Latest Fishing Reports: Devon
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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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First wrecking of August 2013.
Spot On was brave to face the first weekends weather in august 2013 and ventured out to the offshore wrecks in search of some nice Cod.
Fishing was patchy with a few fish coming here and there but we continued to search wreck to wreck picking up what we could.
Everyone caught some nice prime fish with the biggest taken by Mark Wellington of Plymouth with a nice fish of 20lb 2oz. His son also got in on the action with a 15lb 2oz being his biggest Cod of the day. we had some smaller Pollock and some nice ling up to 15lb, the biggest surprise of the day was a 65lb Conger eel taking the ling bait on a drift, the fish was released at the side of the boat to the relief of some on board who did not want to share the deck with the fish.
July was a very good month for Cod on Spot On with 10 fish over 20lb and 70 fish over 10lb.
Not Bad for only 10 trips.
Lets hope august continues to produce and thank you all for supporting Spot On of Brixham.
Pictured is Mark and his son with there 2 personal best Cod's
2014 diary and tides are here so now taking bookings, Channel island trips welcome.
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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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First trip of august 2013 saw Spot On steaming to the skerries from brixham (only a 40minute steam) to fish for plaice.
A lovely day was to be had weather wise and the fishing was good too with boat totals for plaice at 90 fish, most returned alive and few taken for tea.
Other species included Red gurnard, Tub gurnard, Grey gurnard, mackerel, sand eels and Dabs.
All in all for seven anglers, a couple who were novices did very well and thank you for choosing Spot On Charters and hope to see you again soon.
Pictured is Cath with one of her fine double header of plaice.
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31/07/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
31 Jul 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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Reasonable day fishing with a variety of species including Pollack, Scad, Pout and Mackerel even mackerel 4 ins long weighing less than 1/2 oz (returned to grow a bit) haven't seen them that small for a while so good bait fish must mean the bigger species are about. still waiting to see the first Bass of the season.
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07/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2013 by Ross Parham
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July Has proved to be a great month weather wise and Spot On has been getting out as often as bookings allowed.
Some great fish caught so far this month with still good Cod fishing with lots of 20lb+ fish and still some bigger ones snapping the guys up as they seem to be in really fit shape and hard fighting, Pollock and Ling are still making appearances.
SPOT ON is officially winner of the Dartmouth Pub angler of the year competition which took place on Friday 12th July (Wrecking) with a Cod of 17lb 9oz.
Spot On is now pleased to offer specialised shark trips and with her be longer than most charter boats we can fish 6 rods with ease.
These trips will be 12, 14, 16+ hours.
Best Blue was estimated at around 80lb but unfortunately this was lost at the side of the boat trying to get her in for a pic, the best on the boat was 73lb.
Taking bookings for 2014 on the new boat (hopefully) and channel island interest is heating up so get in early to get your number one choice.
Pictured is regular angler Phil Robinson with his first ever Blue shark of 73lb helped by crew Nathan.
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13/07/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
13 Jul 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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A great day out today 13 July with Mark and the boys from Severn Trent Gloucester. A trip a third of the way across the channel to some good wrecks produced Ling, Pollack and Large quantities of 2lb plus whiting with the usual Pout thrown in look forward to seeing you again later in the year
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10/07/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
10 Jul 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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A good day out with Dave and the boys from the midlands a quantity of Mackerel for bait and the pot off Berry Head then on to the Skerries which produced a few nice Plaice and Gurnards before returning via an inshore wreck with Pollack. A good day out and look forward to seeing you all again in September
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07/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2013 by Ross Parham
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The last weekend of June and first day into July has produced some nice fish both on the skerries banks for plaice and the channel wrecks for Cod, Pollock and ling.
Plaice seem to be getting fatter with the average fish now hitting around 1lb 8oz - 2lb mark, some nice 3lb specimens also landed and still good totals with 70 fish landed on the boat the day we were there.
Wrecking has been producing some fine specimens of Cod and even bigger ones getting away.
The last three days fishing both on the skerries and the wrecking has produced 13 species which include:
Cod, Pollock, Ling, Haddock, Whiting, Pouting, John Dory, Mackerel, Plaice, Dogfish, Red gurnard. Tub gurnard and Dabs.
Mackerel have arrived so the bass should be showing soon.
Pictured is Craig Williams with his nice 'Lean' 26lb 5oz Cod Caught on a sidewinder lure.
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30/06/2013
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
30 Jun 2013 by Nigel Lihou
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A good days fishing with the Builders, Plasterers, Plumbers and Electricians from Torbay. Great weather and skerries plaice, also a few surprises: - small Dab of about 12oz and Red Gurnard of about 1 1/2 lb not bad but tailed off after lunch and when the tide turned so tried a few inshore wrecks on the way home for Pollack and Pout but the weather had turned making it uncomfortable so very little showing (plenty on the sounder) A good day out with many of the guys wanting a return visit.
Long days at the moment can produce good numbers of Cod but its mid channel with a 5am start and a three hour steam out and back to give you a good days fishing, costs are a bit dearer because of the fuel used but if you are interested give me a call and we will put a group together.
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06/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2013 by Ross Parham
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Spot On was blessed with some summer weather at last and zero winds as we ventured out to the wrecks in search of Cod.
Some really nice specimens landed and some even bigger ones lost as the guys were using very 'sporting' tackle.
As you can see it was another good haul and everyone on board caught some prime summer Cod.
Other species included a small ling, whiting, Pollock and pouting.
Biggest fish fell to fellow charter skipper from Cardiff Steve Jones with a fish of 16lb 8oz.
Still plenty of spaces available on board Spot On out of Brixham Devon for a fraction of the price compared to many other ports that fish these waters.
And in my opinion the home of wreck fishing!
Pictured is a couple of fish taken on the same drift, we again had good numbers and good size of fish.
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06/2013
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2013 by Ross Parham
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Wrecking from Brixham on Spot On has been energetic to say the least this last weekend with a massive haul of fish, Cod a few Pollock and a ling made up the days catch.
The numbers are as follows:
A huge haul of Cod, a few Pollock and a ling caught on Spot On! from Brixham Devon. over 300 Fish, 36 Doubles which included the following 2x23lb, 1x19lb, 2x16.5lb, 3x16lb, 3x15.5lb, 4x15lb, 4x14b, 6x12lb, 11x10-11lb. Just wish every day was this good, 10 anglers and 10 bent rods pretty much every drift.
Pictured is a few of the fish on the deck.
The skerries continue to fish well with good numbers of plaice being caught and a massive fish of over 7lb landed by a private boat.
Spot On! is only a short steam away from the skerries and will guarantee you at least 8 hours fishing time on the banks. So more time with lines in the water.
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