Latest Fishing Reports: Devon
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13/05/2012
Fishing Report by robert penfold
on Kingfisher II (Brixham, Devon)
13 May 2012 by robert penfold
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finally got out wrecking this weekend with plenty of action loads of pollack and some good numbers of cod with a few ling thrown in as well,the skerries has fished well this weekend with upto 65 plaice coming per boat ,hopefully the weather will continue to be kind and the fishing stays good tightlines!
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04/2012
Fishing Report by robert penfold
on Kingfisher II (Brixham, Devon)
Apr 2012 by robert penfold
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well the weathers been pants but hopefully the plaice fishing on the skerries will still be as good as it has been ,upto 10 fish a rod ,wrecking producing some good pollack still with nice size cod also ,so lets hope we,ve seen the worst of the weather and can get back out amongst em! tight lines
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11/2011
Fishing Report by robert penfold
on Kingfisher II (Brixham, Devon)
Nov 2011 by robert penfold
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wreck fishing has produced pollock to 17lbs , bass to 9lb and a few cod , also the inshore fishing has been good with chanell whiting and many lesser spotted dogs, a few nice huss to 9lb and plenty of plaice and gurnard.
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11/08/2011
Fishing Report by Dave Saunders
on Kellys Hero Charters (Brixham, Devon)
11 Aug 2011 by Dave Saunders
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Bass fishing
4 hour charters targeting Bass are becoming quite popular
Recent trip 11th August with 4 novice sea anglers onboard none of which had caught a Bass before, managed to catch and land a Bass each, some catching two. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 23/02/2025 3 Hours Wildlife cruise of Torbay.View details Sun 02/03/2025 6 Spaces 3 Hours £30.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 09/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 16/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 23/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 30/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 06/04/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Wed 09/04/2025 6 Hours £65.00pp Wrecking. Pollock.View details Thu 24/04/2025 3 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Steve Pulsford x4 Pollock.View details Sun 22/06/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp 3 days of mixed fishing. Bass / Plaice / Pollock.View details -
29/04/2011
Fishing Report by Sue Smith
on Bluefin (Ilfracombe, Devon)
29 Apr 2011 by Sue Smith
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Fishing Trip, Friday 29th April
Brilliant weather, primarily an Easterly wind starting off at 20+ knots but soon dying down to a pleasant 12knots for the rest of the day, mostly sunny and warm.
Good crowd of “Lads” from Barnstable for the day, with a couple of Sea Fishing First Timers. To give everyone a taster and to get the new lads into “the zone” while waiting for the tide to ease in the offshore marks and to get the day going had a go at dog-fishing. The obliging doggies did not disappoint, after feeding them on some prime herring and mackerel baits for what seemed a micro second, there were a steady stream of the kennel club members flopping onto the deck. No doggies were hurt during this performance, all returned to their respective kennels to fight another day!
After nearly an hour we set off to the rough ground offshore mark approximately 8 to 9 miles out of Ilfracombe; close to the one fished the previous Saturday, in the hope of hooking up to a couple of Spur Dogs. After setting anchor in a bit of a lively sea and beam on to boot lol! The results were initially surprising! Not a doggie in site but what seemed an endless supply of their close relatives Bull Huss! I think all of the lads caught Huss with one or two being quite good doubles. They were caught on a mixture of baits including Herring, Squid, Mackerel, Sand eel, Sardines and any mixture, in cocktailed baits. The Spur dogs were not as prolific as the Saturday trip however there were again a few touching the mid double figures. We did have a couple of surprise appearances with a healthy Rocking and a neat little Thornback ray. We fished the tide through the slack well into the afternoon until the tide picked up too much and went back inshore to do a bit of feathering for Pollock or the elusive Mackerel. We picked up Coal Fish, Pollock and again the plague proportion dog fish.
One of the lads Dan; his first sea fishing trip, although he does do the Carp…..yep I said CARP thing lol; had a fabulous day, with 6 species caught and comments like “I will be def doing this again………Soon” “when are we going again” etc, methinks the Carp…hehe, will be taking the proverbial back seat!
We all had an absolutely superb day’s fishing, very comfortable, clean and quick boat.
Species for trip, Dog fish, Bull Huss, Spur dog, Thornback Ray, Coal Fish, Rockling and Pollock. View Boats Page
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23/04/2011
Fishing Report by Sue Smith
on Bluefin (Ilfracombe, Devon)
23 Apr 2011 by Sue Smith
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Lundy Island Fishing Trip, Saturday 23rd April
Fabulous weather, virtually no wind, sunny and warm all day.
On way to Lundy Island stopped at a rough ground mark approximately eight miles out of Ilfracombe to try our luck fishing for Spur Dog’s and Bull Huss. We used Herring, Mackerel, and Squid in baits, these were sometimes cocktailed. Very successful mark, as we caught many Spur dogs up to 16lb and several Bull Huss. We fished the best of the tide for an hour or so, then moved swiftly on down to Lundy Island.
