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06/06/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
6 Jun 2016 by Philip Higgins
Yesterday the boys from Christchurch Angling Centre were treated to trip by owner Tom, although mainly beach anglers they soon adjusted to mini species boat angling and fish were coming aboard quickly inc Bream, Hounds, Pout and the faithful LSDs. Toby using a LRF rod had great fun and hooked into a nice Small Eyed Ray only to realise that he had tangled with his other rod which had the fish and after a good scrap he landed a lovely 12lb fish which was returned very quickly. Great night for all and well done Tom for not being seasick
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29/05/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
29 May 2016 by Philip Higgins
This week has seen the full spectrum for a charter skipper, to start the week we had plenty of small to medium sized bream and lots of Small Eyed Ray's. The inshore fishing was very good then came the decision to go offshore chasing the Cod and Pollack which proved illusive we tried several wrecks and a couple of 'banker' marks (always get a fish spots) we still had poor results but as the day progressed we did grind out enough fish to make it a reasonable trip thankfully the weather was great and the spirits were up. Today we choose to fish inshore for big bream which in the strong winds proved challenging to anchor the spot, thankfully we were into fish quickly with bream up to 3lb 4ozs coming aboard. The fishing was not fast and furious but the quality of fish being landed certainly made up for that. Again the weather was fantastic and added to a great days fishing.
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22/05/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
22 May 2016 by Philip Higgins
Poole Bream Comp was won by D Lynes and top charter boat went to Mistress Linda, the Bream fishing was fantastic with lots of good size fish being landed the best of the day onboard going to Brian Moss with a fish of 2lb 11ozs, he thought he had a bigger fish but was surprized to see 3 bream on his rig weighing a total of 5lb 11ozs, Steve Collins landed a new PB bream of 2lb 10ozs and an Undulate of 15lb which was difficult on light gear in the tide. Apart from a short spell in the height of the tide fishing continued all day with Brian Moss setting the pace for the rest to follow. The week ahead looks settled and with the bream fishing being so good take the opportunity and join us for a day on the Bream.
all the best
Phil -
20/05/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
20 May 2016 by Philip Higgins
Yesterday we spent the day doing a species hunt although the conditions were far from ideal, Steve Batchelor and Colin Searles and Chris Colledge bagged 17 species including some quality Common and Starry Smoothhounds. The bream fishing was very good at anchor although on the small to medium size they just kept coming. With the Poole Species Comp looming it is a great time to get some practice in trying out new rigs and bait combo's.
To arrange a day afloat give me a call.
Tight lines
Phil -
15/05/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
15 May 2016 by Philip Higgins
The weaker tides along allowed boats to venture out to the deeper marks but we choose to go hunting the bigger bream off the Purbecks which in hindsight was not a good move as we were catching Bream in good numbers before we decided to go for the big fish, we anchored a usually prolific mark off of Dancing Ledge only to catch small Bream, dogfish etc the only good fish we had was a 13lb 4ozs Starry Smoothhound for Mike Lee a new PB. The next couple of trips produced many Bream for the anglers who missed many more as the fish were not in a feeding mood. to the credit of the anglers 95% of the catch was returned. I have plenty of individual trips coming up for Bream and Cod trips so please call for more info
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08/05/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
8 May 2016 by Philip Higgins
At last sun shine and flat seas a charter skippers dream day at the office, although the tides were very big we choose to go off to the mid channel wreck marks seeking cod and pollack, on arrival our drift speed was 3.2 knots we were into good size pollack and as the tide eased cod came aboard the best being 20lb 8ozs by Conn Bratcher, this continued all through slack and the start of the ebb which came back with a vengeance the fishing stopped at 3kts we stayed a little longer and when our drift speed hit 4.8knots we decided to retire and watch the nations favourite underdogs lift the premier league trophy.
Sunday was a more gentle day with lots of bream and several strings of mackeral whilst sat at anchor, the bream fishing is excellent , if you like fishing for bream then now is your chance to have a great sporting day on them. -
17/04/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
17 Apr 2016 by Philip Higgins
Last weekend saw the Bream start to feed and coming aboard in better numbers with double shots as well along with these we had Gars, Herring, Gurnards, Plaice, Dabs , Rays in all 13 species which for this time of year is not bad, with the warmer weather coming this will easily be beaten.
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13/04/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
13 Apr 2016 by Philip Higgins
Wreck fishing from Poole is superb at the moment with plenty of Pollack in all sizes on the wreck and a few cod showing as well. Yesterday in superb conditions we hit the wrecks to the south of Poole and were rewarded in big numbers of pollack and our 1st Mackeral of the year then as we anchored for the slack water a pod of small Dolphins surrounded the boat and played then a large naval vessel passed close by and the 4 helicopters from the vessel circled us giving the guys some awesome pictures, the fishing was not that good over the slack but the displays made up for that
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03/04/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
3 Apr 2016 by Philip Higgins
April has arrived and the fishing is improving, Saturday we ventured out to the wrecks in somewhat challenging conditions and were rewarded with good size Pollack from the start this continued all day with the best going to the skipper 16lb and a 15lb 1ozs Pollack being landed by Dave Colcough and as a bonus we found the Cod as well. Sunday we decided to go Turbot / Plaice fishing again in difficult conditions the wind kept veering making drifts awkward but we did manage to land 4 and drop at least 3 the best being a 12lb Turbot for Tony Partridge sadly we did not land a Plaice- next time. Plenty more specialist trips coming up please call for details
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20/03/2016
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
20 Mar 2016 by Philip Higgins
Last Sunday with unsettled conditions we changed our scheduled offshore trip to a local Plaice trip, the morning was a struggle with only a couple of small Plaice and a few small whiting being landed the most exciting part of the morning was watching a baby dolphin play, this was driving me suicidal so after numerous cups of tea a decision to either go catch a few dogfish or retire to the comforts of the pub, (I know what my choice was) so after a vote we choose plan A, anchoring 3 miles off and almost immediately anglers joked they had bites what was happening was the favourite and and small to medium whiting came aboard in good numbers followed by Plaice, Smoothhounds, Dabs, Rays and off course our target the Dogfish in all 8 different species and over 100 fish of varying sizes. This completely transformed the day from being a disaster to an enjoyable afternoon. If the conditions had been more favourable I am sure we would have landed even more fish. Glad they did not go with my choice !!!!!
