Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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23/07/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
23 Jul 2017 by Philip Higgins
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Poole July 2017 Report
The weather has seen some unseasonal highs and lows ranging from record high temperatures to excess rainfall and lightning storms which has affected the fishing dramatically. Mackeral were being caught in reasonable numbers have become very hard to find and we are having to rely on frozen baits as back up, at this time of year we should be catching enough to put some by for the winter months not draw down on our stocks. The wreck fishing has been very poor this month with a few Pollack being caught and hardly any Cod. Now the Bass ban has been lifted allowing an angler to retain 1 fish per day some very good Bass have been caught, Carl Hurren landed a PB Bass of 10lb 2ozs in the Swash Channel on very light spinning tackle whilst Plaice fishing. Ray fishing has continued to be excellent and working in conjunction with the Undulate Ray Project we are now seeing repeat landings of the same fish in the same areas. Further inshore and within the Harbour some very good Plaice fishing has been experienced with up to 50 in one session most are on the small side but for one angler from Romsey fishing on board Mistress Linda using a tiny bit of worm as small Bream were devastating the baits landed a Plaice of 4lb. Along the beaches there are lots of small Bream and Gurnards and as a bonus the 1st Trigger fish has been caught by Martin Bailey near Durley Chine weighing 3lb. One species for the boat this year was a fine Cuckoo Ray caught during a Lymington Club comp the fishing was very hard.
Philip Higgins
Mistress Linda
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19/07/2017
Fishing Report by Lee Wicks
on Emma Kate (Padstow, Cornwall)
19 Jul 2017 by Lee Wicks
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Plenty of pollack and ling on the wrecks now. Fishing in general is good plenty of gurnards, cuckoo wrasse, ballan Wrasse,Tope, And plenty of bait fish.
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17/07/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
17 Jul 2017 by Colin Penny
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The Reef/Bank trips are producing some good fishing with Rays,Tope,Congers,Bull Huss ,Turbot,Brill and some nice Black Bream. Pictured is Trevor Lockyer with his 4Ib 2oz Black Bream.
***NOTE: LOOK - *** BOOK NOW FOR 2017 *** I have put up an Itinerary of trips for 2017 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.
NOTE: LOOK - I now have 2018 tide tables so my diary is now open for bookings in 2018.
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07/2017
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Jul 2017 by Sam Cumming
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I'm writing this month's report from the hotel on Alderney as we couldn't get out to sea today due to strong north-easterly winds. It seems like the last 2 weeks have all been pretty similar, although we do have more shelter in Poole Bay than most places so we are still able to get out. First trip out to target the bass after the ban was lifted on July 1st was met with some tough conditions with both the tide and the weather not in our favour. We fished for about an hour before the stiff westerly picked up and the tide dropped away, fishing was successful on the lures in that time with plenty of smaller fish taking the tronix lures wound quickly up 10 turns and back down. As usual the bigger fish fell to the guys who stuck with the large live baits. Kelvin Hindmarch's new PB hit the deck at 9lb 12oz and is still our biggest of the season so far. The cod are thin on the ground out in the channel with the last 2 trips only producing 3 each but we are still getting some good pollock and the ling are starting to show more frequently. We should see the first of the big wreck bream soon on certain wrecks, could this be the year we see another one over 6lb? Back in the sheltered waters of Poole Bay the variety of fish available is amazing with most trips producing at least 15 species. Plaice brill and turbot are coming to the net both at anchor and on the drift. Rays and tope are in abundance now with undulates being the most plentiful. Packs of 20lb+ male tope roam around about 12 miles out and are providing excellent sport when we can get to them.
Sam Cumming
Silver Spray II View Boats Page
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 -
16/07/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 Jul 2017 by Colin Penny
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My latest Wrecking Trip saw Pollack,Ling,Bass,Conger caught. Gintaras Milusaukas from London on his first trip aboard Flamer IV landed the best fish of the day a Pollack weighing 15Ib 1oz and a new Personal Best, he was using 12Ib class tackle with a flying collar rig and a Red Gill lure.
My next Wreck Trips with places available are on September 3rd, 9th, 19th, 24th,
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***NOTE: LOOK - *** BOOK NOW FOR 2017 *** I have put up an Itinerary of trips for 2017 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.
NOTE: LOOK - I now have 2018 tide tables so my diary is now open for bookings in 2018.
DON'T MISS OUT - Contact me a.s.a.p
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 View Boats Page
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16/07/2017
Fishing Report by Stephen Wake
on Channel Warrior (Bridport, Dorset)
16 Jul 2017 by Stephen Wake
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A steady flow of good size black bream are now coming aboard, this should get better now over the next couple of months. Mackerel are still a bit hit and miss, one day good next day can't find enough for bait and exactly the same thing with the plaice.
Todays adventure started off very slow but after midday the wind dropped and the sea flattened out a bit and the bites came on good and strong.
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07/2017
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2017 by Ross Parham
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July has proved to be somewhat a difficult month at times for wrecking with mainly small pollock and some nice ling up to 26lb to keep the lads entertained.
Cod are very few and far between with a few fish being seen every now and again up to 8lb
Skerries has been fishing well for plaice finally with good numbers of fish coming to the boat.
Highlight so far was our first Sharking trip of the year which attracted 12 blues to be boated with 3 others lost.
Biggest fish was 105lb with 3 sharks on at once it was safe to say a good hectic day at times.
A recent wrecking trip saw porbeagles taking pollock on every other drift so always worth a go to target these I think soon.
Plenty of black bream over guernsey for Spot On also but turbot and brill have again proved very difficult at times.
Plenty of bass also on the wrecks around Lyme bay.
Hopefully mackerel will eventually turn up for us so we can give conger a go in the next month or so.
Pictured is the 3 sharks all booked and boated at the same time.
Brixhams only charter boat to catch and land these sharks and brixhams only catamaran taking you where others can only dream of!!
2018 diary open and 130 days already booked so be quick!! View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Spot On!
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 09/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Tue 10/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Wed 11/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Thu 12/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details Fri 13/06/2025 5 Spaces £550.00pp 5 day Alderney trip. Brill / Turbot.View details -
09/07/2017
Fishing Report by Stephen Wake
on Channel Warrior (Bridport, Dorset)
9 Jul 2017 by Stephen Wake
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Not only is there some big old congers on the wrecks and lots of them. There is also some good smooth hound and tope fishing along with a variety of rays .
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09/07/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
9 Jul 2017 by Philip Higgins
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After a good week catching Rays and some of the best Mackeral fishing I have seen for a couple of years last Sunday the crew opted to go out of the box, it was originally planned as a wrecking trip but due to the low numbers of fish caught offshore we decided to drift for Turbot and Tope in new areas to us, 1st drift produced a fine Brill of around 5lb and a few Tope so we ventured further south to a flat open mark that produced another Brill of 6 lb and more Tope. This was a gamble that we all think with a little time invested would produce more 'flats' closer to Poole than people imagine.
All the best
Phil View Boats Page
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10/07/2017
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
10 Jul 2017 by Malcolm Collins
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Hi All, another nice weekend aboard 'Just Mary' from Poole with mainly Hire rod Anglers but catching plenty of Mackerel and decent fish including an Undulate Ray of just over twelve pounds for fourteen year old Oscar from the West Midlands with his first ever All Day Angling Trip. Full report on our Facebook page of 'Onamission Charters Poole Sea Fishing' just proving that age or experience is no barrier to fulfilling your dreams aboard 'Just Mary' from Poole.....ta Malc.
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