Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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20/12/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
20 Dec 2017 by Colin Penny
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Winter is the time to catch Whiting like the one pictured caught on December 20th. They are fun to catch and lovely to eat. Don't Miss Out - Book your place(s) now.
FLAMER IV NEWS - places available on December 30th Winter Species Competition - Trophies and Prizes to be won. There is also other days available over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Places Available - January 2018, 6th,13th - Reef/Bank Trip for Whiting,Cod,Rays etc, 14th,20th,21st - Wrecking Trips for Pollack.
NEW COMPETITIONS for 2018 - Weymouth and Portland Skippers Association have set up three dates -
March 30th - Pollack Competition, July 27th - Turbot and Brill Competition, October 25th - Bream Competition, These will be all based on the biggest fish apart from the Turbot and Brill Competition which will be Best Specimen. Entry Fee £10 per angler, Prize Money to be won for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.The more boats and anglers that enter will increase the prize money. Contact me to Book your place/s asap on any or all of these exciting New Competition and see if a Flamer IV angler can win the top prize. .
*** DON'T MISS OUT ***
*** NOTE: LOOK - my diary is now open for bookings in 2018. *** BOOK NOW FOR 2018 *** I have put up 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.
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11/12/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
11 Dec 2017 by Colin Penny
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FLAMER IV NEWS - places available on December 20th - Reef/Bank Trip for Whiting,Cod,Rays etc, December 30th Winter Species Competition - Trophies and Prizes to be won. There is also other days available over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Places Available - January 2018, 13th - Reef/Bank Trip for Whiting,Cod,Rays etc, 14th,20th,21st - Wrecking Trips for Pollack.
NEW COMPETITIONS for 2018 - Weymouth and Portland Skippers Association have set up three dates -
March 30th - Pollack Competition, July 27th - Turbot and Brill Competition, October 25th - Bream Competition, These will be all based on the biggest fish apart from the Turbot and Brill Competition which will be Best Specimen. Entry Fee £10 per angler, Prize Money to be won for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.The more boats and anglers that enter will increase the prize money. Contact me to Book your place/s asap on any or all of these exciting New Competition and see if a Flamer IV angler can win the top prize. .
*** DON'T MISS OUT *** View Boats Page
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06/12/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
6 Dec 2017 by Philip Higgins
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As the 1st of the winter gales hits home it is catch up time and a look back at the last couple of weeks, the whiting fishing was superb with lots of fish coming on board every trip, the best went to Dave Addison at 4lb 2ozs. The Cod have remained very hard to find and we have yet to see one the winter but have made up for it with other fine fish Spurdogs to 16lb, Smoothhounds to 12lb, plenty of Rays Congers and a bonus Gurnard weighing 4lb 7 ozs but the best fish fell to Gannets AC anglers whilst fishing for Whiting as the wind increased forcing a move to shelter to fish for Rays we landed 2 Turbot weighing 11lb 4 ozs and 10lb 2 ozs both coming to anglers who had never caught them before. We have started our winter Flounder league and thanks again to bad weather we have only ventured into the shallows once on probably one of the finest winters day you could be afloat it was mirror calm with a hard frost offering stunning views and photographs and after a while we managed to find a few small Flounders, plenty of small Bass but none of us really cared about the fishing as the Harbour looked so beautiful and the wildlife was very active.
Over the Christmas period I have plenty of singles trips running so if you fancy a day fishing please call
Wishing all my friends and friends I have yet to meet A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Philip Higgins View Boats Page
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28/11/2017
Fishing Report by Kevin Wyatt
on Obsession (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
28 Nov 2017 by Kevin Wyatt
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The Christmas Break for some of us is nearly upon us and we have our Biguns & Whoppers® Festive competitions coming up. We originally put up 2 days but due to demand we have added a third day which sold out within hours of being released.
The 3 dates are the 27th, 29th and the 30th of December all to be separate competitions and all free to enter and with prizes to be won, but the heaviest fish over the 3 days will win the "Alastair Finch " Memorial cup.