The weather was like a summers day getting very warm (sun burn in April) lol! A different style of fishing as we use feathers some of the other anglers used baited feathers. After a few minutes of setting up the drift, caught several small Pollock most returned to fight another day. Tried further up the island again and after several different drifts caught lots of small Pollock again and some very nice Coal fish and then moved again further up the island where we added Ballen Wrasse and the first lot of Mackerel for this season to the species list, all mature fish; one of the mackerel actually topped the one lb mark!
We all had an absolutely superb day’s fishing, very comfortable, clean and quick boat. The skipper John was helpful, knowledgeable and very patient with the less experienced anglers.
Species for trip, Dog fish, Bull Huss, Spur dog, Coal Fish, Mackerel, Pollock and Ballen Wrasse. View Boats Page
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23/04/2011
Fishing Report by Robert Hewitt
on Anglo Dawn III (Teignmouth, Devon)
23 Apr 2011 by Robert Hewitt
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With the Spring run of Plaice well under way on the Skerries Bank in Dartmouth, caught Eight 2 weeks ago with a boat total of 79, but relitively small fish.
so took advantage of the Bank holiday and booked myself on a Boat out of Salcombe (a couple of miles from Dartmouth )
this was a good move after leaving Swansea at 3.30am I arrived in Salcombe at 6.30am
I was First on the Boat, Chris the Skipper saying that only 4 more to come brilliant bags of room, less risk of tangling as todays method was drift fishing for Plaice. everybody on , we head for the Skerries
20 minutes and we are on the mark. tactics were to fish as light as possible, so used my new purchase from Mainwarings, Diawa Kenzaki 6/12 Braid special with Abu 6500 loaded with 14lbs Braid. Rig is 8ft of 10lbs Amnesia running ledger, with an 1/0 Aberdeen fine Wire on the end with 6-10 beads and a flyer hook 2/3rd of the way up again same hook and beads, 3oz watch lead. Bait Rag & Squid with Peeler and Prawn to mix it up.
5 minutes into the First drift I connect to the first fish of the day nice Plaice around 1lbs 1/2. Next drift again a similar size fish. Chris has put us right on the fish, with fish coming in its a great start to the day and the skipper gets a brew on
It went quiet at high water with everybody having caught Plaice except for Gary, who was now getting frustrated watching us having fun. finally he connected and the pressure was off! and I commented "you going for Quality not Quantity" Gary! 10 minutes later and he only brings in a beauty! we reckon between 3 1/2 to 4 lbs a proper fish. A great day was had by all with my final tally being 11 Plaice (kept 4 returned the rest) and a boat total of 52 fish
A top skipper Chris Roberts of Anglo Dawn III , Back down there again next Sunday 30th for another bash at View Boats Page
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22/04/2011
Fishing Report by Dave Saunders
on Kellys Hero Charters (Brixham, Devon)
22 Apr 2011 by Dave Saunders
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A good spell of sunny and settled weather in recent days has allowed us to get out onto the local reefs and banks.
Friday 22nd April we took out a local group of farmers and sons, some who had never stepped foot on a boat before. After a session of Mackerel catching the lads became fairly confident in rod handling so we ventured down to a reef for a spot of species hunting.
Species caught were:
Bull Huss
Dog Fish
Female Cuckoo Wrasse (returned Alive)
Pout whiting
Mackerel
Herring
Allice Shad (returned alive)
Red Gurnard View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 23/02/2025 3 Hours Wildlife cruise of Torbay.View details Sun 02/03/2025 6 Spaces 3 Hours £30.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 09/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 16/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 23/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 30/03/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Sun 06/04/2025 3 Hours Wildlife of Torbay 08.30hrs.View details Wed 09/04/2025 6 Hours £65.00pp Wrecking. Pollock.View details Thu 24/04/2025 3 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Steve Pulsford x4 Pollock.View details Sun 22/06/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp 3 days of mixed fishing. Bass / Plaice / Pollock.View details -
04/2011
Fishing Report by John Barbeary
on Bluefin (Ilfracombe, Devon)
Apr 2011 by John Barbeary
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charter on 14/4 50 or 60 spurs to 14 lb approx 20 huss to 13, also 17/4 plenty of spurs to 15lb dozen huss to 13lb usual dogs, first pollack of year weather great both days
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20/02/2011
Fishing Report by John Barbeary
on Bluefin (Ilfracombe, Devon)
20 Feb 2011 by John Barbeary
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Caught plenty of Spurdogs to 13lb, a dozen Huss to 11lb, Conger to 30lb, Codling, Whiting, Pouting.
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