Latest Fishing Reports: Dorset
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07/11/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
7 Nov 2011 by Colin Penny
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NOVEMBER 2011 - At last managed to get out on one of my drifting trips for bass and cod with all the previous ones being cancelled due to bad weather.Plenty of bass up to 7Ib were caught along with 5 cod on a variety of lures.How ever rhubarb and custard sindewinders and blue and white red gills were the most successful.On the cod front 74 year old Mike Carter caught two with David Bruce catching three.Pictured is Derek Inwood with the biggest bass of the trip weighing 7Ib.
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11/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Nov 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
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October was a great month for sport from Weymouth on board Supanova. The weather put pay to a fair few trips as quite often is the case at this time of year.
The Reef fishing proved exciting with bream catches at the strongest they have been all year, a nice few undulates were taken along with conger, huss and the odd late Tope making an appearance which added a nice bit of fun for the lucky anglers managing to land them on their Bream gear.
The Banks consistently threw up decent catches of Flatfish with Brill more Prolific than the Turbot with fish to just under 8lb it was great action for many. The Plaice fishing continued until the latter part of the month where numbers seemed to reduce as did the size! Fingers crossed they come back next year as strong as this years showing!
The bass fishing of late has been fairly poor with the primary reason being the late arrival of the sprats, however the last couple of days has seen fantastic catches on the arrival of the sprat. This should see action continue until christmas and hopefully into the new year!!!
Our efforts will now move to the Bass and the last remaining bream and early arrival Channel Whiting with the odd nice Cod thrown in for good measure, i'm looking forward to an action packed Autumn on Supanova.
Thanks to all for their continues support to me and Weymouth!
Lyle View Boats Page
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31/10/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
31 Oct 2011 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER REPORT - During October the fishing continued to be good despite the unsettled weather.The reefs produced bream,bull huss,congers,rays,cod etc.The banks were excelent for brill,turbot,and plaice.Lots of different species were caught with the Flamer IV species count now 55 for 2012.Also bass,pollack and cod were caught on the wrecks.Flamer Fish of the Month for October was a really hard one to choose with so many credible fish being caught ie 8Ib brill,6Ib 8oz plaice but I have awarded this months award to John Collings for his 26Ib blonde ray (pictured). As we move into the winter months the species caught will change and realistic target species will be Cod,Whiting,Rays,Pollack,Bass,Brill,Turbot,Bull Huss,Congers etc.Don't Miss Out.
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10/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Oct 2011 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER 2011 - During the autumn months the flatty fishing has continued to be successful with some nice size Brill and Plaice being caught along with some smally turbot.Many personal best flatty's have been caught on Flamer IV during the spring,summer and autumn months.The latest big plaice weighing 6Ib 8oz was caught by Rob Burgin from Weymouth.The successful bait being ragworm,Ammo black lugworm and squid strip.Rob is pictured with his big spottie.Rob also caught a 6Ib 12oz plaice earlier in the year.Don't Miss out on the Autumn flatty fishing as winter will be here all to soon and the flatty fishing slows up then.
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23/10/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
23 Oct 2011 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER - The Wrecking trips this autumn have produced bass,pollack and cod on a variety of lures although rhubarb and custard sidewinders and white shads have been most successful on flying collar rigs.As we get into the winter months the size of the pollack caught will increase.Don't miss out - book your places/trips now.Pictured is David Bruce with a 6Ib bass he caught on a recent wrecking trip.
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14/10/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
14 Oct 2011 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER 2011 - Ian Pratt and his Welsh compatriates joined Flamer IV for an autumn Flatty Trip.Unfortunatley a nagging Easterly breeze seemed to upset the plaice and Ian caught the only one although the pouts and dogfish did not mind the wind direction.The turbot and brill fishing however was fine and the flatty's fed right through the ebb tide depite the drift speed reaching three knots at times.Ellis Jones landed the best flatty of the day with his personal best Brill weighing in at 8Ib.Ellis was using 15Ib class tackle with a flowing trace with a 4/0 hook baited with a strip of Ammo mackerel.Ellis is pictured with his PB brill.The Welsh group have vowed to retrurn in the spring of 2012 in search of plaice and big turbot.
