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10/2019
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
Oct 2019 by Roy Smith
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Hi out over weekend fishing still very good with a good number of species caught including spurdogs tope Huss pollack coalfish and wrasse. The mackerel are still with us as are Hugh shoals of whiting some very good ones amongst them.. Looks promising for good winter fishing cheers ROY
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10/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Oct 2019 by Kevin McKie
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After a steady 28 hour steam from Plymouth
Size Matters has now arrived at our third port of the year and it’s our home port of Liverpool.
We have arrived a few weeks earlier than planned due to the unsettled weather on the south coast.
So this means we have a few extra dates available in October, the plan is to get to the wrecks to target Pollack, Cod and Ling, if the weather allows, if not then we will be in the Mersey targeting Cod, Rays, Whiting and Dabs.
Size Matters has a fully heated cabin that can seat up to 8 anglers, this is ideal for when anglers want to warm up on them cold frosty winter days and most of all the kettle is always on.
Size Matters also has a massive open deck space that can easily accommodate 12 anglers with plenty of room to walk around, at times we have even had 10 to 12 camping chairs on the deck at once, these are perfect for fishing the Mersey in comfort during the winter months.
Wrecking charters from Liverpool are 11 to 12 hours and Mersey trips are 9 to 10 hours depending on the lock times.
All tackle is included in the price, any tackle losses must be paid for, we have thousands of packets of top quality frozen XXL black lug and Squid you can purchase onboard. View Boats Page
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13/10/2019
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
13 Oct 2019 by jon old
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Bringing us up to date 13th Oct 2019 still getting odd thornbacks , been fishing inside due to the winds. Whiting a cast at the moment keeping us busy, odd small codling thrown in. Water temp 14 degrees going down slowly,still spotty dogs and odd small smoothound about. Website up to date with places got space Thurs 24th if weather allows looking to head out a bit also Sat 26th 4 places just come up if anyone interested. Cheers guys Jon (High Flyer 2)
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12/10/2019
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
12 Oct 2019 by Nick Gough
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Photo from our 6hr uptiding trip
A few better fish from today's trip alot of small just size codling about today keeping anglers happy
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12/10/2019
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
12 Oct 2019 by Lee Brown
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Well over 200 cod to 4 lb pulling them up in. Threes every drop down tiding be starting in few weeks some nice big cod all move in to spawn get in touch for some nice cod
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12/10/2019
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
12 Oct 2019 by Paul Kilpatrick
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What a week on the cod some great sport out today Saturday and plenty of cod coming aboard 1 space tomorrow come available if you fancy it give me a bell on 07748705695.
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12/10/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
12 Oct 2019 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
The 2019 summer season in Plymouth has now come to an end for Size Matters due to the very unsettled weather over the last few weeks.
We started the summer season in June this year two months later than normal because we where up in Scotland catch hundreds of giant Common Skate.
When we arrived in Plymouth we done our first trip of the year to Jurassic Park, catching no less than 12 Six Gill Sharks to around 500lb, the biggest we boated measured and released was 410lb!!
That was definitely a trip to tell the gran kids about in the future and a trip that we will try to beat in the next few years.
The wreck fishing on the drift was good from June to the start of August, once the algae bloom started to die and sink to the sea bed the fishing was very hard.
Wreck fishing at anchor for Conger and Ling was slow in June and July due to the lack of fresh bait available, but in August and September the fishing really picked up with up to 70+ Conger and Ling per trip.
Sadly we never caught any big Conger this year our best fish was 55lb, we did catch some monster Ling this year to 39lb 8oz a new boat record.
Shark fishing was very poor from June to July because of the massive algae bloom we had, I got told by a marine biologist it was the worst algae bloom in 10 years, just goes to show how polluted our oceans really are.
Once the algae bloom started to die and sink to the sea bed in August the shark fishing picked up a bit with our best day catching 19 Blue Sharks on a 23 hour trip and 11 Blue Sharks on a 12 hour trip, this is still very poor compared to previous years.
In July we had big plans to go well off the charts but sadly the weather put a stop to that so plan B was to try for Thresher Sharks.
We managed to pull it out the bag catching three Thresher Sharks to 150lb, pulled the hook on two more and missed one!!
