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  • 09/2019 Fishing Report by Sam Cumming on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)

    Sep 2019 by Sam Cumming

    Report on-board Silver Spray II

    After a brilliant run of weather over the last 4 weeks I’m actually quite glad to have a day off to be writing this and catching up with all the maintenance jobs. As mentioned in the last report we had quite a few shark trips planned for this season. After some success late on in the year last October I really got the bug for this sort of thing and it spurred me on to invest in some new rods reels and tackle and have more of a go this time around. With a decent bit of weather it’s been possible to have a good look around in some new areas. Thankfully they didn’t take much finding and as I write this we haven’t had a blank trip yet. The porbeagle sharks have been up to 250lb which is 7 feet in length. Once alongside the sharks are brought onboard to be unhooked safely and re-oxygenated using the deck hose ensuring they are in the best condition for a quick release. Our circle hooks always hook the fish just in corner of the mouth which means we never have to cut any of them off and leave the metal behind in the sharks. The biggest highlight was getting 2 enormous thresher sharks within a week of each other. The first run you get when they take the bait is breathtaking followed by some brilliant acrobatics as they jump clear out of the water several times. This really is a big game fish and the adrenaline rush from being hooked up to one of these for a couple of hours is awesome. The one we were able to measure was 9 feet long from nose to the fork of the tail, using the size estimate charts this puts it at over 450lb. After catching 3 porbeagles in the morning my angler was well and truly shattered by the end of the day. Only a few individual spaces left for shark fishing this year but 2020 is starting to take shape so get booked up quick. Over the other side of the channel our last two Alderney trips have gone well despite challenging weather conditions. Such seems to be our luck this year as we have just cancelled the final one for the end of September. The bream fishing has been great with both black and couches turning up in good size and numbers. On our trip last week we were pleasantly surprised by a nice hit of brill, all between 4 and 7lb 8oz, a bit of a shocker considering how late in the year it is. In August we were going about our business on the turbot banks when we were treated to thousands of tuna breaking the surface and chasing a bait ball around. An amazing sight which carried on for the entire trip as the massive bluefin tuna kept popping up everywhere we went chasing their prey and crashing around on the surface. I’ll always have be keeping more of an eye on the horizon from now on when fishing around the island as you never know. We are know taking booking for Alderney and Guernsey 2020.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
    Sun 24/11/2024 2 Spaces £100.00pp
    Purbecks - bream rays bass squid shark etc £100 7 anglers max. Bass / Black Sea Bream / Bull Huss / Porbeagle / Blonde Ray.
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    Thu 28/11/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp
    Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max. Bass / Cod / Blonde Ray.
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    Fri 29/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp
    Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 2 spaces 7 anglers max.
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    Sat 30/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp
    Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 2 spaces 7 anglers max.
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    Sun 01/12/2024 1 Space 9 Hours £120.00pp
    Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 1 space Bass.
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    Mon 02/12/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp
    Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 6 space Bass.
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    Tue 03/12/2024 4 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp
    Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 4 spaces Bass.
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    Fri 06/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours £100.00pp
    Whiting blonde rays congers bass £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.
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    Sun 08/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours £100.00pp
    Whiting blonde rays congers bass £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.
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    Fri 13/12/2024 5 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp
    Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 5 spaces Bass.
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