Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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07/2018
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
Jul 2018 by Matt Forrester
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The warming waters in July has seen a real drop off in the pollack catches so we have spent our time targeting the bass. They are showing on a few select wrecks and inshore reefs but they are still not at their highest numbers yet. We mostly try and avoid the use of bait and prefer slow jigging and lures on the wrecks. Whilst inshore we get on the light lure gear using spinning rods, much the same as youd expect from the shore. This is great sport and we've had a few wrasse getting in on the action too! This will be one of our growing areas along with some shark fishing so keep checking back and make that booking!
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 08/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Wed 28/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. MAX of 4 anglers, offshore wrecks with jigs and luresView details Thu 29/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Fri 30/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore with jigs and luresView details Mon 09/06/2025 3 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wreck with jigs and luresView details Wed 09/07/2025 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. MAX of 4 anglers, offshore wrecks with jigs and luresView details Wed 30/07/2025 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, slow pitch jigs and lures, offshoreView details Sat 11/10/2025 1 Space £165.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details -
19/07/2018
Fishing Report by steve wake
on Channel Warrior (Bridport, Dorset)
19 Jul 2018 by steve wake
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I know a lot of people moan about having to put bass back but for me it’s a lovely sight to see them swim away unharmed especially a lovely breeding fish like this
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20/07/2018
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
20 Jul 2018 by Colin Penny
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Colin Scarlett and friends enjoyed a day fishing at anchor catching plenty of Tope,Rays,Conger and the occassional Dog Fish. Squid and Mackerel were used as bait and presnted on pennel or single Sakuma Manta hooks. All the fish were returned alive. Pictured is Andy Morley with a 15Ib Undulate Ray.
There is an Itinerary of trips for 2018 on all my web sites, take a LOOK, the itinerary is not set in stone so I may be able to change it to suit your needs subject to the tides.
As well as our single day trips we cater for groups and individuals wanting to take a multi - day angling holiday.
DON'T MISS OUT - Contact me a.s.a.p on 07968 972736
LOOK - at my Website www.flamer4fishing.co.uk for places/trips available, latest catches and lots of information.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON FLAMER IV SOON, ALL THE BEST,COLIN,FLAMER IV
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19/07/2018
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
19 Jul 2018 by Colin Penny
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A lovely day saw the Top Cat team have a good mornings fishing and took quite a big lead but the Flamer IV team rallyed in the afternoon and the competition ended a draw. 2008 was the last time a Top Cat team beat a Flamer IV team, so I let Ivan take the trophy home this time to look at for the next year.
Kevin Clark caught the most Plaice and the biggest on Flamer IV. Next years date will be announced soon.
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07/2018
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Jul 2018 by Sam Cumming
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What a difference it makes having a summer for a change? Flat calm mornings and just a slight sea breeze in the afternoon have been the conditions of recent weeks and it has led to no cancelled trips at all. Its amazing how much wildlife you see with a sustained period of good weather like this, thresher sharks jumping out of the water, pods of dolphins showing off their best tricks and sunfish splashing around on the surface to name but a few. With the smaller tides we have mostly been fishing long distance from Poole either wreck fishing or multi day trips. Notable fish include Barry Gollop’s 19lb 4oz Pollock which took a mackerel flapper at anchor, the biggest I’ve seen since 2012. We managed 3 John dory’s in a week with the biggest going to Steve Lysaght at 5lb 8oz, interestingly enough the first one we caught and Steve’s fish were 76 miles apart in total, quite some distance covered. Skipper Sam managed to break our own coalfish record for the second time this year fishing on a 100 gram slow jigging rod for Pollock. The fish weighed in at 16lb and gave an epic scrap on the lighter tackle. Closer to home the inshore fishing has been brilliant with plenty of mackerel around for fresh bait. The quality of the tope fishing has been outstanding with fishing averaging about 20lb and up to 45lb. We have some big fish days coming up next week if anyone is interested in getting stuck in. On the bigger tides of this last weekend we had some fun on the bass, although disappointed not to be able to keep a couple for the table we managed plenty of good fish for the sport of it, Kevin Griffiths equalled his PB with a nice 8lb 8oz fish. Using circle and weedless hooks we minimised damage to the fish to zero with all fish swimming off strongly for another year. Looking forward to the plaice fishing picking up next month and some more sessions on the tope, it won’t be long before we are also targeting the porbeagle sharks which are showing in abundance in other parts of the country.
