Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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03/02/2024
Fishing Report by Kevin Lavis
on Crusader Charters LTD (Plymouth, Devon)
3 Feb 2024 by Kevin Lavis
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A superb days fishing on the local banks.
A group of local lads treated to some great winter anchor fishing. Lost count of the number of blonde rays to mid 20's, spurs to late teens, smoothing to 12lb and the usual extras like whiting, pouting, conger.
Rods bending all day, loads of fun and plenty of hot drinks too!
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Crusader Charters LTD
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 09/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours £85.00pp Larger tides, best suited to: Drifting reefs & wrecks with lures and baits Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Pollock.View details Sun 19/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Smaller tides, most suited to: Banks fishing rays, plaice,turbot £800 Banks anchoring rays, turbot,mix £650 Reef anchoring £650 Mid channel wrecks £800View details Thu 23/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Larger tides, best suited to: Drifting reefs & wrecks £650 Drifting Mid channel wrecks £800View details Sat 25/05/2024 1 Space £1000 cash prize 2 day competition. Best combined % of 3 different species. Call for full infoView details Sun 26/05/2024 1 Space £1000 cash prize 2 day competition. Best combined % of 3 different species. Call for full infoView details Thu 06/06/2024 10 Hours 2 spaces available to join a group of regulars. Mixed fishing at anchor and driftView details Fri 07/06/2024 10 Hours 2 spaces available to join a group of regulars. Mixed fishing at anchor and driftView details Sat 08/06/2024 10 Hours 2 spaces available to join a group of regulars. Mixed fishing at anchor and driftView details Tue 02/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours £85.00pp 6 spaces available to join a regular group. Mixed fishingView details Wed 03/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours £85.00pp 6 spaces available to join a regular group. Mixed fishingView details -
07/01/2024
Fishing Report by Kevin Lavis
on Crusader Charters LTD (Plymouth, Devon)
7 Jan 2024 by Kevin Lavis
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With the onslaught of high winds, named storms, driving rain it is nice to know we have some entertaining fishing available on part day or evening trips! These run throughout the year and have the protection of Plymouth Sound to look after us.
Here we have members of the Security team at local hospital, Derriford, and their friends & family.
Action all through the night with spotted ray, conger, doggies, and whiting. �� View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Crusader Charters LTD
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 09/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours £85.00pp Larger tides, best suited to: Drifting reefs & wrecks with lures and baits Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Pollock.View details Sun 19/05/2024 1 Space 10 Hours Smaller tides, most suited to: Banks fishing rays, plaice,turbot £800 Banks anchoring rays, turbot,mix £650 Reef anchoring £650 Mid channel wrecks £800View details Thu 23/05/2024 7 Spaces 10 Hours Larger tides, best suited to: Drifting reefs & wrecks £650 Drifting Mid channel wrecks £800View details Sat 25/05/2024 1 Space £1000 cash prize 2 day competition. Best combined % of 3 different species. Call for full infoView details Sun 26/05/2024 1 Space £1000 cash prize 2 day competition. Best combined % of 3 different species. Call for full infoView details Thu 06/06/2024 10 Hours 2 spaces available to join a group of regulars. Mixed fishing at anchor and driftView details Fri 07/06/2024 10 Hours 2 spaces available to join a group of regulars. Mixed fishing at anchor and driftView details Sat 08/06/2024 10 Hours 2 spaces available to join a group of regulars. Mixed fishing at anchor and driftView details Tue 02/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours £85.00pp 6 spaces available to join a regular group. Mixed fishingView details Wed 03/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours £85.00pp 6 spaces available to join a regular group. Mixed fishingView details -
03/03/2024
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
3 Mar 2024 by Philip Higgins
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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.
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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 -
25/02/2024
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
25 Feb 2024 by Matt Rowe
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Only got out once this week huge swell in the morning and a very big tide made the fishing a little more difficult than last weekend . Wewere hoping for a repeat of the Turbot and Brill fishing from last week, but unfortunately they didn't show,we did have 6 species on the boat Congers, Smalleyed Rays, Undulate Ray and Bream again!
In the 2024 Piscary Species Hunt the boat tally so far is 22 .
Richard Dicky Day and Paul Hollyoake are joint first with 11, Darren Phillips is 3rd with 9 , most people are on 7 or 8
Boat is out of the water this week for it's 5 year survey.
There are spaces coming up for individuals on Thursday the 7th hopefully offshore anchoring.
