Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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23/06/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
23 Jun 2011 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
JUNE 2011 - The wreck fishing has been consistant for cod and pollack with some good size fish being caught on lures with the best results on the rhubarb and custard sidewinders and the orange tazers on flying collar rigs. Double figure cod have featured and Paul Milkins is pictured with the 18Ib 8oz cod he landed.Pollack of 16Ib and 17Ib have been caught with Stephen Bishop form Bristol landing a 17 pounder.So far this year the ling have proved a bit elusive but 74 year old Alf Honour was successful and landed a ling weighing 21Ib on a squid bait.I am due to do some ling fishing on Sunday June 26th,so watch this space.
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16/06/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 Jun 2011 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
JUNE 2011 - The Leighton Buzzard Tanglers SAC joined Flamer IV for their annual angling break.During their few days fishing they encountered weather that would have been ok for all four seasons of the year but they still had a good time and enjoyed their angling break as always.They caught several different species which included turbot,cod,pollack,ling,rays,smooth hounds,conger and many more.Dave Kingwell who's nick name is "STUD" landed six turbot during two sessions on the Shambles Bank.He also won a trophy for the competition they did with 226 points.Tim Barnard who's nick nasme is "Honey" was runner up in the competition with 162 points.Tim landed some good fish including a 14Ib pollack and a 10Ib turbot(pictured).Other members Geordie,Mick and Dodgey Dave all had some good fish with Dodgey Dave catching his first ever turbot and they all lived up to their club mame with Many,Many tangles which most of the time seemed to include Dodgey Dave and/or Geordie.
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21/06/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
21 Jun 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Report on-board Supanova II
Hi All,
The fishing continues to be great from Weymouth with yesterdays trip proving it!
A total of 17 species were landed including plaice to 6lb 12oz and bass to 9lb's.
Away from the species fishing the banks seem to be throwing up good numbers of Turbot still with a group last week managing to boat 20 over their 3 day trip with just 7 being kept for the table, very responsible angling indeed.
The mussel beds still throw up the odd plaice of a better stamp than in previous months. The bream have arrived off of portland along with the bass in ever increasing numbers.
The mid channel wrecking for the Cod and Pollack is still proving frantic with the quality of fish mind blowing!
The next month will see the Weymouth fleet begin to concentrate their efforts on the Bream and Bass more.
Thanks again to all for their continued support to the port!!
Fish of this month must go to Pete Avery for his 25lb Thresher shark landed on Turbot gear last week! View Boats Page
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10/06/2011
Fishing Report by Alex kweller
on Predator (Poole, Dorset)
10 Jun 2011 by Alex kweller
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With a brief break in the windy weather the lads from Thames Valley Police enjoyed a day on the bream. An early start saw us head off to a small reef at a steady 19 knots. With tea in hands the lads were full of anticipation at catching their first bream of the season.
A quick couple of drifts for mackerel and we had enough bait for the day. With anchor dropped the boat settled in the tide and tell tale rattle of the rod tips meant we were in the right place. With bream coming in steady it was nice to see the lads putting all females back with only a couple of male fish being taken for the table for each person. Pictured here is David with the biggest bream of the day, a fine 3lb male fish. View Boats Page
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13/06/2011
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
13 Jun 2011 by Sam Cumming
Report on-board Silver Spray II
Since the middle of May we have been busy with reef fishing in Poole bay, Alderney trips and the start of the bassing.
The reef fishing has produced good numbers of bream with 3lb fish not uncommon and fish averaging 2lbs. As well as the bream we have enjoyed a good selection of other fish with 10 species a day not uncommon. We have had 4 species of ray with blondes to 24lb, undulates to 14lb, smalled eyed rays to 12lb and a few spotted rays as well. There have been some nice plaice and we also caught our first dover sole on Silver Spray. This fish was caught as part of the Hudson Green Challenge which is a charity species hunt. On that day the tope boat San Gina 2 from Swanage skipper by Tom Greasty caught 16 species while Silver Spray was joint second with 11 species. Best specimen was a fine 18lb undulate caught on Crimson tide. The challenge raised more than £1000 for charity.
On our latest Alderney trip we were pleased to have Andy Ford from Sky TVs tightlines programme on board together with a camera crew. We were certainly hoping that the presence of the cameras weren’t going to put a curse on the fishing or the weather. Day 1 was a bumpy crossing with a fresh SW wind. Plenty of nice pollack on the wrecks around the hurd deep with live mackerel taking the better fish. Day 2 saw an increase in wind and tough fishing conditions. Fish of the day was a 17.5lb turbot caught by Gerry Reed. Day 3 and with improving conditions the quantity of flatfish increased. A nice 5lb brill for Mark Edwards who also caught 6 turbot as well! Friday and the wind has dropped away. We are off for some codding on the way home. The cod got bigger as the day went on. a 22lber for James Craft was topped with a 25lber for Mark Edwards who then followed this up with a 32lber which is a new boat record. The Alderney film will be made into 4 separate features and should be broadcast on Sky Sports Tight Lines from the beginning of July.
