Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom

  • 07/05/2013 Fishing Report by Gary Flint on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)

    7 May 2013 by Gary Flint

    Report on-board Discovery

    07,05,13 Taskers angling shop Liverpool.
    We met at Liverpool marina at 10 am The Sun was high in the sky with no clouds for a change( We could not beleive our luck the forecast was for a big low presure system coming up from the south the following day) So we set off,we agreed to try a mark that produces big Bull huss some 28miles from the marina.
    whilst we where travelling i explained that the summer species have not arrived yet, we put this down to the water temperature being down for this time of the year due to the terrible weather we had around easter, we arrived on site to start fishing before everybody had a line in whiting where being pulled over the side,then the occasional Dog fish then the odd Dab and then finally the first Bullhuss of 2013 for Discovery was lifted over the side and welcomed for a change the fish flowed in all day with Neil taking 3 huss to about 9lbs but also losing a bigger one at the back of the boat,Peter who fished consistantly all day eventually was un catchable and won the overall comp. Well done lads wait till the summer species come in.
    Gary Skipper.

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  • 02/05/2013 Fishing Report by Gary Flint on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)

    2 May 2013 by Gary Flint

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    2.05.13 Individuals trip.
    We left the marina at 6am to be greeted with sun and no wind, so we set off to a mark some 25 miles away,
    tea,coffee, and breakfast was hastly finished as we arrived to our first mark,(rough ground) we had agreed that we would keep a record of everybodies catch,and give points for certain species,we caught mostly whiting at this mark and moved on to another mark ,where we had whiting.pouting,poorcod,ling,dabs, ballan wrasse,cod,dogfish,and the first person on Discovery to catch a scollop(Vicky from the IOM) We did accuse her of bringing it over with her,Paul D had a nice ling of 5lbs 2oz and Mark D had a nice Wrasse2lbs.
    Still no mackerel, overall a good day with paul d taking the prize,things will get better when the mackerel make a show. Gary Skipper.


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  • 03/05/2013 Fishing Report by Colin Penny on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)

    3 May 2013 by Colin Penny

    Report on-board Flamer IV

    WRECKING - A recent trip produced Ling,Pollack , Cod and Conger. Scottish lassTracey Robertson landed a 15Ib Cod on 15Ib class tackle with a flying collar rig and Rhubarb and Custard Shad.Tracey is pictured with her Cod catch. Neil Barbour and Julie on their first wrecking trip on Flamer IV caught four Ling,two on lures and two on Ammo Squid Baits.Flamer IV regular Phil Harrison landed some Cod with the biggest weighing 14Ib 15oz.While trying for Ling with Squid and Mackerel baits,Phil kept catching Congers,"Never Mind Phil,Better luck with the Ling next time".

    The Next Wrecking Trips on Flamer IV with places available are on May 28th,June 1st,11th,13th,14th,17th,27th,

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  • 06/05/2013 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    6 May 2013 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    06.06.13.

    A mixed group today from as far afield as Ramsbottom to Bedale and thank goodness for that strip of ground 27 miles from shore!!

    Yes, it was yet another run back out to that ground locally known as the "Wall"

    The VHF on channel 10 was alive with talk of "doom and gloom" from the lads working inshore.

    My idea is that if you have the boat and the pace to get to the better grounds / wrecks well offshore then use it! Ok it's a steam to get there, but when you are often rewarded with a good days sport then it has to be done. It breaks my heart when I get the fuel bill at the end of the month but if it means that my lads are in with a good chance of fish then we have to do it!!

    Dermot Faye from Bedale was the top lad on the boat with a good bag of fish. His second drop of the day netted him a treble. Nothing big though unfortunately.

    Again, another fantastic day both weather wise and company wise.

    Cheers lads!

    Dermot is pictured.


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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 21/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Cliff A 4. Brian Q 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.
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    Sun 26/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Tony 2. Chris R 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Mon 27/05/2024 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 5.1m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Alan H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Wed 12/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 4.75m Will sail with just 4 anglers. Paul McSparron 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 14/06/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 2 after cancellation. Excellent tide 4.4m. Paul Brid 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. John Wysoczanski 1. Dave Oswin 2. Chris Siddle 1. Ivan 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Tue 18/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.5m. Mike McCulley 1. Rob Moore 3. Der W 1. Ian H 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Wed 19/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Der W 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 21/06/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 6 anglers. Individuals welcome. 5.0m. Carl Gloss 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Sat 22/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. 5.1m tide. Nick & Glen 2. Eric Davison 2. Ben S 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Thu 04/07/2024 9 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer Competition. Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 5.0m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Steve Storey 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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  • 05/05/2013 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    5 May 2013 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    05.05.13.

    Gary Hurling and his lads from Boston Lincs had their first trip of the year today. Once they had boarded I informed them what the inshore fishing had been like for some of the charter fleet here over the last few days.