It was great to go and do a trip like that for the first time and learn so much in just a short space of time.
It was definitely a very strange season not like any we have had in the last four years, the algae bloom didn’t help things either.
We only seen a few Sunfish this year, in the pasted I have seen 17 in just one day.
There was no Atlantic Bonito this year and last year you could catch them daily in September and October.
We only caught one John Dory this year and last year we caught 11.
This was the first time the wrecking fishing on the drift was over in August normally you can still chip away catching Pollack, Cod and Ling right through the year.
From the start of August the weather got more unsettled as the season went on, we had so many good trips booked in but the weather put a stop to them.
Even sailing back to Liverpool now we normally do some fishing but the weather window is too small so it’s 360 miles none stop.
We are now fully booked from Plymouth for 2020, we have no whole boat dates available in 2021 from Plymouth.
I have set a side dates in 2021 for individuals, so if you want the chance to fish on
Size Matters from Plymouth in 2021 here is your chance to book. View Boats Page
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11/10/2019
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
11 Oct 2019 by Nick Gough
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Uptiding still producing some nice fish
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09/2019
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
on Our Joe (Paignton, Devon)
Sep 2019 by Shaun Pedley
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Torbay Fishing Festival 2019 sponsored by SHIMANO.
The 51st Torbay Fishing Festival got underway early September. This competition is very well respected around South Devon and is widely regarded as the fishing competition of the year in the South West. With the fishing from the wrecks very difficult all year it was always going to be a different year for those fishing from the boats. The overall winner was won with a truly fish of a lifetime being caught from shore, a Garfish of 2lb 10oz scoring 238%!!! Still I managed to stick to what I knew (Wrecks) when the weather allowed and managed a fairly respectable haul of prizes aboard including 2 Top Prizes;
’Best Fish from Wreck’ going to Paul Cottel for a lovely 5lb 5oz Black Bream winning £350 plus a Shimano Tyrnos16 reel
‘Top Charter Boat Skipper’ Trophy, + Prize, winners plaque and bottle of whiskey, going to me, Shaun Pedley aboard my vessel OUR JOE-L with a winning percentage of 467%.
Other Prizes included ‘Second Best Conger Eel’ + Prize, won by Paul Cashmore with a Conger of 61lb (Also winning British Conger Clubs ‘Fish of the Month’. ’Best ‘Conger Eel by a Visitor’ + Prize, won by Kevin Turner with a Conger of 49lb also qualified for British Conger Club. Red Gill Trophy for ‘Best Fish Caught on Artificial Lure’ won by Allen Curtis winning a very honourable amount of Red Gill lures. ‘Charlotte Louise Trophy’ + Prize won by Kevin Turner. Plus 4 Day prizes for Best Wreck Fish Day 1,7,8 & 9 winning a Shimano Charter Special Reel
All Prizes this year won a Shimano Beastmaster Slim AX Boat Rod in various weights.
A Very memorable Festival for me personally as it is the first time I’ve won the Top Charter Boat Skipper Trophy. Not only do I now have the honour of my name being engraved on the trophy along with a very small number of truly great local skippers** This is also a prize I remember my Farther winning in 2003 and again in 2015 and I now have the pleasure in my name joining his on the trophy. I am only the second Skipper to be added to the trophy since 2010, as it is always won back by the same phew skippers year on year with most winning it 3 or 4 times between them since it started in 2002.
I would like to thank the festival organisers, committee, volunteers, weighers and all entires from locals to visitors as without you all we would not be able for fish and enjoy this wonderful festival.
Looking forward to next year already
Shaun Pedley
Torbay Sea Angling Festival Top Charter Boat Skipper !!!
Our Joe-L
** Top Charter Boat Skipper Trophy winners in order of 1st win
Dave Harrison - Gemini II
Simon Pedley - Our Joe-L
Geoff Taylor - Jubrea
Kevin Tate - Dalora II
Mark Criddle - Silver Seas
David Shimell - Atlantis II
Ross Parham - Spot On
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10/10/2019
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
10 Oct 2019 by Nick Gough
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Not ideal conditions but still some nice fish about
The lads today a good amount of cod, ballen wrasse and pouting and a few nice Pollock as well
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