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20/01/2016
Fishing Report by Ian Dale
on Kelley's Hero Charters (Gosport, Hampshire)
20 Jan 2016 by Ian Dale
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Well that was a shock to the system, no not the freezing cold weather, the fact that Kelley’s Hero made it to sea two days in a row. And what a lovely two days of weather we had despite having to deice the boat in the mornings, with this view and the fish it was worth
Tuesday saw us leaving the marina with The Southsea Marina Disabled Angling Club, ready for there day cod fishing. They had been trying to get out for over a month but due to the weather it kept getting cancelled. It started off a bit chilly, with a bit of a swell. But we soon forgot about all that once the first cod came aboard. It was around 7lb. Throughout the day we had plenty of nice sized whiting, pout and 2 more cod upto 9lb. All in all we all had a great day and a good laugh. We can’t wait to get the club back aboard Kelley’s Hero in the future.
On Wednesday, the weather had calmed down to not much wind and a little bit of a chill. Kelley’s Hero headed out for the first wrecking trip of the season. We had 6 good anglers on board all eager to see what the day had in store for us. There wasn’t tonnes of pollack, but just enough to keep us busy and warm. The biggest fish of the day was caught by Matt, and weighed 12lb. John got a nice surprise when he reeled in a nice Tub gurnard, there many caught throughout the day, but his was the biggest. Now, what is the last thing you expect to see in January in the freezing cold?! Well we caught a Mackerel, just one though, yes we were all shocked too. My overall thought on our first wrecking trip of the season, is that if we leave it a few weeks yet the fishing will come on a bit more, but it was nice see a few pollack starting to show already.
If you would like to book a day aboard Kelley’s Hero, whether it is inshore or offshore please feel free to contact me.
Tight Lines
Ian ��
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19/01/2016
Fishing Report by Graeme Galloway
on Amatheia (Gosport, Hampshire)
19 Jan 2016 by Graeme Galloway
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Today was hard work for the lads on the boat with a choppy sea and a bitterly cold ENE wind, but with a resolute determination the rewards of fish being boated was only a matter of time, 4 cod between 4-7lbs, a couple of nice rays, small congers, plenty of doggies and some nice whiting of which one went over 3lbs.
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01/2016
Fishing Report by Ian Dale
on Kelley's Hero Charters (Gosport, Hampshire)
Jan 2016 by Ian Dale
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So first of all i would like to say Happy New Year to you all and i would like to apologise for the lack of posts and updates throughout 2015.
Here’s what happened on Kelley’s Hero II during 2015……….
To start the year we had a very busy wrecking season with some very nice Pollock to 19lb, cod to 21lb, and bass to 10lb. It was one of the best wrecking seasons for cod that we have had for a good few years now, with over a hundred cod being caught on most days and only a few taken for the table. This did mean that it wasn’t as easy to get to the Pollock however i don’t think anyone grumbled due to the amount of cod coming aboard. Lets hope 2016’s wrecking season is as productive.
Once we reached August and the wrecking started to slow down a bit, we were looking for more of a variety on our day trips. What we started with was inshore fishing for Plaice with a little bit of drifting for bass when the tide allowed. These trips proved very popular with the biggest plaice coming aboard weighing over 3lb, and a lot of them, as well as many bass between 3lb and 9lb. We did have a nice surprise run of Brill also with the biggest weighing 6lb. There may have only been one of these trips cancelled due to the run of nice weather we managed to get in August.
In September, we decided to try something new for Kelley’s Hero and head out Sole fishing in the evenings. The first trip we managed to boat 7 Sole, and 11 red mullet. This wasn’t bad for a first trip with the red mullet being a personal best to every angler and also the boat record. Don’t worry though, if you are interested in catching either of these, we will be doing this trips again this year.
The we started with our winter cod season, with our first trip heading out on 9th October. We had 3 cod on this trip which was nice to see, we also landed rays, gurnard and the biggest mackerel of the year which was also a new club record. Over the rest of the month we had an average of 4 cod per trip, weighing between 2lb and 15lb. The whiting that were caught were all a very nice size, unlike the year before.
November saw us cancelling almost every trip and we only managed to get out 5 times, but due to the weather on a few of these we were forced to fish The Solent. The Solent produced some nice healthy cod and a steady flow of whiting along with the normal species of rays, conger and dogfish.
Unfortunately December was even worse than November meaning that we only got 2 day trips and 1 evening trip in. All three trips produced 2-3 cod per trip along with some nice small eyed rays, undulate rays and some chunky congers.
One last thing before I go……
The new Bass law: For those of you who are not aware, for the first 6 months of 2016 there is a 100% catch and release for all recreational bass fisherman. And in the second half of the year there is a 1 fish bag limit per angler. We do hope this won’t affect our customers and that you will still be interested in coming fishing on Kelley’s Hero, especially after the success of the last years plaice/bass trips. Lets turn this situation into a positive and lets add more variety to our trips. Please feel free to get in touch if you would like any more information.
