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21/08/2014
Fishing Report by Anthony Hobden
on Lillie May (Beer, Devon)
21 Aug 2014 by Anthony Hobden
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Great time fishing with my boy - Paul was a very experienced and helpful skipper
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2014 by Ross Parham
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Just a quick report on how the wreck fishing has been on board Spot On from Brixham recently.
The offshore wrecks have been producing good numbers of summer Pollock and cod with the odd ling thrown in and its good to see most fish are full with the arrival of sprats which has turned the fish into a feeding frenzy making for some great catches.
Inshore wrecks have proved a little slow with the odd bass being caught but mainly consisting of small Pollock and pout and a few small codling, anchoring a couple of times has produced conger eels and this years first Black bream for spot on.
All the fish have been falling to either Bazinder's, eddystone's or sidewinder lures
Pictured is another 20lb+ Cod caught on board Spot On from Brixham devon.
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30/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
30 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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Wednesday 30th July saw Spot On cruise around to Dartmouth to pick up the Manor angling crew at kingswear as requested and we then steamed out to the skerries banks in search of Plaice.
The first drift did not disappoint as from the off we were into lots of the little flatties with 24 fish landed on the first drift, the day did slow down as the tide eased and this saw gurnards, dogfish and cuttle fish being caught along with many more plaice.
We had a nice small eyed ray also and some nice fat plaice with two 4lb+ fish landed with the biggest going 4lb 12oz for Phil closely followed by a 4lb 8oz specimen for Plymouth angler Barry.
A few more plaice well over the 2.5lb mark and some going over 3lb made up a great day of 107 plaice in total with 75% returned to get bigger, top rod was on 21 plaice at the end of the day.
Top bait was fresh ragworm supplied by Manor angling of paington tipped with squid, the best bead combination will be left secret.
The last 4 trips have seen numbers of plaice range from 60 fish to 107 so the skerries is fishing very well for spot On at present.
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Pictured is 2 fine specimens of Skerries plaice for Phil and Bob with the biggest being 4lb 12oz. View Boats Page
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29/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
29 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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Spot On travelled to looe this year for a days shark fishing and with 6 persons on board we left Looe at 6:00am in search of Blue sharks.
With the 'stinky' slick in motion and the 7 rods in the water fishing we didn't have to wait long until our first run but unfortunately after leaving it we reeled in to check the bait and only half a mackerel was left, still a good sign a shark was in the area, about 10 minutes later and first shark was on and to be honest not a fighter, perhaps it was too early for it and was still half asleep, the shark wasn't big and using length and girth formula weighed in at 38lb's. Rods back in the water with fresh baits and number 2 shark was hooked, again a small Blue going 42lb's.
Again we had another 2 runs with one hook bait completely gone and another bitten in half.
After an hour or so wait we had another shark on and this time felt a bit bigger with it running side to side and as the fin broke the surface we could see it was a nice fish, unfortunately some 10minutes into battle and trying to tempt it closer to the boat the wire trace broke near the hook and the shark was lost.
Half an hour passed and we were on again with the furthest rod bending over and after a 20 minute battle a nice Blue shark of 68lb was boated.
It was around 3pm when we had another blue take our baits so it was battle stations again and not long after the front rod also had a run so number two shark was on in this double hook up so the fun began with both sharks fighting well and each angler taking in turns to tire there shark out for it to be landed, measured, unhooked, quick pose for a photo then carefully released, we did boat both and were fine small specimens again that gave a good account for themselves as the videos show on facebook, going 41lb's and 39lb's.
Another hit and miss run at the end of the day and we steamed back into port with happy anglers and memories of those amazing creatures.
We ended the day with 5 sharks landed, 1 on and bitten through trace, bottom fishing was also ok with some nice size whiting and few doggies to pass the time.
Remember Spot On is the ONLY charter boat to catch sharks from Brixham and also boasts a 100% catch rate on its shark trips to date, others in the port may try but none can match Spot On when it comes to results!!!
Pictured is one of the Blues battling next to the boat.
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08/08/2014
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
8 Aug 2014 by Nigel Lihou
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03 August 2014 to 08 August 2014
Well what a week's fishing we have had off to the Skerries at the start of the week with a group from London and some fantastic Rag worm from a new supplier, the days bag included Plenty of Plaice, Gurnard's, Blonde Ray along with Mackerel and a few small Whiting. A happy group returned to London with memories of a good day out.
For the rest of the week we have had a group from Morecombe who we wanted to give a bit of variety to so for day one it was off back to the Skerries for some more Plaice this time up to 4lb with a few other species making up a good days fishing. The following day was called off due to the weather but plans were made for the rest of the week.
Time to target the Wrecks and first off it was the 10 to 20 mile out wrecks that although producing fish were only catching Pollack and Pouting the surprise catch in amongst the day's fishing was a lovely 2lb Red Gurnard. Some good fishing but not what we would be expecting from these wrecks at this time of year.
Next day was planned as a long one out to a large mid channel wreck expecting to find some good sized Cod and Pollack, first drift looked good producing several small Codling and Pollack the wreck showing well beneath us with the electronics showing plenty of fish but the rest of the drifts although producing fish did not bring anything of size to the surface, we still managed a good species count with Pouting and Mackerel and some 2lb to 3lb Whiting. A long way to go for fish and not what should have been there.
