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  • 28/09/2021 Fishing Report by Ian Dale on Kelley's Hero Charters (Gosport, Hampshire)

    28 Sep 2021 by Ian Dale

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    So, we have finally managed to grab a chance to sit down and write a report on the fishing.

    This season has passed so quick since 1st April.

    We have seen the business move from Hayling Island to Gosport. This seems to have been the best move for the business.

    We are able to fish different marks, and get out more as we can fish the sheltered waters of The Solent.

    Our half day trips have proved quite popular, in fact we couldn't fit everybody in like we wished. As there hasn't been any mackerel available, we have used our time on the half day trips, to anchor closer marks, and look for what fish were there. This proved popular with many trips throwing up rays, smoothounds, bream and congers, as well as the normal dogfish, and the bonus bass every now and then.

    This year seems to be a bumper year for bass, many days have seen upwards of 60 bass caught, obviously we don't keep this amount. Even thought the limit is 2 fish per angler, not every angler keeps 2, and most are returned to fight another day.

    WE had our first 12 hour anchoring the wrecks over night trip this year, and that was a great success and something we aim to repeat throughout next year, with bullhuss rays, and many congers coming to the boat, especially as it got dark they came alive.

    Our sole trips have got of to a great start with plenty sole around, as well as 10 other species on that trip including a flounder which was a nice surprise.

    The bream seemed to take a while to come in and when they were here, they were only in for a few weeks, but they were here for just enough time to have our annual bream competition. This was a great success with many bream caught.

    We only did a few turbot trips down to the east, however the fish seem to have dwindled down there.

    The offshore reef trips are as popular as ever and are producing some cracking fish.

    Anchoring the offshore banks are throwing up some nice blonde rays regularly, as well as some nice bullhuss and tope.

    The tope seemed to come in early this year and disappear offshore sooner than normal.

    Pollack seem to be a thing of the past with only a few trips producing at the beginning of the season.

    We only managed one away trip to Weymouth this year, the rest were cancelled, but hopefully things improve for next year.

    Overall i think we would say that we have had a very successful season, and we hope that the winter throws up some nice fishing too.

    Where we are now in Gosport, shorter trips for the cod are definitely required.

    Tight Lines

    Kelleys Hero Team

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