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25/07/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
25 Jul 2010 by Dave Hunkin
26 miles from Mevagissey harbour today, to treat the boys to some deep water pollack. Caught a few ling and two conger on the slack water, with no success drifting, so we moved to another wreck where the pollack and cod were feeding.
Andy Woodford, the best of the eight anglers fishing, managed to land twelve pollack and a cod, and also the best pollack of the day, an 18lb - er. Everyone caught pollack, between 6 and 14lb, and half a dozen small cod, the best of which was 11lb.
All in all, a successful day, and well worth going a few extra miles! -
24/07/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
24 Jul 2010 by Dave Hunkin
24th July, 2010
Took nine anglers 20 miles out into the Channel for a day trip looking for pollock and cod today. Good numbers of pollock, though no great size - the best reaching 10 - 12lb. Better cod catches, and surprised by a blue shark which took the bait on the way down. After two laps of the boat, we managed to get it alongside just long enough to see it before it parted the angling trace!
All the boats sharking today managed to catch, top boat being the Swallow from Looe, with four, two of which reached 100lb!
We saw a blue yesterday on the surface, so it seems like they have arrived for summer. -
11/07/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
11 Jul 2010 by Dave Hunkin
Bass fishing in Falmouth Bay, 11th July 2010
After commercial boats had caught 45 and 50 bass respectively on the day before, we headed for Falmouth Bay where birds have been working. After a short while, we caught a couple of small bass, and then had a 2 hour wait for the birds to reappear. We then caught a 5lb 7oz bass, and another smaller one. All over in a short while, so we anchored on a wreck in the afternoon and caught 25 conger, the best of which was 45lb in the short period of slack water.
The bass seem to be a one-off phenomena in this area (5-6 miles off land), so no particular marks, just following the bird signs. -
24/06/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
24 Jun 2010 by Dave Hunkin
On a flat calm, sunny day we steamed out from Mevagissey for 20 miles. Had three drifts for pollock, where we picked up eight, the best of which was 12lb; then went to anchor on the ebb tide until slack water, where we picked up a 10lb ling and two small congers, so we opted to change wrecks rather than re-anchor, which meant steaming up channel another five miles (just enough time for a cuppa)! Here we started catching good ling from 8lb - 24lb, and congers from 12lb up to 46lb - the best angler landing eight congers; all successfully caught and released for another day. Ling tally was 22, which meant everyone had plenty of fish to take home for tea after a good day's sport for eight anglers!
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05/06/2010
Fishing Report by Dave Hunkin
5 Jun 2010 by Dave Hunkin
A weekend of very slack tides enabled us to go for a 30 mile wreck trip looking for some ling. Managed to land 25, the best of which was 22lb, and returned 23 congers for the day, the best of which made 35lb.
On Sunday, we did a 20 mile trip, where we found less ling, but still managed a dozen, though they were smaller - up to 12lb. Made up for that with congers, however - caught and released over 50, the best of which came in at 43lb. Top angler landed 12 conger & 3 ling for the day. Very satisfactory!
