Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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10/02/2011
Fishing Report by Pitman Pitman
on SEA Spray (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Feb 2011 by Pitman Pitman
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Darren, a regular Sea Spray angler with two fine cod, both into double figures
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08/02/2011
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
8 Feb 2011 by David Hancock
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Tides are dropping off this week and forecast settling.
C`mon, lets get out to them wrecks . . .
Dave.
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02/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Feb 2011 by Aaron Smith
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I do not know whether you have seen in the news that the Goverment is
>> trying to close down and get rid of over half of the Coastguard
>> stations and staff around the country.
>>
>> Basically at night time there will be two stations open, 1 in Aberdeen
>> and 1 in Southampton and of course Dover who will primarily be working
>> on the Channel Navigation Information System.
>> They are also plans to get rid of over 200 full time operations room
>> staff and
>> all the local knowledge that they possess.
>> There are also to be day stations
>> working nine to five in Swansea, Humber, Falmouth, Liverpool or
>> Belfast,
>> Shetland or Stornoway. All the others at Milford Haven, Brixham,
>> Holyhead,
>> Clyde,Forth, Solent, Yarmouth and Thames are to close.
>>
>> We as Coastguards are extremely worried about this for a number of
>> reasons:
>>
>> 1. How is somebody in Aberdeen going to know where the person on the
>> beach in Wales is, especially if the person cannot spell the name of
>> the beach. This analogy also covers loads of places around the country
>> where the place name is the same as somewhere else. I heard the other
>> day (in a Parlimentary debate, where the MP's across all parties are
> up
>> in
>> arms), a place name in Scotland that occurs in five different areas of
>> Scotland.
>>
>> 2. The MCA state that they are going to get busier, yet they think
> they
>> can cope
>> with half of the staff.
>>
>> 3. One of my main concerns (as fishing is close to my heart) is for
> the
>> anglers using our shores, boats etc. If God forbid somebody fell into
>> the sea off a rock or boat, the 999 call would go through to
>> Southampton. They would then have to work out where the call
>> came from, then start looking through databases to find the right
>> lifeboat and the right rescue teams to send, by this time I fear it
>> would be to late.
>>
>> Currently, the call is directed to the closest station and the
>> operations staff's local knowledge kicks in and the boat and team are
>> dispatched immediately. They would know that rescue team A (that is
>> nearer) is no good because it is market day, so it would be quicker to
>> send team B. This is the knowledge that is going to be lost.
>>
>> The MCA have written a consultation document that implies a radical
>> change to the way the service is delivered is the only possible way in
>> which to bring the Coastguard into the present. They then go on to
>> offer the opportunity to comment on the proposals - but insist upon
>> adequate evidence being presented to support the claims of the
>> respondent.
>>
>> However, the document provided by the MCA itself appears to be lacking
>> in supplying the salient details to back up the assertions made. For
>> example, it suggests that having two large Coastguard stations
> covering
>> the UK at night would be more resilient than the current number. This
>> would seem to ignore the fact that one station failure would cause a
>> 50% decrease in capacity to deal with incidents. Things may be
> quieter
>> at night, but that statistic ignores the fact that a major incident
> (or
>> two) could happen at any time. It is a simplistic and flawed way to
>> measure workload.can respond to.
>>
>> Our union the PCS has developed a letter for people to send
>> electronically to their MP. All people have to do is fill in their
>> name, email, and address, then press submit and it is automatically
>> sent to their MP, so no letter writing or posting is necessary and
> they
>> will get a reply from their MP.
>> The link to the page is http://www.pcs.org.uk/sos
>>
>> There is also a Facebook page (that is really to save Holyhead
>> Coastguard, but the link to the PCS is on the info page) View Boats Page
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03/02/2011
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
3 Feb 2011 by Bob Marshall
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The fishing has been tough with the large sprat shoals that take the Cod up in the water making them difficult to catch. The good news is the sprats are thinning out so the Cod should return to bottom feeding. There are plenty of Dabs and the Whiting are still here and as the water temperatures warm the better fish should move inshore. The spring run of Codling should start anytime now also the Skate will be moving in so call me and come on down to Ramsgate there are plenty of dates available including some weekends!
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31/01/2011
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
31 Jan 2011 by brian poppy
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31/01/2011 flat calm had to better than the w/end and it was 4 mile off 1x6.50lb cod 2x3lbs and a fat dab not bad considering what it has been like lets hope we will get a run of springers when these cod decide to shoot there roe,BP.
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31/01/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
31 Jan 2011 by Rich Ward
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The last 4 days here at Whitby have been excellent both weather wise and fish wise. The settled spell began last Thursday afternoon and come Friday we had near perfect conditions which lasted up to todays trip. The weather allowed us to tear off to the "wall" ( 27 mile ) on each of the last 4 days which produced some cracking fishing. Plenty of cod and ling for the table with the best fish coming aboard today. A couple of bull seals pestered us for a couple of hours the last 2 days but hey they have to feed as well !! Pictured with a lovely cod of 12lbs is John Ashton from Anglesey. ( Best lures have been the shads and the best bait has been squid tipped on the hokkai )
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 27/11/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 28/11/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 30/11/2024 3 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip. John Price 1. Rich Wallen 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 01/12/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Si England 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 03/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 11/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 17/12/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Cash prizes! Room for 4 anglers. Olly 1. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 18/12/2024 8 Hours Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Room for 1 angler. Cash prizes! Big Sam 2. Andy Davies 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Room for 4 anglers. Cash prizes! Brian Warrior 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 03/01/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.35m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
30/01/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
30 Jan 2011 by Ray Martin
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January has been a non event as far as the fishing has gone.. The sprat and snow melt have just about killed it. I have tried the last 2 weeks but it has been a waste of time. Just dabs the odd whiting and this tiny codling .. Lets hope the skate season is like it was last year..
