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03/11/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
3 Nov 2012 by Rich Ward
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After a very blustery last few days the lads dropped on a great window in the weather today.
Simon Keech and his family and friends from Stockport joined us and enjoyed a great days cod fishing.
The first stop was on the 9 mile ground where the lads managed a couple of codling around the 4lb mark. Both fish came up on the baited hokkai traces and nothing showed on the artificials, indicating the water clarity wasn't that good. After an hour or so trying different marks on the ground with nothing much coming on board we decided to have a tramp offshore to a couple of wrecks.
We steamed to a wreck 19 miles offshore and picked away at it for around 3 hours until home time.
Some lovely cod coming on board, the best being just under 15lbs. The lads amassing around 50 cod in total. Nearly all the fish came on the artificials showing the water clarity to be fine offshore.
Next weeks tides are very good so keep an eye on the weather throughout the week and give me a ring for a trip.
Pictured (inset) is Mike Upton with the best cod on board today at 14lb 10oz.
Tight lines
Rich.
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11/2012
Fishing Report by sean heath
on Great White (Langstone Harbour, Hampshire)
Nov 2012 by sean heath
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Cod starting to show with fish into low Doubles, more and smaller fish available around the Kelp beds. Cuttle & Squid doing well with Lugworm cocktails producing Codling and Whiting. Rays and Bass on the right Tide / Weather combinations. Cod fishing picking up with each day, expecting to see good numbers by end of the month on usual marks. Book early as places are going quickly for weekend slots into the winter. Call for Sean for Details.
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30/10/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
30 Oct 2012 by brian poppy
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We had heard of some decent fish coming in off the pinnies so off we went leaving at 7.30 to get the last 3 hrs of the flood fishing was very slow with a few small whiting showing and some big spottys we hung about till the ebb started to pick up still very poor results,i decided to move back off the holm sands but not much showing so ran over the bank into the roads sat down off the church we had a few whiting but nwhen the sun droped away so the fish started to come on the feed the whiting were a bit bigger but as the tide eased so did the fishing still a bit ealy for cod in our area but it wont be long,dont forget the cod comp that we are running,BP.
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30/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
30 Oct 2012 by Rich Cope
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Finally a break in the weather after the big northerly. Expectations were running high with the colour of the water like chocolate and the recent shore catches I had an inkling we might be in for a bit of sport today.
We steamed out to one of our local uptiding hotspots, and got the anchor down.
Litterally before I had had chance to bait up one of the lads was already in to a fish.
I got the fish netted and it seemed we couldnt go wrong! everyone was into fish, nothing massive all around the 3lb to 6lb mark.
We carried on until the tide eased and had a couple of moves, catching fish everywhere we stopped. With a hour or two of the day left we had one last move, and glad we did as we seemed to have a steady hour again boating around another dozen fish.
The anglers fished well today with a few different spiecies boated, including a lobster for Steve. The biggest fish of the day was around 7lb in weight, nothing huge but we had plenty of them!
Baits used included squid, black gulley worm, mussel and crab cart.
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Dave Elliott
on Ocean Warrior 3 (Brighton, East Sussex)
Oct 2012 by Dave Elliott
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Great catch for inshore Cod fishing - on light gear!!
Andrew Barker wasn't expecting this good sized Conger of 66lb caught while inshore ground fishing!
He had a bit of a fight and some luck on his hands to get it up as he was using 30lb line with a 15lb traceline and a size 2.0 hook! We weighed the eel, took the pictures and returned it to sea alive.
It is our biggest Conger caught this year inshore fishing and an achievement using such light gear.
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30/10/2012
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
30 Oct 2012 by Paul Kilpatrick
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Double figure cod everywhere today upting some olovelly fish for the lads these were the 3 best today all in double figures these fish were caight only 500yds from shore in 60ft of water.
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Oct 2012 by Gethyn Owen
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Following our last report we had a week of fairly unsettled weather in Holyhead cancelling a few trips and throwing the following weekends Fun Match amongst other trips into Jeopardy.
One trip that we did manage was a short 4hr trip into Holyhead bay, the emphasis more on catching fish than targeting any particular species. Our skipper for the day was young Jensen, who guided My way perfectly to the mussel beds where we spent a good couple hours catching dogfish, whiting dabs and small huss in great number, with rigs coming back to the boat with single double and treble shots of fish. My Way fun competitions have been running for a good number of years, primarily autumn & winter trips with the odd match during the summer months, they are nothing special other than a good general days fishing.
As you search for a variety of species and numbers of fish we record what you catch. These fish are awarded points against a pre-determined list, catch the most in fish points and you win! Prizes are also available for 2nd and 3rd places. Common fish such as dogfish and whiting awarded 1 point, wrasse and pollack 2 points and the likes of tope and huss the maximum 3points.
