Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
on Privateer (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
4 Jun 2023 by Jonathan Law
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A great weekend of Fishing from Friday to Sunday. Friday on the 8 hour Charter we managed to catch 6 species Bass, Mackerel, Dogfish, Whiting, Gurnard, Flatties.
Saturday on the early 5 hour the Group targeted Tope and we fortunate to land one right at the end of the trip!
The afternoon 8 hour on Saturday again produced a mixed bag of Thornback Rays, Mackerel, Gurnard, Flatties, Whiting and Dogfish.
Sunday’s 10 hour Charter Trip turned out to be a successful day for the Thornback Rays with a total of 22 caught! Other species caught Mackerel, Gurnard, Whiting, Flatfish and Dogfish.
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Jun 2023 by Geoff Sharp
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Massive thanks to the lads for travelling from all over the country today. After yesterday’s extravaganza, on the one hand we we're expecting a great day out, but on the other, it had crossed our minds that there was no way it was going to be so easy two days in a row.
It was tops off when we departed Royal Quays Marina; this didn't last long…no sooner than we had made the first stop off a chilly wind picked up way beyond what was forecast, which in turn whipped up a nasty little North Easterly swell, the kind with short intervals which relentlessly bounced you from wall to wall.
Thankfully the lads were here today to find some Mackerel, which we did, pretty much non stop for the entire day.
It was also good to see some stocky Coalies coming up in good numbers, Pouting, Whiting, small Codling and a decent number of smaller Haddock.
Whilst we were predominantly targeting Mackerel, two or three of the lads were hunting some codling for pan, which they found, but there wasn’t really anything noteworthy other than a single fish coming in a just shy of 8 lb (for your first ever time sea fishing I’d count that as a win!)
The sea conditions made things uncomfortable, the wind was relentless, but notwithstanding, the fishing was pretty much non stop with another day full of good craic and mountains of fillets for the freezer :-) View Boats Page
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by Geoff Sharp
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Massive thanks to the lads for travelling up from Bradford today; we headed out to almost no wind, sunshine and a substantial residual north easterly groundswell which steadily eased throughout the day. The vast majority of the guys had never been fishing before, and they dealt with the swell admirably.
The instruction for today was to find the mackerel, and the first stop off was the first day of the season where we found huge shoals and pretty much non stop full strings. They were mostly a cracking stamp, mixed in with some good sized coalies, pouting, haddock and smaller codling.
We stuck it out until the lads all had all a sufficient supply of mackerel for the freezer, and decided to try and find them some codling.
We never strayed much more than five or six miles from the Tyne piers, and decided to try heading south on the wrecks for pretty much the first time this year.
It was just one of those days; no matter where we went, which baits or tackle we tried, the Codling just kept coming up; you could have used a handline, safety pin and limpets! It definitely made a change from the past four months hard grind.
Once the guys were pretty much fished out on the wrecks, we opted for a leisurely drift on the inner grounds, which also produced plenty of smaller stamp codling, but not a mackerel in sight.
Cracking day out, almost perfect weather, great company and non stop fishing! View Boats Page
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Peter Mackintosh
on Mistress (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Jun 2023 by Peter Mackintosh
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There's been a ridge of high pressure off the west coast for the past two weeks, which has resulted in light northerly and north easterly winds, making fishing tricky at times.
Early morning, there was a bit of northerly swell, which kept the temperature down- very cool for June, as we set off a fished a few wrecks as the tide was ebbing. We had a couple of small cod and the odd mackerel.
The skipper headed North, working the inshore wrecks and ground, and we steadily picked away at the fish. There was a lot of pouting caught, some small whiting and coleys, with the odd better Cod and Ling making an appearance.
We hit a good patch of mackerel and got some for bait and the BBQ.
They say there's no substitute for experience, but young Zak blew that theory out of the water today. At just eight years old, he had a great day, netting the best fish (pictured) a Cod of around 6lb mark and landed the most keepers. Well done Zak, you showed the seasoned campaigners how it's done.
Daylites, with a variety of baits: prawn, squid, red dyed prawns and mackerel strip accounted for most of the fish, the shads didn't really pay dividends today.
