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01/2015
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Jan 2015 by Ross Parham
I am proud to announce the opening of "Spot On Bait & Tackle" which is a new shop in Paignton Devon, just 10 minutes from the boat, I have a full range of own brand lures at great prices and trade deals are welcome.
Online shop is in the making also to offer you more ways of getting your hands on great deals.
www.spot-on-fishing.co.uk
Great range of fresh and frozen baits.
(Formally manor angling)
Please call: 07878668662
Just off the A3022
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12/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Dec 2014 by Ross Parham
Just a quick report to say Spot On's annual scrub and tidy up is going well and she should be back in the water middle of January 2015 ready for another great season.
2014 has been another brilliant year again for Spot On and the new boat is simply unbeatable.
The catches on Spot On have also been unrivalled by most South west Uk boats which you can see for yourselves in the catch gallery.
Bookings for 2015 are filling very fast and already more trips booked than I had anticipated so again I would like to thank you all for supporting Brixham and myself.
I would like to wish all my customers old and new a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing you all on board Spot On for the 2015 season.
If you have not yet joined myself on board Spot On or have fished from Brixham with little success I would like to welcome you on board some day soon.
www.spot-on-charters.co.uk
HAPPY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR -
11/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Nov 2014 by Ross Parham
After a couple of weeks break to allow time to spend with the new arrival to my family I was happy to get back to Sea to do the last couple of trips for 2014 as the boat is now out of the water for her annual scrub and tidy up ready and primed for the 2015 season.
The fishing on the trips were good with plenty of Pollock and some drifts taking 11 Pollock to 9 rods with everyone in at the same time, this made me very busy and not able to take many pictures but I did my best.
Average size was around 5/8lb mark but with some nice double figured ones in the mix, other catches were a number of small Bass, a few Cod and a ling along with a late mackerel and plenty of pouting.
I would like to thank you all who have come on board Spot On this year and look forward to many more trips with you all in 2015 and supporting Brixham and Spot On.
Remember there is only one Spot On in Brixham and is the only boat to consistently bring you great results and catches that other boats simply dream of, just look at the others for yourself.
Just look at the gallery and see this years catches and find another boat who can match it!
Pictured is Marcin with his fine November Pollock of 15lb 2oz.
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Brixham and the south wests premier boat and with catches to match! -
09/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Sep 2014 by Ross Parham
September was yet another great month for weather and the fishing did not disappoint as Spot On travelled to Weymouth for a 3 day fishing trip, day 1 fished the wrecks on the way over across Lyme bay were we caught Bass and Pollock the biggest Bass going 7lb 12oz then we headed for a few drifts off Portland where we managed just 2 bass and both small so returned, a last couple of drifts over the mussel beds when the tide turned produced some great plaice with the biggest going 4lb 8oz.
Day 2 was straight onto the mussel beds where we again picked up some more plaice and small bream, a great Plaice of 5lb 12oz.
Day 3 we started off on the plaice before the tide became too strong and we headed home via a detour to some mid channel wrecks were we hit into some great action of Pollock and Cod.
The guys for the second 3 day Weymouth trip changed there mind and decided to head across the channel to Guernsey and I must say what a great decision, the wrecking on the way over was superb with lots of double figured Pollock, a few cod and ling. The banks produced bass and turbot although none huge still good numbers, but the trip was made when we landed on a great little Bream mark where it was as soon as we hit the bottom the bream were biting and we ended up with great sport, again lots of small ones to be returned and a few bigger specimens kept for the pan, alongside this we found jumbo mackerel and garfish to complete the trip.
Hats off goes to Gordon of Manor angling who has been trying for 60 years to catch a Turbot and he managed 7 in one day.
Skerries trips have been producing some mixed bags with Blonde rays still showing strong, a couple of plaice touching the 5lb mark have made some great catches for the banks.
Wrecking has started to produce larger Pollock and a couple of sporting Coalfish have also made an appearance.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Brixham and Spot On and I look forward to seeing you all again soon and beating more PB's for you all.
Pictured is Terry with his fine Skerries Plaice of 5lb
Spot On is now proud to announce the sponsorship of TOP RIGS who supply many great rigs to most tackle shops across the UK, so some great end tackle available for you on board.
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09/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Sep 2014 by Ross Parham
Well what can be said about Spot On's first Torbay Festival, not only being the number one charter boat out of:
Brixham, Dartmouth, Torquay, Salcome, Teignmouth, Exmouth, Dawlish, Beer, Seaton and Sidmouth.
Spot On took many prizes of silverware including:
Best fish by a visitor
Next best fish by a visitor
Best fish from a charter boat
Next best Conger from a wreck
Best Ling
Whiting from boat specimen award
Best fish from a wreck day 2
Best fish from a wreck day 7
Best fish from a wreck day 8
Not bad considering we didnt fish days 3-6
Fish caught on board Spot On was the 4 biggest Black Bream of the festival (3 bream all over 5lb)
The biggest Cod to be caught during the festival.