The bass season has just started with our first trip on the offshore banks providing excellent sport on live mackerel baits. There were plenty of bass to 7lb and a dozen congers to50lb on a nearby wreck over slack.
As I’m writing this the rain is pouring and the wind is howling. It’s more like February than June. I hope that we can get out to sea again soon as the fishing both inshore and further off is really good at present.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 23/02/2025 4 Spaces £120.00pp Banks fishing spurs huss tope rays congers whiting hounds £120 4 spaces 7 anglers onboard Bull Huss / Smooth-hound (Common) / Spurdog / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Tue 25/02/2025 1 Space 11 Hours £160.00pp Wreck fishing for pollock with turbot fishing over the slack £160 7 anglers max. 1 space 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 4 Spaces £160.00pp wreck fishing pollock cod etc maybe a session at anchor - £160 7 anglers max. 4 spaces Cod / Pollock.View details -
06/2011
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
on Bessie Vee (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
Jun 2011 by Dave Hunkin
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The summer cod seems to have turned up in the Western Approaches - have had large catch numbers (up to sixty cod); though the average size remains from 4 - 8lb. In amongst them, there have been some bigger ones weighing between 12 and 16lb - though we have yet to beat the 20lb mark.
Inshore wrecks are producing large quantities of channel whiting, ranging from 1 - 6lb, and in amongst them are codlings, small coleys and haddock.
Conger are now beginning to show in numbers after a slow start (probably due to the large amount of whiting)! Best weight conger so far has been 52lb; but hope to break that on the next tide, when we have the Conger Kings down! View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Bessie Vee
View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 09/04/2025 5 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Thu 10/04/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Fri 27/06/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Wed 02/07/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Fri 15/08/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm wrecking inc. rod/tackle. Conger Eel.View details Sat 16/08/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackle. Conger Eel.View details Sun 17/08/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackle. Conger Eel.View details Thu 11/09/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Fri 12/09/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Thu 18/09/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details -
10/06/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
10 Jun 2011 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
JUNE 2011 - TONBRIDGE TANGLERS SAC annual three day angling break aboard Flamer IV.The Tanglers enjoyed their three days fishing catching a variety of different species in fact 19 in total which included cod,pollack,ling,black bream,brill,bull huss,conger etc.They also caught some good fish ie Pollack 16Ib for Stuart,12Ib 8oz Undulate Ray for Paul and John Haylett landed a 14Ib Ling,12Ib Bull Huss and a 5Ib 2oz Brill.A friendly but some what a bit competitive competition was done over the three days.Results - Winner - John Haylett,Runner Up - Stuart Summerson,Third Place - Kim,Most Species - John Haylett,Best Fish Award - Paul with his 12Ib 8oz Undulate Ray. The Tanglers are pictured with their trophies and colourful shirts.
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31/05/2011
Fishing Report by paul davies
on Katie Ann (Weymouth, Dorset)
31 May 2011 by paul davies
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2 big turbot for 13year old tom
16lb 10oz and 18lb 4oz View Boats Page
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31/05/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
31 May 2011 by Colin Penny
Report on-board Flamer IV
MAY - FLAMER IV Report - During the whole month some excellent fish were caught especialy Turbot with lots of double figure ones being landed.Brill and Plaice also featured on the flatfish front.The wrecking produced plenty of cod and pollack and occassional bass and ling.The reefs saw bullhuss,rays,congers,bream etc landed.40 different species have been landed on Flamer so far this year.Flamer Fish of the Month winner for May was awarded to Richard Paul with his 5Ib 12oz Plaice.Richard is pictured with his big plaice.
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24/05/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
24 May 2011 by Colin Penny
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MAY 2011 - Some of my popular Angling Breaks have taken place during May with groups doing a few days fishing aboard Flamer IV.The latest club to take advantage of such a trip have been Swansea Breakaways Sea Angling Club.Their trip was based on flatty fishing but also did a session at anchor on a reef and a few drifts on an inshore wreck.Frank Wilson stole the show with the flatty's by catching a bril,turbot and a plaice.The other members also chipped in with a few flatty's of their own.The anchor session on a reef produced some good size bull huss with the biggest of 12Ib being caught by Steve Roper who is pictured with his bully catch.
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