We will release more details soon
Tightlines from the Obsession Brixham Team View Boats Page
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11/2017
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
Nov 2017 by Matt Rowe
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It's been a really great Autumns fishing on Piscary with plenty of the summer species around like Bass,Mackerel,Garfish,Undulate Rays to 17lb 8oz,Congers to 53lb,Double figure Smoothounds, Red Mullet,Trigger fish,loads of Plaice, Turbot, Brill,Bream to 4lb,Sole,Long,Bullhuss to 13lb,double figure Pollack as well as the winter fish starting to show with plenty of decent Whiting to over 3lb and Spurdogs to 20lb .Well done to Steve Collins who won fish of the month for September with a 1lb 10 1/2oz Cuckoo Wrasse and is now likely to win again in November with a 20lb Spurdog he wins a Bungee Spongee and a Piscary woolly Hat.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 25/02/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Sun 02/03/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Mon 10/03/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Tue 11/03/2025 7 Spaces 9 Hours Boat available for Individuals or charter offshore anchoring tripView details Sun 23/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Tue 25/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Sun 30/03/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the Piscary Sunday league must have your own tackleView details Tue 22/04/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces on an individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Mon 05/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip small tides possible offshore tripView details Fri 16/05/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the evening leagueView details -
11/2017
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Nov 2017 by Lyle Stantiford
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Well the season is beginning to wind down from here on in as the weather begins to beat us a little more frequently than we'd like.
It's a big shame as the fishing has been superb the last month or so with the stand out, the absolutely phenomenal Bream fishing. On a couple of marks when the tide comes right sport has been bonkers with double and even treble shots common place and not small fish either with the best in the last month 4lb 7oz for Southampton angler Andy Hayden. The Blonde Ray fishing has been fantastic on the small toes with up to 50 fish coming to the net and all released to fight another day. Best the last month was 28lb. A bit of squid fishing will often feature in the last hour of trips this time of year, with many people never having targeted them let alone caught one it is great fun! They fight like mad and great eating too.
We have a bit of time off in December but a few trips with place still remain.
29th November Inshore £55pp 7 spaces
16th December Inshore £55pp 3 spaces
17th December Wrecking £75pp 7 spaces
27th December Wrecking £75pp 10 spaces
28th December Inshore £55pp 8 spaces
30th December Wrecking £75pp 2 spaces
Thanks to all that have made this month fun and continue their support to Weymouth.
Tight Lines,
Lyle
Pictured is Lib with a gurt big Weymouth Squid!!! View Boats Page
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19/11/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
19 Nov 2017 by Philip Higgins
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Last week allowed us to be fishing every day, throughout the week we were hopeful of catching that illusive Cod but for me this season it still remains illusive but plenty of good fish were caught each day. We took a gamble on what turned out to be the calmest and sunniest of days and go Flounder fishing and to for our efforts we were rewarded with loads of little Bass and a few Flounders. The rest of the week saw us out in the bay fishing spots all the way to the Needles where we landed plenty of Congers, Channels and dogfish. Over the week the weather seemed to deteriorate forcing us to seek shelter on Saturday after a good morning fishing for Whiting and what a stroke of good fortune that turned out to be as we landed 2 double figure Turbot for the Gannets Angling club. Sunday's forecast was near perfect and was more like a summers day with flat seas and loads of sunshine and plenty of fish, the whiting were hitting the baits big time with the biggest being 4lb 2ozs and as a bonus Ian Honeyman landed a big Tub Gurnard along with many Congers, Rays and more dogfish.
