Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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08/07/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
8 Jul 2016 by dominic wilson
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had Glen Craggs and Seaton Burn boys out and in 5.5hrs they caught 600lb of fish.
there were 2 commonn skate ...72lb and 126lb
there were 23 spurs weighed with 19 in double figures(19.75lb biggest)
there were 3 bullhuss weighed biggest 18.75lb
no mackerel yet
126lb skate pictured
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15/07/2016
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
15 Jul 2016 by carl porter
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after a change from the regular thames species the hard labour crew set sail for something different
after a 4am start and a 5 hour steam we arrived at our first mark and it was plaice and turbot from the start
nothing huge but all keepers
along with the flatties came a steady stream of gurnard/ weavers /mackerel and sandeels
then mark latched on to something better a...20lb blonde ray !!!
mid afternoon saw us put into a south coast port for a well earned beer and steak supper
day two saw us back on the same grounds the weather was much more agreeable with nice straight drift lines
and it was fish from the start !!!
this time we had some lovely turbot and plaice and I had lovely brill ...and some truly huge mackerel ..
back into port that evening with a well satisfied crew !!!
day three we tried a couple of wrecks which were full of Pollock pouting and small codling
so it was one last drift for the flatties before we headed home and another 5 turbot and a nice brill for steve
midday we swung the bows for home with around 80 turbot and plaice for the weekend we were well pleased
as well as the amount of species
turbot plaice dab brill mackerel scad sandeel Pollock cod gurnard blonde ray pouting weaver .....and dogfish!!
so after almost 200 sea miles for the weekend we arrived back in wallasea sunday afternoon ...knackered!!!!
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21/07/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
21 Jul 2016 by Phil White
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Plenty of big hound action this week with the best at 17.5 lb, with calm seas and good tides expect to see some big fish come out.
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13/07/2016
Fishing Report by Carl Farrar
on TROT- ON (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
13 Jul 2016 by Carl Farrar
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Tuesday saw us joined by Trot On regular Big Andy Pendlebury from Goole fishing in the W.C.S.A summer festival.
Due to looking for the "Festival winning fish" Fresh Bait was the order of the day. We first started of looking for the Mackerel as we were going to need plenty of bait .
Paul "Dolly" Eddon was the man to find them. Out on the 3 mile mark we had a manic 15 mins and must have had over 10st aboard. Arriving at our 1st wreck just in time for Slack water everyone was on fresh mackerel flappers trying to tempt a big Ling. We did manage coddling and Ling to 10lb but no "monster crocs" as the tide started running. Dolly suggested Big Andy try a jigger / baited Jigger. Always one to take the skippers advice Andy swapped from bait to baited jigger. On the 2nd jig he connected to a very nice cod of 15lb 6.5 oz which took the daily festival win. Well done on the win Andy and Sound advice from Top Whitby skipper Paul Eddon View Boats Page
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07/2016
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Jul 2016 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
Over the last few day's we have seen 17 sunfish, I never knew they are so common. The conger fishing is very good at the moment 50+ conger in just two or three hours on the anchor is pretty standard.
Most conger are 20lb to 30lb with a few to 65lb, yesterday there was a small blue shark following the hooked congers to the boat. I said to one of the lad's would you like to catch it, he said yes so I put a shark trace on and told him to just free line it out the back of the boat. About 5 minutes later he hook the small blue, while we had three congers on the other rod's. We managed to avoid any tangles and boated the blue about 45lb, I start sharking on Friday so let's hope we land a few big ones! While conger fishing we have been catching some cracking ling to 30lb and on the drift we have been catching cod to 15lb, pollack to 8lb and the odd John Dory to 3lb 8oz. If you fancy getting in on the action with me on Size Matters get in touch now!
Cheers
Kev
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17/07/2016
Fishing Report by Bill Jonas
on Blazer 2 (Brighton, East Sussex)
17 Jul 2016 by Bill Jonas
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A few Cod being caught and a number of small pollock. fishing not to clever at the moment must improve
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20/07/2016
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
20 Jul 2016 by Rich Ward
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Okay here goes,
I was suffering from what I thought was a really very bad back a number of weeks ago (8) I went to the Dr's and they firstly suggested that that was what it was from excessive workload with the fencing contracting business I also run along with the boat. It was an exceptionally busy year this year for the fencing. Several visits on from there and the pain becoming ever more intense we decided to investigate with ever more tests. You name the test and I underwent it!!
It has turned out that I have a cancer in my blood called "Multiple- Myeloma" This has attacked my T6 vertebrae and partially my T10 in my back which is what has been upsetting me and giving me a lot of pain. A good thing really that it has come out somewhere as it could have gone unnoticed for even longer!!
Fortunately, they have detected it very early and we started the treatment "Full on" last Friday. The cancer isn't a curable one yet, but IS very treatable. I am going to be one of the very treatable patients!! Positive thoughts all the way.
All positive vibes in response only please. We are NOT doing negativity at all on this one.
Sadly, this has left my 2016 season up in the air and I am hoping to be active on the water again in 2017. Not sure when exactly as this will depend on my on going treatments. I will not be sailing until the end of the 2016 season. We will have to see what the pain levels are like come December and go from there. Anyone who has deposits on with us can be assured that they are safe with us until we are ready to sail again.
