Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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03/11/2017
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
3 Nov 2017 by Rich Cope
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Its 2345hrs and I've litterally just got in from my two trips today, we have absolutely smashed the cod all day and all night here at Whitby!
Our day trip saw the Mistress anglers boat well over 100 cod with quite a few chuck backs, the best lad boating around 25 fish himself, my mate and local Mistress regular Alan Ward messaged me to say him and his pal had 4 stone in fillets between them and had had a fantasic day with us, absolutely awesome fishing by any standards.
Our night trip saw the lads (and lasses) boat around 60 cod again with a few chuck backs.
Best baits were Black lug, unwashed squid and crab cart. Which i can supply if required.
The uptiding this year has seen more consistent and better bags of fish per angler than the wreck and ground fishing.
Tomorrow is the start of the uptide festival with a massive £1000 for the first prize with only £5 per person entry fee on top of your charter.
We have plenty of midweek dates available throughout the event, the whole of the two weeks has awesome tides.
If you fancy a trip with me give a call or text on 07977 436903 or message me on facebook (Mistress Sea Angling Charters)
Tight lines - Rich
Pictured Is Rob Gillings from Middlesbrough with a few of his fish from tonight.
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11/2017
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
Nov 2017 by Rich Ward
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Yet another fresh NW breeze welcomed us again yesterday here at Whitby, but as of late the forecast was to drop away all day long which thankfully it did. By 10am conditions for the offshore marks were good with a steady 10 mph Westerly breeze.
Tony Porter and his mates from Stoke on Trent joined us yesterday. The majority of the group were relatively new to the sea angling scene but were all well experienced fresh water anglers. With a little guidance and support we sharp had them knocking the fish out. The entire catch yesterday was caught on the bait. The best bait being squid again.
A good mixture of Cod and Ling for the lads. The best falling to the organiser Tony, a lovely Ling of 16 lb 15 oz.
Lithuanian Ricardas, "Dolf" managed the second heaviest of the day, another fine Ling of 16 lb 1 oz.
Tony and the lads are due to fish with us again in about 3 weeks. Lets hope for some more great fishing then lads.
"Dolf" and Tony are pictured with the 2 best of the day.
Cheers and tight lines
Rich View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 12/11/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.0m tide. Room for 4 anglers. Arthur 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Wed 13/11/2024 5 Spaces 9 Hours Uptiding trip. Arthur 2. Ali Ball 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 14/11/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Excellent 5.6m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 15/11/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip.Excellent 5.8m tide! Room for 4 anglers. Si England 1. Daniel Evans 2. Dmitrijs Lobanovs 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 17/11/2024 8 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 19/11/2024 8 Spaces 9 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 21/11/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 22/11/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 25/11/2024 7 Spaces 9 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 7 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.4m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 26/11/2024 7 Spaces 9 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 7 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.6m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
11/2017
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Nov 2017 by Aaron Smith
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So that's our first week completed here at Liverpool fishing the famous River Mersey.
We've had some lovely catches including Cod to 8lb 6oz, Thornback Rays to 12lb and a new boat record whiting of 2lb 1oz along with dogs, Whitting, dabs, plaice and pouting.
Our best day afloat we landed 12 Cod, 45 Rays along with the usual dogs and Whittings.
The fishing has changed day to day along with Baits, most days 3-4 Lug tipped of with squid has done the trick, Peeler crab for catching one day and then a Cod a chuck the next.
Around the slack water periods we have been targeting the Whittings and dabs which have been exceptionally thick on Plukington bank in some 15-25ft of water, a 2lb Whitting sure scraps in the shallow water.
So we close our week out, 48 Cod landed, everyone over 2 1/2lb, stopped counting at 150 rays, hundreds of not thousands of Whittings, certainly not a bad week at all!
Well we back on the go from Thursday 9th where the cod will only get better!
If you want to get out please get it sorted asap as we only have a few midweek spaces left now.
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01/11/2017
Fishing Report by Jason Parrott
on Lady Ann (Ramsgate, Kent)
1 Nov 2017 by Jason Parrott
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Cracking day out again on Lady Ann with Jason Parrott and Stuart Stead.
Onboard was yours truly, Mark Curtis, John Stone and Ricky Graham also along for the ride was Craig Smissen. Weather was glorious sun was shining, no wind and sea was flat calm allowing us to push out a fair way. Fishing was fast and furious with Skate, Dogfish and Whiting coming onboard. Enough of that after a while so a move was called for. Again we were plagued with Whiting with the odd Skate and Dogfish still showing. The highlight of the day was the landing of two big Gurnard, the lucky captors were John Stone (3lbd ) and Mark Curtis (2lbd ) All in all a good day afloat and our thanks go to Jason and Stuart. As Arnie said, " we will be back ". View Boats Page
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28/10/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
28 Oct 2017 by dominic wilson
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The final trip of the year saw plenty of fish and a variety of species.......huss were hooked and dropped(apart from 1),there were 4 good tope runs (1 landed).we caught: tope,huss,doggies,mackerel,herring,scad,whiting,haddock,coalies,grey gurnard,pouting.