The biggest Ling to be caught during the festival.
Not Bad for first attempt at this competition.
Pictured is Phil with his massive Cod of 24lb 5oz
Brixhams and the south wests Ultimate charter boat
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09/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Sep 2014 by Ross Parham
Wow! what a couple of days fishing we have had on board Spot on from Brixham.
Fishing a reef the lads managed some amazing fishing with Black bream up to 3lb, Tope to 30lb, Conger to 48lb, Cod to 14lb, Pollock to 16lb and the biggest tub gurnard that i have ever seen a whopping 7lb 10oz caught on a sidewinder lure!
Other fish included, Scad, Mackerel, Whiting, pouting, Ling, Red Gurnard, Dogfish and a first for spot on some Red bream.
A great day with 13 Species boated and with all being REEF fish these were huge.
Remember Spot On is Brixhams premier boat with again more huge catches and this years PB's are being smashed.
Results and picture speak for themselves.
Looking forward to our Weymouth 3 day trips in September along with the torbay festival.
Bookings for 2015 now in full swing with lots of dates now taken, please call 07878668662 to book your trip on the ultimate charter angling boat from Torbay and south wests fishing port of Brixham Devon.
Pictured is the enoumous Tub Gurnard caught by local angler Paul of torquay.
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Aug 2014 by Ross Parham
Spot On has been out again on the skerries bank which is a very short steam from Brixham, the days fishing was steady with good numbers of Plaice coming to the net and again a nice little mark I have been fishing produced some cracking plaice over 3lb, 2 great sized dabs made a nice surprise as well.
Other speices included tub gurnards, red gurnards, grey gurnards, whiting, mackerel and dogfish.
A total of 64 plaice were boated with many f them returned to grow bigger.
Wrecking has still been producing good numbers of plump Pollock, nice Cod and some ling with the biggest going 23lb.
A rough ground trip recently produced some massive Brixham Bream with many fish over the 3lb mark, the biggest fell to Phil of a cracking fish of 4lb 10oz.
Other species included cod, Pollock, pouting, whiting, mackerel, dogfish, gurnards, conger eels and a surprise Tope for regular angler David Inns.
Pictured is Phil with his cracking REEF caught black bream of 4lb 10oz.
If you want to book a trip on board Spot On for 2015 then feel free to contact me as dates are filling up fast.
Channel island trips, Weymouth multi day trips and sharking adventures, remember Spot On is the south wests premier charter boat and the only Catamaran to operate from Brixham.
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
Aug 2014 by Ross Parham
Just a quick report on how the wreck fishing has been on board Spot On from Brixham recently.
The offshore wrecks have been producing good numbers of summer Pollock and cod with the odd ling thrown in and its good to see most fish are full with the arrival of sprats which has turned the fish into a feeding frenzy making for some great catches.
Inshore wrecks have proved a little slow with the odd bass being caught but mainly consisting of small Pollock and pout and a few small codling, anchoring a couple of times has produced conger eels and this years first Black bream for spot on.
All the fish have been falling to either Bazinder's, eddystone's or sidewinder lures
Pictured is another 20lb+ Cod caught on board Spot On from Brixham devon.
Taking bookings for 2015 on Brixhams premier charter boat and only catamaran.
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30/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
30 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
Wednesday 30th July saw Spot On cruise around to Dartmouth to pick up the Manor angling crew at kingswear as requested and we then steamed out to the skerries banks in search of Plaice.
The first drift did not disappoint as from the off we were into lots of the little flatties with 24 fish landed on the first drift, the day did slow down as the tide eased and this saw gurnards, dogfish and cuttle fish being caught along with many more plaice.
We had a nice small eyed ray also and some nice fat plaice with two 4lb+ fish landed with the biggest going 4lb 12oz for Phil closely followed by a 4lb 8oz specimen for Plymouth angler Barry.
A few more plaice well over the 2.5lb mark and some going over 3lb made up a great day of 107 plaice in total with 75% returned to get bigger, top rod was on 21 plaice at the end of the day.
Top bait was fresh ragworm supplied by Manor angling of paington tipped with squid, the best bead combination will be left secret.
The last 4 trips have seen numbers of plaice range from 60 fish to 107 so the skerries is fishing very well for spot On at present.
Taking bookings for 2015 on Brixhams premier charter boat and only catamaran.
www.spot-on-charters.co.uk
Pictured is 2 fine specimens of Skerries plaice for Phil and Bob with the biggest being 4lb 12oz. -
29/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ross Parham
29 Jul 2014 by Ross Parham
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.
Taking bookings for 2015 on Brixhams premier charter boat and only catamaran.
www.spot-on-charters.co.uk