All the best
Philip Higgins View Boats Page
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11/2017
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Nov 2017 by Sam Cumming
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Top trip for last month was certainly our final trip over to Alderney for the year. I've always liked going across the channel this late in the season, providing you can get a bit of favourable weather, the fishing is never disappointing. Day one saw a decent enough session at anchor on a wreck for congers and bream, unfortunately no ling this time around which was disappointing as we had plenty the week before. Day Two started off with Bob Hall's couches bream double header, the most we have ever had on the whole boat for the day is 2 so this was something special. The catches continued throughout the day however and we ended up with 19 couches coming to the net, including ten for Ian Napier who was just hoping to catch his first one on this trip. Plenty of hard fighting black bream of varying sizes were caught by all throughout the day mostly returned for next year. A manic session on the anchor saw tope up to 50lb, bull huss, more bream and even a bonus plaice (only the second one I've ever seen in Alderney). Day Three started off with a few hours on the banks which produced half a dozen flats, tub gurnards and cuttlefish, nothing massive but we have had worse days than that this year. Then off to anchor up a big rock mark which was very productive with huss, bream, congers and plenty more big tope. To round the day off we did an hours breaming back by the island, a slow start turned into a frantic half an hour with the bream taking anything you put down there. Average size was way up on the previous day at around 3lb. Bob Hall had the last say of the day with a couches bream and black bream double this time. Day four and the weather unfortunately turned for the worst and we were faced with a small neap tide against 20 knots of westerly. The prospect of swinging round and round the anchor rope all day didn't appeal so we headed back across to Poole Bay to finish the trip up in calmer waters. Out of only a handful of mackerel the lads managed 6 small eyed rays, 1 undulate, 2 smoothounds and would you believe it a 15lb 4oz turbot!?!?! All the time we have spent steaming around looking for those flatfish far and wide and we catch the biggest one of the year right on our doorstep. That’s going to be a tough trip to beat. We are now taking bookings for Alderney 2018 so drop us an email for a list of dates. info@silverspraycharters.com
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
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 Sun 09/03/2025 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 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 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 Wed 09/04/2025 6 Spaces £160.00pp wreck fishing pollock cod etc maybe a session at anchor - £160 7 anglers max. 6 spaces Cod / Pollock.View details Sat 12/04/2025 7 Spaces £100.00pp Bream fishing maybe some other species as well - £100 7 anglers max. Black Sea Bream / Tope.View details -
17/11/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
17 Nov 2017 by Colin Penny
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My last Wreck trip of 2017 produced a steady catch of Pollack on a variety of lures with the biggest Pollack weighing 14Ib 5oz(pictured) caught by Graham Johnson.Ian Nash caught a "Grand Slam" Pollack,Bass and Cod.
My next Wreck trips will be in January with Big Pollack being the target species. Don't Miss Out - Book Your Places. My first Wrecking trip of 2018 is on January 14th - Don't Miss Out - Book Your Places.
*** NOTE: LOOK - my diary is now open for bookings in 2018. *** BOOK NOW FOR 2018 *** I have put up 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. View Boats Page
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09/11/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
9 Nov 2017 by Colin Penny
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David Metcalf and his friends from Sussex enjoyed their Winter 2 day Angling Break.They fished both days at anchor on Banks and caught Blonde ,Thornback , Small Eyed , Undulate and Spotted Rays along with numerous Congers and other species which included Whiting,Black Bream,Bull Huss,Bass etc. David has already booked four 2 day Angling Breaks for 2018. Pictured is Jim Birnie with a 16Ib Blonde Ray.
Weymouth Angling Breaks - Book Now, Don't miss Out,*** NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2018 ***
A few days away fishing out of Weymouth along with the social side is a nice trip to do.The variety of fishing and the amount of different species caught at Weymouth is probably second to none.There are plenty of places to stay which are angler friendly and some excellent places to wine and dine around the harbour and in Weymouth Town centre.
If you want to try a Weymouth Angling Break then contact me, I cater for whole boat charters and individuals.
Planning your trip well in advance is essential you need to arrange your boat booking and your accommodation as early as possible to avoid disappointment, some of my regular groups plan their trips at least 12 months in advance, this allows them to discuss with me the best tides for the type of fishing they are targeting. View Boats Page