The largest fish of the day was a 32lb tope caught by myself and a 17.5lb bullhuss by a customer.there was also an 8lb tope View Boats Page
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01/11/2017
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
1 Nov 2017 by Bob Marshall
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Summer has hung on for as long as possible with the water temperature staying high we have been catching Bass, Mackerel and Scad on feathers and lugworm right up to November. With the wind picking up colouring the water we will be catching more Whiting and hopefully a few Cod. Skate fishing has been patchy with good numbers one day then struggle to find some the next. With a few large Cod being caught in the nets they are around so well worth fishing for with the chance of a large Bass or Skate along with good size Whiting. Plenty of weekdays and some weekend dates available on Duke lV. Flynn showed us how to catch Skate with the beauty pictured that he released.
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06/10/2017
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
6 Oct 2017 by Gethyn Owen
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Friday 06th saw the first of our October Pure Fishing sponsored species competition days. Only 4 anglers took part in what turned into a cracking match and a battle royal between 2 pairs of anglers.
On the stern, Zukia was determined to beat her Father Alf, while with bow draws local rod Mark Cain and Wirral’s Scottish international Mickey Duff tested each others abilities. All 4 anglers, hoping to amass a good amount of points to see them win the rod & reel combo on offer in October.
With spring tides and a bay that had been battered with strong onshore winds all week, our day was planned at anchor and started off just outside the harbour. Whiting and dogs started to flow aboard My Way and were soon to become the bulk of the catches. Zukia and Alf matching each other for fish, whilst Mickey was soon pulling in double and treble shots of fish from his bow draw. Mark though was making use of the species adding a small huss and poor cod to his tally.
Moving out to the mussel beds the whiting grew in size, with some near 2lb autumn fish coming aboard in 2’s and 3’s More species were added with tub, red and grey gurnards all making an appearance for everyone except Mickey who was still banging out the whiting and dogfish.
At the mid way stage, despite being 20 fish ahead of Mark, the additional 6 points per species saw Mark only 3 points behind Mickeys lead. Zukia on the stern was leading pops by a few points in their family battle.
An hour in Church Bay next looking for a few additional species, this anchor saw plenty more huss come aboard, . Whilst scoring I was having a fish myself and caught a good dozen of them, one of which, very distinctive with a black patch above one eye it was recaught by Mark 20 mins after I had returned it earlier.
The species count wasn’t the best and a move was called for, a patch of broken ground that could throw up all manner of fish from minies to eels. Mickey still stuck on 2 species but over 100 fish was keen to add a few more now, the points were close with Mark now having a few more species to his name.
From the off Mickey started to consolidate his lead with a conger and mackerel on the first drop, followed shortly after by a few huss and poor cod.
Alf had a smile on his face at this point, not for his fish count, but for the octopus he caught. One that would make a great starter to his tub gurnard main course.
With over 120 fish on his score card, Mickey proved his prowess as a match angler with a winning total of 175points, to Marks 145. Zukia beating her father Alf by a 10points.
A great match and a worthy leader looking towards match two later this month. View Boats Page
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27/10/2017
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
27 Oct 2017 by Gethyn Owen
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Friday 27th October saw us fish the final day of our Pure Fishing summer & autumn species competitions. The first leg was fished on October 6th, which saw Wirral based angler Micky Duff set a commanding points lead of 175 to all those fishing the 2nd day in the hope of winning the Greys Uptider and Penn Fathom 20 reel available to the winner of the most points.
Our day started off with a change of plan, we had hoped to head straight out to Holyhead Deeps and fish the last of the ebb tide for possible spurdogs. Sadly the 18mph northerly winds restricted us to fishing inshore. However with a decreasing forecast, fingers were crossed for the high water slack in the afternoon.
Instead all 8 anglers prepared rigs and baits for a couple hours on the mussel beds, a productive patch of ground north of Holyhead. Fishing was hectic, with all anglers hooking into late autumn staples dogfish and good sized whiting. As the tide eased, the huss started to bite, with sizes ranging between 3lb and a few into double figures.
There was mixed experience aboard the boat, a few regulars along with some anglers new to fishing aboard My Way. Alf, Zukia and Mark Cain had all fished the first leg of our October competition early this month and were determined to come closer and possibly beat Mickeys score.
Mark had battled hard with Micky during the first match, similar points for most of the day, Mickeys match experience of pulling in numbers of fish continually through the 8hrs afloat helping him seal the win on that first day. What was nice to see on 27th, was that having been beaten by Mickey earlier in the month, Mark had noted the rigs that were being used to defeat him. The rigs he was using on this day were very similar to those that Mickey had on 06th, so effective Mark was landing double and triple shots of fish on a regular basis from his bow position.
There is no shame in losing when fishing a match, what would be shameful would be to not learn from that experience. Mark had certainly learnt and was making that experience work for him with great effect this day.
