Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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15/10/2011
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
15 Oct 2011 by Colin De Block
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october 15th & 17th
two great days fishing for 2 parties landing approx 200 whiting, 5 codling to 2.5lb with a sprinkling of spotties,dab and pouts thrown in for good measure a good time had by all
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17/10/2011
Fishing Report by Glen Cairns
on Valkyrie 6/8 (Gosport, Hampshire)
17 Oct 2011 by Glen Cairns
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The winter fishing has kicked into gear with some nice Cod now being caught around the Nab Tower, the plaice fishing is still steady with alot of smaller fish around at the moment but amongst them are a few nice fish to 4 / 5lb mark.
On the spring tides the Bass are feeding well on lures,theres some great fun to be had on spinning rods, lots of small fish around that need to be returned, but still some very nice fish amongst them, we will be targeting the Bass until the end of November only on the spring tides then mainly Cod & Whiting for the next 2 mounths. View Boats Page
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16/10/2011
Fishing Report by Tony Harrison
on Optimist (Portishead, Somerset)
16 Oct 2011 by Tony Harrison
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Just had four days of fishing in the Bristol Channel, mostly between Portishead and the Second Severn Crossing.
A good few codling showing, to six or seven pounds. A promising start for the season.
Highlights recently, a 13 pound Thornback yesterday and a 1 pound 10 ounce Dover Sole on Saturday.
Tight lines and wet nets to all! View Boats Page
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10/2011
Fishing Report by Matt Horne
on Optimist (Gosport, Hampshire)
Oct 2011 by Matt Horne
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COD COMPETITION Saturday 19th November 2011
I'm organising a Cod Competition out of Gosport,. on 6 of Gosport charter boats. There is £700:00 of cash prizes along with a prize table. 46 places cod only weigh-in so anyone could win,
For more information. look at my web site:- www.optimistfishingcharter.co.uk and click on the news link, it is a pre book avent with limited spaces so first come first serve. or more like first to pay! View Boats Page
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10/2011
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
Oct 2011 by Pete Rose
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The winter uptiding competition dates have now been set, from Sunday 20th to Sunday 27th November inc. Good cash prizes available. This boat had the winning fish for the autumn festival and last years winter uptiding festival.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 07/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1View details Sun 08/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.81m Keith Lockwood - x 2 Kevin Totterdell - x 3 Todd Whitley - x 2View details Mon 09/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Joe Clough - x 1 Alan Ellwood - x 3View details Tue 10/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Aaron & Steve - x 2 Ian Hepworth - x 2View details Wed 11/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Charlie Shane-Purnell - x 5View details Tue 17/12/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1View details Sat 21/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.71m Pawel Rojek - x 4 Tim Albright - x 2 Jimmy Yeung - x 1View details Mon 23/12/2024 1 Space Available Wrecking Trip - 4.38m Tim Albright - x 2 Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Nick Gray - x 2 Martin Novo - x 1 Will Bird - x 1 Tony Firman - x 1View details Sat 28/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.73m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Ed Hardy - x 4View details -
13/10/2011
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
on Bessie Vee (Mevagissey, Cornwall)
13 Oct 2011 by Dave Hunkin
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Sharking in October -
After having some great sharking trips in September, with 14 blues on one day, we attempted another trip on the 12th October, which proved that the biggies are still here. In the last two trips, we had blues touching the 100lb mark, and on this one, the best of four sharks caught was 120lb, pictured here. It was caught by Phil from Bristol on his own kit. Obviously, the sea temperature is still conducive to the blues, and takes longer to cool than people think. Blues have been caught off South Cornwall up to November in previous years. Here's to a few more weeks of rod-bending weather! View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Bessie Vee
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 27/06/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Wed 02/07/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Fri 12/09/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details Thu 18/09/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 9am-5pm inc rod /tackleView details -
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.
DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR PLACES/TRIPS FOR 2012. View Boats Page
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02/10/2011
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
2 Oct 2011 by John Dickens
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the fishing has picked up codling now showing as well as lots of whiting a few dabs and the odd bass still some dogs about .
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08/10/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
8 Oct 2011 by Gary Flint
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KINGYS AND BRIANS WORM DANGLERS TRIP
We left the marina at 9.00am to fish the Mersey we anchored and started to fish, The wind was blowing 22 kts and gusting 32 kts sw the rain was horizontal, but this did not dampen the spirits of kingys worm danglers, they started to catch dogfish straight away then, codling and then kingy hooked a thorn back of 8lb 12oz. Tony landed a strap conger which hit the scales at 12lb and cool Karl just kept fishing away at the front of the boat bagging 7 codling in tital for himself with the best Cod for him being 5 lb. Total fish caught numerous whiting, dabs,dogfish, 15 codling, 5 rays,1 strap conger.
Overall plenty of banter and a good wet windy day.
GARY FLINT. View Boats Page
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09/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Sep 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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As we entered August, I’m guessing most boat anglers had fingers crossed for calmer weather conditions compared to the windy Augusts of previous years. Sadly 2011 has proved to be a similar affair, with very unsettled weather blowing through our country with increasing regularity.
Flicking through the diary it is though fair to say we managed to sail on the vast majority of days in August, sadly many of these days were with restrictions as to where we could search out our prey. With many days seeing us sail no further than Holyhead Bay itself.
All said, inshore fishing around Holyhead bay can be very rewarding, if anglers are prepared to change tactics and baits in search of the vast variety of species ... you can be in for a fun filled day afloat.
On occasions some choose to sit out in the hope of a good inshore Holyhead tope, these are amongst the largest in north Wales, with the current Welsh record of 79lb caught and released aboard My Way 6 years ago. Despite numerous fish from the deeps in the 25lb bracket and a few tope in the bay, our largest tope this year has barely hit 40lb. The largest confirmed capture for our port in 2011 stands at a whopping 70lb, landed aboard Spindrift in August.
Consistent through the year have been the rays, I’d never take a trip to set out and target the rays, with blonde, spotted and thornback being our most common. But when on a few particular marks there is always a good chance of a ray if particular baits or rigs are used. As these photos show, there are some nice fish to be had.
Huss and dogfish are plentiful, the latter being the scourge of many anglers, but also the blank savour on the odd day. Often referred to as the match anglers favourite, light rods, 3 at a time, fun can even be had with the trusty old dogfish ….. honest! Huss though can be fun, with specimens regularly exceeding 12lb in weight, they have two fight modes – give up or scrap, you just never know!
If species hunting for the smaller fish in our waters, then your rigs really do need to be honed in to near perfection. Fun can be had on a number of marks when searching out the more elusive of species such as scorpion fish, blennies, gobies and corkwing wrasse etc. Maybe not on the A-list in fish, but these can be a welcome tick to many a species list for that year, or even lifetime species goal.
September has followed suit, hurricane winds across the pond leaving us with extreme gale force weather has hammered last month to the ground. With 28days booked afloat with for us and only managing to actually sail on 10 occasions, not exactly a winning ratio is it. The fishing has been hard on the days we have managed to get afloat with the sea left behind not allowing us to do everything we had planned.
Needless to say some angler have been able to catch a variety of species and quantity of fish and on other days nothing has gone right, with the crew struggling to locate the even the dogfish, but hey that’s fishing, not for the want of trying for certain.
Where ever you’re reading, hope the seas have been kind to you of late and fingers crossed for some settled weather for everyone. View Boats Page