We started our match on 20th October trying for a few wrasse and pollack on the drift; sadly we were only rewarded with a couple small fish. The breeze together with tide was pushing us just the little too fast for a successful drift and we lost a more traces than fish we actually caught. So we decided to drop the anchor in Church Bay and set about catching some fish and putting a few points on the scoreboard for the anglers.
It wasn’t long before we had the first fish on the boat … a dogfish. A few more followed but before talks of kennels could be justified Tojo broke ranks with a nice coalfish followed by a small codling for Colin Gibson, both fish around the 1½ lb mark. In our fun matches there are no size limits. We have anglers of all abilities taking part and it is their ability to catch fish that gets rewarded, once baited and lowered to the bottom you cannot always tell what size of fish will be attracted to your bait, especially inshore during the latter months of a year.
In typical My Way fashion a good lunch was enjoyed during a lull in the fishing and sausage, bacon and baked bean butty's were wolfed down by a hungry crew.
After lunch the tide was starting to slacken off and we moved My Way to some slightly deeper water in Holyhead Bay. Fishing on the mussel beds can be as varied as anywhere in the bay, however with the immense tidal strength we are restricted to slack water anchors. On first drop the anglers were soon into a healthy mixed bag of dogfish, whiting and dabs, plenty of 1 point fish coming aboard in single double and triple shots.
As the water slackened further the first call of net was heard, as, mixed in with the small stuff the guys proceed to catch 28 big huss in the 2 hours fishing we had at this spot.
This very rare creamy white bull huss was caught by Tojo during the fun match ... more photos
Our final move of the day was for a last hour on the mud just outside the harbour. Numbers of rays tend to move back into the bay this time of year, so they'd make a welcome addition to the score sheets. Only 2 rays obliged, falling to both the anglers named Colin :).
The winning angler was Colin Gibson, his first time with us, who had caught a mixed bag including, dogfish, whiting, pollack, codling, poor cord and huss. 2nd place fell to Chris Nedon with Tojo in 3rd and completely delirious with the capture of his gorgeous looking bull huss.
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Despite the neap tides perfect for getting off to Holyhead Deep, the weather once again kept us inshore for the next couple days. Fishing though remained constant with plenty of variety coming aboard My Way with the bull huss tipping the scales on most occasions just past the magical 10lb mark.
On Tues 23rd Oct there was a break in the weather and we all geared up for some time in Holyhead Deep. We had plenty of baits at the ready ranging from mackerel, whiting and squid - all to be prepped on rigs hoping to avoid the dogfish and huss, concentrating solely on the big spurdogs.
Thankfully we weren't disappointed, with an average size of around 8lb, the lads on board also caught a number of of excellent spurdogs at 16lb in weight. Helping cement some great new personal best weights for the sharks. We were also bit off a couple times by some monster spurs, despite using heavy mono ... maybe next time!
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28/10/2012
Fishing Report by kerry windsor
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
28 Oct 2012 by kerry windsor
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A big thanks to John on the High Flyer for a great days fishing. Caught plenty of Whiting but the damn Cod were evasive as ever. John is a great skipper taking us to all the spots to make sure fish were caught. Tea and Coffee constantly flowing (needed in the bitter weather). Would definatley recommend a day out fishing on the High Flyer. We will be back next Summer. this time though instead of the Waterproofs we'll be wearing our Speedos and Flipflops!!!! Thanks again John for a great day regards Lee, Wayne and birthday boy Barry..
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Oct 2012 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER 2012 - The Reef/Bank fishing has been good recently and I expect it to continue into November for species like Whiting,Cod,Bream,Rays,Turbot,Brill,Bull Huss,Congers,Bass,Pollack etc.SO DON'T MISS OUT - BOOK YOUR PLACE/S.Pictured is Bill Oliver age 59 from Somerset with the 17Ib 8oz Undulate Ray he caught which is also a Personal Best for Bill.Bill returned the female ray alive.
I AM NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2013 which includes plenty of dates for individuals. View Boats Page
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Oct 2012 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER 2012 - Roger Smith age 64 from Gosport landed his Personal Best Plaice weighing 6Ib(pictured).Roger was part of the Flamer IV team that fished against Supanova in a Flatty Compoetition.In fact Roger had the top inividual score with 186 points.Roger caught several Plaice on 10Ib class tackle with the successful bait being ragworm,prawn and squid strip.The Flamer IV team avearge score was 90.1 compared to the Supanova team with 86.5.This Flatty Competition has been arranged for 2013 and takes place on April 22nd.
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