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16/07/2015
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
16 Jul 2015 by Sam Cumming
Report on-board Silver Spray II
In a mixed month weather wise the inshore fishing off Poole has been held up by the absence of mackerel, a key bait fish when we are targeting bass, rays and tope. Up until about a week ago it wasn’t even worth trying for them as we found ourselves spending 3 hours feathering for just a few baits. Thankfully on the back end of the last spring tide they finally arrived in numbers which made our days somewhat easier. We have seen the first of the silver ones on our reef marks on floats and free line gear, Ian Webb produced a fine bass of 8lb 12oz on a free line jumbo mackerel which is the biggest of the year so far. Out on the offshore banks the tope are around in abundance, frozen mackerel has been good enough to get them on the feed whilst we have been struggling for the fresh stuff.
Cherbourg kicked off last month in brilliant fashion with 2 trips back to back without any wind and some of the best fishing I’ve seen those grounds produce. Huge numbers of cod and pollock on a wide spread number of wrecks, the bigger fish like Gareth Awbury’s 22lber coming on rough ground. With bait fish easy to catch just outside Cherbourg harbour we have seen a more positive start to the bass fishing over there with several fish coming to the net when we have tried. Highlight of July so far has to be Duncan Fleming’s 8lb 12oz john dory caught on a blue sidewinder whilst cod fishing. Taken on the last drift of the day it was a reminder of what I love best about this job; that you just never know what might appear!
Sam Cumming
Silver Spray II
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 09/05/2025 2 Spaces £40.00pp Purbecks trip Bream tope mackerel etc £100 7 anglers max. 0730 -1600 1 space evening bream trip £40 2 spaces 1630-2100 Black Sea Bream.View details Sat 10/05/2025 1 Space £100.00pp Inshore bream probably some drift fishing too £100 1 space 7 anglers max. Black Sea Bream.View details Wed 14/05/2025 6 Spaces £120.00pp Bass and bream fishing £120 7 anglers max. Bass / Black Sea Bream.View details Thu 15/05/2025 3 Spaces £100.00pp Bream on anchor and pollack bass bass jumbo mackerel on jigs 7 anglers max. £100 3 spaces Black Sea Bream.View details Fri 16/05/2025 4 Spaces £40.00pp evening bream trip £40 4 spaces Black Sea Bream.View details Thu 22/05/2025 2 Spaces £100.00pp bream fishing with tope over slack - £100 7 anglers max. 2 spaces Black Sea Bream / Tope.View details Fri 23/05/2025 3 Spaces £40.00pp evening bream trip £40 3 spaces Black Sea Bream.View details Tue 27/05/2025 3 Spaces £65.00pp Inshore fishing range of species £65 3 spaces Black Sea Bream / Plaice / Undulate Ray.View details Wed 28/05/2025 5 Spaces £100.00pp Bream on anchor and pollack bass bass jumbo mackerel on jigs 7 anglers max. £100 5 spaces Bass / Black Sea Bream / Pollock.View details Thu 29/05/2025 1 Space £100.00pp Bream on anchor and pollack bass bass jumbo mackerel on jigs 7 anglers max. £100 1 spaces Bass / Black Sea Bream / Pollock.View details
