Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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31/07/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
31 Jul 2011 by Colin Penny
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JULY 2011 - REPORT - During July some excellent flatty fishing took place with good catches of turbot and brill along with many personal best plaice being caught and a new Flamer record..The early part of the month saw some big cod caught on the wrecks,pollack,ling and conger also featured.The reefs and banks produced black bream,rays,bull huss,congers,tope,cod etc.Flamer Fish of the Month was awarded to Les Whiteman for his 7Ib 14oz plaice(pictured) which beat the Flamer Record by 12oz.
45 different species have been caught on Flamer IV so far this year.
DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR TRIPS/PLACES FOR 2012.
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28/07/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
28 Jul 2011 by Colin Penny
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JULY 2011 - LUKE Lands a Whopper.Luke Bickford from Bristol on his first trip aboard Flamer IV landed his first ever plaice which weighed in at a whopping 7Ib 8oz and the second biggest plaice ever caught on Flamer IV.Luke was using 10Ib class tackle with a single hook flatty trace with lots of attractor beads on.The successful bait being ragworm,Ammo black lug and squid strip.Luke is pictured with his whopping plaice.Lukes dad John landed a 5 pounder.The rest of the group caught some smaller plaice in the 3 to 4Ib range.They also caught Turbot and Brill later in the day.
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15/07/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
15 Jul 2011 by Colin Penny
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JULY 2011 - Newick Crown Hookers SAC Chairman Les Whitman landed four plaice of which two were personal bests on the clubs recent trip aboard Flamer IV.Les caught a plaice weighing 5Ib 14oz which was a PB then two smaller ones but then topped that with a whopping plaice weighing 7Ib 14oz to break his personal best again.The 7Ib 14oz plaice also broke the Flamer record which stood at 7Ib 2oz.Les was using 10Ib class tackle with a two hook flatty trace that had lots of coloured attractor beads on.The successful bait was ragworm,Ammo black lugworm and squid strips.Les is pictured with his PB and Flamer record plaice.On the same trip club member Kim Mace landed a 5Ib 8oz plaice.
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15/07/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
15 Jul 2011 by Colin Penny
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JULY 2011 - " RICK'S BIG PLAICE DOUBLE" Rick Hawkins age 52 from Dorset landed four plaice including two six pounders.Rick first broke his personal best with a 6Ib plaice and then broke his PB again with a 6Ib 2oz plaice.It is some achievment to catch two six pound plaice in one session.Rick was using 8Ib class tackle with a single hook trace with attractor beads on and a small silver blade.The successful bait was ragworm,Ammo black lug and squid strip.Happy Rick is pictured with his 6Ib 2oz plaice.
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13/07/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
13 Jul 2011 by Colin Penny
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"THE YOUNG ONES" Ian Youngs age 61 landed several plaice including his personal best which weighed 5Ib 12oz (pictured).Ian's wife Denise also landed several plaice including plaice weighing 4Ib 8oz and 5Ib 4oz.They were both using 10Ib class tackle with short one hook traces with attractor beads and a small silver blade on.The successful bait was ragworm,black lugworm and squid strip.The rest of the anglers looked on in awe as Ian and Denise landed more plaice between them than the other 8 anglers on the boat.
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03/07/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
3 Jul 2011 by Colin Penny
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JUlY 2011 - Maple Cross Deep Sea Anglers club headed by Terry Crilly joined Flamer IV for a wrecking trip for cod and pollack.After a team talk and making sure they had all the correct tackle prepared we set off.Just over 2 hours later we arrived at the chosen wreck which had fished really well the day before.Well the fishing was slow to start with with a few small cod and pollack being landed.I told the lads to stick at it and as it did the day before as the tide eased up the big cod began to feed.Dan Gomm landed the first and biggest cod of the day which weighed 22Ib 8oz.Dan is pictured with his personal best cod catch.Then Billy Birchell and Kevin Pyle joined in with 18 pounders.Dan Gomm was at it again with a 14Ib cod.The other Members also caught cod along with some pollack. But poor old Terry only caught two pollack despite all his efforts(better luck next time Terry).All the fish were caught on mainly rhubarb and custard or blue sidewinder lures.The lads really enjoyed their trip and have already booked a few for 2012.