Hopefully the prevailing northerly and easterly winds will disappear shortly and summer fishing will get going. It would be good to get the winter jacket off for the day. View Boats Page
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by Allan Skinner
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sat 3rd june
had tog and the lads up from barnsley area. and as usual the craich was brill turned out to be a excellent days wrecking, with most of the lads averaging 5-8 fish each. most fish in the 4-6lbs range
with a few cod touching 8lbs. a nice pollack around 6lbs
but with tons of huge mackrel on the go it was inevitable the biggest fishes of the day were going to be lings. and sure enougth we had plenty lings and a few over 10lbs and davys the best around 13lbs
places still available thursday 8th june ring allan 0780-8684358
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
4 Jun 2023 by Nick Gough
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Photos from today's 6 hour trip
Nice to be finally back at sea again with the sea conditions we've been having recently
Overall everybody caught a sizable cod to take home some even had 4 to 5 each.
As Well as the cod we had a few Pollock, coalfish, wrasse, pouting and lesser spotted dogfish
Best baits today seamed to be feathers tipped with squid.
We did get the occasional fish on the shads so it showing signs of the water clearing.
As the video earlier showed we had a good amount of dolphins as we steamed to our first mark. View Boats Page
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
4 Jun 2023 by Lee Brown
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Today was bit hard going with north east wind and tide so hit wrecks got loads off macrel then stayed on the ground plucked away at codling to 5 lb loads off tommys and colies full Tuesday evening few spots Wednesday evening and spots Thursday full day few Saturday Sunday wrecking cheers lee ��������
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Sam Thornton
on Plan B (Brightlingsea, Essex)
4 Jun 2023 by Sam Thornton
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Fishing is great at the moment , smooth hounds in abundance and not to far out. Thorn backs still around with a few whiting and plenty of doggies. a few bass but none of any size yet.
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Luke Evans
on Ocean Odyssey (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
4 Jun 2023 by Luke Evans
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Odyssey took her first trip of 2023 out to the Celtic Deeps on 3/6/23. It’s still quite early in the season. Given the nasty Easterly wind it made for tricky conditions.
After a quiet morning and a change a location to get our drift back into an area that delivered the goods lass year we had our first run of the day. A very healthy fish of approx 180lb was landed after a 15 min scrap. It was the anglers first time fishing for porgies so I was glad to find him a lovely fish to open his account with!
Next run was a few clicks on the ratchet. This went on for 5 mins but the skipper managed to work his magic to get the fish to take the bait. After a 20 min battle and thinking that I had actually hooked a nuclear submarine we got first sight of her. She looked us in the eye and promptly took all the line back… However after giving me the runaround, doing her best to swim under her the boat she was soon alongside the boat. A right lunp at approx 300lb she was released and shot off like a rocket and skipper had to have a sit down to recover!
Not long after we had another run and it was fish on again. Another prime porbeagle of about 160lb was soon boat side to be released.
We had a group of 3 blue sharks swimming in the slick off the back of the boat but sadly no takes. Hopefully they will increase in numbers over the next few weeks. An excellent start to the season hopefully it continues along with some settled weather. View Boats Page
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
3 Jun 2023 by Andy Savage
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I’ve done three trips since I last did a report and there is a good reason for that……The fishing has been far from brilliant for us and the fish we have been getting have been on the small side, with only a couple of fish over 5lb.
We’ve currently got Northerly winds coming at us, but they haven’t been massive, so we’ve got a few trips in. The actual fishing conditions haven’t been perfect, with the anglers having to combat lines streaming a bit at certain points of the day.
We’ve fished wrecks and rough ground, catching fish from both, but not in the numbers and size I hoped for. There are plenty of bites to be had on the rough ground from small Codling, Haddock and Ling but the better size fish just don’t seem to have arrived yet. A few “Scout” Mackerel also came off the 5 Mile ground.
All methods are catching as the water clears out. Hokkai’s baited with Squid have dominated the rough ground and bait traces with Squid on the wrecks. Shads are catching plenty for the anglers who choose to use them from ground and wrecks.
With the lack of decent fish, it’s a bit of a non-report, but I like to let everyone know what’s going on. As Del Trotter says..…..it’s not all Champagne and Skittles!! Tomorrow is another day and we always hope for a few decent fish.
Thanks to all the anglers who have joined me for a day out, your support is greatly appreciated. View Boats Page
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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 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1View details Fri 06/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3View 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 Tue 10/12/2024 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Will sail with 4 anglers. Aaron & Steve - x 2View 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
