Latest Fishing Reports: Dorset
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20/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
20 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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FLAMER IV ANGLING BREAK - APRIL 2011 - Chris Akroyd and crew joined Flamer IV for a three day angling break with flatfish in mind and they were not dissapointed.During the three days they caught several plaice,turbot and one brill.Mark Potts caught the only brill on the trip a nice fish of 4Ib.Mark Cookney landed the biggest turbot which weighed 16Ib and is a personal best for Eric.Eric is pictured with his big turbot.Eric's brother David made it a brother turbot double when he caught an 8Ib 8oz turbot.Organiser Chris Akroyd also joined in the turbot fun catching an 8 pounder on day two.A surprise catch while plaice fishing was a 20Ib cad caught by Peter Gordon.Peter had an almighty struggle trying to land the big cod on just 12Ib class tackle.The crew also enjoyed sessions fishing for mackerel,sandeels,herrings and pollack along with a few hours anchored on a reef catching conger and the usual dogfish.The lads enjoyed their Angling Break and have vowed to rteturn.
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07/04/2011
Fishing Report by Paul Smith
on Rapid Fisher (Poole, Dorset)
7 Apr 2011 by Paul Smith
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With calm seas and blazing sunshine Rapid Fisher headed yet again for the famous Shambles Banks. A steady 22 knots saw us arrive at our spot fashionably early!! With the boat set up for the drift a tell tale nod on Dave's rod meant we were in the right spot. Sure enough after Dave giving the fish time to take his mackerel bait he lifted into a solid lump. A short fight ensued and the net was slipped under a fine fish. The scales read 20lbs which was the biggest Turbot for both Rapid Fisher & Dave!
More drifts resulted in plenty of missed bites until Paul managed to connect with a reasonable fish. Carefully playing it to the net we all thought is was going to be another 20lber but luckily for Dave Paul's fish only weighed in at 15lbs! Several more double figure fish were netted throughout the drift bringing our tally to 10.
On the last drift a good 10lbers was netted when there was a shout from Gary saying he had hooked into a monster! Sure enough he expertly guided it to the waiting net hoping that it was a personal best. As you can see from his grin the fish indeed was a PB for both him & the boat weighing in at 23lbs.
As we headed for home with coffee in hand there was time to reflect over a successful days fishing. A 12 Turbot tally with 4 over 10lbs, a 15lber & 2 twenties made this a day to remember. View Boats Page
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11/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
11 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2011 - Annual Plaice Competition between Flamer IV and Top Cat took place on a sunny but cold April day and was competitive as always but also good natured.The Flamer IV team captained by Steve Clements won the match with 30 plaice over the Top Cat team who caught 22 plaice.The top individual angler with 7 plaice was Richard Christian of the Flamer IV team and he is pictured with one of his plaice which weighed in at 3Ib 14oz.Steve Clements caught the biggest plaice on Flamer IV and it weighed 4Ib 2oz and shared the biggest plaice prize with one of the Top Cat team who also caught a plaice of 4Ib 2oz.Flamer IV team member Neil Cottingham was not far behind in the biggest plaice stakes with one weighing 4Ib 1oz.Next Years annual plaice competition Flamer IV v Top Cat date will be announced soon.
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08/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
8 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2011 - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - Paul the power Milkins from Sutton,Surrey was on a mission to catch a plaice of 4Ib or over.Well he certainly achieved that when he reeled in a plaice weighing 6Ib 2oz which of course is a personal best for Paul.Paul was using 10Ib class tackle with a two hook flatty trace with green and black attractor beads on.The successful bait was Ammo black lug and squid strip.Paul is pictured with his big plaice.Paul's plaice was just one of a good catch of flatty's caught on Flamer IV that day.
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08/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
8 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2011 - "GRAND SLAM" - The spring flatty fishing has continued to be good over the last few days and was proved when Colin Jones did a Grand Slam which means he caught Brill,Turbot and Plaice all during the same trip.First Colin caught a Brill which incedently was the first Brill to be caught on Flamer IV this year then he caught a Turbot followed up by several plaice.Well done Colin a Grand Slam is something that is not that easy to acheive.Colin deservedly won a Flamer 4 Fishing cap for his fishing achievment.Colin is pictured with the 5Ib Brill he caught.
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06/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
6 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2011 - SUPER TED - Ted Llewellyn age 59 had a super days flatty fishing with his mates and members of the Three G's S.A.C. not only did he catch more flatty's than any one else he also broke the clubs plaice record by over 2Ib with a plaice weighing 5Ib 1oz.The successful bait for the record plaice was ragworm tipped with Ammo squid strip.Only one of the group failed to catch a plaice or a turbot on the first day of their two day charter on Flamer IV.Ted is pictured with his club record plaice catch.
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03/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
3 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2011 - THE HEAVY WEIGHTS MOVE IN.I must just mention that three of my regular anglers/customers,Paul Milkins,Trevor Curtis and Russell Salmon were all fishing on the back of Flamer IV and collectively they weighed 65 stone.However in the heavy weight fish stakes Russell Salmon came out trumps when he landed an 18Ib Turbot.Russell was using 20Ib class tackle and the successful bait was a fillet of Ammo mackerel.Paul and Trevor also both caught a turbot each but no were near as big as Russell's large flatty.Russell from Somerset had caught very little on his previous trips this year but his patience and persaverance was rewarded.Russell is pictured with his 18 pounder.
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02/04/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
2 Apr 2011 by Colin Penny
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APRIL 2011 - FLATTY'S R'US - The Spring run of plaice and turbot has really kicked off now with some excellent results of late.Self confessed Turbot virgin Ian Pratt from Wales is a virgin no more.In successive drifts on the Famous Shambles Bank he caught turbot of 7Ib and 13Ib and was overjoyed with his catch.Ian was using 20Ib class tackle with a flowing trace and the successful bait was a strip of Ammo mackerel.Ian is pictured with his 13 pounder.On the same trip Robert Clowes and his mate Richard from Staffordshire had more than their share of plaice and turbot and realy enjoyed their first experience of flatty fishing out of Weymouth on Flamer IV.
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04/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
Apr 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
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Well March saw the majority of our fishing mid channel for the Pollack and Ling. The Pollack fishing this year has been much improved on the last three or four years with regular good catches for many anglers visiting Weymouth. The ling have proved a little trickier at times but some nice fish in the 20's have found their way to the net.
The latter part of the month saw the first trips inshore for Plaice and Turbot with the early signs showing we may be in for a bumper year. Fingers crossed nice weather will be ahead for April and continued good fishing.
Tight lines to all and thanks for Supporting Me and the rest of the Weymouth fleet.
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30/03/2011
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
30 Mar 2011 by Colin Penny
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FLAMER IV - MARCH REPORT - during the month an array of trips were done including inshore reefs and banks,mussel beds and offshore wrecks.The inshore reefs and banks produced smooth hounds,rays,congers,pouts,dogfish and spurdog.Plaice up to 4Ib plus turned up on the mussel beds and the Shambles Bank.Turbot have also appeared on the Shambles Bank along with mackerel and sandeels.The offshore wrecking was ok most of the time for pollack and the occassional ling and cod.16 different species have been caught on Flamer IV so far in 2011.Flamer IV Fish of the Month Winner for March is Phil Harrison with his 13Ib 12oz Pollack (pictured).The New Flamer IV has been approved by all who have been on her so far.
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