Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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09/07/2016
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
9 Jul 2016 by peter stubbs
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Saturday 9th July, 9 Anglers out today we hit the inshore wrecks on the flood tide and done very well with some nice fish coming in Cod to 10 half lb, Ling to 8lb good set lads out and all went home with fish,
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09/07/2016
Fishing Report by Bob Marshall
on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)
9 Jul 2016 by Bob Marshall
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As summer progresses the Skate have finished their breeding for the year and they have moved off the breeding ground turning up all over but with numbers caught reduced although some reaching mid double size. They still go for the fish bait but as the herring have moved off they prefer a mackerel chunk. The Smoothounds are here now but not in the numbers we would like but the larger ones make up for the numbers with the rip roaring fight they put up. Most angler's prefer to release them although they are good eating.
When the sea calms and the water clears the feathers work for the school Bass and Mackerel. Still some dates inc weekends are available. Pic shows Tim wrestling a nice Hound prior to release. View Boats Page
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07/2016
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Jul 2016 by Aaron Smith
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Bad boyz 2 takes overall fish of the month on Charter Boats UK with the fantastic Welsh record braking Spurdog landed at 21lb 6oz!
This was the first of a long stream of 100 + Spurdogs over the last 2 weeks to hit the back of our net including 4 within 1lb of the current record and this 1 smashing it. View Boats Page
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08/07/2016
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
8 Jul 2016 by Roy Smith
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Hi out today with some local lads mackerel starting to show but big tides clouding water. Plenty of bullhuss whiting wrasse flatfish. Let's. Hope wind dies down to get back to the wrecks. 10 hours wreck fishing midweek £350. Large 40 foot aqua star loads of room. Good fishing roy
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06/2016
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Jun 2016 by Gethyn Owen
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In 2008 and following years we were heavily involved with the University College Dublin (UCD) Ph.D researcher Edward Farrell in his study of Starry Smoothhounds.
Eds research was studying the seasonal migration of smoothhounds but also to show that Starry Smoothounds only and not the Common Smoothhound visited the UK and surrounding waters. Ed had an article published in the ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science in January 2009 showing his findings on Starry & Common hounds
In a nutshell, not one Common Smoothhound was recorded from Holyhead or any other participating area. Follow this link to Phill Williams excellent article on Eds research.
Fast Forward to 2016 and it's smoothhound season aboard My Way once again, Holyhead and in particular My Way, is famous for putting anglers on to some of the best hound action the UK has to offer. With hundreds caught many of which go double figure, My Way also has a pretty enviable Gallery of hounds recorded over 20lb.
Local angler Pete Williams, with another 20lb hound caught mid May 2016. The first of 12 so far recorded aboard My Way this season. When space allows I like to fish with the crews aboard My Way, smoothhounds a favourite time of year. My smoothie fishing in 2016 has so far been fairly good, with numeorus fish caught and the odd day session returning over 10 double figures to me. One day recently I caught a small hound, that was sporting a tag.
The tag was identical to the ones we had been using to tag hounds nearly a decade ago, the tag and tag site were in good condition with barely a sign of having been at sea for such a long time, could it be one of us. After a few photographs the smoothie was released again. Naturally I didn't have the tag details to hand, so was going to have to wait a while till I could found out if smoothhound R00150 was indeed previosly tagged by us.
Once back, I emailed Ed with the details and soon learned that the male smoothie was originally taggeg by us in Holyhead bay on the 29/05/2008. When tagged it was almost a fully grown male, so hadn't really grown much. But had been at liberty for over 8years. Had it passed through Holyhead before and simpy avoided being caught? We'll never know, but we do know it did return.
After a quick weigh, 6lb 2oz and a few photographs, the hound was released once again, it swam away at an incredible speed ... maybe to return once more in another 8years time!
Once again in 2016, we have been involved with data collection and the tagging of smoothhounds. We were joined aboard My Way in June by Laura Bond from the Shark group Wobby Shark Savers and her father Paul, tagging smoothhound on behalf of the SSACN (Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network)
For the story with plenty of photographs, please copy and paste the following link into your browser
http://goangling.co.uk/articles-reports/2016-tagged-smoothhound.php View Boats Page
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06/07/2016
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
6 Jul 2016 by jon old
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Bringing us up to date looks like plenty smoothounds about crab best bait at moment. Having a bit of fun with them also few bass about if you want to fish for them, Getting a few mackerel if we can get out not thick at the moment but that will come,plenty of sandeels huge ones too! Cant shake the whiting inshore and off, nice to see few gurnards as well, Spotty dogs thinned out which is a blessing looking at flatty bashing soon as these tides drop off,this weekend could see few tope after these springs. Big thanks to the parties last week on Jeff Becks managed to get out and hit few mackerel and then inshore for smoothies, on Alan Becks strong winds kept us right inshore so harder fishing managed few smoothies mixed bag of whiting and not forgetting whelks! Right up to date pictured here was Wed 6th trip hit the smoothounds first bit of the tide then onto the bass bank for a few bass odd sandeel as well on the feathers ended up enjoyable day in the sun shame still on big tides but thought we done well. Full boat next week everyday unfortunately few places week after still ring might be able to fit you on another local vessel. Until then tight lines to you all, must arrange a few night trips as been asked all the while i do need a bit of sleep sometimes! Cheers Jon. (High Flyer)
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07/2016
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Jul 2016 by Aaron Smith
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So we're well into July, our wrecking season so far has been far from successful thanks to the lovely low after low after low through the back end of June and continuing so far...... We did however make it out through the rear of May and start of June to large hauls of Pollack & Coalie to sub 10lb.
This Weekend see's the small tides return for around a week, there's the wrecks we went hunting for back in march/april that I believe to be unfished in over a decade that I still haven't made it too with a group of anglers....could this week be the week?? Fingers, toes, sidewinders crossed ��
Could it be Pollack..... Cod..... Coalie...... Ling that is the question that only a nice high pressure can answer!! View Boats Page
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31/05/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
31 May 2016 by brian poppy
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Took birthday boy out for a trip with the children a few fish not the ones we wanted to see but the weather was good and the company great sorry its a bit late with the picture Antony had a problem with the camra,BP.
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07/07/2016
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
7 Jul 2016 by Paul Kilpatrick
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Sea -Otter 2 leads the way in the WCSA £5000 grand summer festival with a 24 lb 7 oz ling a belting fish which has set the pace a long way to go till the festival finishes a week on Sunday but a very nice fish indeed .
Fred with his very nice ling . View Boats Page
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07/2016
Fishing Report by Simon Fisher
on Just Fishing (Brixham, Devon)
Jul 2016 by Simon Fisher
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What a start to July for "Just Fishing" of Brixham.
Wrecking seems to be carrying on where June left off with Plenty of hard fighting summer Pollock.
The Cod numbers are also getting better. A Few large fish were also lost today with several Anglers getting busted up......
The Pollock and Cod are coming up on a wide range of coloured Lures however Pink did seem to have the edge today.
Dont forget we have Conger and Bream trips coming up this month as well as Bassing trips,Reefing trips, Ray trips and Skerries trips... Something for everyone!
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