Sam Cumming
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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 -
18/07/2018
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
18 Jul 2018 by Colin Penny
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THE FLAMER IV FLATFISH COMPETITION saw several Plaice and Turbot Caught on a lovely sunny day. Ian Youngs was the Winner and Stephen Clark was Runner Up. Pictured is Ian Youngs with a 2Ib 8oz Plaice.
The Next Flatty Trips with places available are on July 25th, August 1st,
FLATTY COMPETITIONS - July 27th - The Weymouth Turbot and Brill Competition, October 26th - Flamer IV v Supanova II - Flatty Competition,
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16/07/2018
Fishing Report by Kevin Wyatt
on Obsession (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
16 Jul 2018 by Kevin Wyatt
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The first shark trip of the year on Obsession out of Brixham yesterday Sunday 15 th July went really well rubby dubby over the side and we did not have to waight long the blue sharks soon came calling ,a total of 7 blue sharks were landed ranging from 60 lb to 120 lb all returned unharmed.We had a big blue attack the chum net hanging over the side what a whopper estimated at around 200 lb bigest blue i have ever seen in the English channel.All aboard enjoyed the day and we are looking forward to the next shark trip this Thursday. We have a few dates available weekdays and weekends for wrecking,plaice fishing on the Skerries bank out of Dartmouth and shark fishing, if you want to join in the fun give the obsession team a ring you wont be dissapointed Brixham the home of Biguns and Whoppers we look forward to seeing you soon.Tight lines from the Obsession team.
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16/07/2018
Fishing Report by Kevin Wyatt
on Obsession (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
16 Jul 2018 by Kevin Wyatt
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The first shark trip of the year on Obsession out of Brixham yesterday Sunday 15 th July went really well rubby dubby over the side and we did not have to waight long the blue sharks soon came calling ,a total of 7 blue sharks were landed ranging from 60 lb to 120 lb all returned unharmed.We had a big blue attack the chum net hanging over the side what a whopper estimated at around 200 lb bigest blue i have ever seen in the English channel.All aboard enjoyed the day and we are looking forward to the next shark trip this Thursday. We have a few dates available weekdays and weekends for wrecking,plaice fishing on the Skerries bank out of Dartmouth and shark fishing, if you want to join in the fun give the obsession team a ring you wont be dissapointed Brixham the home of Biguns and Whoppers we look forward to seeing you soon.Tight lines from the Obsession team.
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16/07/2018
Fishing Report by Kevin Wyatt
on Obsession (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
16 Jul 2018 by Kevin Wyatt
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The first shark trip of the year on Obsession out of Brixham yesterday Sunday 15 th July went really well rubby dubby over the side and we did not have to waight long the blue sharks soon came calling ,a total of 7 blue sharks were landed ranging from 60 lb to 120 lb all returned unharmed.We had a big blue attack the chum net hanging over the side what a whopper estimated at around 200 lb bigest blue i have ever seen in the English channel.All aboard enjoyed the day and we are looking forward to the next shark trip this Thursday. We have a few dates available weekdays and weekends for wrecking,plaice fishing on the Skerries bank out of Dartmouth and shark fishing, if you want to join in the fun give the obsession team a ring you wont be dissapointed Brixham the home of Biguns and Whoppers we look forward to seeing you soon.Tight lines from the Obsession team.
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16/07/2018
Fishing Report by Kevin Wyatt
on Obsession (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
16 Jul 2018 by Kevin Wyatt
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The first shark trip of the year on Obsession out of Brixham yesterday Sunday 15 th July went really well rubby dubby over the side and we did not have to waight long the blue sharks soon came calling ,a total of 7 blue sharks were landed ranging from 60 lb to 120 lb all returned unharmed.We had a big blue attack the chum net hanging over the side what a whopper estimated at around 200 lb bigest blue i have ever seen in the English channel.All aboard enjoyed the day and we are looking forward to the next shark trip this Thursday. We have a few dates available weekdays and weekends for wrecking,plaice fishing on the Skerries bank out of Dartmouth and shark fishing, if you want to join in the fun give the obsession team a ring you wont be dissapointed Brixham the home of Biguns and Whoppers we look forward to seeing you soon.Tight lines from the Obsession team.
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