7th,8th,10th,11th,12th,14th,15th of March hopping to try for early Plaice,Bream and flatties.If you are interested in booking please send a text 07775756269 View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 07/05/2024 Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 14/05/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 21/05/2024 View details Fri 24/05/2024 2 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces on an evening tripView details Tue 28/05/2024 View details Tue 04/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip 17.00hr To 21.30 Breaming.View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 BreamingView details Tue 11/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 Breaming.View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for evening league matchView details Tue 25/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details -
18/02/2024
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
18 Feb 2024 by Matt Rowe
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Been out quite a bit lately. Traditionally we don't do inshore fishing in February and March due to the lack of fish, however things do seem to be changing as the trips we have done this week inshore although a bit tricky, have been mostly quite productive for the time of year. Three matches, first it was the Friday Species League 17 anglers on 2 boats 10 species between them, top 3 on each boat
Piscary
1st Colin Searles 129
2nd Richard Ferre 125
3rd Dave Hawkes 113
Ocean Runner
1st Darren Phillips 138
2nd Steve L 131
3rd Darren W 105
Total Boat points
1st Ocean Runner best 8 out of 9
843
2nd Piscary 796
Next it was the Kings arms Southampton they had a slightly better day with 10 species on the boat 1st on the day was Richard Dicky Day 145
2nd Ed Taylor 130
3rd Chris Super Rod Rogers 121
Lastly we had the first ever round of the Piscary Sunday league, very rough conditions in the morning which played unexpected in there favour fishing very close in they had 11 species on the boat including Bream, Plaice,Rays, The first Mackerel of the year plus multiple Turbot and Brill.
1st in the points Andy Pedon 123
2nd Damen Court 110
3rd Paul Gelman, George Fox 106
5th Jay Hemming, Paul Hollyoake 104.
Please note that in the interest of conservation and the future of angling apart from a few tiddlers that were kept for bait all the fish were returned! There are spaces coming up for individuals for this type of fishing on Sunday the 25th . Any enquiries please send a text or watts app message thanks Mat 07775756269 View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 07/05/2024 Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 14/05/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 21/05/2024 View details Fri 24/05/2024 2 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces on an evening tripView details Tue 28/05/2024 View details Tue 04/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip 17.00hr To 21.30 Breaming.View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 BreamingView details Tue 11/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 Breaming.View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for evening league matchView details Tue 25/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details -
02/2024
Fishing Report by William Webber
on Golden west/C-Cheetah (Minehead, Somerset)
Feb 2024 by William Webber
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After losing weeks due to storm After storm we have managed a few days here and there targeting mixed big species including some big huss , spurdog, conger, smoothhound, rays with some nice whiting to be put in the mix. Pics of double shot to follow
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01/2024
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
Jan 2024 by Matt Forrester
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I've not run any public charters since December 2023 and will start again properly in March 2024 but I have got out with friends and family several times in Jan 2024 and the fishing has been good with pollock to 15lb and bass to over 8lb being caught in just a few trips on the best weather days.
There are NO NETS ON THE WRECKS so it's looking like we could have a decent season with some bigger fish being caught!
Whilst I've been less busy onboard with helping clients etc I've been able to fish myself and get some great use out of my new JOKER jigs and lures. I've also created several videos and there up on my new utube channel so please take a look. There's some good fish and plenty of tips on Slow Pitch Jigging.
I look forward to seeing you soon!
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Halo
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 11/05/2024 1 Space 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with SPJ and luresView details Mon 13/05/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with jigs and luresView details Sun 26/05/2024 4 Hours £400.00pp Whole boat, morning availableView details Mon 27/05/2024 3 Spaces £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with lures and jigsView details Tue 28/05/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with SPJ and luresView details Thu 30/05/2024 1 Space 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with lures and spjView details Sun 09/06/2024 4 Hours £400.00pp whole boat PM availableView details Tue 11/06/2024 4 Hours Half day PM whole boat availableView details Sat 15/06/2024 3 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with SPJ and luresView details Sat 22/06/2024 4 Hours £400.00pp PM half dayer available whole boat for £400View details -
02/02/2024
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
2 Feb 2024 by Matt Rowe
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Got out this week for the February round of the Piscary Super League.Once again it was 2 very different days.On Thursday we had 8 species on the boat. Absolutely stunning weather but a biggish tide so we spent the morning inshore where we had an unbelievable amount of Whiting with the odd Dog and Blonde Ray.As soon as it was possible with the tide we headed off to a new mark offshore which I've been wanting to try and although it was a bit snaggy the Congers Spurdogs,Tope and Bullhuss were queuing up to be caught
1st in the day was Ray Barron with 196 points
2nd Steve Harder 143
3rd Matt Pitter 129
Unfortunately on the Friday the condition were not so favourable so we stayed inshore less fish but more species 10 in total once again lots and lots of Whiting 3 species of Ray, Tub Gurnard,Conger,Turbot and Brill!
