Latest Fishing Reports: South West
-
12/2021
Fishing Report by John Peck
on Lady Margaret (Poole, Dorset)
Dec 2021 by John Peck
Report on-board Lady Margaret
This month saw the arrival of the winter fishing. The whiting have been slow to arrive this year with just a few landed up to December.
However, some more settled weather in the middle of the month saw some great fishing. There were lots of whiting around of a good average size with plenty in the 2lb+ class.
Along with the whiting there were blonde, undulate and small eyed rays along with congers and dogfish. There were also a few squid around.
Unfortunately the unsettled weather came back again after Christmas preventing any more trips.
View Boats Page
-
28/01/2022
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
28 Jan 2022 by Philip Higgins
Report on-board Mistress Linda
Today we choose to try for Plaice as the last few weeks have produced some excellent Whiting fishing with the best falling to Don P who during it being photographed slipped and accidentally returned it the expression on his face was awesome and the words completely in printable, today’s weather was the best this year flat calm and warm once the sun came up. We did not expect to catch many Plaice as this is very early for them so we decided to try 3 marks, the 1st produced plenty of Whiting and 2 Plaice the next mark produced more Plaice as did the final mark, not big fish but most rewarding finding them this early. Wonderful day afloat in perfect conditions.
View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Mistress Linda
View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 08/05/2024 View details Thu 09/05/2024 8 Spaces £70.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Local bream fishing Black Sea Bream.View details Mon 13/05/2024 Need 3 more for trip go-ahead.View details Tue 21/05/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Thu 23/05/2024 Need 2 more for trip go-ahead.View details Mon 27/05/2024 Need 2 more for trip go-ahead.View details Tue 28/05/2024 6 Spaces £70.00pp Black Sea Bream.View details Thu 30/05/2024 Need 2 more for trip go-ahead.View details Mon 03/06/2024 3 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Tue 04/06/2024 6 Spaces £70.00pp View details -
16/11/2021
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
16 Nov 2021 by Owen Mallia
Report on-board Outlaw
Another day out on the Bream & Bass for Outlaw today
Fishing went from steady to hectic and then back to steady
One or two nice specimens for my group
��W View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Outlaw
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 08/08/2024 4 Spaces Mid-Channel Wrecks 4 places availableView details Fri 30/08/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Sat 31/08/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Sun 01/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Mon 02/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Tue 03/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Wed 04/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Thu 05/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Fri 06/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Sat 07/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details -
15/12/2021
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
15 Dec 2021 by Owen Mallia
Report on-board Outlaw
Out on the Channel marks today, fishing was very patchy, with a few decent Pollock showing up here and there, top man was Ziggy from Somerset with a cracking 12-1oz
Top job Zig✔️
��W View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Outlaw
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 08/08/2024 4 Spaces Mid-Channel Wrecks 4 places availableView details Fri 30/08/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Sat 31/08/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Sun 01/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Mon 02/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Tue 03/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Wed 04/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Thu 05/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Fri 06/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details Sat 07/09/2024 2024 Annual Torbay Fishing Festival Places availableView details -
12/2021
Fishing Report by Steve West
on Aries 3 (Weymouth, Dorset)
Dec 2021 by Steve West
Report on-board Aries 3
Blink and you will miss it
another year done and duste4ed what started out as a dream quickly became reality when Aries came up for sale. she needed a lot of work to get the coding sorted which involved a lot of late nights , help and advice from friends. once we got going though it was quickly apparent it was all worth it as we enjoyed some excellent fishing with many species coming to the net. the shorter trips for the holiday makers were excellent as well. the boat claimed top prize in the WIBAC competition although i have to be honest i was away that week and had Richard English run the boat and he certainly hasn't forgotten what to do .
we ended the season with a great run of bream and bass as well as rays congers and Huss if you could get through the bream.
id like to thank everyone that help me get started and everyone that came fishing its been great seeing old faces and meeting new ones and cant wait for next year to get started.
diary is now open for next year so don't hesitate to get in touch to get booked up View Boats Page
-
11/2021
Fishing Report by John Peck
on Lady Margaret (Poole, Dorset)
Nov 2021 by John Peck
Report on-board Lady Margaret
The fishing during November was restricted due to bad weather but when we did get out it was good with plenty of different species coming aboard.
The whiting haven't arrived in numbers yet with just a few caught so far. The water is still quite warm so maybe it needs to cool slightly. There are also congers, pouting, smoothhounds and dogfish when fishing at anchor and even the occasional bream still around.
The bass fishing continues to be very good. There are still good numbers of middleweight fish around along with a few heavyweights in the eight and nine pound class.
During the settled weather later in the month we also had some fine squid fishing. View Boats Page
-
10/2021
Fishing Report by John Peck
on Lady Margaret (Poole, Dorset)
Oct 2021 by John Peck
Report on-board Lady Margaret
The fishing during October has been very good.
