Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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13/04/2014
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
13 Apr 2014 by Nigel Lihou
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April 13 2014 what a great day flat seas, sunshine and a fantastic day with the chaps from North Wales on the Skerries Bank. Plaice, Plaice and more Plaice with some taken for the pot and many more caught and released. The Skerries was alive with both boats and fish the plaice being taken on a cocktail of prawn, and rag worm tipped off with a sliver of squid. Everyone agreed it was a good days Plaice bashing and certainly one to put in the diary. The photos show some of spotty catches.
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04/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Apr 2014 by Ross Parham
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Spot On has again been hitting the skerries banks for plaice with numbers hitting 30 fish for half a day and the other half spent at anchor for huss, doggies and whiting, fish looking in great condition with the biggest fish hitting 2lb.
Wrecking is really now kicking off as a great day saw loads of Ling, with a few over the 20+ mark and one topping the scales at 30lb 4oz, Pollock up to 16lb along with the first few Cod of the year so they will be here any day soon, jumbo Whiting up to 4lb made up the rest of the days fine catches
Many bigger fish just proving too strong and despite the anglers holding on for as long as possible just could not stop the strong fish.
Picture shows Plymouth Angler Bob with his arm wreniching 30lb 4oz Ling.
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09/04/2014
Fishing Report by p harwood
on Becca Marie (Brixham, Devon)
9 Apr 2014 by p harwood
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Had a Great days Fishing onboard Becca-Marie on Wednesday
First Wreck kept me busy hauling in three nice sized channel Whiting every drift.
By afternoon we had moved out into deeper water in search of somthing bigger.
We didnt have to wait long before we had quality Pollock
and Ling coming up,
A fantastic day all round and a personal best Ling for me.
Ive done many trips on the Becca Marie now and will always be back, as its not just
about the fishing, its always a friendly happy boat and a good laugh..
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04/2014
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Apr 2014 by Colin Penny
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PLAICE R US - At last some settled weather and with small tides the water clarity improved enough so the Plaice could see the baits being offered. Tony Eadson's group on their first trip aboard Flamer IV took a bit of coaching but eventualy got the hang of how to catch a Plaice. Ravie Mandair who had been a sleep in the cabin all morning suddenly burst into action a proceeded to catch four Plaice more than any one else.Jackie Chan,Tony and Kes caught some Plaice weighing between 1Ib 8oz and 3Ib. Bajeed Shingh another of the group who had a job to stay awake for most of the day landed the biggest Plaice of the trip weighing in at 4Ib 12oz.(pictured).
The successful bait for all the Plaice was ragworm tipped with a strip of Ammo squid presented on a 1/0 Sakuma hook.. If the water clarity keeps improving the flatty fishing should go from strength to strength.
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09/04/2014
Fishing Report by Simon Fisher
on Becca Marie (Brixham, Devon)
9 Apr 2014 by Simon Fisher
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With the Wreck Fishing starting to improve, we ventured out feeling optimistic..... Fishing in the morning was steady with plenty of nice whiting coming onboard on lures and bait aswell as the first mackerel of year for us, as the ebb tide slacked we travelled out into deeper water in search of Ling, first few drifts saw some nice Pollock coming up, then as the tide began to slack the first hefty fish took a fillet of mackerel, sadley it was lost half way up but the next drift saw two ling at 24lb 6oz and 15lb 4oz gaffed. It continued to fish well until it was time to head in seeing more Ling coming up and Pollock....Roll on the next one
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09/04/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Smith
on She Will Do (Poole, Dorset)
9 Apr 2014 by Ray Smith
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9th April caught 1st bream the year 1.1/2 ld Dave Armstrong Reid
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05/04/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
5 Apr 2014 by Ross Parham
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The 5th of April saw Spot On going to the skerries bank with 6 guys from Bideford angling club to target Plaice.
Conditions were against us to say the least but we managed to track down a small concentrate of fish and short drifts over this mark was rewarded with a few fish every drift.
As slack water appoached we headed off for some shelter and to put the anchor in to target some bull huss and have some lunch, however from the off we were hit by small huss up to 5lb snatching our baits approx 30+ bull huss boated.
Back on the drift one more time for a couple more plaice before the quick steam home to Brixham.
Speicies boated were Bull huss, Plaice, Whiting, Pollock, Dogfish and a lovely brown crab that went home with the happy angler for his lunch tomorrow. Pictured is the first double header of plaice for this season.
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04/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Apr 2014 by Ross Parham
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A great start to April for Spot On, as we ventured out wrecking in search of big Pollock.
Lots of prime sized fish and as always with Pollock it was great fun and good scraps on light tackle.
Many double figured fish coming to the net with the biggest weighing just over 17lb, average size was 6/8lb.
A few nice whiting and a belly bursting 24lb Ling made up a great day and the 4 anglers onboard went home exhausted after a very fun and sporting day.
Things are definately looking up for wrecking at the moment and long may it continue.
Pictured is Phil with his lovely 24lb Ling caught on a Bazinda lure.
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04/04/2014
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
4 Apr 2014 by Colin Penny
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Jon Patten age 48 from Barnstable,Devon landed a 19Ib 14oz Undulate Ray(pictured) and new Personal Best and also a new Flamer IV record to add to his already impressive list of specimen fish he has landed on Flamer IV. The previous Flamer Undulate record was 19Ib 8oz..Jon was using 20Ib class tackle and the successful bait of Ammo squid and mackerel cocktail was mounted on a pennel rig of Sakuma 6/0 and 4/0 hooks. The Ray was returned alive. Such is the quality of fish being caught during anchored sessions aboard Flamer IV on Banks and Reefs.
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04/04/2014
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
4 Apr 2014 by Colin Penny
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Jenny Foley age 63 from Twyford,Berkshire landed a 19Ib Undulate Ray(pictured) and new Personal Best to add to her already impressive list of specimen fish she has landed on Flamer IV.Jenny was using 20Ib class tackle with a pennel rig of Sakuma 6/0 and 4/0 hooks baited with a cocktail of Ammo squid and mackerel. The Ray was returned alive. Such is the quality of fish being caught during anchored sessions aboard Flamer IV on Banks and Reefs.
DON'T MISS OUT - BOOK YOUR PLACE/S and TRIP/S.
I DO LOTS OF TRIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS - Check out my diary/schudule pages on my web sites.
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