    I suggested that we returned to the "Wall" where we had been getting the best results of any of the boats on the last few trips

    Gary said it was a no brainer and we went straight there. With the weather being on our side again ( a beautiful flat calmer ) surely we were destined for top results today!!

    A steady picking of fish from the start with the size mark being slightly better than on the last visit out there.

    The lads were well chuffed with their catch. The hard work really paying off with a good selection of fish ranging from a Tub Gurnard just short of 2lb ( of which I've never seen one as big for years ) to Cod to 12lbs.

    Fantastic weather for the lads making for another good days sport on the Shy-Torque III

    Pictured is Trevor Crunkhorn with his best Cod of the day.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 21/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Cliff A 4. Brian Q 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.
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    Sun 26/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Tony 2. Chris R 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Mon 27/05/2024 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 5.1m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Alan H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Wed 12/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 4.75m Will sail with just 4 anglers. Paul McSparron 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 14/06/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 2 after cancellation. Excellent tide 4.4m. Paul Brid 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. John Wysoczanski 1. Dave Oswin 2. Chris Siddle 1. Ivan 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Tue 18/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.5m. Mike McCulley 1. Rob Moore 3. Der W 1. Ian H 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Wed 19/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Der W 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 21/06/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 6 anglers. Individuals welcome. 5.0m. Carl Gloss 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Sat 22/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. 5.1m tide. Nick & Glen 2. Eric Davison 2. Ben S 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Thu 04/07/2024 9 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer Competition. Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 5.0m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Steve Storey 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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  • 26/04/2013 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    26 Apr 2013 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    26.04 13.

    Rob Smith and his team joined us board the boat on the 26th April.

    With the fishing here at Whitby being somewhat "patchy" shall we say on the inner marks, we have been working offshore to try and find the fish.

    We cruised out to a couple of wrecks on the 20 mile stream for very little and decided that we would go to the ground that can usually save the day. That being the "Wall"

    Judging by what the other lads were catching inside us this had definately proved to be a good move indeed.

    By close of play the lads had gathered a few fish each for the table. 40 or so fish for the boat. Sadly no monsters but a nice few Codling, Pollack and Coalie to the 5lb mark.

    Great weather and a great team of lads making the day very enjoyable for all.

    Pictured is Ray from South Shields.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 21/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 4.9m. Good tide. Individuals very welcome. Cliff A 4. Brian Q 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Haddock / Pollock.
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    Sun 26/05/2024 5 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 5.2m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Jamie S 2. Tony 2. Chris R 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Mon 27/05/2024 10 Hours
    Room for 5 anglers. 5.1m. Ok tide. Individuals very welcome. Alan H 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Wed 12/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 4.75m Will sail with just 4 anglers. Paul McSparron 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 14/06/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 2 after cancellation. Excellent tide 4.4m. Paul Brid 1. Al Sutcliffe 1. John Wysoczanski 1. Dave Oswin 2. Chris Siddle 1. Ivan 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Tue 18/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.5m. Mike McCulley 1. Rob Moore 3. Der W 1. Ian H 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Wed 19/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Der W 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 21/06/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 6 anglers. Individuals welcome. 5.0m. Carl Gloss 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Sat 22/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. 5.1m tide. Nick & Glen 2. Eric Davison 2. Ben S 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Thu 04/07/2024 9 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer Competition. Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 5.0m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Steve Storey 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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  • 04/2013 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    Apr 2013 by Gethyn Owen

    Report on-board My Way 2

    Early season 2013 and the weather has played a major part in the fishing all over the UK. From mid-March all the way through April, the water temperatures have remained unseasonably low in comparison to previous years. Together with a relentless barrage of strong winds, it really has been hard to get out and put any sort of run together.

    Early April and we managed to sneak out to the deeps on one day, as a small example, either side of this particular we cancelled because of strong winds. With a good group of regulars, we sailed around the coast looking for herring or pollack to supplement our frozen baits for our spurdog and huss hunt. Sadly none of them wanted to help us out. Barring 2 good spurdogs out in the deeps, the day would have been a real hard one.

    An extract from our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/GOAngling) this days fishing reads as follows:-

    Glorious sunshine and flat calm seas today, nice end to the Easter period … sadly the fish failed to read my email! A painfully slow start to the day, drifting around the coast to Trearddur Bay saw no fish for the first 90 mins. A move to anchor, then a further move finally saw a few doggies, with the odd codling and whiting break the surface of the water.

    Additionally we had a fair number of bull huss, sadly they were the smallest huss I had ever seen, the largest was smaller than a standard dogfish! The deep was sadly hard work also.

    Dave managed to hook a beauty of a spurdog towards the end of our time, following on from Ian Thomo who hooked into the only other spur of the session, everyone else catching just dogs. Fortunately for Ian, it was his first spur and a very a decent one at 14lb 6oz

    ***

    The fishing through early April was hard work; even the dogfish were showing signs of hibernation. Normally April is a month that really gets going, all manner of species moving in and some fantastic sport with spurdogs, huss and small pack tope arriving in the Holyhead Deep. Towards the 3rd week of April things started to pick up on the fish front, with quantity and more species moving in.