I thought I would tell everyone my news before they heard it through IDLE chittle chattle here at Whitby or from anyone anywhere else.
Kind regards
Rich.
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07/2016
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Jul 2016 by Sam Cumming
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Well its finally July and we have been able to catch the first bass of the season for the table. Good numbers of small fish are out on the ground taking lures as well as the bigger fish usually taking the live baits. We have seen plenty of mackerel and scad out on the sand in Poole bay , probably the most I have seen for a few years. Next month will see the start of our free lining trips to target the bass on light gear. Further afield the fishing out in the Channel has continued to be excellent with large pollock still plentiful on certain marks along with cod and ling as well. We have been lucky enough to be treated to 2 john dory's in as many weeks both around the 4lb mark and both taking shads fished over wrecks. The first trip to Cherbourg this year was very successful with the middle day seeing 15 species come to the net including bream, cod, ling, whiting, tope and many others. Alderney has produced some cracking fishing on the banks, both brill and turbot are in abundance. Roy Turner producing our biggest of the year so far at 13lb 4oz.
Sam Cumming
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19/07/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
19 Jul 2016 by TERRY BATT
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What a lovely couple of days we chose to go on a long 24 hour trip, exploring mid-channel wreaks and offshore banks..!! with temperatures hitting 32 degrees we were glad we took the huge Igloo ice box I brought back from Florida..!!!
We steamed 42 miles South West to make a start, we tried a couple of wreaks but with little success, it was possible pilot error but we didn't go blind we did have co-ordnance but the wreaks were not as big as I was expecting but we did find one that was defiantly there as some of the guys hooked pt on it...lol But Dave Barham had a lovely Gurnard off it , then we started to search for the under water terrain that looked like it might throw up Plaice and Turbot, and we found the perfect spot so we marked it on the plotter with a view to come back to it, as the tide was running to hard to fish it at that moment in time.
Looking at what it was we were trying to achieve, and that was to unlock the mystery of where the Plaice hand out, and with no inside help it was very much a coming together of heads with my 30 years knowledge, and Dave's vast knowledge of all types of fishing, we set about looking at the ground available to us in basically our area, and not having to steam to the Goodwin sands or the Varne ..some 52 miles away, but I was tempted to say the least, as I think I would have found Turbot, but I wanted to find fish on the wreaks and banks off Essex not Ramsgate, or Dover, that would have not posed so much of a challenge as they are known hot spots for these fish, I needed to find these fish on my manor.
Well after a bit of a disappointing start with the wreaking thing we steamed 16 miles Nor-east to some ground me and Dave thought it screamed fish..!!! but more over we though Plaice..!!.
So we covered the distance in roughly 40 minutes, the we started to survey the area, then we found exactly what we were looking for, with large Knowles rising and falling beneath us and went on for miles, this had to be the place..(no pun intended) but first we wanted to see what bait fish was available... and there they were...!!! Sand Eels, mackerel, and launts
As some of you know, me and Nicola have been going to Brighton to learn to fish for Plaice for the last couple of months, and with some success I must say, but learning how to set up the drifts and getting the right set up were critical, and on the first drift, I got a bite, and promptly landed my first ever Plaice on Vanishing Point at £3.5 lbs that was followed by everyone catching Plaice not all as big as mine I have to say..... well it is my boat...lol
But we steamed through the early hours of the morning to an off-shore bank and thought this looks great for some Bass fishing, and with the stern of the boat backed up on to a shoaling bank we were set..!
The only thing that concerned us was although everything was looking good, fist light, calm sea, with just the surf braking over the bank, tide just flooding nicely, no birds were working the the bank, not even patrolling which did not bode well we thought, and after an hour of nothing but a doggie, we thought this is not going to happen so we decided to move on and have another go at the wreaks.
We didn't have to go to far until we came on a huge wreak about 300 foot long, and I set up the drift, it took a few goes to get it right, but once I managed to doge the pot buoys around the wreak I managed to get Vanishing Point drifting right over the bulk and we had Cod, Pollock, Pouting, Gurnard, and the wreak it's self...lol but that was a bit more successful than the attempt the day before.
Well during the night the huge wheelhouse on VP-2 was a sanctuary to everyone as we had a lovely curry for evening dinner which was prepared by our special guest Dave Barham with pilau rice...Emmm,,!! then a bit more fishing, before everyone put their seats back for a well earned sleep in the nice warm dry wheelhouse for a few hours.
Well we will be running more trips similar to this one, but will trim up the distances per trip as we know where we need to be and at what time.
I would like to finish of this report with thanks to some of our regular fishermen for coming on the trip with us to share this adventure .. Tom, Andy, and Dave, well done guys, and to think you were there, to catch some of the first Plaice to be caught as a target species...!!!
And a special thanks to my good old mates Dave Barham, for all his input to this success for the hunt for the elusive Plaice, and also to Jim Midgley for his amazing photography skills and great humor ......Tight lines. View Boats Page
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19/07/2016
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
19 Jul 2016 by peter stubbs
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Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th July, 20 lads out in two days both on 5hr trips and I think you done pretty good taken cod ling Pollock and coalie, Pollock to 5 half lb, Coal fish 4lb, Ling 12 half lb, Cod to 8lb, weather very good flat seas hot and sunny,
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