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17/11/2013
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Lady Grace (West Mersea, Essex)
17 Nov 2013 by Scott Belbin
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3 dads onboard today with their 3 sons. We had a 4 hour trip booked over high water. 1.5-2lb cod was caught by Stuart, 1 dogfish and 9 sized whiting with a couple of the whiting around the 1lb mark. If we hadn't had a boat come and sit uptide of us on the ebb we may have seen a few more cod.
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16/11/2013
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
16 Nov 2013 by jon old
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Very light westerly wind for once nice calm seas, as on slack water as we headed out decided to take advantage and try the deeper water on the 5 -6 mile mark. In 85 ft thought we might have a chance of those migrating thornbacks that made a show last week but was not to be. Only few flatties and the dreaded whiting again! As the tides a bit strong today we had to head back in to shallower ground to hold bottom trying a hole on the 3 mile mark same sort of fish again! Headed right in under Corton ,slow start with plaguing weed as tide raced through picked up the odd whiting most of the day. Just before slack nipped out again to the bank nothing changed still bloody whiting so came in to my mud hole as it got dark where we had a busy little spell on dabs and yes more whiting! Hard work today i thought for the running around but lads done well, thanks to Nigel for organizing the party with, SAS Roland, Russel,Dick,Tom,Ash,Carl,Chris,Paul and lastly George from Cambridge all first timers on the Flyer. Thanks men hope you all enjoyed the day, and the wives didnt moan too much about being late back in! All the best. Jon. (High Flyer.)
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17/11/2013
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Lady Grace (West Mersea, Essex)
17 Nov 2013 by Scott Belbin
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3 dads onboard today with their 3 sons. We had a 4 hour trip booked over high water. 1.5-2lb cod was caught by Stuart, 1 dogfish and 9 sized whiting with a couple of the whiting around the 1lb mark. If we hadn't had a boat come and sit uptide of us on the ebb we may have seen a few more cod.
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16/11/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
16 Nov 2013 by Rich Cope
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Another cracking day here at Whitby,
We were greeted with a nice flat sea and sunshine today, hopes were running high due the northwesterly we have been experiencing here the last two days putting a bit more colour back in the water.
Everywhere we stopped today we took a good number of fish, we left plenty behind in the search of bigger ones, as the sea bed inshore seems to be paved with loads of fish in the 2lb to 4lb range.
The best cod caught was by Mistress regular Mark Wilky, weighing in at just under 6lb back at the Middle Earth Tavern for the weigh in.
Also Whitby and Mistress Regular John Vero caught a ling just under 11lb taking top spot in the Any Other Species Section in our uptiding festival.
The lads fished well, with the boat amassing around 80 cod for the day
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15/11/2013
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
15 Nov 2013 by peter stubbs
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8 oclock start today on this very cold morning boat cover in ice when we got there at 6-30am, the lads turned up and off we went nice big swell of around 2mts down goes anchor first half hr couple of small cod coming up and that's was bout it for the rest of the best on the boat around 4lb, 10 anglers took around 30 cod of bout 2lb to 4lb, below a few of the lads with there catch,
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13/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
13 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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Wednesday 13th Novenber.
We locked out of the Marina at 7.0am to fish the river for codling with a group of individuals,we got to our first mark and Geoff Drake From Caernarfon sprang into action straight away with a 3lbs 2oz Codling closely followed by Johnny C with a 2lbs 8 oz Codling (more on Johnny C later) the rest of lads had plenty Whiting Lee Penmon had a nice Codling of 3lbs8oz with Kingy catching and releasing 8 micro Cod Tommy hooked into a nice fish and played it for several minutes but lost it, Mickey hooked a nice fish and landed it weighing in at 6lbs 10oz Cod
Codling where coming in fast and in the exicitement Johnny C thought he had put his rod back in the water and carried on to watch it for 5 mins for a bite with out seeing the bait and weight on the floor he had forgot to drop it in never mind John i wont tell any one .today we caught plenty of Whiting,Dabs and 22 codling although some where really small we had 9 keepers from 2lbs8oz to 6lbs 10oz the Cod might have arrived role on the next set of tides View Boats Page
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12/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
12 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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Tuesday 12th of November Robbie and the lads trip.
We left the Marina at 7am and headed into the river to fish our first mark we caught Whiting from the off and small Codling which was a nice sign as the codling have been so late this year compared to last year.
The lads had decided on a pool split for the heaviest fish and 2nd prize for the most fish well it was close all day until Colin smashed the heaviest fish with a 8lbs 1 oz Cod giving him 1st prize then it was between five of the lads with only three fish keeping them apart ,But Colin had a spurt of Whiting and won by three.overall taking both pools on the day. Well done lads see you in January View Boats Page
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08/11/2013
Fishing Report by mark crame
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
8 Nov 2013 by mark crame
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Good things come to those who bait…08/11/2013
[i]“I had a fixed purpose when I put to sea.
As I sat in the boat with my band of men,
I meant to perform to the uttermost”[/i]
I like to read. I find many useless words and sentences which make me think “Aha! I can use that!” Well, I have time to read when I’m on shift, lots of time in fact. I also get to see the sun come up and sometimes the caffeine is present just enough that I can put to sea, and like Beowulf I tend to do so with a fixed purpose.
