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31/10/2022
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
31 Oct 2022 by Shaun Pedley
2 BRITISH CONGER CLUB GOLD MEDALS CAUGHT IN ONE DAY (97lb 14oz & 86lb) AND WINNERS OF DART FISHING FESTIVAL ! ! !
Fishing aboard OUR JOE - L with a group of anglers, mainly members of the British Conger Club. The main target? Conger Eels!!!
The weather didn’t help for the first couple of days as we were forced into staying inshore to fish the Skerries Bank for Rays although we had a great number of rays the best fish was only a blonde of 21lb. This gave us a great opportunity to stock up on bait for our main event on the Wrecks.
The forecast was looking good until the night before when about 12-15 knot’s of east wind over a small flood tide was looking inevitable for the day. Setting off from the River Dart in the early hour darkness to fish through the night and catch the ebb with the wind instead.
The lads were baiting up and I dropped anchor as Paul Cashmore reminded me that he and Kevin Turner had entered the British Conger Club Interport competition for the day. Now that has been known to curse the days fishing for plenty of conger fishermen in the past as you only have one day a year you can enter this.
After Our Joe - L settled at anchor I was confident the positioning over the wreck was right and the lines were falling away in the tide at a comfortable trajectory. Bait, Location & tide were bang on and I suppose the angers weren’t half bad either so the boat was filled with confidence from the off. First bite was a small conger released at the side followed by Paul Maris smiling and saying “I think you’ll need the net for this one Shaun!”
Me with the brand new net in hand we all saw a fine eel surface after 2 or 3 dives pulling 20lb of drag on Paul's Shimano Talica II speed Reel. It took two of us to lift the net in and with the fish now on the deck we all smiled and said ‘That’s the one we came for!’ and only the second eel of the day.
After a bit of breakfast, a couple of cups of tea and a bit of T-baring smaller eels off for me. Kevin Turner was into another half decent eel that surfaced along way from the boat and dived down again. A shorter run than the eel of Paul’s but this fish was pulling faster for sure. Kevin done well to stop the fish going too deep for a second time and on the second surface we could clearly see this was bigger than Paul’s, who up until now thought he had the biggest of the year for the BCC (British Conger Club). With Kevin’s rolling out of the net onto the deck of Our Joe - L you could see the size difference and was looking close to the magic 100lb!
As the tide eased it was time to up anchor and move to fish for ling and bream on the drift with slightly awkward conditions. We started our drifts on the second wreck and another boat came over to drift to but with the lads all having a bit of a break I thought we should shift inshore to give the tide time to turn for another go at some eels If we could settle at anchor. So far we had a couple of decent eels for the Dart Fishing Festival for Kevin & Paul M and also Kevin and Paul C were half way to a good score for the BCC interport with Kevin’s Eel, weight yet unknown.
Dropping the anchor with a small flood tide against 15knots of wind I said to the Anglers, you’ll get a couple of short windows of fishing before we’ll swing off and I will have to reposition the boat again. During the 3 windows we stayed Paul C managed to hook and surface a half decent eel of 42lb that got released at the side of the boat. Job Done!!!
Results time.
The anticipated weigh in time with plenty of interest in our two fish boxes came. Paul Maris Personal best eel for the year going 86lb and winning ‘Best Fish From Wreck’. Kevin Turners personal best Conger going 96lb 14oz winning ‘Best Fish overall’ ‘Best Conger Eel’ and ‘Best Fish of the Day’ as well as smashing the Best Eel so far in 2022 for the BCC by 25lb! This also confirmed the combined weight for Paul C and Kevin’s interport entry going 138lb 14oz. Happy Days.
Credit goes to the Anglers, they put their faith in me as a Charter Skipper when they book ‘Our Joe - L’ and this group always fish as a team in these competitions. Everyone aboard was happy to be on the boat when these fish were caught which as a skipper makes things a lot easier. Well done to Paul Maris & Kevin Turner on this occasion for hooking a couple of magnificent eels and thanks to Steve Batchelor at Stainless Steve engineering for making up the Conger Net at short notice after my last one broke. With one of his excellent nets aboard, a gaff really is a thing of the past! -
04/2021
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
Apr 2021 by Shaun Pedley
Some of you have already noticed her sat on the mooring. OUR JOE - L is now back in Brixham ready for the summer.
The steam round the other evening was lovely. Boat to myself, feet up and kettle on!
The Summer diary will be updated soon on the website for all trips.