    This was when we managed another couple days afloat, having cancelled numerous trips in between leaving both me and the anglers extremely frustrated. With a planned trip off to the Deeps restricted again by a strong NW breeze one mid-April day, our efforts centred on various marks within Holyhead Bay. The usual suspects of dogs, whiting, dabs, small huss, codling plus more showing up to grace our baits and help out some of the crew with their clubs on going 2013 species hunt.

    The following day the wind swung around to the south, too strong again to allow us to get to the deeper marks offshore but it allowed us to drift a few inshore marks around the Breakwater and Rocky coast in search of early season pollack that move in to Holyhead Bay.

    Thankfully the pollack had arrived, nothing too big, the best specimen probably going 4lb, but with a fair number in the 2 to 4lb bracket, a few buckets were filled with some nice chunky fillets going home with the anglers.

    Light tackle and 25 to 35 foot of water, makes for some great fun with these hard fighting fish. Sadly, the over all wind patterns remain unsettled for us at the moment and whilst colleagues on the south coast have basked in some fantastic calm seas, and hot days, we have had to dodge winds for the odd day or two afloat.

    On the plus side, things though are quickly improving, the waters are warming up, the crabs are starting to peel and fish are moving into the bay with each passing day.

    We have limited spaces available for the remainder of May and into June, if you are interested in a particular date or species to fish for please email or call to discuss, thanks.

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  • 07/05/2013 Fishing Report by brian poppy on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)

    7 May 2013 by brian poppy

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    Ran off a bit today to one of my favorate Skate marks and we were not dissapointed we had 5 all coming in on the ebb all taken mankey herring with the biggest of 9lb loads of spottys nicking the bait as well hope you enjoy the rooker ben.

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  • 06/05/2013 Fishing Report by ian curtis on Why Worry (Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex)

    6 May 2013 by ian curtis

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    had a trip out on bankholiday monday 06/05/13 was arranged to leave port at 5am for a 1.5-2hr steam for a offshore bash for the skate on board was skipper ron his lad dan ,ian darren mark time went very quick as we had a few laughs,as we came to our spot darren and mark were shocked to see clear water they only fish inshore where the water is very dirty ,from the start we had skate dogfish you could see the fish come up from the deeper water swiming towards you ,the sun was out beating the warm air on us ron made a cup of tea for us which is a very rare thing ,it was fishing at a steady pace for some of us but a few people were not getting any bites which i think was down to them not fishing on the bottom ,around 12pm ron heated a curry for us that i made which kept every one very quite for 10 min then it was back down to fishing catching more skate and dogfish in the end we packed up around 5pm for the trip home ,we had around 28 skate loads of dogfish dan mark and darren got to work in skining the skate which didnt take to long when you have got a production line like that ,a great day out with ron and the boys cant wait for the next trip ,if any one wants a great day out give ron a ring he will put him self out just to find you the fish well done mate

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  • 07/05/2013 Fishing Report by John wilford on Avante (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    7 May 2013 by John wilford

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    had a great weekend over the bank holiday with the alge bloom hindering the in shore fishing I steamed off to find clear water and some nice big fish
    On Saturday Karl Dave Nico and Mark made up a individual bookings so we had plenty of room to say the least with just four (the minimum I could take to make it worth while for me anyway) once we arrived we were into fish Pollock Cod and some nice big ones to 10lb we all fished shad most of the day and although the sea was choppy it fell away to give us a great afternoon the forecasters got it right hurray!

    Sunday I had just four bookings again forum member Jonty came with his pal Kevin and new to me were Simon and his wife Chrissie same plan steam off but a much nicer start weather wise the fishing was a little slower although the water looked much clearer? Still plenty of fish on the go Chrissie was first to strike then again and again she had three or four before any of the others had seen a life but eventually all ended up with some nice fish and yours truly landed a good strong Cod over 10lb which fell to the shad

    Monday the boat had 7 anglers aboard Bob Richard Paul and Sam made up a three and Simon came with his dad and another sorry for the names I forgot again many forum members I employed the same plan with the best forecast of the holiday weekend we set sail in the sun and returned in the sun we had much better stamp generally and more fish for some reason the water was green agin but changed depending on tide strength during the day I think Richard had the best day bait fishing most of the day he landed some crackers and a best Pollock around 12lb a guess as my scales were broken as the fish was only showing 2lbs on the digital read the fishes head would have weighed nearly a pound so in the bin they went then some big double figure cod finished of with a few nice ling

    Simon also had some great fish in his bag at the end of the day as did all the rest of the lads
    Simon
     in all good signs that the summer inshore fishing is only round the corner
    Mick Avante.

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