Mark managed a bonus fish on the mussel beds when he pulled out a small thornback ray. With each new species worth 6 points and 5 points for a ray, a cool 11 points were added to his score sheet.
On the stern another regular My Way angler Keith Heaton was plodding away with a constant number of fish, but also a very credible number of bull huss. With huss scoring 5 points to the 1 point of a dogfish or whiting, Keith was hot on the heels of mark for most of the day.
These competitions are fun events and there is never anything too serious about them. They are in effect just a normal day afloat catching plenty, the only difference being that I score each fish that you catch on the card and total the points up at the end. As well as the main competition, there were also a couple personal matches going on the boat. Father and son Jason and Luke, naturally wanting to beat each other and Alf, having lost to daughter Zukia on the first October competition, wanting revenge despite this being his birthday treat to Zukia.
Our stint on the mussel beds yielded a good number of fish, the bags mainly consisting of dogfish, whiting, pout an poor cod, but also a brilliant 40 huss between the 8 anglers. As the tide started to increase, we moved inshore to Church Bay. Here the fishing slowed down slightly, with more singles and the odd brace of fishing coming aboard. Whiting and dogfish again the main catches with a few dabs, poor cod and a solitary coalfish too.
With the slower fishing, it was an ideal time for lunch. Keiths wife Dawn had made a fantastic sausage casserole for everyone to enjoy. And it was delicious, not a spoonful left with Mark Cain going in to wipe the pan clean with a few slices of the crusty white bread that accompanied the meal.
By early afternoon, the wind had eased and the sea flattened off nicely and we decided to head off to Holyhead Deep in search of more huss and possibly spurdogs and eels. With the poor weather we’d had of late I’d not been out to the deeps for over a month, spurs were due to make an appearance once again, but to say I was apprehensive would be an understatement. We pushed out a little further than usual, fishing at anchor in a depth of 220foot.
Fortunately the plan worked, Chris Firth was first to hook into something and with over a knot of tide still running it was putting up a fight. Thoughts of spurdog came quickly with the constant shake on the rod tip, it turned out to be a strap conger, a first ever eel for Chris.
A few huss came aboard before the spurdogs moved in. Everyone caught plenty of spurs, many of which well into double figures. Following his eel, Chris managed 5 spurdogs of his own.
Zukia, having not caught an eel or spurdog before managed to knock both off her species list this trip. The first spurdog dropping off at the side of the boat but thankfully with the rig rebaited and dropped down another quickly followed.
Mark hooked into something quite lively from the depths, it looked to be a good spur or small tope, but when it broke the surface it was another conger, a nice eel just shy of 20lb. Marks heaviest eel to date.
Luke was on form in the deeps, huss and spurdogs keeping him busy, catching a bigger spurdog than his father, raising a faint smile when lifting the nice double figure shark up.
On the final count after lines up, Mark Cain had proved himself a worthy winner for the day and to cap it off, with his fish numbers and 9 species he’d amassed 189 fish points, winning the October competition and a brand new Greys uptider and Penn Fathom multiplier for his efforts.
Marks win did have us all laughing, as he won using a brand new Greys GR100S 20lb boat rod and Penn Fathom 15 twin speed that he had purchased only the day before from ABC in Beaumaris.
Mark had tested the GR100S & Fathom 2speed outfit aboard My Way a couple times previously, before deciding to buy. A great set up that worked well for him during this match … he now has two fantastic brand new rod & reel combos, well done!
The match was well fished, plenty to be caught a variety of species, some great food and some good laughs too.
A very big thank you to My Ways sponsors Pure Fishing (UK) Ltd.
They have sponsored some great competitions aboard My Way through 2017 and have helped many anglers walk away smiling, not only with competition prizes but with the excellent quality rods, reels and lines used by novice and experienced anglers alike when fishing with us. View Boats Page
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30/10/2017
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
30 Oct 2017 by Aaron Smith
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As we get our winter season underway here in the mighty River Mersey our attention is turned to the famous Cod grounds.
The last 5 days out has seen us boating hundreds of fish with Whitting in abundance wirh many over 1lb along with a fine 2lb 1oz busy record, Dabs, Plaice, masses of thornback rays with some days bringing 50 to the boat to 12lb and of course the famous Cod.
Our Cod tally stands at 43 cod to 8lb 4oz with all fish being in-size, it is building up to be a great season!!
If your wanting to get out we have very limited availability.
Please call or message to book.
07966061598
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28/10/2017
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
28 Oct 2017 by Roy Smith
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Hi out fishing saterday bit breezy but quite calm fishing in the deep water of Amlwch with the shelter from the high cliffs. We have over150 feet of water very close in so most species available pollack wrasse on reefs Huss tope spurs bottom fishing. At the moment the mackerel are still about in force with herrings with them. Loads caught saturday with plenty of decent sized whiting taking the smaller baits. Had to come in a bit early due to weather coming up but nevertheless plenty of fish caught. Take advantage of our low winter rates for good fishing will do wrecks when weather suitable and get offshore for the winter cod fishing which is very good .cheers ROY
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