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  • 18/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    18 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Good Friday 18th April.
    Full crew onboard with a less than good forecast.
    The crew was briefed yesterday about the forecast, and they all opted to go for it regardless.
    A little bit scratchy, but to be expected given the conditions. Lots of algae bloom in the water on the flood tide.
    17 small smoothies, few bass, wrasse, pollack and bits….

  • 17/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    17 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Thursday 17th April.
    Chasing fish tails, and our own tails today.
    Very scratchy out there this last couple of trips. Lots of algae bloom in the water on the flood tide after yesterday’s wind. The ebb tide cleared it up a bit. The dredger has also just been, and they have permission to dump their spoil a measly mile away uptide of the marina, which makes the water muddy.
    Fish very scattered around, tons of marks on the sounder, but again being finicky on the bite. A few nice fish dropped. No big girl smoothies yet still, but several smaller ones. There’s not even that many pouting out there, not that I would usually complain about that, but it’s just bloody weird.
    Best fish of the day had be Becky’s micro Codling ������
    Off out again tomorrow, before the wind comes back and spoils Saturday and Easter Sunday ��.
    12 species landed today.

  • 15/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    15 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Tuesday 15th April.
    A swing in the weather again….. it’s day on, day off at the moment.
    7 crew out on the reefs all day.
    Yesterday was a bit more challenging than the trip before, today was more challenging than yesterday. Tides falling but still making the drifts a bit swift.
    Quite a few snags from the chaps, some of whom have had a bit of a fishing hiatus. Blowing the cobwebs off today was a little bit of a baptism of fire - for some.
    Fish all over the shop again, but they were being a bit finicky.

  • 14/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    14 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Monday 14th April ��
    A full crew mixed session.
    Bassing in the morning, smoothie hunting at lunch and the some drifting on the reefs.
    Plenty of bass, with lots returned. More than half a dozen small smoothies in a quick hour at anchor. Several codling, a single keeper pollack (weird, they were hard to come by today), a few mackerel and a smattering of wrasse on the drift for the last bit of the day.
    Plenty of fish to keep the crew interested.

  • 12/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    12 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Saturday 12th April.
    A bit of a different day compared to yesterday, with a lot more fish on the sounder than we managed to tempt onto our hooks, but it was still fishy.
    Rough af to start, one poor chap being poorly ALL day. Fine to finish.
    A change of wind direction has a lot to do with how these scaled foes act ��.
    Easterly winds pose a challenge, often pushing fish deeper and making them less active, which requires you to adjust your tactics and target slightly deeper waters. The more experienced angler will always manage to pick fish up, but less experienced rods often find it difficult.
    Despite this, some persistence pays off, and we returned to shore with a half decent catch, plenty of stories, and smiles all round.

  • 11/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    11 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Friday 11th April.
    What a belter.
    I got my timings messed up today due to squeezing in the earlier lock. So, when the plan was to fish the last bit of the flood for smoothies, I in reality got us there an hour before I should, and missed out on a bit of fishing elsewhere as a result…
    WELL I WENT AND REDEEMED MYSELF!!
    Half a dozen Smoothies, gurnard, whiting, dabs, doggies, mackerel & would you believe it the - ��‍♂️�� FIRST BREAM OF THE SEASON �� ��‍♂️ landed before high water.
    Reef fishing for the second half, which was pretty good judging by the smiles on my crews faces ��.
    Codlings, Pollack, Wrasse, more mackies and the long awaited bass.
    Again, the stamp and quantity of pollack was exceptional. A couple of fish in the early doubles, and the bulk of the rest of them were high single digits.
    No monster bass, with quite a few borderline, which were returned. Nevertheless, it’s so refreshing seeing the birds going bonkers once more.
    The bigger smoothies, and first Tope of the season must be imminent too.
    Great day.

  • 10/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    10 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Thursday 10th April.
    A half day afternoon for some first time on a boat’ers.
    More breeze than I was expecting, which was backing the tide, leading to a drift speed of 2kts.
    The day wasn’t really meant to be a mackerel trip, but when you find them, you find them.
    Good size shoals marking the sounder on a few different marks. The lads seemed to be more than happy with their sack of BBQ bound bounty.

  • 08/04/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    8 Apr 2025 by Simon Logan

    Tuesday 8th April.
    Nice out to start, with promise the conditions would worsen as the day went on. They did!! Slack on arrival, ebb starting, slack/flood the end.
    Small tides + easterlies = meh!
    A full crew on one of our inshore trips. A few regular regulars, and a few not so oftens.
    The day started out slow but finished on a high. A great stamp, and number, of pollack landed today, irrespective of the conditions we contended with.
    A mixture of styles (the lazy style adopted by Tim with the beard saw him land the most pollack on the trip) ��
    Not many small fish at seen at all, and not a single wrasse, which was a bit weird. Lures, squid, sprats, rag and lug baits.

  • 31/03/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    31 Mar 2025 by Simon Logan

    Massive tides with wind against
    Leaving the marina to flat seas was lovely, but I knew it wouldn’t last.
    Getting out to the reefs saw whitehorses, everywhere. Drifting at 2.5 kts on the flood with strong winds from the ENE was, well, pretty rubbish like.
    The crew slogged away and deserve all the credit.
    Codlings pollackss wrassesss mackerelsssss poutingssssssss zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
    Even the photos are below par - I just couldn’t get them without being backlit, or with the sun glare. Also notices I had suncream fingerprints on my lens ��‍♂️.
    Hard. Work.

  • 27/03/2025 Fishing Report by Simon Logan

    27 Mar 2025 by Simon Logan

    27th March .
    2nd/last day with the ‘Old Bill’
    Flat as you can get to start, then a bit windy in the afternoon.
    Inshore day scratching around for species was the request.
    A few species of Wrasse, plaice, dabs, and some other bits.
    A bit slower than I would’ve liked, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. Evidence of small patches of may bloom in the water out to the reefs today.

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