Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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09/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Sep 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Report on-board Supanova II
Last week Weymouth and it's fleet along with a couple of visiting boats played host to one of the most prestigious angling events in the world, the european championships run by EFSA ( European Federation Of Sea Anglers).
The five day competition was last in England in 2007 when Weymouth also played host to the event. 2011's event saw 160 competitors from countries all over Europe battling it out to be European Champion and European light line champion.
The competition had two separate events, the European championship which was fished over 4 days (Mon-Thurs) and was based on species based competition. All anglers had limited bait supplied with a points system meaning each competitor was allowed to catch ten of each different species but with only the first five fish counting as maximum points. Bonus points were also on offer for the more species each competitor managed to catch.
The first two days of this event saw pretty grotty conditions with all boats restricted to the east side of Portland, but the fishing didn't disappoint with a vast array of species landed by all boats. The following two days saw conditions vastly improve allowing boats to travel further afield.
The results after these 4 days saw Englishman Ray Barron Crowned European Champion with an astounding 4 boat wins for 400%. In fact only 4% separated 1st-3rd with Heiko Dreier of Ireland in 2nd place and Colin Searles of England in 3rd.
England were also victorious in the team event pipping the highly rated italians to the post.
The final day saw all competitors issued with a spool of 8kg mono for the light line event. The target species for this day would be primarily Congers, Huss, Rays and Tope. With a minimum size of 60cm as a target. This event saw all fish estimated by the skippers and returned alive.
Winner of this challenging event was Gareth Croft.
At the gala dinner on Saturday evening some additional awards were made.
One of which was for top boat for the European Championship and Light line Event.
It was a great honour when Supanova was announced a Top Boat for the championships, especially when the quality of boats and skippers in the event was so high. To have beaten some of the finest skippers in the country was a great feeling!!!!!!!
Congratulations must also go to Richard English of Lone Shark who was crowned top Boat for the light line event.
Many thanks to all the EFSA organising committe for making the whole week run smoothly but most of all to all the 160 anglers for attending and supporting the event! Hope to see you all again soon!
Pictured is Darren Lattimer battleing a conger on the light line event on board Supanova.
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16/09/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 Sep 2011 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
SEPTEMBER 2011 - The SOUTH COAST SAC joined Flamer IV for a 5 day angling break with flatties in mind.The first day how ever was blown off and the second day a species comp was done catching thornback rays,dogfish,gurnards,scad,pollack etc.The weather improved on the other days and the flatty fishing got under way.They enjoyed some fantastic fishing catching plaice,turbot and brill and a lonely dab.Several of the members achieved personal bests with plaice of 5Ib plus and 6Ib.Pictured are Graham Newell(the short person) with his personal best plaice weighing 6Ib and Jim Stoneham with his personal best plaice weighing 5Ib.
Angling breaks are good way to spend a few days fishing aboard Flamer IV out of Weymouth.Book Now for 2012. View Boats Page
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09/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Sep 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Report on-board Supanova II
Well.............................. The wind has blown pretty hard as i'm sure your all aware with the back end of the Hurricanes hitting the british coast. The latter part of this week has seen a lul and a group of anglers from Suffolk managed to get their three day trip from Weymouth on Supanova in!
The lads come every year on various boats. What a cracking bunch of guys and some good anglers too.
Over the three days the lads managed to boat many different species including Bass, Bream, Turbot, Brill, Plaice, Cod, Conger, Huss, Red and Tub Gurnard, Ballan and Cuckoo Wrasse, Pollack but much to scarfeys dismay NO grey Gurnard!!!
It seems as though the wind has improved all the fishing, long may it continue!
Tight lines chaps! View Boats Page
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03/09/2011
Fishing Report by Paul Smith
on Rapid Fisher (Poole, Dorset)
3 Sep 2011 by Paul Smith
Report on-board Rapid Fisher
Although the forecast was for clear skies & light winds the weather gods obviously didn't listen to the met office!!!! Rapid Fisher left the harbour with 9 hardy souls on board looking for that "something special".
After about an hour we had only managed to get a dozen mackerel so rather than waste more time we threw the hook in at our chosen spot. After a couple of demonstrations by yours truly & Alex (skipper of Predator II) on how to mount the perfect bait all lines were lowered into the water. After 10 minutes a tell tale nod was seen on one of the rods. Keen to show his best Robson Green impression, Baggy, struck into the fish far too early resulting in nothing more than spoiling a free dinner for Mr Ray!!!
After several more missed bites and the mackerel running low we headed to another mark. Alex changed all the rigs over to small hooks & showed everyone how to bait the worm onto the hook. A few small wrasse were caught but we decided to try and drift between the piers for some plaice.
