Latest Fishing Reports: Devon
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06/2018
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2018 by Nigel Lihou
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What a month it has been for Optimist here in Brixham. Back in April the Turbo went on the Engine and decisions need to be made; spend more on the Engine or source a replacement. The latter proved to be the way forward and after several abortive chases around the south coast and a wanted ad in FAFB we found a replacement in Jersey. This was taken out of the fishing boat it was in in Guernsey and shipped to Poole. A day out to Poole to collect then 2 weeks hard work to remove the old Engine and fit the New and we were up and running and a little bit more economical.
Back on the fishing and half day trips to the inshore wrecks were producing some nice sized Pouting and a Pollack, with the occasional Whiting. Full days have been spent on the Skerries hunting Plaice and Ray which this year is proving a little harder but when we hit them they are relatively plump specimens.
A pre booked party down for a week's fishing from Lancashire tested our fish finding abilities as the week they were here the wind forecast was Easterlies all week, (Brixham although on the South coast faces East) We managed to get round Start to Lannacombe for a day on the rough ground returning via the Skerries and a couple of days on the Inshore wrecks one day being cancelled due to the swell. The last day was a lumpy ride round to the mouth of the river dart sheltered from the East, and a couple of productive marks one producing Bull Huss up to 9.5lb as pictured with Bob one of the guys from Morecombe.
We continue to put you on the fish with a variety of species available on the Wrecks, Banks, reefs and marks that we have within a reasonable distance from Brixham, the mother port of Fishing.
Contact Nigel, Optimist Charters, 07817136505, www.optimistcharters.co.uk
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07/2018
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
Jul 2018 by Matt Forrester
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The warming waters in July has seen a real drop off in the pollack catches so we have spent our time targeting the bass. They are showing on a few select wrecks and inshore reefs but they are still not at their highest numbers yet. We mostly try and avoid the use of bait and prefer slow jigging and lures on the wrecks. Whilst inshore we get on the light lure gear using spinning rods, much the same as youd expect from the shore. This is great sport and we've had a few wrasse getting in on the action too! This will be one of our growing areas along with some shark fishing so keep checking back and make that booking!
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 08/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Wed 28/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. MAX of 4 anglers, offshore wrecks with jigs and luresView details Thu 29/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Fri 30/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore with jigs and luresView details Mon 09/06/2025 3 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wreck with jigs and luresView details Wed 09/07/2025 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. MAX of 4 anglers, offshore wrecks with jigs and luresView details Wed 30/07/2025 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, slow pitch jigs and lures, offshoreView details Sat 11/10/2025 1 Space £165.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details -
06/2018
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jun 2018 by Ross Parham
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Just finished an exhilarating 2 days fishing with MILNROW SAC.
Day 1 was spent fishing for blonde Ray's and Plaice.
A mixture of uptiding and downtiding for this and it wasn't long before the first bite and a cracking blonde ray of 26lb hit the net.
The action was soon fast and furious with upto 3 Ray's on at once and the size and quality of the fish was also very good.
A total of 24 blonde Ray's boated with 6 of them over the 20lb mark and only 4 under 10lb.
Anchor up and on the drift for the plaice, again some good action at times with the biggest plaice being 2lb 4oz.
Speicies caught on day 1 were blonde Ray, plaice, dogfish, tub gurnard, grey gurnard, red gurnard, whiting and mackerel.
Day 2 and the sun was out again and it was off to get some mackerel for bait for conger and Ling.
After a couple of hours we had enough bait and we steamed out to the choosen wreck, anchor down and baits set, first action was a nice ling and then the eels came to feed along with the Ling, biggest conger landed was a cracking eel of 53lb for Jim (not bad for a 20lb class rod and 30lb braid mainline).
Anchor up and on the drift. Pollock and cod coming to the net straight away and continued every drift until the steam home.
Conger to 53lb, Ling to 15lb, pollock to 15lb and cod to 5lb.
