Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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04/08/2021
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
4 Aug 2021 by Nick Gough
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Photos from todays 8hr trip
Unfortunately the weather and sea hasn't been kind to us lately and we haven't been out for a good few days.
We did get out today and we had some cracking fish but even that was short lived as we came back early as the winds and storms decided to come earlier than forcast.
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08/08/2021
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
8 Aug 2021 by Lee Brown
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Well 4 am start as forcast not looking good but what a day ling in doubles cod to 6 lb pollock to 4 over 60 fish
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08/08/2021
Fishing Report by Peter Mackintosh
on Mistress (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
8 Aug 2021 by Peter Mackintosh
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On the way out the Tyne it was great to see a pod of dolphins in the river. There was about a dozen diving and surfacing around the boat. With little wind and after catching mackerel for bait we headed for a few wrecks. We hit a good mark a few miles off which produced some good cod and ling. Sam, who had travelled from Durham, on his first trip aboard Mistress, hooked into a cracking ling of around 12 to 13lb. His friend, who was new to boat fishing, had a good cod around the 9lb mark. Well done lads and fantastic days fishing.
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07/08/2021
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)
7 Aug 2021 by Philip Higgins
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Due to a few days of strong winds we have been restarting fishing inside probably the most beautiful and possibly the largest harbour in the world and it has been brilliant with some decent sized Plaice, Black and Gilthead Bream, Bass, Gurnard, Hounds, Mackeral and Flounders being landed along with plenty of bait robbing sized bream. Drifting the main channel during quiet periods of boat movements has been the most productive but once the main ebb tide gets away the weed has been a problem.
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08/2021
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Aug 2021 by Kevin McKie
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We have just finished our second 10 day live aboard charter of the year from Pwllheli.
The trip didn’t start off too good as bad weather delayed our original start date but when we did finally set sail the weather was looking good for the next five days.
Team Pot Noodle (Josh, Ash and Eddie) plus Tony was the lads we had onboard for this trip, the lads where hell bent on going to the shelf off the west coast of Ireland and the weather window looked good to do it.
After a 200 mile steam from Pwllheli we finally arrived in Baltimore to top up the fuel tanks and head out to the shelf, sadly the weather window had changed a lot, now we only had two days on the shelf before the first of three low pressure systems hit south west Ireland.
We decided not to gamble, play it safe and stay one step ahead of the weather, so we didn’t bother going the shelf and headed south to some deep water reefs.
The fishing was incredible for Pollack and Coalfish, every drop was 3 to 4 fish per person and the amount of fish on the sonar was like something you would see in Norway.
At one point the Coalfish where spitting out live Boar fish We have never seen them before in the flesh they are a very strange looking fish only found in deep water.
Every drift we had sharks attacking the Pollack and Coalfish, at first we thought it was porgies so we set up our shark tackle but after several hours fishing and lots of small blue sharks to 60lb we realised it was just small blues attacking the fish.
We did get one hell of a surprise in our chum slick it was the biggest Leather Back Turtle I have ever seen, Sam did get a video of it that we will post in the future, you don’t see them every day in our waters that’s for sure.
Also during the night the lads witnessed large pods of dolphins smashing into Garfish, Souries and Squid around the boat while it was lit up with the deck lights shining into the water.
The next morning we now decided to anchor the reef for Conger, Ling and Six Gill Sharks but the reef was extremely snaggy we couldn’t get any tackle back at all, on the sonar it looked flat in places but after Tony put his water wolf camera down we seen the seabed was made up of massive boulders fused together with cracks in between them.
So it was time to head out to one of our favourite places to fish the one and only Jurassic Park, when we arrived the sea was very sloppy and confused there was no set direction of the swell making our bait presentation very difficult indeed, on top of this the small Congers where having a field day smashing our baits up, after a long 2 hours and 40 minutes we landed our first Six Gill Shark, the lads managed 6 Six Gill Sharks to 274lb in total during the 12 hour session it was very tough going due to the conditions.
Tony had shark tags from NOAA and we tagged his first Six Gill Shark of 214lb, this is the first Six Gill Shark every tagged in UK waters.
The lads also witnessed five Sunfish all together swimming passed the boat as they where migrating north for the summer.
Now it was time for the extremely long steam to the Celtic Deeps where the weather forecast was ok for the next few days.
When we arrived in the Celtic Deeps the algae bloom was terrible and it was a job to find an area that was clear enough to start sharking.
The lads fished through the night and only managed three small Blue Shark, this was due to massive algae blooms passing through, when we hit a clear spot that’s where we got the odd Shark.
In the morning we decided to head to Milford Haven to refuel the boat and stock up on food, drink and bait.
The next day was the last good day to go sharking due to the bad weather forecast for the rest of the trip, after speaking to our friends in Ireland they told us where the water was clear of algae in the deeps.