1st on the day was Richard Dicky Day with 103 points
2nd Gary Young 89
2nd Mike Fox 89
4th Paul Hollyoake 86
Looking at the current forcast I'm not planning on doing any trips in the next fortnight if anything changes I'll post on here. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 07/05/2024 Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 14/05/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 21/05/2024 View details Fri 24/05/2024 2 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces on an evening tripView details Tue 28/05/2024 View details Tue 04/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip 17.00hr To 21.30 Breaming.View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 BreamingView details Tue 11/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 Breaming.View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for evening league matchView details Tue 25/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details -
07/01/2024
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
7 Jan 2024 by Matt Rowe
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At last after over a month tied up we finally got out to sea this weekend and the fishing was excellent! 2 matches on the boat first it was the Piscary Super League they had an unbelievable 15 species! 4 types of Ray,Loads of big Whiting, Congers,Bass,Dab, Plaice, Smoothounds,Gurnard and even some Bream! 1st on the day was Paul Hollyoake with 231 points
2nd Richard Dicky Day 226
3rd Darren Phillips 209.
Next it was the kings Arms Southampton they had 10 Species Some really nice Blonde Rays, lots of decent Bass and the first Brill Of the year. 1st on the day was John Bellamy with 302 points
2nd Martin Bobbet 299
3rd Ed Taylor 293.
The next day with spaces is Monday the 15th
Due to the high level of enquiries the only way to contact me about booking a trip is by Text or WhatsApp app message between 9am and 18.00.07775756269 View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 07/05/2024 Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 14/05/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 21/05/2024 View details Fri 24/05/2024 2 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces on an evening tripView details Tue 28/05/2024 View details Tue 04/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip 17.00hr To 21.30 Breaming.View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 BreamingView details Tue 11/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 Breaming.View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for evening league matchView details Tue 25/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details -
31/12/2023
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
31 Dec 2023 by Matt Rowe
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Well it has been a very disappointing finish to 2023 on Piscary with all trips for the last month cancelled!
It has been a difficult year all round with the fishing not being that great at times .
In the Piscary Species Hunt the boat tally is a bit down on previous years at 55.
Ray Barron was once again top with 43 species he wins a free trip
2nd was Darren Phillips with 37 he wins a free evening trip
3rd Andy Pedon 35 invitation to the Piscary presentation day.
4th 33 species
Vernon Allen, Alan Bird,Kim Bowden
7th 31 Andy Simpson,Nick Lark,Roy Adams.
10th 30 Richard Dicky Day, Steve Harder, Paul Hollyoake
13th 29 Jay Hemming, Mike Fox, Duncan Beck.
16th 28 Kim Andrews, Andy Southwick,Ed Taylor
19th 27 Martin Bobbet, Luke Allen,Kim White,Chris Rogers
23rd 26 Steve Collins,Rod Giles, Clive Melin .
26th 22 Gary Young
27th 21 Tom .
The best Specimen caught in the species Hunt was a 5lb 7oz Trigger Fish caught by Roy Adams he also wins a free trip.
All the Piscary prize winners for 2023 also get invited to the Piscary Presentation day which is also a free day out!
Finally there were 4 boat records broken this year
Gilt head Bream of 2lb 5oz caught by Kevin Patrick with the Friday Species League.
Trigger fish of 5lb 13oz caught by Andy Smith.
Red Mullet of 1lb 12oz caught by Kim Andrews.
Pandora Bream caught by John Bellamy , in the interest of conservation this fish was not weighed but returned immediately. All the above fish were returned.
I would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year. The first day in 2024 with spaces is Tuesday the 9th if you're interested in booking in for any trips Please Text 07775756269. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 07/05/2024 Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 14/05/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 21/05/2024 View details Fri 24/05/2024 2 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces on an evening tripView details Tue 28/05/2024 View details Tue 04/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip 17.00hr To 21.30 Breaming.View details Thu 06/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 BreamingView details Tue 11/06/2024 6 Spaces 4.5 Hours Spaces on an evening trip for individuals 17.00 to 21.30 Breaming.View details Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for evening league matchView details Tue 25/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details