Species caught on day 2: conger, Ling, cod, pollock, pouting and mackerel.
A stunning 2 days weather wise and as you can see the fishing wasn't bad either!
Pictured is father and son Mark and Cameron holding a brace of blonde Ray's.
Still a few 2018 dates available and now taking bookings for 2019.
Spot On does what the name suggests, Brixhams premier charter boat and the only catamaran. Speed, space and stability. View Boats Page
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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 -
06/06/2018
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
on Our Joe (Paignton, Devon)
6 Jun 2018 by Shaun Pedley
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Plenty of Pollock Showing on the Wrecks now with Cod showing up too. Quite hit and miss on location still though but its great to see them coming up in numbers!
We was catching Pollock and Cod about 2-3 wreck length off the wreck witch shows the amount of fish down there.
Sidewinder Blues, Reds and Yellows were possibly most successful lures of the day but all lures and makes had caught a number of fish. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 12/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Tue 13/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Wed 14/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Thu 15/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Fri 16/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Mon 23/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Tue 24/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Wed 25/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Thu 26/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Fri 27/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details -
06/2018
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
Jun 2018 by Matt Forrester
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Several of my Lyme Bay wrecks have been producing plenty of good sport. The last couple of weeks we have run several lure / wrecking trips with catches of approx 20 pollack between 4 anglers each time. Lots of pollack between 6 and 8lb and the biggest at 13.8lb, we've also had several bigger fish lost close to the wrecks!
Cod were showing well a few weeks ago but have become a bit harder to find last couple of weeks, biggest going 7lb plus we had a couple of small Ling to 11lb.
Mackerel are now showing up in greater numbers.
Water temps are now good and we've loads of bait fish around :)
Please get in touch and make that booking, spaces still available ! View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Halo
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 08/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Wed 28/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. MAX of 4 anglers, offshore wrecks with jigs and luresView details Thu 29/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Fri 30/05/2025 2 Spaces £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore with jigs and luresView details Mon 09/06/2025 3 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wreck with jigs and luresView details Wed 09/07/2025 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. MAX of 4 anglers, offshore wrecks with jigs and luresView details Wed 30/07/2025 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, slow pitch jigs and lures, offshoreView details Sat 11/10/2025 1 Space £165.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details -
05/2018
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
May 2018 by Ross Parham
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With a decent run of good weather Spot On has been all over the place from fishing inshore on the skerries bank to deep water wrecks in search of conger to mid channel wrecking for cod and pollock along with the first trips to the Channel Islands.
In May 2018 We have caught:
Pollock to 16lb 8oz
Ling to 27lb
Cod to 13lb
Turbot to 19lb 6oz
Brill to 6lb 2oz
Undulate Ray to 17lb 2oz
Ballan wrasse to 5lb 4oz
Conger eels to 70lb
John Dory to 4lb 10oz
Black bream to 3lb 10oz
Plaice to 2lb 14oz
As you can see there are some truly amazing catches of fish of lifetime let alone in just one month!
Still some dates for 2018 and now taking bookings for 2019.
Why not try Spot On, Brixham's and the south wests premier charter boat. I think you'd have a job to beat these types of catches anywhere else!
07878668662.
Pictured is John Gibson from Bristol with his fine specimen Turbot of 19lb 6oz. View Boats Page
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27/05/2018
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
on Our Joe (Paignton, Devon)
27 May 2018 by Shaun Pedley
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Plenty of pollock caught on the Wrecks.
Drifting all day over 4 different Wrecks 20miles off the head.
Plenty of fish to the net for the time of year.
Enjoyed by all aboard. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 12/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Tue 13/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Wed 14/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Thu 15/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Fri 16/05/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Mon 23/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Tue 24/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Wed 25/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Thu 26/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details Fri 27/06/2025 4 Spaces 50 Hours £495.00pp Guernsey Fishing Holiday. Brill / Turbot.View details -
02/2018
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Feb 2018 by Ross Parham
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A break in the weather meant that we managed to get out mid channel wrecking 4 days in a row.
