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  • 29/07/2014 Fishing Report by Ross Parham on Spot On! (Brixham, Devon)

    29 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham

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    Spot On travelled to looe this year for a days shark fishing and with 6 persons on board we left Looe at 6:00am in search of Blue sharks.
    With the 'stinky' slick in motion and the 7 rods in the water fishing we didn't have to wait long until our first run but unfortunately after leaving it we reeled in to check the bait and only half a mackerel was left, still a good sign a shark was in the area, about 10 minutes later and first shark was on and to be honest not a fighter, perhaps it was too early for it and was still half asleep, the shark wasn't big and using length and girth formula weighed in at 38lb's. Rods back in the water with fresh baits and number 2 shark was hooked, again a small Blue going 42lb's.
    Again we had another 2 runs with one hook bait completely gone and another bitten in half.
    After an hour or so wait we had another shark on and this time felt a bit bigger with it running side to side and as the fin broke the surface we could see it was a nice fish, unfortunately some 10minutes into battle and trying to tempt it closer to the boat the wire trace broke near the hook and the shark was lost.
    Half an hour passed and we were on again with the furthest rod bending over and after a 20 minute battle a nice Blue shark of 68lb was boated.
    It was around 3pm when we had another blue take our baits so it was battle stations again and not long after the front rod also had a run so number two shark was on in this double hook up so the fun began with both sharks fighting well and each angler taking in turns to tire there shark out for it to be landed, measured, unhooked, quick pose for a photo then carefully released, we did boat both and were fine small specimens again that gave a good account for themselves as the videos show on facebook, going 41lb's and 39lb's.
    Another hit and miss run at the end of the day and we steamed back into port with happy anglers and memories of those amazing creatures.
    We ended the day with 5 sharks landed, 1 on and bitten through trace, bottom fishing was also ok with some nice size whiting and few doggies to pass the time.

    Remember Spot On is the ONLY charter boat to catch sharks from Brixham and also boasts a 100% catch rate on its shark trips to date, others in the port may try but none can match Spot On when it comes to results!!!

    Pictured is one of the Blues battling next to the boat.

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