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02/2013
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Feb 2013 by Colin Penny
WRECKING for POLLACK - during February and March is the time to fish for Big Pollack and recent wreecking trips have proved this with plenty of double figure Pollack being caught.Quite a few anglers have broken their personal bests.The Pollack have been caught on a variety of lures rhubarb and custard sidewinders,also white and blue ones,Jelly worms,and of course the good old red gill still does the business.Robin Amor landed several Pollack using a jelly worm tipped with a ragworm "Never seen that done before"but it worked.Pictured is Flamer IV regular Phil Harrison with the 16Ib Pollack he landed which was his Personal Best. Phil's successful lure was a pink redgill.
Forthcoming WRECK TRIPS for Pollack with places available -
March 1st,17th,19th,20th,30th, (must have own tackle)
DON'T MISS OUT - BOOK YOUR PLACE/S NOW -
02/2013
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Feb 2013 by Colin Penny
WRECKING TRIP - My first wrecking trip of 2013 had two shifts,in the morning a steady stream of Pollack were caught on a variety of lures with Phil Harrison landing the biggest weighing 12Ib 8oz(Pictured).But the afternoon shift forgot to turn up with only the occassional Pollack being caught after change in tide direction.The wonders of fishing I guess.
NOW is the time to catch a big Pollack and Ling should start to show soon. - SO DON'T MISS OUT.
FORTHCOMING WRECKING TRIPS with places available February 15th,17th,22nd,24th,28th,March 1st,2nd, -
01/2013
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Jan 2013 by Colin Penny
FLAMER IV NEWS - Flamer IV Fish of the Year for 2012 was awarded to Tim Norman for his 19Ib 5oz Pollack pictured. Joint Runners up were David Clowes and John Patten who both caught Plaice Weighing 7Ib 8oz.
INDIVIDUALS - I do lots of trips for individuals.
And of course Boat Bookings are available as well.
DON'T MISS OUT BOOK YOUR PLACE/S - TRIPS FOR 2013 - NOW.
Places Available - February 9th,15th,16th,17th,24th,28th - Wrecking Trips for Pollack etc,
Places Available on February 23rd,25th, - Flatty Trips for Turbot and Plaice,
Places Available - February 27th - Reef/Bank/Flatty Trip. -
12/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Dec 2012 by Colin Penny
ANDY GETS PB - Andy Collings landed two Undulate Rays a male and a female weighing 13Ib 8oz and 11Ib respectfully.The 13Ib 8oz Undulate ray (pictured) was a Personal best for Andy.Both Rays were returned alive.
On the same trip lots of Whiting were caught along with Blonde and Thornback rays,Congers,Smooth Hounds etc.
BOOK YOUR TRIPS/PLACES FOR 2013 - DON'T MISS OUT -
12/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Dec 2012 by Colin Penny
WINTER REEF/BANK FISHING - Whiting,Cod,Rays,Conger,Bull Huss,Smooth Hounds etc are the main species caught on Winter Reef/Bank trips but never rule out a late Turbot and Brill.
On a recent Reef/Bank trip Stephan Attwood from Grateley landed his Personal Best Blonde Ray weighing 17Ib 2oz ( pictured).Stephan was using 20Ib class tackle and the successful bait was Ammo squid and mackerel mounted on a pennel rig.Stephan returned the Dorset Blonde alive.Stephan also caught lots of Whiting on a three hook patanoster rig with strips of squid and/or mackerel being the best bait.
DON'T MISS OUT - BOOK YOUR PLACE/S NOW.
ALSO DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR TRIPS FOR 2013. -
23/11/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
23 Nov 2012 by Colin Penny
Dave Metcalf and his mates from Sussex made the most of a small weather window and had a nice days fishing on the Adamant Bank.In total10 different species were caught which were Cod,Whiting,Thorback and Blonde rays,Smooth hounds,Tope,Congers,Pout,Dogfish and Poor Cod.Several Congers up to 25Ib were caught and released.John Hole landed the biggest Ray with a 14Ib Blonde Ray which was also returned alive.Steve Metcalf landed a 16Ib Cod on Squid and Mackerel cocktail bait.Steve Wells also landed a fine Cod which weighed in at 19Ib.The successful bait being three whole calamari squid mounted on a pennel rig.Steve is pictured with his 19 pounder.There was plenty of Whiting caught as well which was nice to see.The group caught their fish using down tide and up tide fishing methods.
The Reef and Bank fishing is and can be very intersting -SO DON'T MISS OUT.
The Next Reef/Bank Trips with place/s available are on December 1st,2nd,7th,8th. -
18/11/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
18 Nov 2012 by Colin Penny
NOVEMBER 2102 - Bill Oliver age 59 from Somerset joined Flamer IV on an offshore wrecking trip and landed plenty of Pollack weighing up to 9Ib 12oz using sidewinder lures.But Bill also had great success catching Pollack on a dexter wedge which was being used to try and catch Bass.Bill is pictured with his 9Ib 12oz Pollack.Simon Ringrose from Oxford also caught several Pollack up to 9Ib 8oz but Simons best catch of the day was a Lobster which took a fancy to his rhubarb and custard sidewinder.During the slack water period two anglers tried mackerel baits with Phil Harrison catching a nice size Ling and Graham Gardner lost a monster.
The next Offshore Wrecking trip with places available is on November 29th. -
11/11/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
11 Nov 2012 by Colin Penny
NOVEMBER 2012 - The Flamer IV annual Ballan Wrasse competition produced a variety of colourful Ballan's in many sizes.The Wrasse were taken on crab,ragworm and prawn baits.A few Personal Bests were set and broken during the day with fish of 4 and 5Ib plus.Terry Hickman who had never fished for Ballan Wrasse before did perticularly well and won the Competition with a Ballan weighing in at 5Ib 14oz.Jon Trevett was Runner Up with his PB Ballan weighing 5Ib.In Third place was David Colclough with his pb Ballan weighing 4Ib 12oz. Pictured is Competition Winner Terry Hickman with his now Personal Best Ballan weighing 5Ib 14oz. Next years Ballan Wrasse competition date is November 10th.
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Oct 2012 by Colin Penny
OCTOBER 2012 - The Reef/Bank fishing has been good recently and I expect it to continue into November for species like Whiting,Cod,Bream,Rays,Turbot,Brill,Bull Huss,Congers,Bass,Pollack etc.SO DON'T MISS OUT - BOOK YOUR PLACE/S.Pictured is Bill Oliver age 59 from Somerset with the 17Ib 8oz Undulate Ray he caught which is also a Personal Best for Bill.Bill returned the female ray alive.
I AM NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2013 which includes plenty of dates for individuals. -
10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
Oct 2012 by Colin Penny
OCTOBER 2012 - Roger Smith age 64 from Gosport landed his Personal Best Plaice weighing 6Ib(pictured).Roger was part of the Flamer IV team that fished against Supanova in a Flatty Compoetition.In fact Roger had the top inividual score with 186 points.Roger caught several Plaice on 10Ib class tackle with the successful bait being ragworm,prawn and squid strip.The Flamer IV team avearge score was 90.1 compared to the Supanova team with 86.5.This Flatty Competition has been arranged for 2013 and takes place on April 22nd.
