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  • 09/2017 Fishing Report by Sam Cumming on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)

    Sep 2017 by Sam Cumming

    Report on-board Silver Spray II

    The Headline trip for the last month only just squeezed into this report as it happened just two days ago. Our planned trip to target ling and black bream was met with perfect conditions for a change. With so many of the small neap tides getting blown off by high winds this year I have to admit I was sceptical at times leading up to it. Happy to be proved wrong on this occasion we headed over the horizon and after a cup tea and a few drifts the tide was right to chuck the anchor in and get down to the serious stuff. First up were the ling taking mackerel flappers and heavy hok-eye rigs baited with squid. A frantic hour saw plenty of ling mixed in with congers come to the boat until the tide started to cut away and they went off the feed, as was expected. After our success with the big gear people were reluctant to switch over to the lighter stuff, Mickey Claire from coventry landing our first bream of the day at 5lb 12oz soon speeded up the transition however. Bob Summers followed that up with a cracking PB of 5lb before a few more congers and even a couple of cod on the lighter gear. We saved the best for last though as Mickey Claire made it quite an incredible brace when he wrestled another black bream to the boat just before slack. This time around it weighed in at 6lb 8oz, just shy of the british record and certainly a new boat record for us at Silver Spray. Talk about a red letter day, what a monster fish, well done Mickey that’s going to be a tough one to beat. The bass fishing of late definitely deserves a mention. The usual lures and live baits working well, it's been nice to see so many fish coming up around the slack water on cut baits. Kev Lee topping the charts this month with a fine fish of 9lb 8oz on mackerel strip. Further inshore the plaice fishing in Poole Bay has been brilliant, not just the numbers of fish showing up but also some real whoppers. Frazer Jones landed one of 4lb 8oz after over 2 years without a fishing trip to his name. And to round off a brilliant months fishing we managed to land a porbeagle shark on our first try of the year. Caught by Casey Alcock on his birthday the fish took one and a half hours to bring to the boat and was estimated to be 150-180lb, a truly magnificent creature. We are coming up to our last trip over to Alderney this year, looking forward to next year the dates are starting to fill up already so get in touch if you are interested in a list of dates.

    Sam Cumming
    Silver Spray
    info@silverspraycharters.com
    07787 375386

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
    Fri 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.
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    Sat 10/05/2025 1 Space £100.00pp
    Inshore bream probably some drift fishing too £100 1 space 7 anglers max. Black Sea Bream.
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    Wed 14/05/2025 6 Spaces £120.00pp
    Bass and bream fishing £120 7 anglers max. Bass / Black Sea Bream.
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    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.
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    Fri 16/05/2025 4 Spaces £40.00pp
    evening bream trip £40 4 spaces Black Sea Bream.
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    Thu 22/05/2025 2 Spaces £100.00pp
    bream fishing with tope over slack - £100 7 anglers max. 2 spaces Black Sea Bream / Tope.
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    Fri 23/05/2025 3 Spaces £40.00pp
    evening bream trip £40 3 spaces Black Sea Bream.
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    Tue 27/05/2025 3 Spaces £65.00pp
    Inshore fishing range of species £65 3 spaces Black Sea Bream / Plaice / Undulate Ray.
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    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.
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    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.
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