Latest Fishing Reports: Dorset
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04/06/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
4 Jun 2010 by Colin Penny
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JENNY GETS A BIG ONE ON FLAMER III - 59 year old Jenny Foley on her very first wrecking trip landed her dream catch a 20Ib cod and on the very first drift of the day.Jenny struggled to pull the big cod up from a depth of 200 feet.Jenny was using 15Ib class tackle with a flying collar rig and a rhubarb and custard sidewinder lure.As you expect Jenny was over the moon with her catch.She also caught several pollack during her day out.Jenny's catch was just part of a good cod,ling and pollack catch on Flamer III on June 4th 2010.
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31/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
31 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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MAY 2010 - FLAMER III REPORT - The wreck fishing was excellent for pollack,ling and some big cod up to 20Ib.The Shambles Bank produced some good turbot fishing with the biggest of the month weighing in at 20Ib 8oz.The best plaice from the mussel beds during May weighed in at 6Ib 4oz.The reef fishing was still a bit quiet for the time of year but still there was a good amount of species caught including black bream,smooth hounds,spurdogs,rays,conger etc.The Flamer III 2010 species count so far is 35 different species.Flamer III Fish of the Month for May was awarded to Dave Barton for his 19Ib 8oz spurdog (pictured).
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23/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
23 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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BUZZ LIGHTYEAR CLEANS UP - The Blacksmith Arms Fun Time Sea Angling club enjoyed a three day angling break aboard Flamer III.The first day was spent mainly fishing for flatty's and although the action was slow,Mike Browne known as Buzz because of his likeness to the Toy Story film character Buzz Lightyear landed his first ever turbot an excellent fish of 20Ib 8oz.The successful bait was a strip of Ammo mackerel.Days two and three were spent wrecking and plenty of pollack and cod were caught along with some ling.Simon who is nicknamed SKID(something to do with his underpants) also managed to catch a conger.Trophies were awarded at the end of the three days and the the results were Winner - Buzz,Best Flatfish - Buzz,Weakest Link - NIck Rip Van Harrison(because he likes to sleep a lot).So Buzz cleaned up with the majority of the trophies.One night we all went out for a chinese meal and trip organiser Matt got a fish bone stuck in his thoat which eventualy he did manage to cough up after a lot of different methods including a chinese one were a plate was placed on his head and tapped with chop sticks.Matt was nicknamed "BONES" for the rest of the trip.The other member of the crew Danny was nicknamed "Fernghi" which I was informed is a character from Star Trek.I also got given a nick name "The Cod Father".Fish of the trip had to be the 20Ib 8oz turbot caught by Buzz(pictured).From a personal note Matt's crew were a joy to have on the boat and I look forward to seeing them all in 2011 for another round of micky taking,nick naming and of course the fishing.
Angling breaks for 2,3,4,or 5 days have become very popular and are a good way to relax with some fishing and the social is always important.INTERESTED in an Angling Break in 2011 then contact me Colin for details a.s.a.p. on 01305 766961 or 07968972736 or e mail colinpennyfu2@aol.com View Boats Page
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21/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
21 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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FIVE DAY MAY ANGLING BREAK SPECIAL for Individuals - on the last day of this 5 day angling break a wrecking trip was done with cod,pollack,ling and conger the target species.I headed to one wreck which would give us a chance of all the target species.The first few drifts produced cod and pollack along with the occassional ling all on the magical rhubarb and custard sidewinder lures.As the tide approached slack water an array of squid and/or Ammo mackerel baits were sent down to the wreck and several ling and congers were caught and of course a few greedy monster pouts.The best ling of the trip and a personal best was caught by Peter Gillett from Ipswich.The ling weighed 21Ib and will win Peter a Mission Accomplished badge from Sea Angler magazine.Peter is pictured with his ling.It was certainly a day were the mission was accomplished for the four target species.
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19/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
19 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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WRECKING TRIP PRODUCES BIG COD - with an early start several wrecks were fished and a steady catch of pollack and cod in the 4 to 9Ib bracket were caught on a variety of lures.The tide picked up and with it the fishing slowed right down.So I moved to a big wreck that I beleive is not fished to often and with the thought that as the tide was now giving a drift speed of 3.1 knots we would be over wreckage longer and give the lads a better chance of catching fish in the fast tide run.Sure enough my hunch/descison proved to be a correct one as plenty of reasonable size pollack up to 13Ib were caught along with some big cod.Dave Barton started it off with a 17Ib cod then Glenn Barrett landed a cod of 18Ib 8oz this was followed by a few smaller cod in the 14 to 15Ib range being landed.In fact Glenn had a day to remember as he caught fish on almost every drift.Glenn is pictured with his 18Ib 8oz cod.
