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01/2012
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Jan 2012 by Lyle Stantiford
The first trip of 2012 on board Supanova took place this weekend (08/01/12) with a light Westerly breeze it was decided to venture to the Mid Channel wrecks to have a look for the early season Pollack.
We were into fish from the off, not fast and furious but with a couple of fish coming to the net each drift all on board managed to catch a few for their tea.
Best fish of the day fell to Tim Suttle from Trowbridge with this cracker of 17lb 8oz. Tim tamed the beast with and orange Storm Shad on an 8' trace and 20lb class tackle.
With a showing like this in January the fishing should continue to go from strength to strength from here on in!
I would like to take this opportunity to say Happy New Year to all Supanova customers old and new and all those anglers that make Weymouth the port it is.
Tight lines for 2012 one and all! -
28/11/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
28 Nov 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Well as November is coming to a close the first sustained SW gale force winds are imminent.
The fishing throughout November was fantastic, The first weekend of the Month saw the Bass fishing go mental on the arrival of the Sprats. This was a very late showing but it should mean the fish stay around into the New Year! which will be a nice added bonus.
Believe it or not we have still been catching plenty of Bream!!! Boats that braved the weather this weekend (26th Nov) were still reporting decent Bream amongst their catches! Flatfish seem to still be around on the shambles bank ONLY 40 MINUTE JOURNEY FROM WEYMOUTH! the fish however have gone small but still a nice alternative from the Bass and Bream. We will be making a few trips to the mid channel wrecks over the next couple of weeks to see what is lurking! Hopefully with the amount of Sprat around we should encounter some Bass and Pollack. Watch this space. As this cold snap takes hold our inshore Whiting catches should go from strength to strength with specimens up to 4lb not uncommon, throw in the odd decent Cod like this 18lb'er caught by Tony Browne from Bristol then we are in for a good run up to Christmas.
Thanks again for the continued support!
Tight lines,
Lyle -
11/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Nov 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
October was a great month for sport from Weymouth on board Supanova. The weather put pay to a fair few trips as quite often is the case at this time of year.
The Reef fishing proved exciting with bream catches at the strongest they have been all year, a nice few undulates were taken along with conger, huss and the odd late Tope making an appearance which added a nice bit of fun for the lucky anglers managing to land them on their Bream gear.
The Banks consistently threw up decent catches of Flatfish with Brill more Prolific than the Turbot with fish to just under 8lb it was great action for many. The Plaice fishing continued until the latter part of the month where numbers seemed to reduce as did the size! Fingers crossed they come back next year as strong as this years showing!
The bass fishing of late has been fairly poor with the primary reason being the late arrival of the sprats, however the last couple of days has seen fantastic catches on the arrival of the sprat. This should see action continue until christmas and hopefully into the new year!!!
Our efforts will now move to the Bass and the last remaining bream and early arrival Channel Whiting with the odd nice Cod thrown in for good measure, i'm looking forward to an action packed Autumn on Supanova.
Thanks to all for their continues support to me and Weymouth!
Lyle -
09/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Sep 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Last week Weymouth and it's fleet along with a couple of visiting boats played host to one of the most prestigious angling events in the world, the european championships run by EFSA ( European Federation Of Sea Anglers).
The five day competition was last in England in 2007 when Weymouth also played host to the event. 2011's event saw 160 competitors from countries all over Europe battling it out to be European Champion and European light line champion.
The competition had two separate events, the European championship which was fished over 4 days (Mon-Thurs) and was based on species based competition. All anglers had limited bait supplied with a points system meaning each competitor was allowed to catch ten of each different species but with only the first five fish counting as maximum points. Bonus points were also on offer for the more species each competitor managed to catch.
The first two days of this event saw pretty grotty conditions with all boats restricted to the east side of Portland, but the fishing didn't disappoint with a vast array of species landed by all boats. The following two days saw conditions vastly improve allowing boats to travel further afield.
The results after these 4 days saw Englishman Ray Barron Crowned European Champion with an astounding 4 boat wins for 400%. In fact only 4% separated 1st-3rd with Heiko Dreier of Ireland in 2nd place and Colin Searles of England in 3rd.
England were also victorious in the team event pipping the highly rated italians to the post.
The final day saw all competitors issued with a spool of 8kg mono for the light line event. The target species for this day would be primarily Congers, Huss, Rays and Tope. With a minimum size of 60cm as a target. This event saw all fish estimated by the skippers and returned alive.
Winner of this challenging event was Gareth Croft.
At the gala dinner on Saturday evening some additional awards were made.
One of which was for top boat for the European Championship and Light line Event.
It was a great honour when Supanova was announced a Top Boat for the championships, especially when the quality of boats and skippers in the event was so high. To have beaten some of the finest skippers in the country was a great feeling!!!!!!!