#fishingholiday2021 #PaigntonBoat #fishingholidays #torbay #devon #CharterBoat #FishTorbay2021 #FishTorbay
Trips now available running from Brixham & Paignton harbour. -
12/2020
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
Dec 2020 by Shaun Pedley
Christmas Trips Available from The River Dart.
Mid Channel Wrecking.
See the Dartmouth listing for Our Joe -L for more details. -
28/06/2020
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
28 Jun 2020 by Shaun Pedley
Today I can confirm OUR JOE - L will be back running Fishing Trips from 4th July!!!
Under strict Gov and local guidelines the next lot of free dates are:
July 19th
July 25th
July 26th
August 2nd
August 8th
August 12th
August 13th
August 15th
August 16th
Fishing Holidays UK are now available to book for August & September. Plus I'm possibly running mid week evening trips at anchor for Species Hunts and Conger Eels if we have enough interest.
Looking forward to taking passengers out over the Wrecks, Banks and Reefs again. Just in time for some Bream!
Thank You and see you all soon.
Shaun Pedley -
12/06/2020
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
12 Jun 2020 by Shaun Pedley
COVID-19 UPDADE
Fishing Holidays.
We're still planning on starting the Fishing Holidays up and running from 4th July with reduced numbers aboard and one per room at Parkholm Hotel. All booked 2020 Channel Island Fishing Holidays have been postponed until 2021.
Please see the updated calendar for available dates and holidays with spaces available.
Individual Fishing Trips and Charters
With reduced numbers aboard we are hoping to start running unusual Fishing Trips mid - late June. Charter prices will stay the same but individual prices will have an increase due to the low numbers aloud aboard.
All trips will be following strict social distancing, government and local authority guidelines.
Shaun Pedley
OUR JOE - L Charters and Fishing Holidays -
14/03/2020
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
14 Mar 2020 by Shaun Pedley
The wait is over and we have a break in the forecast!
Mid Channel Wreck Fishing available aboard Our Joe - L.
Tuesday 17th
Wednesday 18th
£65pp, 0700 depart from Kingswear Quay, 10-12 hour trip.
Also
Fishing Trip going ahead all week 23nd - 27th March,
Mid Channel Wrecking (Drifting or anchored) or Inshore (Skerries bank, Rays & reefs) dependent on weather!
B&B also available at Parkholm Hotel
Contact me for more details
Shaun Pedley
07876623053
P.S. And we have a new tea and coffee boiler aboard too! -
02/2020
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
Feb 2020 by Shaun Pedley
DEVON SEA FISHING HOLIDAYS 2020 aboard OUR JOE - L, Shaun Pedley.
Where are you fishing this year?
2020 Devon Sea Fishing Holidays now getting booked up for the summer months out of Paignton, Devon.
6 Nights B&B at Parkholm Hotel, 5 Days Fishing aboard 'Our Joe - L' with skipper Shaun Pedley, Breakfast, Lunch and refreshments aboard.
£515 per person.
We will start this years holidays with one early week again this year arriving March 22nd for 6 nights. All other Holidays are from May - October.
Plus for the first time we are having a SHARK WEEK Fishing Holiday. A week in early October dedicated to Shark Fishing.
Contact us for more information
Bookings
Sandra & Simon Pedley - sandra@ourjoe-l.co.uk
01803 551504
Skipper
Shaun Pedley - shaun@ourjoe-l.co.uk
07876623054
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15/11/2019
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
15 Nov 2019 by Shaun Pedley
Yesterday aboard OUR JOE-L, with a long awaited break in the weather and only a couple of keen anglers, we set off for an inshore wreck. It was enjoyable having all of the boat to fish just 3 rods but the boat needed a run and I fancied a crack at an inshore wreck I know fishes well in the weather that was forecast.
The fishing started pretty quick on the flood tide. Biggest pollock went 13lb 10oz to Paul Cashmore. Biggest bass was estimated at 4.5 - 5lb caught by me and was the first fish on the #Shimano Beastmaster 20/30, my Top Skipper prize from the Torbay Fishing Festival. Both hooked onto a Sidewinder Lures
Come lunchtime we had decent fish caught most drifts and 3 bonus small Bass to add to the fun.
With the tide turned and the wind increasing together, the fishing soon slowed slightly. We’d all had a fantastic morning fishing so I pointed the OUR JOE-L for the river dart and was alongside filleting the pollock by 2:30.
If only everyday was as easy as that >20mile round trip, life of a charter skipper would be so much easier.
Next trip planned for Monday 18th November.
Bookings now being taken for 2020 Fishing Holidays and Charters.
