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  • 03/03/2024 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    3 Mar 2024 by Philip Higgins

    At last some decent weather and sun, on Saturday the wind created a massive swell that forced us to fish close to the Harbour, we caught 11 species including several decent sized Black Bream, Brill, Hounds, Gurnards , Plaice, Rays etc. Sunday saw flat calm seas, hard frost and clear skies at our 1st mark the dogs dominated with a couple of Brill and a few whiting , the next mark produced Rays Whiting and more dogs after another move and more dogs we returned to our 1st mark and added a Turbot to the list. Overall a really encouraging start to spring.

  • 02/10/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    2 Oct 2023 by Philip Higgins

    Hi
    What a poor summer we have endured this year and this has reflected on the general fishing, the last few days have improved with some cracking fish being caught over the weekend with plenty of Triggers , Congers, Bream , Gurnards and a few quality Plaice along with a lovely Bass on Saturday for Dan and a cracking Bass on Sunday setting a new PB for Chris. The Trigger fishing has again been good this year with a good run of fish . As the winter approaches I look forward to the Whiting fishing and always hope for the winter Cod to return .
    I have a new diary for next year if any of my customers would like to reserve spaces please call me to ensure you get the dates you want.
    Time to go fishing
    Phil

  • 16/08/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    16 Aug 2023 by Philip Higgins

    Hi
    It’s been a while but today was more like summer should be, today was planned as Plaice and Trigger Fish we found£ the Plaice in reasonable numbers but no Triggers fortunately we landed some nice Cod, Couches Bream , Gurnards and 100s of bait robbing Bream. The congers gave a good account on the light gear. Overall a fish filled day and made better by the Lionesses winning. As the weather goes pear shaped again short term more light line Trigger trips are planed if you fancy a day out with them as the main target please get in touch.

  • 26/07/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    26 Jul 2023 by Philip Higgins

    When we should be having a good run of weather / trips this year is the exception with record temps in the med we are suffering from endless strong winds. When we can get out the fishing has been good with plenty of big Mackeral to start the day then off to the Ray and Tope marks for some real fun on light spinning rods which gets the best sport out of the smaller Tope and challenges the angler on the bigger fish. Drifting inshore has produce some nice Plaice to 3lb along with some good Gurnards and 100s of little Bream. Yesterday’s trip produce several cracking Undulates to 16lb, a few Tope to 12lb and 3 very nice Bass on a mark not usually associated with big bass, Keith had the best .

  • 22/04/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    22 Apr 2023 by Philip Higgins

    A tale of 2 days with the same fishing club, yesterday the weather was unkind with winds from the easterly direction causing the boat to dance around the anchor rope in the morning this did produce a few bream, congers and dogfish the going was hard until the wind and tide aligned then the fishing somewhat improved with a few more bream and then Plaice on the drift, today saw flat calm conditions slightly overcast and anglers who drew todays trip made the most of the conditions with the boat perfectly anchored the bream came aboard in big numbers along with plenty of eels and dogfish, lots of double shots and a couple of triple shots made for a hectic day. As the tide turned with all the anglers having had enough bream we went Plaice drifting which to start with was slow and only produced a few small fish so a move was needed which turned our fortunes with plenty of better Plaice being landed and Dan getting a few more double shots. All in all a great couple of days.

  • 02/04/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    2 Apr 2023 by Philip Higgins

    After a run of not pleasant weather this year spring has finally arrived, fishing in the last few weeks has been hard but when we have managed to get offshore the Spurdogs have given us some good sport. Last week due to more wind we had to fish inshore and had a great day for March on the Bream with 31 being landed which was a very pleasant bonus along with Plaice, Wrasse, Goby’s and the usual dogs and straps. Last Sunday the forecast was for sunshine all day which eventually showed up around 16.00 as we came ashore fishing was difficult WB it again the Bream saved the day landing a respectable 21 Bream along with lots of eels. If you would like a day enjoying the sporting quality of the Bream I have plenty of singles trips coming up you can join in on.

  • 15/02/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    15 Feb 2023 by Philip Higgins

    As the new season begins we get the 1st of the winter storms, when we have been out locally the fish have been on the smaller side but plentiful to keep everyone interested but when we get it right and venture offshore the fishing is full on action with me not evening getting back to the cabin between landing fish, our last adventure saw a few new PBs and some 1sts for the anglers with Andy taking the honours biggest Spur, most Spurs and most fish the biggest fish of the day was an Eel between 50 and 55lb on light gear. As the tide and weather increased we shot back inshore for a couple of drifts and landed 2 Plaice in 15 minutes to end the day.

  • 08/02/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    8 Feb 2023 by Philip Higgins

    As spring approaches the inshore winter species are starting to thin out with plenty of small to medium whiting, smaller eels dogs etc this is the time of year we look to fishing further offshore looking for as my anglers refer to it as ‘fishing for things with teeth’ target Spurdogs, Tope, Congers, Blonde Rays . During these trips it is not uncommon for a Porbeagle to circle the boat and often nudging the hooked fish. Today due to big tides and thick fog we fished inshore and had lots of Whiting as the sun burnt the freezing food off and the tide eased we moved out catching more whiting as the tide turned we decided to go drifting for Plaice and as fortune had it we were successful with several coming aboard and in surprisingly good condition with the best falling to Paul.

  • 17/06/2022 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    17 Jun 2022 by Philip Higgins

    Today we did a slow jig and surface popping day with a bit of Plaice and Turbot drifting over slack water, the 1st mark was not productive so we moved on and immediately hit Bass on the slow jig rods, every time a fish was landed we changed jigs to test colours , shapes etc and still caught Bass best one falling to Sean a very nice fish of 7lb. Biscay minnows also accounted for lots of fish and a bonus Ray. As the tide eased we changed to fresh baits and landed Turbot, Plaice, Dogs and small Tope then as the tide started to ebb we went into the shallows and drifted using surface poppers and free lined lures to great success landing plenty of small Pollack, Wrasse and the odd Bass. In all a bloody good fun day with lots of fish, the next slow jig / popping day will begin September if you fancy it please keep an eye on my website as the date will be posted there.
    Tight lines
    Phil

  • 29/03/2022 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins

    29 Mar 2022 by Philip Higgins

    As the spring season starts we have had some fantastic weather, the fishing is improving with some nice catches of plaice are being landed and it will not be long before we start catching the very fiesty Black Sea Bream which size for size put up a great fight on the right gear, I am running plenty of midweek individual trips again this season so if you fancy a relaxed day fishing from Poole give me a call.
    Phil

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