Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom

  • 21/04/2014 Fishing Report by Dick Peckham on Strongbow (Poole, Dorset)

    21 Apr 2014 by Dick Peckham

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    Large numbers of bream up to over 4lb now in the bay

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  • 13/04/2014 Fishing Report by Nick Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    13 Apr 2014 by Nick Gough

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    Cracking days fishing again today.

    Fishing at Anchor with bait again fishing started for Dave Tyson as soon as he put his first bait into the water, he seamed to be using the best bait as he was the only catching for the first 30 mins. then as a bit more tide came through other on the boat started to catching mops around 2-4lb. A few hours in Nick managed to hook into a better fish weighing just under 8 lb. at this point poor Ken was looking at everyone else winding up fish around him. then as the tide eased we moved off to another mark to gain some more tide. Again Dave found the fish with a few others then a fresh Northerly breeze came through and unsettled the sea conditions then finally Ken Managed to hook into a cod just Over 8lb then on his second drop a smaller cod. by this time the sea had got too rough for the other competitors in the smaller boats and a radio message went out to finish the match early.


    we were fishing the Scarborough Boat Angling Clubs Tea Pot Challenge match and managed to get 1st, 3rd, and several other places in the top 10.

    Well Done to all Who fished the match as the conditions were far from perfect.

    Tea Pot Challenge TC4 Results
    Sun 13th April 2014
    Fishing 11.30 pm - 5.30 pm

    1st Ken Gaches - Cod
    2nd Karen Niblet - Pollock
    3rd Nick Gough - Cod

    Match is for the Heaviest Single Gutted Fish.

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  • 19/04/2014 Fishing Report by Nick Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    19 Apr 2014 by Nick Gough

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    Another successful 3 hour fishing Trip.

    Conditions were far from perfect with unsettled sea. most of the youngsters managed to catch which was nice to see and we had a good amount of Cod Aboard for a 3 hour trip.

    Fishing with bait at anchor in the rock we had 12 Cod, and 4 Pouting with the heaviest cod weighing 2 1/2lb and the heaviest pouting weighing 2 1/4lb.

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  • 21/04/2014 Fishing Report by Dougie Fergie on Ocean explorer (Hartlepool, Durham)

    21 Apr 2014 by Dougie Fergie

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    First time out of Hartlepool and had excellent days fishing with Skipper Lee. One or two of my fellow anglers had unfortunately lost their sea-legs and much ground-baiting was done. First cod of the season caught on the new rod 7 1/2 pounds. Thanks again to Skipper Lee.

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  • 21/04/2014 Fishing Report by lee deboer on Ocean explorer (Hartlepool, Durham)

    21 Apr 2014 by lee deboer

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    A good days fishing yesterday caught around 18 cod biggest 7 lb and also a couple of ling around the 6 lb mark

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  • 21/04/2014 Fishing Report by dominic wilson on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)

    21 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson

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    just another 3 hr trip today with conditions against us(wind wise!) but the sun shone and the dogfish fed,amassing about 25 and Ian from paisley caught 3 on one drop.

    reports are filtering in that mackerel land herring are being landed at Port Logan,some 6 miles south of Portpatrick, so our summer species cant be far behind??

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  • 19/04/2014 Fishing Report by dominic wilson on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)

    19 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson

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    back out again with steve and jack from Essex plus a couple of others,again the Pollack proved elusive again but doggies were willing to keep us entertained...took about 15 and a couple of times it was 2 at a time! also some small whiting

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  • 18/04/2014 Fishing Report by dominic wilson on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)

    18 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson

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    took a couple of the Essex boys out today and its apparent that we need the mackerel to arrive! we tried drifting and then freelining with sidewinders for Pollack which produced a couple in the 3lb bracket and finally anchoring with bait that produced a small codling and about 10 dogfish.

    a couple of days previous we took about 30 coalies in the 1-1.5lb bracket and some small whiting

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  • 19/04/2014 Fishing Report by allan bunyan on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)

    19 Apr 2014 by allan bunyan

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    great days fishing with phil white

    went out on saturday 19th april
    phil put us on the fish
    between 6 of use we had over 20 skate cod and bass and doggies
    phil was on form plenty of tea use full infomation and advice
    cant wait to get out again
    if you want a ood days fishing you wont go wrong with phil

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  • 21/04/2014 Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)

    21 Apr 2014 by Malcolm Collins

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    Having returned from abroad visiting family and friends and with 'Just Mary' having completed her Annual refit and New 5 year COP Survey, 12 Passengers and 2 Crew, (60 mile Cat 2. COP), we are all set for another season afloat. The weather still hasn't totally settled down but the English Channel Sea Temperature, (according to the Met Office MAWS network), is now consistently above the 'magic' ten degrees celsius (10c). This bodes well for our Black Bream season just so long as the forecasters get their recent predictions right and we are in for a warm settled spell this Summer ! As I look forward to the first of these trips this coming weekend I'm not sure when this predicted weather will start ! Still, as Anglers and Skippers we are always eternal optimists and I'm confident that we will see better days, and forecasts (!) to come. My Commercial mates have endured a long hard Winter but in recent weeks I have seen for myself the quality of fish in Poole Bay. The Winter has been mild even though we have seen some terrible prolonged wet and windy weather. This has meant that species like Bass have remained in the Bay for most of the Winter months alongside other more usual fish like Cod and Whiting. Plaice and Sole have been caught recently and the quality and numbers have slowly increased. 2013 produced some good catches of Plaice on rod and line after the netters had given up due to the numbers of Spider crabs ripping their nets to shreds, hopefully 2014 will be another good year for us on the Plaice. So the season will be properly underway soon and I wish you all a good Summer, All the Best, Malc, 'Just Mary', Poole.

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