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  • 10/2017 Fishing Report by Sam Cumming on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)

    Oct 2017 by Sam Cumming

    Report on-board Silver Spray II

    Top trip for last month was certainly our final trip over to Alderney for the year. I've always liked going across the channel this late in the season, providing you can get a bit of favourable weather, the fishing is never disappointing. Day one saw a decent enough session at anchor on a wreck for congers and bream, unfortunately no ling this time around which was disappointing as we had plenty the week before. Day Two started off with Bob Hall's couches bream double header, the most we have ever had on the whole boat for the day is 2 so this was something special. The catches continued throughout the day however and we ended up with 19 couches coming to the net, including ten for Ian Napier who was just hoping to catch his first one on this trip. Plenty of hard fighting black bream of varying sizes were caught by all throughout the day mostly returned for next year. A manic session on the anchor saw tope up to 50lb, bull huss, more bream and even a bonus plaice (only the second one I've ever seen in Alderney). Day Three started off with a few hours on the banks which produced half a dozen flats, tub gurnards and cuttlefish, nothing massive but we have had worse days than that this year. Then off to anchor up a big rock mark which was very productive with huss, bream, congers and plenty more big tope. To round the day off we did an hours breaming back by the island, a slow start turned into a frantic half an hour with the bream taking anything you put down there. Average size was way up on the previous day at around 3lb. Bob Hall had the last say of the day with a couches bream and black bream double this time. Day four and the weather unfortunately turned for the worst and we were faced with a small neap tide against 20 knots of westerly. The prospect of swinging round and round the anchor rope all day didn't appeal so we headed back across to Poole Bay to finish the trip up in calmer waters. Out of only a handful of mackerel the lads managed 6 small eyed rays, 1 undulate, 2 smoothounds and would you believe it a 15lb 4oz turbot!?!?! All the time we have spent steaming around looking for those flatfish far and wide and we catch the biggest one of the year right on our doorstep. That’s going to be a tough trip to beat. We are now taking bookings for Alderney 2018 so drop us an email for a list of dates. info@silverspraycharters.com

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
    Sun 28/04/2024 7 Spaces £100.00pp
    inshore reef fishing - £100 7 spaces 7 anglers max. Evening bream trip leaving 1630 £40 rods and bait included 4 spaces
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    Tue 30/04/2024 6 Spaces £100.00pp
    bream fishing £100 6 spaces 7 anglers max.
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    Thu 02/05/2024 5 Spaces £160.00pp
    Wreck fishing cod pollock maybe a session at anchor £160 5 spaces 7 anglers onboard
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    Thu 09/05/2024 7 Spaces £100.00pp
    inshore fishing for bream rays bass tope plaic etc - £100 7 anglers max.
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    Fri 10/05/2024 8 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp
    evening bream trip 1630 until 2100 £40 bait and rods included - 8 spaces
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    Tue 14/05/2024 3 Spaces £160.00pp
    wreck cod pollock maybe a session at anchor - £160 7 anglers max. 3 spaces
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    Thu 16/05/2024 7 Spaces £120.00pp
    big fish day - congers tope rays huss etc - £120 7 anglers max.
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    Fri 17/05/2024 8 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp
    evening bream trip 1630 until 2100 £40 bait and rods included - 8 spaces
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    Sat 18/05/2024 1 Space £120.00pp
    big fish day - congers tope rays huss etc - £120 7 anglers max. 1 space
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    Fri 24/05/2024 5 Spaces £100.00pp
    inshore fishing for bream rays bass tope plaic etc - £100 7 anglers max. 5 spaces
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