We have mainly been doing bass and plaice drifting trips and have been catching in good numbers.
In particular, there are lots of hard fighting middleweight bass around. We haven't had any more double figure fish on board this month but have had some nice thick set fish to just under 9lb.
There are lots of bait fish in the water both mackerel and scad and this has brought some large predators in. We saw a tuna jumping out in the bay.
The anchored fishing has been producing lots of congers mainly small and some nice rays. View Boats Page
-
20/09/2021
Fishing Report by Barry Cox
on Lillie May (Beer, Devon)
20 Sep 2021 by Barry Cox
Report on-board Lillie May
REPORT FOR BBCSSAC TRIP 20TH SEPTEMBER 2021:
Bait ordered in advance from Seaton Tackle Shop at £5 per quarter for Rag Worm. Worm in excellent condition dug from Poole with farmed worm.
All anglers arrived at Beer in good time, met by parking attendant and paid the £5 all day fee and boarded boat and set off by 0800hrs in glorious sunshine, mist and light Northerly winds. Stopped once on way to fishing mark to feather for mackerel with no fish caught... decided to cut the feathering short to get to the reef.
Fishing was patchy to start with but with decent sized Black Bream coming to the boat. Dave had the best Black Bream early on with a 2lb 10oz fish.
Lots of small bites but not the ‘plague’ of scad and dogfish we had last year. Fishing down to Low Tide at 11:49 produced a constant fish count with good sized Black Bream and sizeable Mackerel.
Several Conger Eels were brought to the side of the boat for release estimated at 5 to 7lb.
The highlight of the day was a new Club Record for Guy, a Red Mullet at 1lb 9oz, 0.7087kg, it is a 104% record for the Angling Trust Area C Boat Specimen Weight which is 0.68kg.
As the tide picked up after midday the bites increased with in size Black Bream coming to the boat in a steady pattern.
Paul gutted everyone’s catch before heading back in shore. An excellent day’s fishing, perfect weather, great company and fish for the pot.
David’s Black Bream was 74.9% specimen weight. Guy landed a good sized gull which after a good sized peck was released.
As the Boat Competition for 2021 has been postponed due to the impact of COVID-19 no total weights have been recorded. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Lillie May
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 25/05/2024 View details Sun 26/05/2024 View details Mon 27/05/2024 View details Tue 28/05/2024 View details Wed 29/05/2024 View details Thu 30/05/2024 View details Fri 31/05/2024 View details Sat 01/06/2024 View details Sun 02/06/2024 View details Sat 27/07/2024 View details -
10/2021
Fishing Report by Steve West
on Aries 3 (Weymouth, Dorset)
Oct 2021 by Steve West
Report on-board Aries 3
This year has flown by.........
My first year back has exceeded my expectations which began with scrambling to get the boat together to enjoying a great holiday period with lots of holiday makers enjoying the short 4 hr. trips which produced some great fishing consistently well
The Full day trips inshore have been excellent with brilliant mixed fishing at anchor and on the drift some of the species included Turbot / brill / blonde rays / thornback rays / congers / tope / huss / bream / bass as well as all the mini species.
We were lucky enough to be included in this year's WIBAC competition which takes place over 5 days unfortunately I was unable to attend myself and drafted in retired charter skipper rich English ( loan shark ) who showed he still has the touch and finished the week top boat which was great to see the Aries name up there all in all the weather was great which allowed the boats to get out on the good marks and enjoy everything Weymouth has to offer with great fishing had each day. The whole week ran without a hitch all due to the huge amount of hard work Andy and his team at Weymouth angling Centre put in.
We now move into the autumn / winter fishing with bass on the bill and will soon see the winter whiting and hopefully some squid.
Keep your eyes out for more reports coming soon. View Boats Page
-
09/2021
Fishing Report by John Peck
on Lady Margaret (Poole, Dorset)
Sep 2021 by John Peck
Report on-board Lady Margaret
The fishing during September has been very good with many species coming aboard and some nice individual fish.
The plaice fishing remains good. There are lots of small fish around but also some bigger ones although we didn't land any 1kg plus fish during the month. The plaice trips are also producing lots of tub gurnards as many as I can ever remember along with small black bream.
The bass fishing continues to improve. The number of fish is still increasing and we have had some good catches. We haven't seen any more double figure fish this month but have landed quite a few thick set fish to over 8lb. They are in prime condition at the moment.
We did another turbot trip during the month. The turbot fishing was very poor but we did land a couple of nice bass and had some great bream fishing to give a very pleasant days fishing.
The anchored fishing has been good. There are lots of congers around. We have also had some nice rays and the occasional bass. View Boats Page
