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01/04/2016
Fishing Report by stuart cross
1 Apr 2016 by stuart cross
Fishing report by Stuart Cross on Valkerie
Me my Dad and my son Andrew [aka mini me] had a good bash at some Pollock on Friday with Zac. He had a very sore throat, so Dave the crewman had to sing for him as the wreck came up. Its only Andrews second time wrecking so I showed him once more how to drop retrieve and drop again. Second wind up one 12lb Pollock to Andrew followed by a massive grin. When the score sheet read Bri 4 Andrew 4 me 0 I was getting twitchy. ‘Can I have a go with your rod?’ Andrew asked. Now they were on identical reels and I stupidly opted for the faster retrieve reel due to the low neap tide. ‘He’s got 4’ I thought ‘this will let me catch up’. Stupid me - 2 doubles on two drifts to Andrew and I’m still fishless. Zac is now grinning just as much as Andrew and Bri - its not going well. Andrew then topped it off with telling me [so that everyone could hear] that ‘I could reel in the next one he caught’ which by the way was a bass [returned] the only one of the day.
The fish were high on slack 30 -40 turns coming right down to the bottom as the tide was in mid flow. Scores Bri 7, Andrew 7 plus the bass including 4 doubles. I came third, stop laughing Glen it’s not funny. All in all it was a great day with a nice bunch of chaps, I’m now taking up knitting- until next time! -
16/06/2013
Fishing Report by Steve L
16 Jun 2013 by Steve L
Many thanks to Glen & his Son for a cracking days wreck fishing Weather was a little choppy to start with but thanks to the great training from his dad Zack had us bang on target , With all of us making great catches of bass, Pollock, & odd pouting,
This was only my second trip out & I thoughly enjoyed every minute of my day & am looking forward to my next trip. rest assured we all will be visiting Glen & the boys again, Many thanks . Steve -
16/06/2013
Fishing Report by Peter Stotesbury
16 Jun 2013 by Peter Stotesbury
Great day on Valkyrie7 with Glen on the wheel. At the first wreck a steady catch rate of Pollack falling to brighter coloured sidewinders and shads. The last of the ebb tide we tried hard for a cod or two but just came up with Pollack 6lb to 10lb. Having had some practice even the less able where catching. Glen then moved us to a small wreck again looking for cod but this wreck was also full of Pollack. With a few fish pushing 12lb it was time to move on again looking for cod. We hoped to find some Mackerel for bait but these were absent the fish were coughing up a mixture of Spratt, Herring and cuttlefish. Conditions became brighter and the lure colours with yellow and orange worked best. Glen tried a third wreck this finally produce 3 cod two too hopping with twin tails and 1 to feathers. There was a bonus bass and a ling. The fish were feeding high in the water up to 60 turns up which was good as with slow retrieve and a bit of care some went back for another day.
We ended up with about 20 fish per rod with 12 fishing. I switched to using 8" lures trying to find a bigger fish and was rewarded with one of 14lb, the best until a 15lb fish surfaced.
Even the weather behaved for a change with the forecast doing as it said the wind decreasing all day.
Valkyrie 7 had plenty of room for 12 and is very dry and stable even at 18knotts. There was a swell and steady chop on the sea but unlike most cats does not lift up in bows but remains level cutting through rather than over the sea. The tea making is good with constant hot water from the water boiler. Highly recommened for a great day out!
Pete -
04/2013
Fishing Report by Glen Cairns
Apr 2013 by Glen Cairns
Sunday 21st April - Hayling - Valkyrie 6 (Zac Cairns)
The first wrecking trip for the club this year. The first trip with Zac at the helm.
At seven o'clock with ten members aboard and we headed out to the banks to try for a few mackerel.
The north side of the bank produced a few mackerel for bait, as did the south side but we only ended up with a dozen or so.
The next stop was a small wreck well inside french waters where we were soon into good sized pollack on sidewinders and storms of various colours.
After a few drifts that just produced pollack and the occasional pout the activity seemed to stir the ling into action as well so we tried using baits. The ling proved to be unfussy, as besides artificials, they took fresh and frozen mackerel as well as cuttle and squid.