After arriving at the chosen spot Alex managed to get a rod in the water bait with a nice juicy ragworm. It wasn't long before the cry of "net" was heard and a nice trigger fish came to the surface. After a quick picture the fish was returned and the hook rebaited. Again a cry for the net was shouted and sure enough Alex had another trigger!
After rebaiting everyones hooks more crys for the net were heard around the boat and after 10 hectic minutes a total of 6 trigger fish was boated. All fish were returned after a quick photo. Pictured here is Alex with the biggest of the day. View Boats Page
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31/08/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
31 Aug 2011 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
AUGUST 2011 REPORT - An excellent month of fishing despite the un seasonal weather.The reefs produced black bream,bull huss,congers,rays,cod,tope etc.Lots of undulate rays were caught on many different marks.Blonde rays up to 22Ib were caught on the Kidney bank.The plaice fishing was superb with many fish of 4,5,6,and even 7Ib plus being caught.Turbot and brill along with pollack and bass were caught on the Shambles Bank.The 5 day Flamer Festival took place and was very enjoyable with Andy Colling winning the champions shield.Lots of different species were caught during the month and the species count for Flamer IV in 2011 now stands at 51.Flamer Fish of the Month for August was awarded to Peter Collings for his 7Ib 4oz Plaice(pictured).
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27/08/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
27 Aug 2011 by Colin Penny
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AUGUST 2011 - Barry Stocks age 63 from Leicester was the latest angler on Flamer IV to catch a 7Ib plaice.Barry in fact caught five plaice using 10Ib class tackle with a flatty trace that had lots of coloured attractor beads on.The successful bait was Ammo black lugworm,ragworm and squid strip.On the same trip Barry landed turbot and brill thus getting what is know as a "Grand Slam" in the flatty fishing world.Barry is pictured with his 7Ib plaice which is now his personal best.
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17/08/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
17 Aug 2011 by Colin Penny
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AUGUST 2011 - PLAICE R'US - The plaice fishing just continues to be amazing with more and more personal bests being landed with many fish over 5 and 6 Ib and also some 7Ib plus ones.Peter Collings age 31 from Bristol during one drift landed two personal bests.First Peter landed a 5Ib plaice and on the next drop landed a whopping 7Ib 4oz Plaice thus beating his personal best again.Peter is pictured with his 7 pounder.The plaice fishing usually continues right up until the end of October "SO DON'T MISS OUT.
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21/08/2011
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
on Bessie Vee (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
21 Aug 2011 by Dave Hunkin
Report on-board Bessie Vee
The Bess had her first shark trip of the year on Sunday 21st August, with six fishing. Weather was fine, so pushed out to 16 miles, where we started the drift. Within 10 minutes of getting the lines away, we had our first blue on line, which managed to swim round and bite through the main line, so not a great start!
However, before being able to re-rig the rod, we had another run resulting in a clean hook-up, this one a 50lb-er.
Once all six rods were back out, and we thought we had time for a cuppa, we had three on at once. Luckily, one dived deep, one went forward and one went aft, so we were able to play all three at once. No whoppers, (30 - 40lb), but good sport.
The day went on to produce another ten blue shark, the best of which was battled and caught by Guy (see pic). Fourteen blues on one day set the record number for the Bessie Vee - so far! The same group will be back next month to try again. View Boats Page
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08/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Aug 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Report on-board Supanova II
Hi all,
A while since the last report.
Fishing throughout July and early August has proved a little tricky at times! Although catches have still been pretty steady.
The Bass have been very slow in showing unfortunately but over the next set of spring tides we should hopefully see their return in some reasonable numbers.
The breaming on it's day has been superb, wit fish quite frequently in the 3-4lb bracket, with an angler on another Weymouth boat taking a fish of 6lb 1oz just three days a go!
The plaice fishing has been superb on the mussel beds with many fish of specimen size. July- October is the time to get a big Plaice. How many places can you go in the country and be in with a reaistic chance of a Plaice over 6lb's?
The shambles and other sand banks to the west of Portland have continued to produce Turbot and Brill with some sessions producing up to 20 fish!
Among the reefs sport is continuing with masses of Gurnards, Good Huss, Tope and Congers.
The wrecks are fairly quiet, with most boats sticking to the more productive inshore fishing, however those venturing out are finding one or two cod still lurking around, odd pollack and bass. The best of the wreck sport has been on the anchor with some good congers to 70lb the odd ling and some monster bream!
The next month should hopefully bring better numbers of Bass and Bream, continued turbot and brill, and hopefully the long awaited rod bending blonde rays!!
Tight lines all!
Lyle View Boats Page
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11/08/2011
Fishing Report by Dave Saunders
on Kellys Hero Charters (Brixham, Devon)
11 Aug 2011 by Dave Saunders
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Bass fishing
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Recent trip 11th August with 4 novice sea anglers onboard none of which had caught a Bass before, managed to catch and land a Bass each, some catching two. View Boats Page
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