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17/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
17 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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COME ON YOU SPURS - an anchor session to the east of Weymouth produced some excellent spurdog fishing along with some smooth hounds. Almost instantly as the whole calamari squid and fillets of Ammo mackerel landed on the bottom the action started.Lots of spurdogs weighing 13Ib plus were caught including a monster landed by Dave Barton who is known as "Dodgey Dave" which weighed in at 19Ib 8oz which was his personal best and beat the Flamer record by 2Ib.Dave is pictured with his big spur.A few good size smooth hounds were also caught with Robin Amor landing a common smooth hound weighing 16Ib 8oz which was his personal best and again a Flamer record 3Ib bigger than the previous record.
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16/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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PATIENCE REWARDED - Ray Seddon and crew on their first trip aboard Flamer III and were up for a 10 hour Flatty trip.As I always do I warned them that with flatty fishing it can be a case of being all or nothing but the fish are there.Several hours passed and no plaice were caught and then no turbot but they all concentrated and kept trying.Then in the last two hours seven turbot and a plaice were caught.It was if some one had thrown a switch and told the flatty's to feed.So Rays crew now know that what I said all or nothing regarding flatty fishing is very true.I was so pleased to see them catch as they had been so patient.Dave Beales is pictured with his Personal Best turbot weighing 14Ib 8oz which he caught on the last but one drift of the trip.
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14/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
14 May 2010 by Colin Penny
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DEVON BOYS GET THE FLATS on FLAMER III - Brendon Franks and his mates from Devon came out on Flamer III for a 10 hour flatty trip and were not dissapointed.The first two hours were spent plaice fishing on a mussel bed and was very quiet for a hour and a half then three plaice in two drifts were caught which included Brendon catching his first ever plaice.Christopher Hann on his first ever flatty trip and using borrowed tackle landed an excellent plaice weighing 6Ib 4oz,very good for your first plaice.(Chris is pictured with his big plaice).The successful baits being ragworm tipped with squid strip.A move to the famous Shambles Bank for the afternoon drifting session saw Chris at it again were he landed two turbot with the best one weighing 8Ib 8oz.Not to be out done totaly his elder brother Steven landed a turbot weighing 14Ib. Several more turbot were landed during the afternoon all on mackerel strip baits with some being tipped with squid a strip as well.Needless to say the Devon boys enjoyed their day out on the flatty's.
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23/05/2010
Fishing Report by Colin Baker
on Sally Ann Jo (Weymouth, Dorset)
23 May 2010 by Colin Baker
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Finaly the summer arrives, the sun comes out, the sea goes flat and the bream turn up. I had Malcolm McMaconell and his party from up on the Humber out Saturday and Sunday. They thought Saturday was good, catching bream to just over 3lb. Sunday was better, again bream to just over 3lb, over 120 between the 6 of them, Malcolm had 42 himself. Brilliant fishing with a good bunch of anglers who returned the majority of female and smaller fish. Roll on the rest of the summer.
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15/05/2010
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
15 May 2010 by Sam Cumming
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Well Spring arrived at last with some calmer, warmer weather. The bream arrived in numbers about two weeks later than last year. We have had good catches from rock marks in Poole Bay with the best fish between 2 and 3lb but plenty of medium size fish to keep rod tips rattling. Colin Jones from Gloucester had 23 fish to 2lb 8oz at the end of April. The first good catches of bream have been made off the Purbecks and our attentions will switch there during May and June when we will be looking for 4lb fish.
The turbot fishing on the banks has been excellent. On the banks off Alderney we had good numbers of turbot to 10lb. Many of the smaller fish were returned to fight another day. There we some nice brill with best a specimen of 6lb 8oz being caught by Neil Harrison form Wantage. The Shambles is also fishing well and our boat record was pushed up to 23lb by Robin Holloway with superb fish that nearly 4 inches thick. This was one of 7 that day.
Offshore we have had plenty of Pollack on the wrecks with live sandeels providing the best sport. The good news is that there are early signs of cod both on the wrecks and on the brittle star grounds. We expect the catch rate to increase over the next few weeks. Conger fishing has also been excellent with our best a fine fish of 70lb.
The mackerel have now arrived in the Bay so that’s a sure sign that summer is on the way. We are looking forward to our first bass trips both drift the offshore banks with lures and live baits and also freelining with live mackerel on the Purbeck reefs. Offshore the numbers of cod will increase on the brittle stars and the tope will start to feature in increasing numbers.
Our revised website is now up and running. There are videos, a new notice board and easy links to our blog, facebook and U-tube pages. Facebook is updated by Sam and he would be glad to have you as a friend of Silver Spray.
For all the pictures please see http://silverspray.blogspot.com/
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