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02/2015
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Feb 2015 by Lyle Stantiford
As the busy season is fast approaching now and Christmas all but a distant memory i am getting excited to see what 2015 has in store.
We have ventured out on a few Mid Channel wrecking trips of late with some decent results with fish up to high teens featuring on every trip with the average stamp 8-10lb.
The next couple of weeks will see the real opportunity of a 20lb Pollack for sure. I love the fishing this time of year, when you get the weather the days are lovely and most of the time not another boat in sight..
A few spaces coming up over the next couple of weeks so give me a call 07976876667 or drop me an email lyle@deepsea.co.uk
Thanks to all who have continued to come to Weymouth in these chilly times, keep on coming guys it's the place to be.
Tight lines,
Lyle -
11/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Nov 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
Well the weather has started to become a bit of a pain with a high number of trips being cancelled. But then again it is the norm for this time of year.
When we have been out when the weather has let us the main focus has been bass with some amazing catches and other hard ground results. Good numbers of Whiting are starting to feature along with the odd Cod, conger, blonde, undulate and Spotted rays have made things variable. The shock has been the late staying bream, it is December next week and as recently as yesterday we were catching bream in numbers like the summer!!!
A few trips left for the year now and we will be operating between christmas and New Year so if you fancy a day away from it all then gives us a shout.
Thanks to all for their continued support to Weymouth as ever.
Lyle -
10/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Oct 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
October is upon us and so are the first strong winds of the the Autumn.
If i'm honest i'm glad of a small break Septembers Weather Continued to elongate the summer which was great.
The fishing has been pretty good too which is always a bonus!!
Neap tides saw some nice Blonde Rays and fantastic Breaming and plaiceing. The quality of the bream this year has been superb with many fish over the 3lb Mark.
Plaice still feature strongly in our catches although perhaps not the monsters of the last couple of years but fish of 4lb+ are a daily occurance.
We had a visit to the wrecks the other day which produced Bream, Pollack, Ling and Bass. The pollack were in fantstic condition and numbers for this time of year so things are looking good for the winter.
As Ocotber pushes on our focus will move on from the plaice and bream and concentrate on the Bass and with the iminent arrival of the squid we are in for a fun month.
September also saw Wymouth proudly hold both the European and World Championships. It was an honour for me to be lead boat for both these events and the whole Weymouth fleet did the competitors proud.
The Europeans was one by 19 year old Anthony Giacomini from Italy, this lad can seriously fish and his attention to detail was unbelievable, subsequently Anthony went on to win World Championship Gold in the Youth section.
The worlds was also a great week but stressful at times with language barriers etc. This event boght together the worlds elite and it was truly an honour to be envolved. England were victorious in the team event which was a fantastic result with Colin Searle's also picking up individual Silver.
The youth team for England was made up of 3 lads from weymouth, one lad from poole and one lad from minehead put in a fantastic performance to claim the bronze behind Italy and France respectively. Weymouth lad Jordan Davies also took individual Bronze.
On recent trip we managed two cracking Turbot on a relatively unfished piece of ground so watch this space for more big turbot. The best, a fish of 16lb 12oz and PB fell to Jason Perry pictured. -
08/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Aug 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
July and August can be a funny time some years.
This year's inshore fishing from Weymouth has once again been prolific. Plenty of decent Plaice, good runs of Bream the odd good session on the Bass and some cracking anchor fishing with wall to wall Tope, congers, Huss and undulates.
The wrecking has tailed off now which is the norm with the only wrecking trips left in the diary tarheting congers and big bream.
Alderney two weeks ago was a nice trip. Bass, Bream, Turbot, Brill, Cod, Pollack, Ling, Tope, Congers, Huss all featured along with some cracking weather.
Thanks to all who keep coming to weymouth, the remainder of August will see the three day weymouth conger comp, and continued inshore trips after the rays, bream and Plaice. September is a busy month for us all in Weymouth as we are fortunate to be hosting the european and the world championships!! watch this space for full reports of each.
Tight Lines,
Lyle -
06/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Jun 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
Hi All,
a lifetime since the last report, things have been crazy busy with the wonderful weather we have been experiencing. 4 channel islands crosiing in May proved fairly fruitful, numbers of Flatfish were down a little on previous years but the quality was for sure much better with more double figure fish than i have ever seen which can only be a good thing. This goes to show that the strict 45cm size limit i operate can pay off if you give the smaller fish a chance.
The wrecking the last couple of months has been fantatstic with great catches of Cod and Pollack which has been nice to see, althoigh things have tailed off slightly this week. We have seen 3 John Dory's in recent weeks which have been a pleasant suprise.
Inshore fishing has been pretty yough to be honest certainly for the flatfish, Some cracking breaming in May boades well for the next month or so when they should reappear for the summer. Some nice rays, Tope, Huss and congers on the reefs for those of you that wish to anchor up. A nice early run of bass has kept things interesting on the various tidal marks with 3 doubles already boated this year with many anglers choosing to return the big fish which is wonderful to see.
Long may this weather continue and tight lines one and all, keep coming to Weymouth the country's Premier sport angling port. Top Boats, Top Skippers and Top facilities.
Lyle -
04/2014
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Apr 2014 by Lyle Stantiford
So a break in the weather over the last 7 days has been wonderful!!
Improving fishing, improving water clarity!! What more do you want!!
SOme great plaice fishing in the last week, the odd turbot and brill but mostly small. Continued Blonde ray fishing and this weekend saw the first good hit of Pollack. Things are on the up so get yourselves to Weymouth peoples!!
