Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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24/04/2013
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
24 Apr 2013 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi All, well I'm back and to celebrate that, we are giving you the NO FISH- NO FEE promise, put simply, if you fish the way that we show you using our rigs and bait you WILL catch fish, of that we are confident !
Whilst we all await the 'magic' ten degrees C that triggers the feeding and the arrival of our glorious Black Bream the month of May gets closer and closer. Reports of Turbot and Plaice to the West have been made with some good photos on the 'net but with the coming season interrupted by unwelcome Easterly winds and rain. Further offshore there seem to be a few Spurdog (nice to see them making a comeback) and Blonde Rays but once again the weather conditions have interrupted any consistent reports. So..........we await the Black Bream !
My Commercial mates tell me that they are netting 'Summer Species' ie. Bream, Bass, Sole and Plaice so although the water is cold and the fish aren't taking baits properly yet, it all looks good for the Inshore Fishing soon. Bring on May and we'll be out there after them............thanks to one and all, Malc
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04/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Apr 2013 by Ross Parham
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Finally a weekend with half sensible weather and Spot On was making the most of it.
Saturday Spot On was wrecking and found lots of Pollock with the biggest going to David Inns of 13lb 10oz.
Plenty of other nice fish around 8/9lb mark.
We did have to search around a few wrecks to find the fish here and there.
Sunday saw Spot On venturing to the Skerries bank for the first time in 2013 in search in plaice after I decided to cancel last weekends plaice festival trips due to bad weather and good job I did as reports from fellow anglers tell of 1 fish caught on the charter boats that did risk the weather.
There were plenty of boats out and we stopped short of all of them over a little ridge and within 5 minutes the first plaice was coming aboard, this continued up to 1pm with double braces also and good fun with the biggest fish just hitting 2lb, throw in some dogfish, whiting and a Dab it was a good enjoyable day with everyone catching plenty. View Boats Page
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 -
21/04/2013
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
21 Apr 2013 by Sam Cumming
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A quick summary of the week aboard Silver Spray II for you. First 4 day Alderney trip completed in some terrible weather, got down to the turbot grounds both days but mixed success due to the weather conditions. Ashley Williams bagging the first cross channel double figure of the year at 11lb 4oz. On the wrecks there are plenty of pollock and the first of this years summer cod along with too many congers to count. The offshore banks are still holding lots of rays and spurdogs. Next month will see our first Cherbourg trip and another venture over to Alderney.
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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 Fri 07/03/2025 2 Spaces 10 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for big pollock maybe a session at anchor to fillet the fish - £160 2 spaces 7 anglers max. Pollock / Spurdog / Blonde Ray.View details Sun 09/03/2025 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 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 Sun 23/03/2025 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 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 -
20/04/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
20 Apr 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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Out for a couple of hours with Dave and the guys from Stratford upon Avon, found a shoal of extremely small Whiting which were all returned to grow and mature, we then hit the Herring with some good sized fish, no sign of any Mackerel yet. Weather still not on the great side but hopefully it will improve.
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16/04/2013
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 Apr 2013 by Colin Penny
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THE SUSSEX BOYS DO GOOD WITH A CHANGE OF PLAN - Dave Metcalf and his mates from Sussex joined Flamer IV for their annual Spring flatty trip but due to the constant unsettled weather the water clarity was not suitable for drift fishing for flatty's. They were not detered when I suggested the best thing to do would be to anchor up on the banks and see what comes. During their two days we only saw two flatty's a Turbot and a Dab but the quality of the other fish they caught was really good. Several Blonde Rays up to 25Ib were caught along with Spotted Rays and an 11Ib Undulate Ray.Also some excellent Spurdogs were caught in the 12 to 18Ib range. Other species caught were Bull Huss,Whiting,Pout and Dogfish. All the fish were released alive.The crew used down tide and up tide tatics with the successful baits being combinations of Ammo Squid and Mackerel.John Hole did particularly well landing several species and the two top fish with a 25Ib Blonde Ray and an 18Ib Spurdog.John is pictured with his big Blonde.
LUCKY STU - Stuart Johnson was sat down having a chat when his rod bent over and dissapeared over the side."OH DEAR" Stu said.Well not quite in them words.But 10 minutes later Paul Francis thought he was reeling up a fish when in fact his trace had tangled around stu's tackle and up come a Blonde Ray and Stu's rod and reel.I guess Stuart may be doing the lottery this week to see if his luck is really in. View Boats Page
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13/04/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
13 Apr 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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13/04/2013, booking with the guys from Handsworth, weather forecast pretty poor but after consultation decided that 1/2 a day was better than nothing so a 6am start found us 10miles out and a few good Pollack and Pout gradually easing our way back in as the weather closed in. Wish the weather would buck up so we can access the better wrecks and more fish. If you are thinking about joining us give us a call and we will see what we can do if we can go we will.
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10/04/2013
Fishing Report by Peter Davis
on Warrior II (Looe, Cornwall)
10 Apr 2013 by Peter Davis
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Here we are, Easter gone and almost mid way through April and survival suits still being worn !!!
Did get out with some local lads from Plymouth on Sat 6th April but water temp still very low and bait almost impossible to catch, we did finish the day with some med sized Ling and a few Pollack then weather closed in again for Sunday and the rest of week !Still dates available thru April and May for singles and F.B. Charters, should only be 8 or 9 wks till we have the first sign of a Shark or Two. View Boats Page
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09/04/2013
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
9 Apr 2013 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2013 - Richard Christian from Dorchester,Dorset landed a 13Ib Turbot on his 38th birthday.Richard was using a Shakespeare 20Ib class rod with a flowing trace and 4/0 hook.The successful bait was a strip of Ammo Mackerel.
*** The Next Flatty Trips with place/s available are on April 24th,May 6th,16th, Don't Miss Out ***
If you want to catch Turbot,Brill and Plaice, NOW is the Time, Call me and book your trip/place.
NEWS - The Turbot,Brill and Plaice are now here to be caught.This is the time of year for that BIG TURBOT.
********* DON'T MISS OUT, BOOK YOUR PLACE/S NOW, ON A WEYMOUTH BASED CHARTER BOAT WITH A LOCAL KNOWLEDGEABLE SKIPPER.MORE TIME FISHING LESS TIME TRAVELING ************* View Boats Page
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06/04/2013
Fishing Report by Dave Pitman
on Atlanta (Weymouth, Dorset)
6 Apr 2013 by Dave Pitman
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On the Saturday we was fishing the Shambles Bank we had 4 plaice and 10 Turbot from 6lb to 19lb14oz ,Geraint Parry had one of 19lb 8oz
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04/2013
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Apr 2013 by Lyle Stantiford
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Hi All,
Well what weather we have experienced over the last month!
I think March last year lulled us into a false sense of security, relentless easterly wind has put pay to many trips for the whole Weymouth fleet throughout March. It certainly is the worst start to the year I can remember.
The water temperature is about 3-4 degrees colder than normal, combine this with coloured water it has made the inshore fishing a little challenging. The fish are there we just need conditions to improve in our favour Nd I'm sure the plaice and turbot will be hungry!
The wrecking continued to offer all anglers fantastic sport when we could get out there.
The coming month hopefully will offer all you anglers some better weather and in turn offer much improved inshore sport with plaice and turbot top of the list and towards the end of the month maybe an early bream or two.
Wrecking should see continued pollack action, improving ling numbers and the arrival of the first Cod.
Pictured is Charlie Butcher with his PB Plaice landed on one of the nice days last month.
Thanks to all who continue to support Weymouth and Supanova II.
Tight lines to all for the coming month,
Lyle View Boats Page