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30/06/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
30 Jun 2011 by Colin Penny
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JUNE 2011 - 2/3/4/5 day Angling Breaks are really popular aboard Flamer IV with the latest group to taste the wonderful fishing off Weymouth were the Gypsy Mariners SAC from Plymouth.In fact this was their fourth year they have had an angling break aboard Flamer.They like to do the inshore reefs/banks/mussel beds etc for mainly flatfish/rays and different species.They were not dissapointed on all counts catching 24 different species during their angling break including undulate,blonde,spotted and thornback rays,plaice,turbot and brill along with many more species such as black bream,gurnards,bull huss etc.Lenny and Mark both had 6Ib plaice.Mark is pictured with his 6Ib 2oz plaice which was his personal best.They do a spcies type competition over the duration of their angling break which always adds that bit extra and the results were Winner - Mark Cooper,Runner Up - Paul Costello,
Most Species with 16 - Paul Costello,Best Specimen - Mark Cooper 6Ib 2oz plaice.Weakest Link - Neil Tuckett.
They are already making plans to return in 2012.
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30/06/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
30 Jun 2011 by Colin Penny
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JUNE REPORT - On Flamer IV during June some excellent fish were caught including species like turbot,brill,plaice,black bream,bull huss,various rays,cod,pollack,ling and many more.With lots of anglers getting personal best fish.44 different species have been landed on Flamer IV so far in 2011.Flamer Fish of the Month for June was Awarded to 63 year old Lenny Skilton from Plymouth for his 6Ib Plaice.Lenny is pictured with his persinal best plaice.
2012 - Don't Forget to book yout trips and places for next year. View Boats Page
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26/06/2011
Fishing Report by Paul Wells
on Ruby-D (Portishead, Somerset)
26 Jun 2011 by Paul Wells
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26/06/11
after an early rise, 7 of us meet at 5;00am to make tracks to portishead from north devon on what we hope is a succesful fishing session,
the journey up was very foggy, so fortunate enough we left early to account for weather and traffic, we arrive at the harbour at 6:30 and
set out from the harbour for 7;00, first things first the skippers makes a nice early cuppa for us,for the journey to our first mark,
conditions were slightly overcast with very slight breeze, we felt confident!!! we get to our mark withing 30 mins of leaving harbour,
anchor up,and youve never seen people bait up so quick, and the fishing starts, first 30mins was very quiet but the cloud cover was starting
to clear which bought a few smiles, then first fish of the day turned up, a thornback of around 6lb, great start. within 2 mins of releasng,
bite number 2, up comes another thornie, funny enough it was the same fish we just released (he must have been hungry), then all went quiet
for another 30 mins, bite number 2, fish tor off, felt a good one, up come the first hound of the day, weighed in at 13lb 7oz starry,
we thought things were going to take off now,but unfortunatly not, couple of dogs that was it. so skipper decides to pull up anchor and move
further out, baits go down, bites came more or less instantly, with a couple of doggies, then a strap eel, a nice codling next rose to the
surface (yummy), with another cuppa going round the boat, things were starting to look up, weather was getting hotter and hotter, wind had dropped
then the smoothys starting biting, with a total of 16 hounds been landed with the smallest being around 9lb, there was a 15lb 4oz common, 14lb starry,
13lb 7oz starry, 13lb starry, 12lb starry, 11lb common, and a couple smaller. with several conger also landed due to the rediculous size baits being used,
so by the end of the day had been a brilliant session, we had one last caSTand another codling decided to show, great way to finish the day. we must say
that skipper and his crew done an excellent job with keeping us full of tea and helping with th netting and unhooking all of fish all day.
booked up again for another trip later in the year, hopefully can repeat the session if not better it.
Catch report:- Richard weston 15lb oz common, 13lb 7oz starry, 2 smaller starry, 1 codling, 1 thornback.
Stefan jones 13lb starry, 4 smaller hounds, 1 thornback, 1 doggie.
Adam sayer 4 eels, to low doubles, numerous dogs.
Marcus horrell 14lb 9oz starry, 2 smaller common, several dogs and eels.
John cardew 12lb common, 11lb starry, couple of dogs
Graham harris lots of dogs
kevin peach 12lb common, 1 smaller common, several dogs View Boats Page
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26/06/2011
Fishing Report by Peter Davis
on Warrior II (Looe, Cornwall)
26 Jun 2011 by Peter Davis
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Hi Everyone, Summer is finally here. The shark season exploded into life last week with Murray Collings (Swallow) catching the first three sharks in one day. Since then, all boats that have been on shark fishing trips out of Looe, have all been sucessful in catching, including yours truly, on Saturday 25th June (my first shark trip of 2011). Caught three sharks in total, including one of just under 100lbs (!) and missed a fourth. I would suggest that if you haven't booked your fishing trips yet, get dialling!! See you soon! Regards Pete
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