Tight Lines,
Lyle -
11/2013
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Nov 2013 by Lyle Stantiford
Hi All,
A long while since the last report, my apologies for this. Things certainly took a turn for the worse weather wise into October. As i'm sure many of you witnessed, the worst winds for 20 years put pay to allot of October and with that many of the summer species had gone when we eventually managed to get back out there.
It was a great summer mind you so we cant complain.
So far November has been producing a nice run of Channel Whiting mostly in the 1 1/2lb- 2 1/2lb bracket and the odd Cod thrown in for good measure on the inshore banks, congers and small eyed, blonde, undulate and thornback rays have all featured.
Bass fishing that is normally crazy at this time of year has been a little hit and miss which is fishing I suppose. But with the way things have been running late this year we may get a lucky surprise on the run up to christmas.
The highlight of most peoples day who fish from Weymouth at this time of year is the squid fishing we do at the end of the day just outside the harbour. The best session so far is 123 squid in about 15 mins absolutely crazy and messy!!
The run to Christmas will see the inshore fishing Focus on the whiting and the Bass if they are around, also we will start to look for the winter Pollack which will be a nice change of scenery.
Thanks to all who continue to support Weymouth through the colder part of the season!!
Tight lines,
Lyle -
09/2013
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Sep 2013 by Lyle Stantiford
Well well well...........
What a summer we are having!!! the wind just doesn't blow and the suns out! Loving it!
Just 2 lost days in the whole of August which for the last few years has been unheard of.
August historically can be a funny month with the fishing and this year proved to be one of those funny months.
Some goof]d fishing inshore with great Plaice fishing and bream along with some lovely undulates and Blondes but all this has been on the small tides. As soon as the tides have built the excitement grows for better Bream and Bass, well unfortunately throughout August apart from the odd Day this just didn't happen.
Some interesting days on this years Conger Comp with numbers greatly reduced on all boats than previous years. Maybe the cold winter is to blame???? This years winning eel was a cracker of 82lb with Supanova's best of 68lb falling to Phil Rogers.
The next neap tides after the conger comp saw us venture off to find some more congers with again mixed results on various wrecks, the highlight of this trip however was some amazing Bream fishing with around 30 fish landed and all but 2 fish were over 3lb, with the best of 4lb 14oz falling to Phil Dolan (pictured).
September sees competition time in weymouth so watch this space for updates.
Once again thanks to all who continue to support the port.
Tight line,
Lyle -
07/2013
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Jul 2013 by Lyle Stantiford
Some cracking sport from Weymouth in June and July.
The wrecks threw up some cracking Cod and continued decent Pollack but the biggest surprise was 3 Coalfish in a week! These beautiful creatures used to be common some 20 years ago from Weymouth but in the last 12 years I have seen just one until this year, maybe they are on the comeback!
The wrecking in the last week has started to tail off, attention will now turn to the inshore stuff which has also been good. The smaller tides have produced some fantastic Plaice fishing with Supanova's first 7lber falling to Pete Green from Bristol. A cracking fish and one I have been waiting a long long time for.
Bream in the last week has really come to life both on the drift and at anchor. When drifting we have been picking up some cracking Red Gurnards and at anchor a nice few undulates and tope.
The Shambles has been a little bit Patchy but with Turbot and increasing numbers of Brill still there for those that wish to sit it out.
This last week's spring tides has seen some cracking bass fishing with live Mackerel best fell to Mark Coker with a fish of 10lb 7oz.
The weather until now has been superb which we are all very grateful of down in sunny Weymouth, we are also very very grateful of the continued support all you anglers give us. Keep it Up!!!!
Picture are me and my Dad with my first ever Blue Shark caught on a bus man's Holiday to MIlford Haven recently.
We fished with Nick O'Sullivan on Celtic Wildcat. Great boat, Great skipper if you want the sharks he is the man without a doubt. His details are on this site.
Tight LInes,
Lyle -
05/2013
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
May 2013 by Lyle Stantiford
With May now drawing to a close it has been a frantic month with only 5 days lost to weather the rest has been an exciting time with some decent runs at sea which has been a great relief after such a poor start to the year.
The wrecking has been consistent with plenty of Pollack, the arrival of the sand eels has made this a bit easier.
Plenty of decent doubles with the best a PB of 19lb for Dave Edwards.
Cod numbers have been a little down on this time last year but as things are about 5 weeks behind this should improve in the coming weeks.
The nice surprise has been the small tides bringing plenty of LIng which has been great to see and probably the best I have seen for 8-10 years.
Inshore has been a little patchy, the bigger tides has seen improved Turbot catches from April with the best of 16lb 12oz falling to Lloyd Rush. The odd Brill has appeared, Brill catches should improve in the coming months. Plaice has been cracking on the small tides but the larger tides have been more of a struggle.
This last week the first few Bream have appeared along with consistent numbers of Mackerel. This is the latest I have ever known the Mackerel turn up.
The three Channel islands in May were completed with steady fishing on each with one unfortunately being cut short to weather.
Turbot and Brill catches were generally in the 20-30 bracket each day with a 50/50 split between keepers and chuck backs.
The coming month should see Bream, Cod, more plaice and Flatys, Tope arrive in decent numbers inshore, with hopefully continued wrecking action with more Cod featuring.
On another note 2014 DIARY IS NOW OPEN. weekends are filling fast and also Channel islands trips too so get in quick for what you want. I know its early but people keep asking so I have done it.
Thanks again to those that continue to support Weymouth and us grateful skippers.
Pictured is Phil Rogers with his PB Channel Islands Turbot
Tight lines,
Lyle