Well, today was going to include sitting in a boat with a band of men. A small band, to be fair, Brian and I in fact but for someone normally alone in a kayak that’s enough of a band to suit a quote. The quest, as this was, was to find a large cod or winter roker from a bit further out, intercepting them on the way in. Kind of a game of roulette here, a gamble. We both have enough in the freezer for the time being so we could afford to be patient. For me I could go a lot further out than normal, chase the tide and sit out conditions that otherwise would have kept me inshore or even ashore. Not to mention only out for 3-4 hours. But I’m one of those simple-minded souls who’s always happy whatever as long as I have a rod in my hand.
Leave off work, exhausted, home, try to grab ten minutes, too excited, grab gear, bait, get changed, lock the door and down to the Yacht Club; in through the gate, down to the pontoons, engine warming up, kettle on, ropes off and away we go, out of the Yacht Club, out of the harbour and off to mark 1, out near the Southwest Holm. I’ve rigged up and baited up ready while Brian’s been ploughing through the swells, heading for where the fish might be.
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We’ve got quite a mixture here, longshore herring and mackerel, both fresh, stale herring from the freezer, unwashed loligo squid, Lancashire black lug and two life yellowtail lug. They’re, umm, in reserve or something… I whack pennel out uptide and a wishbone across, 2/0’s baited with blacks and squid rings/heads, and drop a downtide pennel off the back. The water is running hard out here.
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Brian’s first, a huge great whopping bend in the rod as the first whiting takes off!
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It’s ignored. It’s a nice keeper – a lot of them are out here, around the ¾-1lb mark as an average maybe – but no, something bigger is wanted. Not just by us though.
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Surrounded we were, anywhere up to five seals around us at any one time during the day. They didn’t want our whiting – there’s plenty of those and herring around – they were just waiting for the same thing as us, cod.
With Brian in the lead I checked my rod; double shot on the wishbone. Again decent whiting but the flow was so quick I had the traces quite twisted. Better under 2 knots, those rigs. Still, it untwisted and went out again.
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Then one hell of a bite on the cod uptider, one for the mantelpiece for sure:
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Next was Brian’s roker rod, his big roker rod. Head and guts sent downtide ona balloon…
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Things were really picking up!!!
The tide slowed, we’d had plenty of decent whiting but not found our quarry so it was off now to the Three Mile Bank. The promised land where the spurdogs and tope had come in the summer, where the hounds and roker had been in numbers. The good fish come through here but what a nightmare when I tried it on the kayak, absolute nightmare, the depth and tide had me struggling and quite frankly it’s unlikely I’ll paddle out there again.
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Well, we had more of the same; more good whiting, and I mean all the way through the day a few minutes apart, some tiny ones but mostly decent keepers, and more seals around us but we just couldn’t find a roker or cod this time. But that’s fishing, we tried.
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Inshore the others were struggling too, two small codling from the roads, another further south from us so ahead on a safe bet but not by much. One last try perhaps, down to the South Holm where the ebb should be starting, slack having arrived out here…
Brian went out to drop anchor and noticed the wind – it had built up considerably. The sky had darkened, there was heavy rain in a few places around us on the horizon so we hung back and waited. Then it started to hammer down with no telling how long it would last; we came in.
You know, it’s marvellous to come in without having to make an effort after you’ve been busy all day; none of the up-anchor and paddle, wait for the surf to be how you want it, drag everything up the beach and the slope. Very genteel this way of fishing and I’ve rather come to love being spoilt! Just a quick wash and brush down of the deck and a bit of tidying up and we’re away. Part two to follow soon no doubt, will the cod join us?
Marvellous day, haven’t a clue how many fish we had all in though, but there was certainly a lot. View Boats Page
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13/11/2013
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
13 Nov 2013 by Sam Cumming
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So that’s the British Cod Championships all finished for another year, unfortunately due to the North-westerly that arrived today the comp was cut down to just the one day. I delivered the boat down to Lymington on Tuesday, as you can see I may have stopped off to have a little look where we might find the cod the next day. Wednesday’s weather was just perfect and my crew fished really well and brought 4 cod to the deck. Including Dave Woods 19lb 5oz which got him 3rd biggest fish overall. His brother John caught all 3 of the other fish and came second overall for combined weight. I was chuffed as nuts to be named Top Skipper for the 2013 Comp with a total weight of fish of 35lb 9oz, which topped the list just 10oz above Eric Elliot of Wight Rebel. Talk about a photo finish, well done to all who fished and many thanks to the West Wight Skippers Association for organising another brilliant competition.
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13/11/2013
Fishing Report by michael button
on Yellowfin (Brighton, East Sussex)
13 Nov 2013 by michael button
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Had a great day out , first time out on yellow fin with Kurt. Ran out of bait despite taking a lot , caught 7 cod , dogfish , whiting pouting , Kurt put us right on the mark . Surrounded by other boats not catching anything , everyone on board were into cod. We had action from when he dropped the anchor to when he pulled it up. Lots of hot coffee and soup , couldn't ask for anything more really , thanks Kurt ill be coming back
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