Latest Fishing Reports: Dorset
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20/03/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
20 Mar 2017 by Philip Higgins
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During a local angling club competition T Callaway who up to last month had never caught a Conger landed another big eel of 60lb on a 15lb class rod fishing for Rays, lots more eels were bought to the boat along with Blondes to 25lb B Honeybun and a bonus inshore Pollack of 10lb for A Johanson. Storm Doris bought chaos to any fishing for a few days with strong winds and very big seas but nowhere near as powerful as last winter’s storms which by this time had passed the letter I in the alphabet. The 1st weekend of March produced yet more strong winds but a brief weather window allowed a few hours fishing which for the time of year proved very successful with several Rays to 10lb lots of small Hounds and Dogs and 2 small Turbot. It is good to see the arrival of the Plaice, although on the thin side they are feeding and will soon be in good condition, each trip is seeing better numbers. On the outer marks Bull Huss Congers, Rays and Spurs to 23lb are being caught on regular basis and further off to sea the wrecks are producing some nice catches of Pollack up to 17lb. S Bullas and his group had a good day on the Pollack with some good double figure fish being landed and plenty of banter. As winter lets go and spring temperatures rise we will see the arrival of Bream , Gurnards, Turbot Brill and Mackeral followed by the predatory fish Bass Tope and Sharks.
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03/2017
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Mar 2017 by Sam Cumming
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I'll pick up where I left off in the last report, we have completed our first few wreck trips to target the pollock. The first drift of the year is proving hard to beat with Jamie Hayes landing a monster of 17lb 8oz, Andy Hayden catching the years first ling and Bob Morrison boating his first of 3 doubles that day. Fishing has been steady on all the trips out to the wrecks, clarity in the water is still very good and we should get a good few more weeks before the bloom comes in and the pollock become a bit more elusive for a while and we focus on the cod. Elsewhere we have had our first trip down to the shambles, plenty of sand eels on the feathers but only a few turbot to show for our efforts. The fishing will pick up as we move on into April and the temperature rises again. And finally the offshore banks have been producing some enormous hits of spur dogs, nothing too big yet, but a few fish around the 20lb mark show that the big ones are on their way. Although the weather has kept us in mostly over the last few weeks we are looking forward to more of the same over the next month on the fishing front.
Sam Cumming
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 28/11/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max. Bass / Cod / Blonde Ray.View details Fri 29/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 2 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Sat 30/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 2 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Sun 01/12/2024 1 Space 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 1 space Bass.View details Mon 02/12/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 6 space Bass.View details Tue 03/12/2024 4 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 4 spaces Bass.View details Fri 06/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Sun 08/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Fri 13/12/2024 5 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 5 spaces Bass.View details Sun 15/12/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 6 space Bass.View details -
10/03/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
10 Mar 2017 by Colin Penny
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A recent Wreck Trip saw a steady catch of Pollack with them being caught on a variety of lures. Top angler on the day was David Hawker who landed 11 Pollack and the biggest weighing 15Ib 1oz (pictured).
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April - 5th,15th,19th,30th, May 1st, 2nd, DON'T MISS OUT.
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11/03/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
11 Mar 2017 by Colin Penny
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GRAND SLAM - caught five different species of rays from the same mark in one session - Blonde Ray, Spotted Ray, Small Eyed Ray, ThornBack Ray, Undulate Ray all the rays were returned alive. Mark Coghlan caught three different species of Ray including his Personal Best Undulate weighing 13Ib 9oz. Ian Youngs landed the biggest Ray with a Blonde weighing in at 18Ib 11oz (pictured).
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08/03/2017
Fishing Report by stuart cross
on Supanova II (Weymouth, Dorset)
8 Mar 2017 by stuart cross
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Managed to sneak out in a tiny weather window on tuesday with Lyle. Must be honest thought it was going to be a lot rougher than it was, good call lyle. A couple of hours traveling and were ready to do battle with that 20lb pollack lyle keeps telling me about. [I think shes called poppy] Some of you have most probably fished with me and my dad Bri, if you have you will know i am by far a better angler than him for he is quite simply rubbish. He lands an odd fish here and there but they are normally very small.It must have been a solar eclipse because he did actually land one more than me. Obviously mine were bigger but i suppose i have to be nice sometimes and let him think he won. (family politics and all that) Trevor Lockyer landed a coalfish on the second drift which i think went 10lb, a cracking fish by any ones standard.Bri romped away early the scores being 3-1 but lyle was quick to help by being 'otherwise engaged' with the net as number 4 escaped boat side, i think it was something to do with the £10 i gave him.! A smallish tide and coming up to slack did not see the fish rise up in the water, instead they were mainly under 20 turns. The new tide came but it was hard work, a couple of moves and my rod slams over i,m glad i had my reel serviced as this could be poppy. I gain line and lose it quicker but manage to control the mighty beast. In the meantime Bri's rod seems to be a little bent as well (normally the wreck) but he seems to have caught a blind pollack. Trying to steal the lime light he lands a15lb+ fish but my fish is still diving (stand clear dear daddy let the master have some room) but the dives are getting shorter and less powerful then i can see leader. After lyle fails to knock it off the hook shes on the deck i have a bigger one than you i tell dad, his face beaming with two great fish on the boat. A tad over 17lb means poppy is still out there none the less a great fish. It was a good fun day with good company with everyone catching fish, thanks Lyle. Final scores Bri 8 Stu 7 I didn't lose i came second.!! Photo on Lyles facebook page. PS Bri keeps the scores in his book but he seems to write in pencil, something fishy going on here i believe................