Until then….
Tight Lines..
Ian Dale View Boats Page
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06/01/2016
Fishing Report by Graeme Galloway
on Amatheia (Gosport, Hampshire)
6 Jan 2016 by Graeme Galloway
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A lull in the weather, a quick call to some of my regulars and the trip is on, such a pleasure to be back out on the boat and what great day awaited us, heading out east from Portsmouth harbour to a spot close to the Nab Tower, we found ourselves into the fish moments after dropping the anchor. With conger eels making a show first followed by a couple of nice cod of 8lb and 10lb, more eels and the first of a dozen spurdog of which half of them going double figures with the best at 18lbs, in amongst the spurdog came a double figures undulate ray, a couple of small whiting, until Colin landed a beauty of 3lb 5oz, a thornback ray and spotted ray were also boated along with plenty of doggies and more conger eels and then to finish of an already good day Mick boated a cracking cod of 28lbs, all spurdog were female and returned alive
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26/11/2015
Fishing Report by Graeme Galloway
on Amatheia (Gosport, Hampshire)
26 Nov 2015 by Graeme Galloway
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Thursday 26th November the fishing continues to be excellent as again we find another 8 cod with some good doubles coming to the net with one excellent 27 pounder for Mick, with plenty of conger eels, undulate ray's, thornback ray's with doggies and good sized pout keeping the action going.
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23/11/2015
Fishing Report by Graeme Galloway
on Amatheia (Gosport, Hampshire)
23 Nov 2015 by Graeme Galloway
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Monday 23rd November a mixed bag of 10 cod between 5 and 12 pounds, backed up by spotted ray's, thornback ray's, conger eels, spurdog and the usual doggies and pout.
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22/11/2015
Fishing Report by Steve Eastman
on Kittiwake 111 (Gosport, Hampshire)
22 Nov 2015 by Steve Eastman
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First trip out for a while this month due to the winds but a lot calmer at sea today.
Dockyard angling club done it again with a nice turbot caught by Mark Restell weighing in at 11lbs.
We also had catches of 3 cod and 6 conger eels plus whiting ,dog, pout, smoothounds and rays.
A good days fishing and all went home happy. View Boats Page
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08/11/2015
Fishing Report by Les Jones
on White Maiden II (Lymington, Hampshire)
8 Nov 2015 by Les Jones
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Lymington SAC sponsored by Lonis Angling Center on Sunday was fished by 66 entrants all hoping to get their hands on the £400 first prize for the single biggest Cod. We were restricted to the Solent due to Strong Winds from the South South West. The sea was comfortable throughout. Some boats found up to nine Cod. The England Boat team members fishing with me on White Maiden included Ray Baron, Matt Osborne, Martin Ash Currier and Current World Boat Champion Gary Galbraith. Note his world champ story can be found at http://www.anglingtrust.net/news.asp?section=926&itemid=2747. Gary was up-tiding and kicked off in form latching into a near double figure Cod early on. I thought we were in for a lot of fish. How wrong was I.... as the Cod stopped there for us. Gary weighed in third biggest for third place. Meanwhile Skipper Jeff Semple on 'Lazy Daze', fishing just to the East of us, cleaned up with a last minute 12lb Cod, added to one of Tim's Cod for a 19.5lb combined weight to take the pairs. Also Whacjker had 4th and Tim 5th biggest Cod. So between the two charter boats we had 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th biggest Cod caught on the day! Skipper John Skeggs on 'Last Laugh', just to the South of us, also did fantastically well again, for the best total boat weight of Cod caught on the day. Not sure that will happen again, as the dinghy boys will get their own back next year. Lee Price on his part share 20' boat/dinghy did very well and secured second place with his best Cod of a nine Cod and four Bass haul. Great competition again Lymington SAC with some good prizes put up by main Sponsor Lonis Angling Center's Garry Mann.
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16/10/2015
Fishing Report by Les Jones
on White Maiden II (Lymington, Hampshire)
16 Oct 2015 by Les Jones
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Lots of Cod, some good Bass and Undulates too. Here's a picture. Just noted that I have not reported on this for ages but to keep up to speed with what I am putting the guys and gals over please see my reports on sea-fishing.net.
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09/2015
Fishing Report by Rob Hickin
on Sea-Juicer (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
Sep 2015 by Rob Hickin
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The winter cod fishing has kicked into gear really early with some good catches of cod coming aboard from marks in the Solent on the smaller tides most fish are around the 4-7lb mark. & taking the usual squid /lug cocktail. but the odd nice Cod of up to 16lb turning up so very steady fishing Also nice to see a few reasonable whiting over the slack water period on baited feathers.
On bigger tides the new grounds are again the favorite for general fishing area with some good size bass up 10lb coming up along with a good selection of rays. But a few less cod but that should improve over the next few months .
Best day so far 17 cod for micks pub group with the biggest one 10lb View Boats Page
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