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30/01/2011
Fishing Report by Derek Williams
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
30 Jan 2011 by Derek Williams
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Hi my name is Derek Williams and my colleague is Jan Van Deventer, we are both school teachers at St Mary's College Crosby. Today we have had an amazing trip aboard this boat. We took ten school children aged 12 - 16 and spent 10 hours today fishing for Cod in the river Mersey. We caught 47 fish, cod, whiting and dab and the skipper ensured that no child blanked. We run a fishing club at the college and have used charter boats before however, we have never encountered such hospitality, and patience as we received today. The boy's were taught how to fish today by the Skipper Steve, he was also extremely patient with them when they endlessly got snagged. He was always giving us tea and coffee...kids too! He provided pies and biscuits for the kids and his hire equipment equipment was top draw. I would whole heartedly recommend this boat as he is a genuine nice guy who isn't just after the cash but cares about the 'young or old fishermen' on his boat regardless of their fishing ability. Thank you very much Steve and we will see you in the summer.
DEREK Williams
(Head of Boy's PE & Games)
EVC Co-ordinator
St Mary's College Crosby View Boats Page
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21/01/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Burn
on Grey Viking (Brighton, East Sussex)
21 Jan 2011 by Ray Burn
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Friday 21st January - Red Letter Day for start of 2011 Wrecking season on Grey Viking
Well the wrecking season for 2011 got off to an amazing start today aboard Grey Viking, with some of the best early season wreck fishing we’ve ever seen. Today was a speculative trip originally planned as an inshore Cod fishing trip but I decided to offer the crew a go out on the wrecks based on a good weather window and a hunch. Boy did that prove to be a good decision today. If only all days could be as good (I wish) !!
The distances involved to my chosen area meant we had 5 hours of steaming and 4 hours of fishing, with a 45 minute slack in the middle, so it was a small fishing window. But the crew of 8 (including 5 newcomers to wreck fishing) were up for it, so we went for it!
Well, we ended up with 27 Cod including a 30lb 3oz monster, a 25lb, 22lb, 19lb and loads in the 15lb to 18lb bracket. Alongside this we had a few smaller Cod plus 3 smallish Pollack giving a haul of 30 fish in total with a total catch weight in excess of 450lb !
Seven of the eight anglers aboard recorded a personal best as follows:
* 30lb 4oz Cod – Warren Slatter
* 25lb Cod – Dan Dice
* 22lb Cod – Clive Marshall
* 19lb Cod – Gary Tidd
* 18lb Cod – Dan Batchelor
* 18lb Cod Ben Waddington
* 15lb Cod – Gazza Tidd View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Grey Viking
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 29/11/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm 8 spaces left Max 10 persons £65ppView details Sat 30/11/2024 7 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm Max 10 Persons 7 spaces left £65ppView details Sun 01/12/2024 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm Max 10 Persons £65pp or £650 boatView details Mon 02/12/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm 8 spaces left Max 10 persons £65ppView details Fri 06/12/2024 3 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm 3 spaces left Max 10 persons £65ppView details Sat 07/12/2024 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm Max 10 Persons £65pp or £650 boatView details Mon 09/12/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm 8 spaces left Max 10 persons £65ppView details Fri 13/12/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm 8 spaces left Max 10 persons £65ppView details Sat 14/12/2024 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm Max 10 Persons £65pp or £650 boatView details Sun 15/12/2024 8 Hours £65.00pp Reef Fishing Cod/Whiting/Plaice 8am-3.30pm Max 10 Persons £65pp or £650 boatView details -
25/01/2011
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
25 Jan 2011 by Rich Ward
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Here is a list of the competition dates from the Whitby Charter Skippers for 2011.
Spring competition :- April 2nd - April 17th Inc.
Summer competition :- June 18th - July 10th Inc.
Late Summer competition :- September 10th - 25th Inc.
All the competitions at Whitby are fully sponsored and offer the angler a great chance of winning some BIG cash prizes.
Spring comp 1st prize :- £1000.00 cash plus various daily cash prizes too.
Summer comp 1st prize :- £5000.00 cash plus other HUGE cash prizes.
Late Summer comp 1st prize :- £1000.00 plus various daily cash prizes too.
For any information on any of the competitions here at Whitby please don't hesitate to contact myself or any of the skippers at Whitby.
Here's hoping for another 3 cracking competitions this year.
Pictured is Guy Wrightson from Pontefract, winner of cod section in 2010 summer comp with his 17lb 5oz fish caught aboard the Shy-Torque III
Cheers
Richard 07733 233352 www.shy-torque2000.com View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 27/11/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 28/11/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 30/11/2024 3 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip. John Price 1. Rich Wallen 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 01/12/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Si England 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 03/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 11/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 17/12/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Cash prizes! Room for 4 anglers. Olly 1. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 18/12/2024 8 Hours Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Room for 1 angler. Cash prizes! Big Sam 2. Andy Davies 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Room for 4 anglers. Cash prizes! Brian Warrior 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 03/01/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.35m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details
