Charter Boat: Mistress Linda
Boat and Skipper Details
Operating from Poole Dorset for all types of sea fishing trips. Mistress Linda is available for angling from the 1st time budding angler to the most competitive competition angler with expert tuition always on hand, photography / corporate or BBQ afloat watching the famous Bournemouth Air Show (full Ladies facilities on board) Family fun days are tailored to your requirements to maximise your enjoyment afloat. We have the facilities on board to keep your catch in pristine condition for your journey home. Come and join us on a trip to the banks for Turbot and Plaice or enjoy the sport of Bream and Trigger fish on ultra light tackle, catch a Tope again on light gear, 'live bait' for Bass or just enjoy a general day out fishing viewing the superb scenery surrounding Poole.
A Catch and Release policy is encouraged aboard and only fish above the minimum legal landing size may be kept and sensible bag limits are encouraged to promote conservation.
A STRICT Safety Policy is operated on the Mistress Linda and all those aboard are requested to Read the Policy before leaving the confines of Poole Harbour.
Boyhood fanatical angler started fishing in 1968 then moved into chartering and still enjoying fishing along with passing my skills onto the next generation of anglers. I love species and scratching days as well as targeting the fabulous fighting Trigger Fish
Over the years I have enjoyed the fabulous offshore wreck and reef fishing but now due to lack of fish I now prefer to fish the inshore marks around Poole and will go the 'extra mile' to find fish .
Due to lots of luck and experience I have been fortunate to win all the major angling competitions from Poole inc the famous Bournemouth Borough Festival, Old Ben, Poole Cod comp, Poole Species comp x 2, BCC and thanks to my wife the Poole Turbot comp in Alderney to name a few
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Mistress Linda
Wed 08/05/2024 |
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Thu 09/05/2024 | 8 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Local bream fishing
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Tue 21/05/2024 | 4 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
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Tue 28/05/2024 | 6 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Mon 03/06/2024 | 3 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
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Tue 04/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Sat 08/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream / Small-Eyed Ray / Undulate Ray.
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Wed 12/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream / Small-Eyed Ray / Tope / Blonde Ray / Undulate Ray.
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Wed 19/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Wed 26/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 6 Hours |
Bass / Plaice.
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Sat 20/07/2024 | 6 Spaces |
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Tue 23/07/2024 | 2 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
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Wed 31/07/2024 | 6 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Wed 14/08/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Small-Eyed Ray / Tope / Undulate Ray.
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Tue 20/08/2024 | 4 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
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Reviews
Summary:
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anthony beckham (12/07/2016)
First time out on Mistress Linda today, with skipper Philip Higgins. Skip kept us on fish all day, out of the weather and the kettle was constantly on. Undulates to 20lb, plaice, smooth hounds and mackerel. Would recommend this boat if any is looking to go out of Poole harbour.
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Mark Laing (31/03/2016)
Had a cracking day out with Phil (skipper) and Carl (deck hand) today. Phil really tried to put us on the fish which resulted in a 15lb (approx) undulate. Totally recommend this boat, loads of room and great facilities. Will definitely be using this chapter and skipper again. You won't be disappointed.
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Rob Mortimer (29/03/2016)
First outing in 20+ years with my son, first time with Phil and with Mistress Linda, Top Skipper, friendly, with extensive local knowledge, sadly the fish weren't playing but its not always about getting the fish, had a great time and my son enjoyed the experience too. Cheers Phil, will be seeing you ... best Rob and Darragh
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paul quarterman (29/12/2015)
First time out on Mistress Linda in difficult conditions, but skipper Philip managed to get us on the fish
Skippers Reponse: Thank you Paul, as you stated the conditions were challenging thanks to the constant series of bad weather we have suffered but we did manage a few fish, overall catch was below my expectations.
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Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 52 Species have been caught onboard Mistress Linda, including: Allis Shad | Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Bib (Pouting) | Black Sea Bream | Blonde Ray | Brill | Bull Huss | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Conger Eel | Couch's Sea Bream | Cuckoo Ray | Cuckoo Wrasse | Dab | Dover Sole | European Squid | Flounder | Garfish | Gilt-head Sea Bream | Greater Sand Eel | Grey Gurnard | John Dory | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Ling (Common) | Lobster | Mackerel | Octopus | Plaice | Pollock | Red Gurnard | Red Mullet | Rock Cook | Rock Goby | Sand Eel | Scad | Short-spined Sea Scorpion | Small-Eyed Ray | Smooth-hound (Common) | Spider Crab | Spotted Ray | Spurdog | Starry Smooth-hound | Streaked Gurnard | Thornback Ray | Three Bearded Rockling | Tope | Trigger Fish | Tub Gurnard | Turbot | Undulate Ray | Whiting
Latest Catches 903 photos uploaded
Latest Fishing Reports and News
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03/03/2024
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
3 Mar 2024 by Philip Higgins
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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02/10/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
2 Oct 2023 by Philip Higgins
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What a poor summer we have endured this year and this has reflected on the general fishing, the last few days have improved with some cracking fish being caught over the weekend with plenty of Triggers , Congers, Bream , Gurnards and a few quality Plaice along with a lovely Bass on Saturday for Dan and a cracking Bass on Sunday setting a new PB for Chris. The Trigger fishing has again been good this year with a good run of fish . As the winter approaches I look forward to the Whiting fishing and always hope for the winter Cod to return .
I have a new diary for next year if any of my customers would like to reserve spaces please call me to ensure you get the dates you want.
Time to go fishing
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16/08/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
16 Aug 2023 by Philip Higgins
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It’s been a while but today was more like summer should be, today was planned as Plaice and Trigger Fish we found£ the Plaice in reasonable numbers but no Triggers fortunately we landed some nice Cod, Couches Bream , Gurnards and 100s of bait robbing Bream. The congers gave a good account on the light gear. Overall a fish filled day and made better by the Lionesses winning. As the weather goes pear shaped again short term more light line Trigger trips are planed if you fancy a day out with them as the main target please get in touch. -
26/07/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
26 Jul 2023 by Philip Higgins
When we should be having a good run of weather / trips this year is the exception with record temps in the med we are suffering from endless strong winds. When we can get out the fishing has been good with plenty of big Mackeral to start the day then off to the Ray and Tope marks for some real fun on light spinning rods which gets the best sport out of the smaller Tope and challenges the angler on the bigger fish. Drifting inshore has produce some nice Plaice to 3lb along with some good Gurnards and 100s of little Bream. Yesterday’s trip produce several cracking Undulates to 16lb, a few Tope to 12lb and 3 very nice Bass on a mark not usually associated with big bass, Keith had the best .
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22/04/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
22 Apr 2023 by Philip Higgins
A tale of 2 days with the same fishing club, yesterday the weather was unkind with winds from the easterly direction causing the boat to dance around the anchor rope in the morning this did produce a few bream, congers and dogfish the going was hard until the wind and tide aligned then the fishing somewhat improved with a few more bream and then Plaice on the drift, today saw flat calm conditions slightly overcast and anglers who drew todays trip made the most of the conditions with the boat perfectly anchored the bream came aboard in big numbers along with plenty of eels and dogfish, lots of double shots and a couple of triple shots made for a hectic day. As the tide turned with all the anglers having had enough bream we went Plaice drifting which to start with was slow and only produced a few small fish so a move was needed which turned our fortunes with plenty of better Plaice being landed and Dan getting a few more double shots. All in all a great couple of days.