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13/10/2013
Fishing Report by nick smith
on Samuel Irvin 3 (Dartmouth, Devon)
13 Oct 2013 by nick smith
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ian was waiting for us at kingswear as we walked down the jetty, he helped us aboard and got the kettle on....it was a rather grey start but not alot of wind as we steamed out of dartmouth heading for the famous skerries bank in search of that great eating fish the plaice.
Most of us were using light 6 - 12lb outfits with braid, 4 - 5oz watch leads and various types of rigs, double hook wishbones, long flowing double and single hook traces, but all were blinged up in the typical plaice style, beads, spoons, and some even had star lights.....baits used was rag worm, prawns, mussles. cockles and peeler, tipped off with a thin strip of squid or cuttle. It was the prawns, cockle and mussle baits that gave us most success throughout the day.
Wasn't long before the first fish came over the gunnels, a nice whiting, soon followed by the first plaice, gurnards and a doggie.....a couple set out some feathers and soon had mackerel and launce for the bait freezer, plus some good size mackerel for the table too.
As fishing slowed down ian moved us into some deeper water, which kept the fish coming with more plaice and a bonus turbot that brought smiles all round. Even the sun came out!
By the end of the day we all went home with plaice for dinner, and the species landed included, plaice, dab, whiting, mackerel, launce, turbot, dogfish and red, grey and tub gurnards....
Quite a few fish were lost at first by lifting into the fish too early, so good advice is when you feel the bite, let off some line.
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09/10/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
9 Oct 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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A good day out on the 9th Oct to some inshore wrecks looking for Bass we were not disappointed as several made it to the surface along with Pollack, Pout, and a lone Scad. We also have evidence of shark as only the head to the gills of a Pout made it to the surface with a nice sharp bite mark where the rest of it should have been. Look forward to seeing you aboard the Optimist soon.
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09/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Sep 2013 by Ross Parham
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Spot On was pleased to welcome some young lads from the South Devon fishing forum on board and after working hard all weekend wrecking finding cod, bass, Pollock etc we set out in search of some ling.
We were not disappointed although the first 2 fish to come up on mackerel flappers were a nice 10lb cod and 6lb Pollock, however a few wrecks later we hit into the ling with 5-6 fish coming on board very quickly every drift and things became a bit hectic, biggest ling fell to Ross woolridge of a nice specimen ling of 21lb.
The guys were sporting with most using 15lb class tackle and 25b mainline with a few larger specimens getting away but all in all a good day spent with a good bunch of guys, the day was complete with some friendly dolphins joining us for a few miles to play with our wake on the way in, some great videos of this on facebbok, just search spotoncharters brixham.
New boat is also progressing well so cant wait, 2014 tides and diary open and bookings are coming in so good to see, get in early to get your first choices.
Thank you guys for choosing Brixham as your home of wrecking port and don't forget those nice turbot and big plaice of over 7lb being caught from our local skerries bank from a private boat recently.
Pictured is a group shot of the guys holding a few of there fish, all fish gutted freshly and prepared to keep them as fresh as they can for you to enjoy.
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09/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
Sep 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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Hi all the winter season is almost upon us and Optimist will be on the water throughout the winter and out fishing when the weather permits. We will of course be targetting the bigger Pollack and what ever else we can find. keep your eyes on the website for some important information about 2014 coming soon remember we are only a phone call or email away to discuss you potential trips. Tight Lines
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09/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Sep 2013 by Ross Parham
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This weekend has seen a bit of different types of fishing tried and with some mixed results and wind being a big factor but still the quality of the fish has been superb, from rough ground and reef fishing which included some nice gurnards along with dogfish, pout and abundance of mackerel, small Pollock and a lonely 14lb wreck cod.
Sunday was inshore wrecking at anchor with the aim of conger eels and bream and the lads were not disappointed with congers up to 70lb and all released at the side of the boat as the anglers not wanting to harm the fish, 9 eels broke the surface and 7 more lost during battle, we then decided to try out luck with bream and again Spot On was Spot On with some massive specimens coming on board along with loads of pouting, huge scad and lots of mackerel.
