Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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07/05/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
7 May 2009 by Colin Penny
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SUSSEX BOYS GET THE FLATS - Dave Metcalf and crew fished in windy conditions on their two day trips and were rewarded withe some fine plaice and turbot.Pictured are Daves team holding up a plaice each which they had caught during an early session on the mussel beds.The succcessful bait being ragworm and squid strip.
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05/2009
Fishing Report by Dave Rogers
on Aquila (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
May 2009 by Dave Rogers
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Been out loads with Chris Gill, and we always catch a lot of fish. I used to go out from Looe but one trip out from Mevagissey with Chris and i've never gone back. Its 20 mins extra down the A30 but worth every minute.
I've done 10 trips in the past 2 years and caught double figure fish on every trip. Congers up to 50lb, Pollack to 16lb, Ling to 20lb (common), amongst others fish such as 4lb Haddock, Cod and the tasty Red Gurnard!
The shark fishing isn't something i've done out of Mevagissey but i've seen the pictures, so they are defo out there.
You only have to look at the record books of 20 years ago to see that Mevagissey was the place to go fishing from it held almost every record! Only two boats out of there now and its fishing very well as a result. And the wildlife out there is better than anywhere in the Uk that i've been. Whales, dolphins, basking Sharks are things i've seen on almost every trip. Pilot whale for example (see below) which we actually hand fed at the side of the boat! View Boats Page
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01/05/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
1 May 2009 by Colin Penny
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A flattie trip saw plaice up to 4Ib 4oz landed but by far the best flatty caught that day was a 15Ib turbot caught by 65 year old Derek Inwood from Somerset.The turbot was a personal best for Derek.The turbot was caught while drifting the famous Shambles Bank.Derek was using an up tide rod and the successful bait was mackerel strip.
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30/04/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
30 Apr 2009 by Colin Penny
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APRIL - REPORT - The wrecks were good for pollack along with some excellent ling fishing,cod showed up on the wrecks during the last week of the month.The Shambles Bank produced some good size turbot up to 17Ib. The plaice fishing on the mussel beds was good for quality fish if not quantity with plenty of anglers getting their personal bests.Inshore reefs/banks saw codling,rays,bull huss,smooth hounds,congers etc.21 different species caught on Flamer III so far in 2009.Flamer Fish of the Month for April is awarded to Chris Pucher for his 5Ib 4oz plaice.
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21/04/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
21 Apr 2009 by Colin Penny
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Paul Hill age 42 from the Isle of Wight was over the moon when he landed three plaice including a double shot.Two of the plaice were personal bests for Paul and they weighed 4Ib 2oz and 3Ib 4oz.Paul's successful bait was ragworm and squid strip.
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23/04/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
23 Apr 2009 by Colin Penny
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"THE WALTONS" - Bill Walton and his small group of friends came out on a specialised trip for plaice and turbot.They were not dissapointed.I set up a drift on the mussel beds and on the first drift four plaice were caught and the same on the next drift this was added by a few more in the next hour including a 5Ib 2oz plaice caught by Bill him self.Bill in fact landed four plaice.Then we drifted the famous Shambles Bank and caught two turbot weighing 11Ib and 9Ib also a cod of 6Ib.So all in all a satisfactory day at the office despite the thick fog that we had to endure all day.Just a special note to a member of the group who did note catch a plaice or a turbot,Fred did well catching dogfish and pout clearing them out the way for the others to catch the flatty's,perhaps it will Fred's turn for the flatty's next time.
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18/04/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
18 Apr 2009 by Colin Penny
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LUCKY PANTS - Max Boyes age 11 had a sleep in the cabin for three hours then came out and strarted fishing and within minutes landed a plaice weighing 4Ib thus showing his dad and mates how to catch a plaice.He said to his dad after landing the flatty that he was wearing his lucky pants.Max was using a 15Ib clas rod and bait was ragworm and squid bait.
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04/2009
Fishing Report by Alex kweller
on Predator (Poole, Dorset)
Apr 2009 by Alex kweller
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04/2009
Fishing Report by fred smith
on Crimson Tide (Poole, Dorset)
Apr 2009 by fred smith
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Well we fished the legs earlier this week so we decided to go even further in the fine weather. To say the weather was good was an under statement it was flat calm and wall to wall sunshine lets hope the fishing would match up . We had already decided on our destination but we just had to try one small wreck on the way that we had never fished before, the first two drifts produced 8 fish to live sand eels then nothing for next three drifts so we pushed on. The next wreck paid dividends with fish straight away and all through the tide until slack water when it died. We put on hopper rigs to try for for an unlucky cod , but all the hopper rigs produced were large pout up to 4lb 1oz not bad for a smelly.
We decided to head for home and try the small wreck we had tried on the way, but it was just as we had left it blanco strange seems it had started so promising. The tally for the day 50-60 Pollock up to 16lb and of course the smelly which rolly is holding . View Boats Page
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07/04/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
7 Apr 2009 by Colin Penny
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Gerry Young age 47 on his first flattie trip landed three plaice weighing 3Ib 4oz,3Ib 6oz, 3Ib 8oz while drifting a mussel bed.Bait was ragworm and squid strip.Then Garry landed a turbot weighing 17Ib while drifting the famous Shambles Bank.The successful bait this time was sandeel.As you can imagine Garry was well pleased with his first flattie catch aboard FLAMER III.
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