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Inaugural trip for Flamer 4 today, first fish landed was a Mackerel closely followed by a Cod then the normal run of quality Pollock and some bonus Ling - as you would expect on a wreck trip with Colin Penny.  Flamer 4 is a lovely boat, at first sight she looks a little like Flamer 3 but once your on board the difference is obvious.  She has bags of space on the sides and across the back she will fish 10/11 anglers in real comfort.  When your on board the space to move around is fantastic making Herve a worthy barer of the Flamer name.

After having 4 trips blown off last year and one trip so far this year I finally managed a days wrecking with Colin on 24th Feb!!! I booked 3 places on an individuals day for myself and two mates. Right up to the night before the weather was looking iffy with South Westerlies forecast. At 7pm the night before Colin confirmed the trip was on. the thre of us travelled to Weymouth(leaving at stupid o'clock) to be greeted by a fairly stiff breeze! The ride out to the wrecks was somewhat lumpy as we headed out to the wrecks. Fishing was somewhat slow to begin with and we tried several wrecks picking up a few fish on each. i was really impressed with the way Colin was getting us back onto the next drift so quickly and we had little time between drifts before we were fishing again. In the afternoon we managed to find a few more fish with Colin getting the best fish at around 14lb. I finished with 7 pollack...biggest just short of double figures..and a solitary cod..which was somewhat of a coincidence as on the way out I had asked Colin if there were any cod on the wrecks at this time of year and he had assured me there were not!! Highlight of the day for me was another crew member rushing out of the cabin looking somewhat green and throwing up all over my mate! Classic...Neil was not a happy chappy...something about not enough lumps!! All in a great trip even though the weather was somewhat unkind. looking forward to a trip on Flamer IV in the future.

great trip in not so great conditions!!

Well that’s it then, Flamer 3 has gone and Flamer 4 has launched. As a relative newcomer to fishing with Colin, I only managed 2 years fishing on Flamer 3 (unlike some of his older regulars who go back to the original Flamer (you know who you are Mick the Dog) but they were two excelent years in which I caught my first Turbot, Brill, Redband Fish, Tope and Smoothhounds. I also caught some personal bests for Cod, Black Bream and Huss, I got hooked on species fishing, discovering how a Poor Cod can make or break a days fishing and enjoyed the good natured banter. In two years Flamer 3 came to feel like a second home so it’s sad to see her go. That said I’m booked on the first trip on Flamer 4 (weather permitting) and have my years fishing sorted, I’m looking forward to enjoying the additional space and comfort on Flamer 4 (not to mention the microwave) and achieving more personal bests in the comming years.

Flamer 3 End of Year Review – Another year fishing on Flamer comes to an end and it’s time to reflect on how the year has gone. Thinking back the year for me was dominated by flatfish, I caught more Plaice, Turbot and Brill in 2010 than I have in any other year of my 30 years fishing. Colin has had a phenomenal year for flatfish with some truly incredible catches. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to share in the numerous catches of Plaice over 6 & 7lb but I had my fair share (and then some) of good fish to 4lb and I never fished the Shambles bank without taking at least one (and often more) Turbot or Brill. 2010 wasn’t all flatfish though, the year started with incredible Pollock sport with fish to 19lb (I managed a best fish of 16.5lb fish), the most I had in one day was 12 all well into double figures. The Conger and Ling fishing was also good (catching Conger on the drift was an unusual experience). During May, June and into July the Cod fishing was exceptional with multiple catches of double figure fish with Cod to 20lb (not on my line sadly) on several trips. The Bream fishing was slow to pick up but once it started there were good fish to be had through to October although I never quite cracked my target 4lb fish – but there is always next year. Low tides saw us fishing on the Kidney Banks when we could where the Blond Ray’s proved very obliging (eventually), whilst the inshore reefs offered good Huss and Conger fishing throughout the year. Colin continued his normal run of species competitions throughout the year and I ended my own species tally on 33 – although I am still due to fish on the New Years Eve species competition (weather permitting) so who knows there is still scope for another one or two yet.

