Latest Fishing Reports: Devon
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09/02/2017
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
9 Feb 2017 by Nigel Lihou
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Although Optimist has been out of the water for two weeks it doesn’t stop me getting out with friends for a bit of fishing in between the job list to be done. The Skerries are still producing well with good sizes of Ray, Blonde, Small eyed, Spotted and Thornback with smooth hound the odd Plaice and some good size Whiting there are still a good variety of fish about.
On the wrecks we have been seeing a fair amount of Pollack nothing of vast size but in the 3lb to 6lb range which is nice for those who would like one for the table.
Bookings are trickling in for 2017 so if you have a particular date in mind check the tides and give us a call we will do our best to put you on the fish.
For those of you more interested in watching our wildlife than catching fish we are now running regular bird and wildlife watching trips on Sunday mornings with a local accredited guide, but these do book up fast so best to give us a call, Optimist is still available for charter in the afternoon and for full days Monday to Saturday.
We look forward to welcoming you aboard in 2017.
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22/01/2017
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
22 Jan 2017 by Owen Mallia
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We enjoyed another super day's angling on Outlaw of Dartmouth today, hunting for sporty Pollock on the Mid-Channel Wrecks.
All of the anglers on board caught plenty of feisty Channel fish with the largest Pollock going to 14lbs.
Marcus Tribe from Nomansland in Devon is a relative newcomer to Deep Sea fishing, however that didn't stop him mixing it up with the more experienced anglers, Marcus caught a number of the larger fish throughout the day on Outlaw.
Visiting angler Bill Phillott from Tavistock also caught consistently well, as did Dartmouth regulars Harry White from Moretonhampsted, John Maurice from Newton Abbot and Wes Donoghue from Paignton.
A top day was had by all.
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31/12/2016
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
31 Dec 2016 by Owen Mallia
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Day 3 of the Annual Outlaw 'Hangover' Trophy event
Once again the boys caught very well on the Channel Wrecks today
London visitors Nazir Ahmed and Riz Ahmed had a very enjoyable day with Naz catching the only Cod plus a number of fine Winter Pollock, not to be outdone, Riz also landed himself a decent haul of Pollock too.
Dartmouth regulars Nick Evans and Mark Cousins from Newton Abbott also caught very well today.
On the second to last drift Mark took the fish of the day with a feisty 14lbs 6oz Pollock, guaranteeing him the overall Day 3 victory.
The last three days have seen superb catching and the Wrecks given us some great sport to round off a very successful 2016 season, hopefully we will all enjoy more of the same in 2017 - bring it on!
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30/12/2016
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
30 Dec 2016 by Owen Mallia
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Day 2 of the Annual Hangover Trophy event
Weather - superb✔
Fishing - superb ✔
Banter - superb✔
All of the boys caught very well on the Channel Wrecks today
Newcomer Stephen Goddard had a field day, catching on many of his drifts and giving the 'old Pro's' fits!
Dartmouth regulars John Knight, Harry White and John Parker came close to lifting the Trophy, but Dave Probert from Bristol pipped John Parker by 2oz with his Pollock just short of 14lbs.
Dave's mate Wayne Stevenson from Bristol also put in a notable performances with some fine fish landed.
Day 3 tomorrow!
Still got one or two places for anglers who want to get in on the action.
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29/12/2016
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
29 Dec 2016 by Owen Mallia
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We have just completed day 1 of the
'Annual Outlaw Hangover Trophy fishing days'.
All the boys from Wales enjoyed a really good day's fishing with all of them catching very on the Channel Wrecks, notable performances were from John Yapp (overall winner with a Pollock of 17lbs), Bernard Toner (15lb Pollock), Greg Coles, Leighton Yapp, Dave Jones, Garfield Thomas and Wayne Smith who caught a nice Coalfish.
Day 2 tomorrow!
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12/2016
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Dec 2016 by Ross Parham
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Since Novemner 'Spot On' has only been out on a few trips due to the constant easterly winds that have been hammering our south Devon coastline, when we have got out the wreck fishing has again been good with plenty of hard fighting Pollock with the odd cod thrown in for good measure.
Other surprise catches have been a fair amount of large tub gurnards taken the lures which is nice to see.
I hope this weather will give us a break soon as I cant wait for the larger Pollock to turn up and I don't think they are too far away as we have been having steady catches of 9lb+ fish with a few mid doubles on most trips.
By far the best lure so far this year has to be the sidewinder Skerries Eels which have just been superb taking Cod and Pollock alike and has fished constantly.
Thanks to sidewinders for continuing to develop these great new lures that keep the fish coming to the net.
I have started to upload my pictures of some of the great fish caught in 2016 on board 'Spot On' and as you will see its been another bumper year and I would like to thank all my anglers for there continued support to myself and the great port of Brixham.
2017 diary is all but full and already been asked for 2018 dates which is mad!!
Spot On is still the only catamaran operating from Brixham, a few dates left for 2017 so get in fast if you want them.
I would like to wish newcomer Paul Bowden with his boat 'Off The Hook' good luck with his venture and for bringing more anglers to the port which shows Brixham is fast becoming the great charter port it once was and adding another fine vessel to Brixham's charter fleet, I look forward to working with the new boats in some competitions which will be planned in the new year so watch this space and if interested please get in touch.