Congratulations must also go to Richard English of Lone Shark who was crowned top Boat for the light line event.
Many thanks to all the EFSA organising committe for making the whole week run smoothly but most of all to all the 160 anglers for attending and supporting the event! Hope to see you all again soon!
Pictured is Darren Lattimer battleing a conger on the light line event on board Supanova. -
09/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Sep 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Well.............................. The wind has blown pretty hard as i'm sure your all aware with the back end of the Hurricanes hitting the british coast. The latter part of this week has seen a lul and a group of anglers from Suffolk managed to get their three day trip from Weymouth on Supanova in!
The lads come every year on various boats. What a cracking bunch of guys and some good anglers too.
Over the three days the lads managed to boat many different species including Bass, Bream, Turbot, Brill, Plaice, Cod, Conger, Huss, Red and Tub Gurnard, Ballan and Cuckoo Wrasse, Pollack but much to scarfeys dismay NO grey Gurnard!!!
It seems as though the wind has improved all the fishing, long may it continue!
Tight lines chaps! -
08/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Aug 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Hi all,
A while since the last report.
Fishing throughout July and early August has proved a little tricky at times! Although catches have still been pretty steady.
The Bass have been very slow in showing unfortunately but over the next set of spring tides we should hopefully see their return in some reasonable numbers.
The breaming on it's day has been superb, wit fish quite frequently in the 3-4lb bracket, with an angler on another Weymouth boat taking a fish of 6lb 1oz just three days a go!
The plaice fishing has been superb on the mussel beds with many fish of specimen size. July- October is the time to get a big Plaice. How many places can you go in the country and be in with a reaistic chance of a Plaice over 6lb's?
The shambles and other sand banks to the west of Portland have continued to produce Turbot and Brill with some sessions producing up to 20 fish!
Among the reefs sport is continuing with masses of Gurnards, Good Huss, Tope and Congers.
The wrecks are fairly quiet, with most boats sticking to the more productive inshore fishing, however those venturing out are finding one or two cod still lurking around, odd pollack and bass. The best of the wreck sport has been on the anchor with some good congers to 70lb the odd ling and some monster bream!
The next month should hopefully bring better numbers of Bass and Bream, continued turbot and brill, and hopefully the long awaited rod bending blonde rays!!
Tight lines all!
Lyle -
21/06/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
21 Jun 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Hi All,
The fishing continues to be great from Weymouth with yesterdays trip proving it!
A total of 17 species were landed including plaice to 6lb 12oz and bass to 9lb's.
Away from the species fishing the banks seem to be throwing up good numbers of Turbot still with a group last week managing to boat 20 over their 3 day trip with just 7 being kept for the table, very responsible angling indeed.
The mussel beds still throw up the odd plaice of a better stamp than in previous months. The bream have arrived off of portland along with the bass in ever increasing numbers.
The mid channel wrecking for the Cod and Pollack is still proving frantic with the quality of fish mind blowing!
The next month will see the Weymouth fleet begin to concentrate their efforts on the Bream and Bass more.
Thanks again to all for their continued support to the port!!
Fish of this month must go to Pete Avery for his 25lb Thresher shark landed on Turbot gear last week! -
28/05/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
28 May 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
A while since the last report ladies and gents! My apologies!
April and May have proved fantastic for the flatty's as i'm sure you will see on my Gallery!!
Plaice catches were consistently in the 20's although not the number of larger fish as previous years but still great fun on the light gear. The Shambles has fished fantastically for Turbot with catches regularly into double figures on both numbers and Size. Best this month was a cracking 20lb'er captured by Nigel Daw from Bristol (pictured).
The wrecks have provided some fantastic sport for all anglers venturing out. There are plenty of Cod around now. MOstly in the 4-8lb range but most days are seeing a fist full of doubles come to the net with the odd cracker topping 20lb's.
Once again thank you all for spending that hard earned money in Weymouth and supporting the Weymouth fleet!
Tight lines,
Lyle -
04/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Apr 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Well March saw the majority of our fishing mid channel for the Pollack and Ling. The Pollack fishing this year has been much improved on the last three or four years with regular good catches for many anglers visiting Weymouth. The ling have proved a little trickier at times but some nice fish in the 20's have found their way to the net.
The latter part of the month saw the first trips inshore for Plaice and Turbot with the early signs showing we may be in for a bumper year. Fingers crossed nice weather will be ahead for April and continued good fishing.
Tight lines to all and thanks for Supporting Me and the rest of the Weymouth fleet.
Lyle -
02/2011
Fishing Report by Lyle Stantiford
Feb 2011 by Lyle Stantiford
Dave Borton 16lb Pollack