The lads managed 9 Blues to 101lb and 2 Porgies to 280lb (estimated), after a 20 minute fight the biggest one got tail wrapped as we got it to the surface i grabbed the trace it unraveled its self and shot off like a rocket only for the hook to pull.
Thankfully the shark was not left with a trace wrapped around it and was back where it belonged, we also lost a much bigger shark that we had on for about 15 minutes, we think the bait had gone up the trace and another shark bit through the leader because it was a very clean cut.
We also seen a big Blue shark basking on the surface and a big Porgie but they where not interested in the baits at all.
That night we had to steam to Arklow on the east coast of Ireland to take shelter from the strong westerly winds forecast.
The wreck fishing was very good for Pollack to 8lb, we did try sharking for Threshers and Porgies but only managed three Tope to 30lb.
Please note all sharks where released unharmed, we are currently in talks with a university who want us to satellite tag sharks next year for research purposes.
While we spent time on the east coast of Ireland we where shocked to see all cafes, restaurants, pubs and cinemas not letting people in unless they had proof they had been double jabbed with the experimental jab.
To witness this first hand all of us where in shock even the lads who had been double jabbed thought it was terrible.
This is what’s coming to the UK next if we let this happen, what sort of place are we leaving for our kids if you can not go into any indoor establishment without having proof of having had an experimental jab?
I for one as a business owner and father will not be supporting any business that is in favour of the experimental double jab passport.
Thankfully in Ireland we found some very clever business owners who refused to segregate people regardless of weather or not they had been experimentally double jabbed, these establishments where very busy indeed and doing far better than the businesses in favour of the experimental double jab passport.
Sadly we are fully booked in Pwllheli for the rest of the year, we do have dates available for Skate fishing in Scotland.
NOVEMBER
Monday 1st £110 pp 2 places available
7am sailing.
Tuesday 2nd £110 pp 3 places available
7am sailing.
Tuesday 16th £110 pp 4 places available
7am sailing.
Wednesday 17th £110 pp 3 places available
7am sailing.
Thursday 18th £110 pp 1 place available
7am sailing.
Friday 19th £110 pp 1 place available
7am sailing.
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Pwllheli)
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03/08/2021
Fishing Report by Kevin Marsden
on Jean K (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
3 Aug 2021 by Kevin Marsden
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Good days fishing today top rods were Graham and Alistair who caught fish steady throughout the day. Best drop of the day was Alistair who caught 3 good fish on one line. Fresh mackeral on hokais accounted for most of the fish today.
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06/08/2021
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
6 Aug 2021 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Well it’s been a shit weekend with sea winds Sagittarius was out Tuesday with poor cod results lots of mackerel about let’s hope it picks up with the bigger tides
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Oceanic & Sagittarius
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 23/11/2024 10 Spaces 6 Hours £50.00pp Need 10 more for trip go-ahead. 07:15 start Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Sun 24/11/2024 10 Spaces 6 Hours £50.00pp Need 10 more for trip go-ahead. 07:15 start Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Sat 30/11/2024 10 Spaces 6 Hours £50.00pp Need 10 more for trip go-ahead. 7:30 start Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.View details Sun 01/12/2024 10 Spaces 6 Hours £50.00pp Need 10 more for trip go-ahead. 7:30 start Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
04/08/2021
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Aug 2021 by Lee Brown
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Cracking day ling to 8 lb cod to 10 lb call lee 4 spaces
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08/2021
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
Aug 2021 by Roy Smith
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Out last few days both tope and wreck fishing . Lots of Tope around on Monday this week but pack tope the smaller ones . Out offshore on wrecks yesterday coalfish go 6 lbs pollock to 12 lbs . The fast Catamaran I have now gives you plenty of space and covers more ground easily to find the fish phone 07974477081 for trips
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03/08/2021
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
3 Aug 2021 by Andy Savage
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They say that form is temporary……but class is permanent.
Jamie Skow proved the theory today, when he followed up his 20lb Cod on his last trip out, with rafts of fish again today. Jamie booked the boat for himself and two friends and hit it right off from the start. Fishing on the inshore wrecks again, the water was a bit green following the recent swell, but it didn’t deter the fish one bit.
We fished four wrecks during the day, with the last one being very productive. All three anglers were regularly playing fish at the same time. Codling dominated today, with fish up to 8lb 8oz, but we also had Ling up to 9lb, Pollock and Wrasse.
A whole Squid on a pennel rig with a muppet took the majority of the fish. Jamie, Ian Kellock and James all fished well, caught well and got a great reward for some top angling. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 19/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1View details Tue 26/11/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2View details Tue 03/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2View details Fri 06/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2View details Sat 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 Mon 09/12/2024 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details Sat 14/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1View 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