Pictured is a fine 15lb December winter Pollock caught on a pearl sidewinder lure. View Boats Page
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10/2016
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Plymouth, Devon)
Oct 2016 by Kevin McKie
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They say seeing is believing and that sure was the case during the last week. On one of the day's i had a group of lad's onboard from Bristol, the plan was to catch as much fresh bait as possible then steam out about 50 miles to anchor a wreck for big conger and ling.
It took 10 lad's over two hours to catch half a box of mackerel and then we where on our way. As soon as we arrived at the wreck I set the boat up and sent the anchor down to the sea bed.
Nothing happened for the first 30 minutes then as usual all hell broke lose, the lad's where all into conger and ling. There was one lad called Kush who had never fished with me before and he was using a uptide rod with a multiplier, but we where fishing in over 280ft of water using 1lb of lead. Not the best set up for this type of fishing, he then hooked his first conger and started to reel in with the reel under the rod, talk about hard work. But he landed a conger about 40lb, next drop he hooked a very good fish, he was struggling but after 20 minutes he landed the best conger of the day and it tipped the scale's at 82lb. On the same trip one angler caught a 34lb ling and then snapped his 30lb class rod on a good fish and his line snapped at the same time. As for other fishing the shark fishing has come to an end with just the odd blue being reported. The pollack and cod fishing is very patchy, this could be down to the fact there is not much bait fish about.
We have still managed Conger to 82lb, Ling to 34lb and Pollack to 12lb. On one of the day's when we where bait fishing and one of the lad's caught a red band fish, I have never seen one before but what a cracking looking fish a first for me.
Cheers
Kev
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10/2016
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Plymouth, Devon)
Oct 2016 by Kevin McKie
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They say seeing is believing and that sure was the case during the last week. On one of the day's i had a group of lad's onboard from Bristol, the plan was to catch as much fresh bait as possible then steam out about 50 miles to anchor a wreck for big conger and ling.
It took 10 lad's over two hours to catch half a box of mackerel and then we where on our way. As soon as we arrived at the wreck I set the boat up and sent the anchor down to the sea bed.
Nothing happened for the first 30 minutes then as usual all hell broke lose, the lad's where all into conger and ling. There was one lad called Kush who had never fished with me before and he was using a uptide rod with a multiplier, but we where fishing in over 280ft of water using 1lb of lead. Not the best set up for this type of fishing, he then hooked his first conger and started to reel in with the reel under the rod, talk about hard work. But he landed a conger about 40lb, next drop he hooked a very good fish, he was struggling but after 20 minutes he landed the best conger of the day and it tipped the scale's at 82lb. On the same trip one angler caught a 34lb ling and then snapped his 30lb class rod on a good fish and his line snapped at the same time. As for other fishing the shark fishing has come to an end with just the odd blue being reported. The pollack and cod fishing is very patchy, this could be down to the fact there is not much bait fish about.
We have still managed Conger to 82lb, Ling to 34lb and Pollack to 12lb. On one of the day's when we where bait fishing and one of the lad's caught a red band fish, I have never seen one before but what a cracking looking fish a first for me.
Cheers
Kev
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08/10/2016
Fishing Report by Nigel Lihou
on Optimist (Brixham, Devon)
8 Oct 2016 by Nigel Lihou
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First of all an apology as I haven't let you know what Optimist has been up to for the last few months but things have been a bit hectic.
Fish has been steady on the Skerries with a good species count on most trips, the Plaice are still around and getting plumper with the usual appearance of a Ray or two aboard on most trips mainly Blondes although we have had spotted, small eyed and thornback aboard (not all at once). The Gurnards appear with good regularity and mackerel seem more prolific on the banks than where they normally are around the headlands we have only seen one Garfish so far this year and quite a small one at that. Turbot and Brill have both been boated over the last couple of months with the biggest about 5lb and on the last trip out we managed a first for Optimist with a small starry smooth hound also on the same trip it was great to bring a Bass aboard a rare occurrence this year although we nearly lost it as it spat the hook in the net.
We continue to monitor the wreck situation which has been dire all year with very few decent fish, mainly pouting and small Pollack, but the sounder has been showing large balls of bait fish very close to the wrecks not good if you are trying to attract a fish with a plastic lure.
We will continue to be afloat for the majority of the winter and hope that the weather is a little kinder than last winter
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09/2016
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)
Sep 2016 by Ross Parham
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The start of September has been hit and miss with the weather but session on the skerries bank both for plaice and rays have proved to produce some good action at times.
Offshore the wrecking is still good with ling and bream with Pollock on the drifts.
A few more trips planned across to Guernsey to complete the island trips for this year in September so I am looking forward to seeing what's about over there still.
Sharking has been good with plenty of blues around this year and even porbeagles hanging around the boat to snatch any helpless pout on there way up.
Spot On yet again managed some great results in this years Torbay festival taking several prizes for its anglers.
Big thanks to Sidewinder and Top Rigs for there continued support and with skerries eels and rattlebacks continuing to do the business on the wrecks I hope they continue to keep catching the fish.
Pictured is Paul Whiting with his superb 22lb blonde ray. View Boats Page
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