Please see the Booking Diary page of the website for dates.
www.ourjoe-l.co.uk
Shaun Pedley
#PaigntonBoat
#FishDartmouth2019 -
15/11/2019
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
15 Nov 2019 by Shaun Pedley
Winter Fishing from The Dart aboard OUR JOE-L has defiantly started.
Yesterday aboard OUR JOE-L, with a long awaited break in the weather and only a couple of keen anglers, we set off for an inshore wreck. It was enjoyable having all of the boat to fish just 3 rods but the boat needed a run and I fancied a crack at an inshore wreck I know fishes well in the weather that was forecast.
The fishing started pretty quick on the flood tide. Biggest pollock went 13lb 10oz to Paul Cashmore. Biggest bass was estimated at 4.5 - 5lb caught by me and was the first fish on the #Shimano Beastmaster 20/30, my Top Skipper prize from the Torbay Fishing Festival. Both hooked onto a Sidewinder Lures
Come lunchtime we had decent fish caught most drifts and 3 bonus small Bass to add to the fun.
With the tide turned and the wind increasing together, the fishing soon slowed slightly. We’d all had a fantastic morning fishing so I pointed the OUR JOE-L for the river dart and was alongside filleting the pollock by 2:30.
If only everyday was as easy as that >20mile round trip, life of a charter skipper would be so much easier.
Next trip planned for Monday 18th November.
Bookings now being taken for 2020 Fishing Holidays and Charters.
Please see the Booking Diary page of the website for dates.
www.ourjoe-l.co.uk
Shaun Pedley
#PaigntonBoat
#FishDartmouth2019 -
09/2019
Fishing Report by Shaun Pedley
Sep 2019 by Shaun Pedley
Torbay Fishing Festival 2019 sponsored by SHIMANO.
The 51st Torbay Fishing Festival got underway early September. This competition is very well respected around South Devon and is widely regarded as the fishing competition of the year in the South West. With the fishing from the wrecks very difficult all year it was always going to be a different year for those fishing from the boats. The overall winner was won with a truly fish of a lifetime being caught from shore, a Garfish of 2lb 10oz scoring 238%!!! Still I managed to stick to what I knew (Wrecks) when the weather allowed and managed a fairly respectable haul of prizes aboard including 2 Top Prizes;
’Best Fish from Wreck’ going to Paul Cottel for a lovely 5lb 5oz Black Bream winning £350 plus a Shimano Tyrnos16 reel
‘Top Charter Boat Skipper’ Trophy, + Prize, winners plaque and bottle of whiskey, going to me, Shaun Pedley aboard my vessel OUR JOE-L with a winning percentage of 467%.
Other Prizes included ‘Second Best Conger Eel’ + Prize, won by Paul Cashmore with a Conger of 61lb (Also winning British Conger Clubs ‘Fish of the Month’. ’Best ‘Conger Eel by a Visitor’ + Prize, won by Kevin Turner with a Conger of 49lb also qualified for British Conger Club. Red Gill Trophy for ‘Best Fish Caught on Artificial Lure’ won by Allen Curtis winning a very honourable amount of Red Gill lures. ‘Charlotte Louise Trophy’ + Prize won by Kevin Turner. Plus 4 Day prizes for Best Wreck Fish Day 1,7,8 & 9 winning a Shimano Charter Special Reel
All Prizes this year won a Shimano Beastmaster Slim AX Boat Rod in various weights.
A Very memorable Festival for me personally as it is the first time I’ve won the Top Charter Boat Skipper Trophy. Not only do I now have the honour of my name being engraved on the trophy along with a very small number of truly great local skippers** This is also a prize I remember my Farther winning in 2003 and again in 2015 and I now have the pleasure in my name joining his on the trophy. I am only the second Skipper to be added to the trophy since 2010, as it is always won back by the same phew skippers year on year with most winning it 3 or 4 times between them since it started in 2002.
I would like to thank the festival organisers, committee, volunteers, weighers and all entires from locals to visitors as without you all we would not be able for fish and enjoy this wonderful festival.
Looking forward to next year already
Shaun Pedley
Torbay Sea Angling Festival Top Charter Boat Skipper !!!
Our Joe-L
** Top Charter Boat Skipper Trophy winners in order of 1st win
Dave Harrison - Gemini II
Simon Pedley - Our Joe-L
Geoff Taylor - Jubrea
Kevin Tate - Dalora II
Mark Criddle - Silver Seas
David Shimell - Atlantis II
Ross Parham - Spot On
SHAUN PEDLEY - OUR JOE-L
