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  • 07/2018 Fishing Report by Sam Cumming on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)

    Jul 2018 by Sam Cumming

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    What a difference it makes having a summer for a change? Flat calm mornings and just a slight sea breeze in the afternoon have been the conditions of recent weeks and it has led to no cancelled trips at all. Its amazing how much wildlife you see with a sustained period of good weather like this, thresher sharks jumping out of the water, pods of dolphins showing off their best tricks and sunfish splashing around on the surface to name but a few. With the smaller tides we have mostly been fishing long distance from Poole either wreck fishing or multi day trips. Notable fish include Barry Gollop’s 19lb 4oz Pollock which took a mackerel flapper at anchor, the biggest I’ve seen since 2012. We managed 3 John dory’s in a week with the biggest going to Steve Lysaght at 5lb 8oz, interestingly enough the first one we caught and Steve’s fish were 76 miles apart in total, quite some distance covered. Skipper Sam managed to break our own coalfish record for the second time this year fishing on a 100 gram slow jigging rod for Pollock. The fish weighed in at 16lb and gave an epic scrap on the lighter tackle. Closer to home the inshore fishing has been brilliant with plenty of mackerel around for fresh bait. The quality of the tope fishing has been outstanding with fishing averaging about 20lb and up to 45lb. We have some big fish days coming up next week if anyone is interested in getting stuck in. On the bigger tides of this last weekend we had some fun on the bass, although disappointed not to be able to keep a couple for the table we managed plenty of good fish for the sport of it, Kevin Griffiths equalled his PB with a nice 8lb 8oz fish. Using circle and weedless hooks we minimised damage to the fish to zero with all fish swimming off strongly for another year. Looking forward to the plaice fishing picking up next month and some more sessions on the tope, it won’t be long before we are also targeting the porbeagle sharks which are showing in abundance in other parts of the country.
    Sam Cumming
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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Silver Spray II
    Sat 28/06/2025 8 Spaces £40.00pp
    Evening bream trip £40 Black Sea Bream.
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    Tue 01/07/2025 5 Spaces £160.00pp
    Wreck fishing for cod pollock £160 7 anglers max. 5 spaces Cod / Pollock.
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    Fri 04/07/2025 2 Spaces £120.00pp
    big fish day - tope blondes huss congers smoothound etc - £120 7 anglers max. 2 spaces Bull Huss / Conger Eel / Tope / Blonde Ray.
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    Mon 07/07/2025 7 Spaces £120.00pp
    big fish day - tope blondes huss congers smoothound etc - £120 7 anglers max. Bull Huss / Conger Eel / Tope / Blonde Ray.
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    Tue 08/07/2025 5 Spaces £65.00pp
    Mixed inshore fishing £65 plaice rays bream etc
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    Mon 14/07/2025 2 Spaces £120.00pp
    bass fishing with tope over the slack £120 7 anglers max 2 spaces Bass / Tope.
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    Thu 17/07/2025 5 Spaces £120.00pp
    Bass fishing £120 5 spaces 7 anglers max. Bass.
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    Tue 22/07/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £160.00pp
    Thresher shark trip - £160 5 anglers max. Rods tackle and bait supplied 1 space Porbeagle / Thresher Shark.
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    Wed 23/07/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £160.00pp
    Thresher shark trip - £160 5 anglers max. Rods tackle and bait supplied 3 spaces Porbeagle / Thresher Shark.
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    Thu 24/07/2025 5 Spaces 12 Hours £160.00pp
    Thresher shark trip - £160 5 anglers max. Rods tackle and bait supplied Porbeagle / Thresher Shark.
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