slowly up over the wreckage the hard fighting pollock just couldn’t resist. Colin Jones equalled his personal best of 16lb, a very well conditioned fish that fought all the way to the top in nearly 300 feet of water. As well as the pollock the cod have been coming in good numbers into the high teens, mostly taking brightly coloured lures but some on the live baits as well. It usually late June when the larger fish arrive off Poole so fingers crossed next time I’ll writing about some quality as well as quantity.
Sam Cumming
Silver Spray II View Boats Page
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