Not wanting to take too much from one wreck we then went off to a larger one a few miles away where we had more pollack and ling and lost a lot of lures bravely trying for cod (unsuccessfully).
The fourth stop was just a couple of drifts over another wreck which also had pollack and ling and then we headed back toward Hayling.
Some of us opted to just gut their fish on the way in, others also removed their heads as well, and some actually filleted theirs.
A great trip. Well done Zac!. A flat sea, little wind, a bit of sun and everybody had ling (up to 22lb) and most had pollack (up to 15lb) to take home.
Biggest fish was a Nigel Cross's ling of 22lb and Roy Hebburn and Mick Doody shared the honours for most species with 4 each.
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08/12/2012
Fishing Report by RICHARD SAXBY
8 Dec 2012 by RICHARD SAXBY
Sorry for late report.
fished on Valkyrie on 8-12-12.
lots of whiting, pout, doggies, thornbacks, spotted rays, poorcod and a lunker cod of 31lb 8oz to Paul.
another great trip in perfect winter conditions.
cheers Glen.
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23/11/2011
Fishing Report by Glen Cairns
23 Nov 2011 by Glen Cairns
From the 1st December VALKYRIE will be operating from Northney Marina for the next 4 months were anglers can enjoy all the marina facilities including FREE parking. Northney Marina is easy to find just take the first left after Langstone bridge. Theres plenty of fish about at the moment Cod & Whiting being the main target but still lots of other species being caught Rays, Bass, plus.
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12/11/2011
Fishing Report by RICHARD SAXBY
12 Nov 2011 by RICHARD SAXBY
We had a trip out with Glen targeting rays and bass in a lucky break in the winds yesterday.
the first session at the bass was unproductive with just a single whiting landed and a few bass either dropped or missed. as the tide died we put the anchor down to target some blondes. we managed 6 in 1.5 hours upto 26lb along with some huss to low double figures and conger to 20lb and the ever present doggies.
as the tide picked up we went back on the drift and after a few moves we found some feeding bass and ended up with around 20 with a best of 11lb 11oz we also dropped a few decent ones with the average size of the fish landed at over 5lb. A great day on a top boat with a hard working skipper in decent winter weather. -
12/11/2011
Fishing Report by RICHARD SAXBY
12 Nov 2011 by RICHARD SAXBY
Fished on Valkyrie with a group of regulars from Oxfordshire on a bass trip. after a spell at anchor catching blonde rays upto 26lb, huss to 10lb, conger to 20lb and a few dogs we were on the drift for the bass. after a bit of searching we found some fish with most being over 5lb. we had to move a few times to keep on the fish but Glen worked hard to track them down and we did our best to hook them. the biggest of the day went 11lb 11oz and we had several around 9lb with a few good fish lost as well.
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10/2011
Fishing Report by Glen Cairns
Oct 2011 by Glen Cairns
Wednesday 19th ,we took the 6 Bells fishing Club out for a spot of Cod fishing,after a couple of lost battles with big fish Andy the landlord of the 6 Bells landed this fine Cod of 19lb 8 oz. the Cod fishing is going very well at the moment with some good fish around the 20lb mark being landed most day's.
the Channel Whiting are turning up on the deeper marks so hopefully for the next few mounths we can look forward to some good winter fishing,
On another trip on the 16th Oct organized by Darren, one angler had all the Cod to himself landing three one after the other, leaveing all the other guys battleing with Congers, welldone Lennie. -
17/10/2011
Fishing Report by Glen Cairns
17 Oct 2011 by Glen Cairns
The winter fishing has kicked into gear with some nice Cod now being caught around the Nab Tower, the plaice fishing is still steady with alot of smaller fish around at the moment but amongst them are a few nice fish to 4 / 5lb mark.
On the spring tides the Bass are feeding well on lures,theres some great fun to be had on spinning rods, lots of small fish around that need to be returned, but still some very nice fish amongst them, we will be targeting the Bass until the end of November only on the spring tides then mainly Cod & Whiting for the next 2 mounths.