Glorious weather all days and accompanied by lots of dolphins which is always great to see.
Again wrecking proved to be very good with lots of prime pollock being caught every day, plenty of double figurerd fish around up to the high teens.
We also managed a lovely specimen grey gurnard of 1lb 8oz along with ling, our first cod of the year, pouting, whiting and some bass. (Returned alive quickly)
This fine fishing should be set to continue for the next month or so.
Top lures over the 4 days were the skerries Sandeel by Sidewinder.
Dates are filling fast so if you want a trip on board Brixham's premier charter boat and only catamaran then feel free to contact me.
www.spot-on-charters.co.uk 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 -
01/2018
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Jan 2018 by Ross Parham
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Please find below a list of 2018 spaces available for individuals and weekends that are left.
2018 Spaces to fill on Spot On!
20th feb - 7 spaces wrecking
19th March - 5 spaces wrecking
Sunday 25th March - 7 spaces wrecking
Friday 30th March - 6 spaces wrecking
Sunday 1st April - whole boat available
Friday 13th April - 6 spaces wrecking
23rd April - 25 April - 3 spaces for a 3 day Guernsey trip.
Thursday 26th April and Friday 27th April - 7 each day for skerries
Monday 30th April - 5 spaces wrecking
Friday 11th May - 3 spaces wrecking
Monday 14th May - 3 spaces wrecking
Friday 18th May - 6 spaces wrecking
Friday 8th June - 6 spaces wrecking
Monday 11th June - 4 spaces wrecking
Tuesday 12th June - 6 spaces skerries
Wednesday 13th June - 6 spaces wrecking
Friday 6th July - 5 spaces wrecking
Friday 13th July - 3 spaces wrecking
Sunday 15th July - whole boat available
Tuesday 24th July - 8 spaces wrecking
Friday 24th August - 8 spaces wrecking
Sunday 26th August - whole boat available
Sunday 2nd September - 9 spaces available
Monday 3rd - 6th September 3 spaces 4 day Guernsey trip
Friday 14th September - 6 spaces wrecking
Tuesday 18th - 21st September 3 spaces 4 day Guernsey trip
Monday 24th September - 3 spaces Sharking trip
Tuesday 23rd October - 3 spaces wrecking
Monday 29th October - 3 spaces Sharking trip
Friday 2nd November - 6 spaces wrecking
Sunday 4th November - whole boat available
Sunday 25th November - whole boat available
Saturday 1st December - whole boat available
Sunday 2nd December - whole boat available
Please feel free to contact me for any more information.
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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 -
12/2017
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
Dec 2017 by Nigel Lihou
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2017 has been a good year for Optimist we have put the Anglers on the fish on every trip. The Wrecks have been a bit hit and miss during the year with some good catches of Pollack when we have managed to hit a wreck that has not been commercially netted the day before, Pout as usual have been very prolific, it is just convincing you anglers that a large Pout is if gutted when caught is not a bad fish to eat and they can put up a reasonable fight.
The Skerries bank as always has fished consistently throughout the year with reasonable quantities of Plaice although this year there were very few above the 2lb mark and a lot of undersized returned for another day. The banks still throw up surprises and we have had some good sized Turbot and Brill and Ray as well as the unexpected.
Our biggest problem this year has been fresh Mackerel as they didn't arrive until mid July and then it was a case of not on the usual marks except for one day in August where we sat on the mooring and nearly filled a box, which meant we could freeze some down for future use.
Also during the year we have become a recognised Elasmobranch tagger recording data for the SSACN, practising a catch and release program with Sharks, Rays, Huss and Hounds, this has so far proved very successful and we hope to build on this in 2018.
Optimist tries to live up to its name and with bookings for 2018 already starting to fill up we look forward to welcoming you aboard just call Nigel on 07817136505 View Boats Page