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22/02/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
22 Feb 2017 by Colin Penny
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A lovely day saw plenty of Pollack caught on a variety of lures with a nice lots of fish in the 10Ib to 13Ib bracket.
Pictured is Flamer IV regular Russell Salmon with a 10Ib 8oz Pollack .
WRECK TRIPS in the next few weeks with places available - March 10th,17th,18th,24th,25th,
April - 2nd, 5th, 19th, 30th, DON'T MISS OUT.
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02/2017
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Feb 2017 by Sam Cumming
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Fishing has been a mixed bag over the last month with all of the changes in weather. It seems to have dropped off in the bay with just a few whiting left and a couple of rays here and there. We have been focusing our efforts on the banks off shore. The spurdogs have started steadily with some trips producing up half a dozen or so, I expect these catches to increase well into March as was the case last year. What makes these days so enjoyable is the variety of species that you see. Undulates, thornbacks, blonde rays, pollock, bull huss, whiting all making regular appearances lately. Dean Cook landed 8 whiting up to 3lb 8oz on large baits meant for spurdog on one day, a piece of luminous green tubing on a flowing trace his secret weapon. This Sunday will be our first trip out to the long distance wrecks to target pollock, with plenty of sprats marking on the sounder already we are hoping to get stuck straight into them.
Sam Cumming
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 28/11/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max. Bass / Cod / Blonde Ray.View details Fri 29/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 2 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Sat 30/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass etc at anchor £100 2 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Sun 01/12/2024 1 Space 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 1 space Bass.View details Mon 02/12/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 6 space Bass.View details Tue 03/12/2024 4 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 4 spaces Bass.View details Fri 06/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Sun 08/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours £100.00pp Whiting blonde rays congers bass £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.View details Fri 13/12/2024 5 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 5 spaces Bass.View details Sun 15/12/2024 6 Spaces 9 Hours £120.00pp Bass fishing with floats maybe some whiting - £120 7 anglers max. 6 space Bass.View details -
20/02/2017
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
20 Feb 2017 by Philip Higgins
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Last weekend saw February temperatures rise to be able to fish in shirtsleeves and flat calm conditions allowing us to venture out to the mid channel wrecks for the 1st time this year, not knowing if they were holding fish we set of in thick fog which is always challenging navigating Poole Harbour but once we cleared the main channel the fog disappeared leaving beautiful sunny conditions. Our 1st stop produced 2 Pollack on the 1st drift and continued to average 1 per drift then on, nothing big all around the 8-9lb mark, as we moved to another wreck we were rewarded with a bonus Coalfish of 9lb 12ozs. As we had now caught our target species and with the tide due to ease soon we choose to try some new bank marks I had come across last year, once anchored we were immediately into Blonde Rays with the best going 25lb 4 ozs in 1 hr 15 mins we had landed 16 Rays. A good days fishing. On Sunday the anglers choose to stay local, our 1st mark only produced 1 Ray and a few small whiting so we moved to a gulley mid Poole Bay and were rewarded with lots of Congers to 62lb, Pollack to 10lb and our usual friends the Dogfish.
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18/02/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
18 Feb 2017 by Colin Penny
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A lovely day saw plenty of Pollack caught on a variety of lures with a nice lots of fish in the 10Ib to 13Ib bracket.
Pictured is Brian Stockford with a 13 pounder. SHARK ATTACK - Charlie Cole was reeling up a Pout when he saw his leader knot and then his rod bent over with a fair amount of line being stripped off then all went slack as he brought his tackle aboard he saw his trace had been chewed in half and frayed by a toothy critter.
WRECK TRIPS in the next few weeks with places available - February 24th, 25th, March 5th, 9th, 10th, 17th,18th,24th,25th, DON'T MISS OUT.
NOTE: LOOK - *** BOOK NOW FOR 2017 *** I have put up an Itinerary of trips for 2017 on all my web sites, take a LOOK, the itinerary is not set in stone so I may be able to change it to suit your needs subject to the tides.
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18/02/2017
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
18 Feb 2017 by Colin Penny
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I have won the TOP SKIPPER AWARD (Sea Angler Magazine) which I am really pleased with and thanks to those of you who nominated me.A nice new plaque for the cabin.
FLAMER IV is now back in the water after her lay up for maintenance, clean and polish, anti fouling, new cabin door etc etc and she and I are raring to go and get you on the fish. Don't Miss Out - Book your places/trips.
FEATURES - in the Salt Water Boat Angling magazine issue 9 Feb 2017 on pages 20,21,22,23 there is a Flamer IV Skipper's Diary feature. Also in Sea Angler magazine issue 541 Feb 9 to March 8 on pages 58,59,60,61, there is a Flamer IV feature titled "Last - Minute Adventure. In the same magazine on page 74, I have won the TOP SKIPPER AWARD which I am really pleased with and thanks to those of you who nominated me.
FEBRUARY dates with places available -
Wreck Trips - 19th,24th, 25th, Reef/Bank Trip - 26th,
NOTE: LOOK - *** BOOK NOW FOR 2017 *** I have put up an Itinerary of trips for 2017 on all my web sites, take a LOOK, the itinerary is not set in stone so I may be able to change it to suit your needs subject to the tides.
DON'T MISS OUT - Contact me a.s.a.p
LOOK - at my Website for places/trips available, latest catches and lots of information.
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