The final day and for variety we anchored on a local reef with good sized mackerel fillets as bait we sat and waited for the action, one of the group having purchased a new rod before setting off he wanted to christen it and what a way do it with a large Conger in excess of 25lb, at the same time another member of the group boated a 4and half pound Bull Huss, the action continued with another 6lb conger coming aboard and rounding off the day were a brace of Thornback Rays in excess of 12lb. A really good day we had saved the best till last.
The groups Species count for the week included : - Plaice, Dab, Red Gurnard, Mackerel, Whiting, Herring, Horse Mackerel, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Pouting, Pollack, Codling, Silver Whiting, Tub Gurnard, Conger Eel, Bull Huss, and Thornback Ray. A large amount of these were returned to fight another day but some were taken for the pot during the week our crew kindly filleted and froze the early part of the weeks catch and Friday saw iced up cool boxes loaded for the return to Morecombe with promises of a return in the future. View Boats Page
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07/2014
Fishing Report by Simon Fisher
on Becca Marie (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2014 by Simon Fisher
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Well we`re at the end of July, and what a month its been!
Its been a great month again for the Cod. Becca Marie has been using her comfortable speed and stability along with our great local knowledge to get our Anglers into the action, We`ve had Cod on the inshores and offshores and giving our Fishermen plenty of fishing time instead of a boat ride, 8hr and 10hr trips have produced good numbers of fish coming onboard.
We have also been on the Banks with Plaice numbers still going strong aswell as inshore reefs for the Bass.
Next month we will be offering more trips Targeting Bass inshore and offshore, aswell as trips targeting Pollock,Cod and Ling.....
We also now have our "Becca Marie" Bass challenge ( The first angler to catch a 10lb+ Bass onboard wins a free trip)
With 10hr wrecking trips at £55 and inshore Bassing trips at £45 we offer great value for money and always great banter and laugh onboard aswell as doing our best to get our anglers on the fish.
We look forward to you joining us, and dont forget everyone is welcome! View Boats Page
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07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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July has again been a great month for the weather so far and with the wrecking still going strong Spot On has been finding some great fish with plenty of Cod, Pollock, Ling and Bass as the main target specices which the anglers have been enjoying on recent trips.
Surprised to see sightings of a leaping shark, a whale and loads of sunfish is great to see and fishing for these new speices excpet the whale is good fun and Sharking if we can find mackerel will be at the end of this month.
Thanks to the anglers for supporting Spot On and making this year brilliant and with the 2015 diary already filling up looks set to continue for the future, lets hope the great quality of fish continue, all in all i can not complain with the new boat being awesome and every angler who joins us on board amazed by its speed, space and comfort and they just love it, plus it means so much more fishing time its more time to grab that chance of cathing a fish of a lifetime from Brixham and as you can see the 2014 catches are of high quality and quantity.
Pictured is another charter boat UK record: The biggest sunfish seen this year.
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07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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Wrecking from Brixham on board Spot On has been to be honest up and down but with all trips producing plenty of Cod and Pollock along with Bass, Ling, Whiting and a john dory or two, just difficult to find the larger specimens some days.
It has been hard work to find the larger Cod as all the wrecks seem to hold lots of small fish that are grabbing the lures before the big ones have chance to get hooked.
But being persistent and being 'Spot On' with the drifts we have found a few bigger ones to keep the 20lb+ fish still coming to the net.
Pictured is the two fish one drift produced for two lucky anglers. (David and Tristan)
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07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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I now have 2015 tide times and diary so I am opening the 2015 diary for Spot On .
Multi day trips include:
Channel Islands (Guernsey or Alderney)
Cornish Sharking
Weymouth Multi day trips
Cornwall multi day wrecking and reefing
Single day trips include:
Wrecking
Skerries
Reef
Shark
Evening Conger
Remember Spot on is the south west's premier charter boat offering you unrivalled fishing time and great value for money. Please see this years catches to make up your own mind.
Book now for best tides and dates.
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06/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2014 by Ross Parham
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The new boat has now been in action for just over 2 months now and as you can see from the reports and the photos the fishing from Brixham has been awesome with lots of amazing catches and in 2 and a half months Spot On has had the follwing to name a few.
2014 BIG ONES (PB's for the new boat so far since April 2014)
Cod to 27lb.
Ling to 30lb 4oz
Whiting to 6lb 10oz
Pollock to 19lb.
Conger to 68lb 10oz.
Turbot to 13lb 6oz.
Brill to 4lb 5oz.
Blonde ray to 16lb 14oz.
Plaice to 3lb 8oz.
Bull huss to 13lb.
Pouting to 3lb 8oz.
Other species include: Small eyed ray, mackerel, herring, Launce, Bass, Dogfish, John Dory, cuckoo wrasse, tub gurnard, red gurnard, grey gurnard, Dabs, Weaver fish, Scad, Lobster, Spider crab.
Show me another boat who has had this much success in such a short time period and with only 3 channel island trips to date i think Spot On has shown why she is the number one boat in Brixham.
The photos show simply a snap shot of some of the finer fish caught on board Spot On.
remember the ultimate charter boat to cater for your every need and soon we will be targeting the blue sharks and bass along with Bream to name a few, so watch this space.
The new 3 day weymouth trips are now proving poular with 2 dates already confirmed for september.
Please feel free to contact me for any more help or information.
Pictured is Phil with his 68lb 10oz conger eel. (bigger to come)
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