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30/09/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
30 Sep 2011 by Colin Penny
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SEPTEMBER 2011 - Lots of different species caught including trigger fish and red mullet which took the Flamer IV species count for 2011 up to 54.The flatty fishing was superb and again many personal bests were caught.The reefs produced black bream,tope,bull huss,cod,congers etc.One wrecking trip was done which produced plenty of small to medium pollack,bass up to 9Ib and a cod.
Flamer IV was involved in the European championships with plenty of species and good fish being caught including a 14Ib pollack.
Flamer Fish of the Month for September was awarded to Dave Lam for his 9Ib Bass.Dave is pictured with his personal best bass.
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27/09/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
27 Sep 2011 by Colin Penny
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SEPTEMBER 2011 - Autumn Wrecking,the first autumn wrecking trip took place and plenty of pollack in the 4 to 6Ib range were caught along with bass and a cod.The fish were taken on a variety of lures.Star angler of the trip Dave Lamm landed his personal best Bass weighing 9Ib which beat his previous best by 3Ib.Dave also landed a cod and several pollack.Dave was using 15Ib class tackle with a flying collar rig and a rhubarb and custard sidewinder.Dave is pictured with his personal best bass.
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24/09/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
24 Sep 2011 by Colin Penny
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SEPTEMBER 2011 - The World Sea Fishing forum Sea Angling Club who have TWAT on their shirts which means "The Weymouth Angling Team" enjoyed a days flatty fishing aboard Flamer IV and were very happy with what they caught.First a mention must go to David Groom who did a Super Grand Slam catching Brill,Turbot,Plaice and a dab during the trip.Colin Barnard was well pleased with his brace of plaice weighing in at 4Ib 8oz and 4Ib 12oz.David Beales landed the best Brill which weighed 5Ib 12oz.David is pictured with his Brill.
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09/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Sep 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
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Last week Weymouth and it's fleet along with a couple of visiting boats played host to one of the most prestigious angling events in the world, the european championships run by EFSA ( European Federation Of Sea Anglers).
The five day competition was last in England in 2007 when Weymouth also played host to the event. 2011's event saw 160 competitors from countries all over Europe battling it out to be European Champion and European light line champion.
The competition had two separate events, the European championship which was fished over 4 days (Mon-Thurs) and was based on species based competition. All anglers had limited bait supplied with a points system meaning each competitor was allowed to catch ten of each different species but with only the first five fish counting as maximum points. Bonus points were also on offer for the more species each competitor managed to catch.
The first two days of this event saw pretty grotty conditions with all boats restricted to the east side of Portland, but the fishing didn't disappoint with a vast array of species landed by all boats. The following two days saw conditions vastly improve allowing boats to travel further afield.
The results after these 4 days saw Englishman Ray Barron Crowned European Champion with an astounding 4 boat wins for 400%. In fact only 4% separated 1st-3rd with Heiko Dreier of Ireland in 2nd place and Colin Searles of England in 3rd.
England were also victorious in the team event pipping the highly rated italians to the post.
The final day saw all competitors issued with a spool of 8kg mono for the light line event. The target species for this day would be primarily Congers, Huss, Rays and Tope. With a minimum size of 60cm as a target. This event saw all fish estimated by the skippers and returned alive.
Winner of this challenging event was Gareth Croft.
At the gala dinner on Saturday evening some additional awards were made.
One of which was for top boat for the European Championship and Light line Event.
It was a great honour when Supanova was announced a Top Boat for the championships, especially when the quality of boats and skippers in the event was so high. To have beaten some of the finest skippers in the country was a great feeling!!!!!!!
Congratulations must also go to Richard English of Lone Shark who was crowned top Boat for the light line event.
Many thanks to all the EFSA organising committe for making the whole week run smoothly but most of all to all the 160 anglers for attending and supporting the event! Hope to see you all again soon!
Pictured is Darren Lattimer battleing a conger on the light line event on board Supanova. View Boats Page