I took my partner on her first ever charterboat trip on the final day of Colin "2 day species" comp in aid of the RNLI. An early codling drifting one of the entrances and a thornback ray later plus a good few wrasse, red gurnard, pout, dogfish and a mackerel put her second on the day. Colin and the rest of the guys may her very welcome. A very good day. Thanks guys.

I took my partner on her first ever charterboat trip on the final day of Colin "2 day species" comp in aid of the RNLI. An early codling drifting one of the entrances and a thornback ray later plus a good few wrasse, red gurnard, pout, dogfish and a mackerel put her second on the day. Colin and the rest of the guys may her very welcome. A very good day. Thanks guys.

We had such a fantastic trip on 27/09. Four of us were lucky enough to book and get places for one of Colins autumn flatty trips . well what a days fishing we had. Stopped raining when we arrived picked up bait at Weymouth tackle shop all sorted by Colin great tackle shop. Colin is there waiting with trolley to load our gear on board , its a high tide. Skipper skillfully fits flamer under the swing bridge and off we go, skipper explains the lack of mackeral about. but we manage to get some, plus skipper and us have ammo bait on board . skipper tells me about plaice not feeding when sea is choppy and not so clear water and takes us to one of his hot spots. For the first drift of the day, for turbot and brill. all of us bait up, skipper takes time out to show some newcomers on board the correct bait presentation . i am just about to lower my line skipper stops me reminds me about bait presentation . and re-baits my hook . with a fillet of sand eel which dodgy caught .. thanks dodgy.. anyway of i go lower it down silence on the boat everybody concentrating on rod and line. then bang like a train down goes my rod , skipper has seen rod bend over. Nice and steady he says next thing he nets and lands my first turbot . Skipper says nice fish there 10 lbs i recon Phil. I still cant believe it . And guess what when skipper checks weight on scales 10lbs it is . that was the first fish of many caught that day . my mate beats me with the best fish of the day 11lbs turbot .. and plenty of fish returned to. Glorious sunshine in afternoon. another fantastic days fishing with top skipper on a magical ( catch on my drift ) flamer 111 trip... If Carlsberg do charter boat fishing it would be on flamer 111 with Colin. To all anglers out there that look in the angling magazines at pictures of people with fish like we caught thinking yeah one day ...... Just give Colin a ring...... Thanks again skipper. Highly recommended.. my

me and a friend recently went on a day trip on flamer 111 what a trip a fantastic days fishing we were really well looked after expert advice some really nice fish landed and lots put back. top skipper thanks colin highly recommended

10 September 2010 – Flamer Friday Fishers 2010 League - Match 5 of 10. At the start of the day the top of the table was finely balanced, any one of three anglers could have ended the day top of the league. With a good breeze blowing we started the day drifting in and around first entrance of Portland Harbour catching Mackerel, Pollock and Wrasse (Ballan, Goldsinny and Cuckoo). From the harbour we fished an inshore mark at anchor where we managed Dogfish, Smoothhound, Red Gurnard and Gobies (Black and Sand). When the tide was right we then headed out to the Shambles Banks to try our luck. With the fishing for Turbot & Brill having been so good lately we all naturally went for Sandeel’s and Weaver’s catching the former but not the later. A few of us did give the Turbot and Brill a go (I managed to miss a good take) but with the wind strengthening Colin decided that safety was paramount and we led the exodus of Weymouth boats off the banks and toward the calm waters in and around Portland. We headed through the Harbour to fish in and around the Wreck of the Hood and a couple of other small wrecks in search of the elusive Red Band Fish. Although we caught Black Bream, Scad, Pollock, Whiting, Pouting, Gobies, Tom Pot Blenny and Wrasse the Red Band Fish did not show and we finished the day back at anchor adding more Red Gurnard and Dogfish plus Butterfly Blenny and a Bass. At the end of the day we caught and released 250 fish of 17 species. Although second and third place in the league changed hands there remain only 4 points between the top three so things remain interesting and competitive as we look forward to Match 6 on 8 October. To date league members have caught a total of 28 different species and two anglers are on 21 species each.