Biggest Bream fell to Mark Wellington of Plymouth with a massive fish of 5lb 6oz.
Thanks guys and look forward to seeing you soon to beat even more of your 'PB's
Pictured is James Ashton with 2 of his biggest bream of 4lb 14oz and 4lb 8oz. View Boats Page
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28/08/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
28 Aug 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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Great day out yesterday 28th August 20 miles out on a couple of large wrecks with a variety of species coming aboard including Cuckoo Wrasse, Pollack, Pouting, Gurnard, Whiting and Mackerel. the group fishing was from Gloucester and the west midlands. More trips planned.
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08/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2013 by Ross Parham
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Spot on had a weekends fishing on 24th and 25th August, wind to be fair was not the best with the weather man getting things wrong, still we didn't let this bother us when we headed out in search of Bass on Saturday and we were soon bringing up 4-7 bass per drift, all were caught on lures as live baiting would have been a bit hectic with having 11 anglers on the boat, the guys managed 65 bass in total with the biggest only being 6lb 9oz caught by Charlie morgan on the last drift of the day.
I would like to say thanks for the guys for fishing for sport and returning over 30 fish.
Sunday saw slightly calmer winds and we headed out for a fun day in search of all sorts, we started on the bass again and took 4 fish on 5 drifts, we then decided to head inshore on the reefs and drop the anchor, we were blessed with a great species hunt with a total of 12 species being landed which included the following:
Black Bream, Bass, Conger eel, Cuckoo wrasse, Thornback ray, Tub gurnard, Whiting, Mackerel, Scad, Pouting, Dogfish and Pollock.
Pictured is Saturdays crowd with the few Bass they kept for the plate after returning over 30 fish. View Boats Page
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26/08/2013
Fishing Report by nick smith
on Samuel Irvin 3 (Dartmouth, Devon)
26 Aug 2013 by nick smith
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Target species was to be big blonde rays, we set of at 8am and within 10 minutes were all dropping feathers to get fresh bait. The mackerel were plentiful and only 15 feet down, so was a simple case of dropping down and stopping at the end of the leader.
Within half hour of leaving harbor we were anchoring up and dropping our baits down for the rays. We were all using 30/50lb class rods, mainly to counter the 2lb weights that were needed in such a strong tide to hold bottom which is a must for the ray fishing. The business end was a 6/0 - 7/0 hook fished either single or pennel style, attached to a 5 foot long 80lb trace. Bait was a whole squid and half a mackerel fillet (length ways) or just the mackerel fillet, the fillet being only hooked once to trail and flap in the tide.
Within 10 minutes we had our first ray that took nearly 15 minutes to land even with the heavy gear. The fishing continued like this for the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon with over 40 blonde rays being landed with severel pb's being beaten and the biggest ray topping 28lb.
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14/08/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
14 Aug 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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Great Day out 25 miles out in the channel over a large wreck a few locals and visitors on board and a young 6 year old on his first trip We had Cod, Pollack and Whiting coming aboard with the young lad catching his first Pollack of 2lb 5oz. More trips planned.
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08/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2013 by Ross Parham
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Spot On has been out in search of Bass whilst wrecking and the lads were not disappointed with a private hire one day of just 3 anglers taking some nice Bass with the smallest being 6lb's and the biggest taken just over 10lb.
Cod have been a little slow due to the larger tides we have had lately but I am sure we have not seen the last of them yet.
But the first trip of August did through up another 20lb'er so spot on is continuing were July left of averaging a 20lb'er per trip.
The bass have mainly been caught on live baits however we did see the first caught on lures and snagged 3 in one day on lures so things are looking up.
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Pictured is Phil, Chris and Simon with the biggest of there fish had on board Spot On, biggest Bass fell to Simon of a fish of 10lb 4 oz. View Boats Page
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