Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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25/05/2020
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
25 May 2020 by Philip Higgins
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Hi
What some fantastic weather we have had during lockdown, I have seen so many people with ‘tans’ that previously would only have been gained abroad. I hope you are all well and nearing completion of all those jobs around the home you have never had time to do before. At last I have been able to return to sea 1st with the wife and the fishing was brilliant and in true form the wife caught more than me, last week I tried a trip with 1 person to see how to keep to the guidelines and it worked perfectly and on the back of this as from 1st June I am now operating 1 person trips which have had a tremendous response from my regulars and June has been snapped up. Hopefully we can increase the numbers and having worked out social distancing requirements and practicality I will be once allowed taking a maximum of 5 anglers who all know each other or families. If you would like a day out alone, with friends or family please call.
Stay safe
Phil
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View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 19/06/2024 5 Spaces £70.00pp Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Tope / Undulate Ray.View details Thu 20/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Tue 25/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General gentlemen's day out fishing Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Smooth-hound (Common) / Tub Gurnard.View details Wed 26/06/2024 6 Spaces 6 Hours £85.00pp Bass fishing in the tide then Plaice drifting as the tide eases Bass / Plaice.View details Mon 15/07/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Tue 16/07/2024 7 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Black Sea Bream / Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Wed 17/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General inshore fishingView details Sat 20/07/2024 2 Spaces £70.00pp View details Tue 23/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Wed 24/07/2024 8 Spaces £70.00pp View details -
21/03/2020
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
21 Mar 2020 by Philip Higgins
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Hi
Although the fishing in Poole is good with plenty of Plaice inshore and some cracking Pollack on the wrecks along with the expected arrival in numbers of the bream due to uncertain times ahead I am not advertising anymore trips until things settle. The most important thing we can all do is follow guidelines even though our instincts say different and stay safe, once this is over I look forward to seeing you again and catching fish. Please keep in touch.
Stay safe
Philip Higgins View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 19/06/2024 5 Spaces £70.00pp Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Tope / Undulate Ray.View details Thu 20/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Tue 25/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General gentlemen's day out fishing Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Smooth-hound (Common) / Tub Gurnard.View details Wed 26/06/2024 6 Spaces 6 Hours £85.00pp Bass fishing in the tide then Plaice drifting as the tide eases Bass / Plaice.View details Mon 15/07/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Tue 16/07/2024 7 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Black Sea Bream / Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Wed 17/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General inshore fishingView details Sat 20/07/2024 2 Spaces £70.00pp View details Tue 23/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Wed 24/07/2024 8 Spaces £70.00pp View details -
18/03/2020
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
18 Mar 2020 by Philip Higgins
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Hi Ladies / Gents
During these challenging times and provided the government allows it I am continuing to operate and will be reducing my singles trips to a maximum of 6 people. I hope you all stay safe and virus free and look forward to taking you fishing soon.
All the best
Phil View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Mistress Linda
View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 19/06/2024 5 Spaces £70.00pp Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Tope / Undulate Ray.View details Thu 20/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Tue 25/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General gentlemen's day out fishing Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Smooth-hound (Common) / Tub Gurnard.View details Wed 26/06/2024 6 Spaces 6 Hours £85.00pp Bass fishing in the tide then Plaice drifting as the tide eases Bass / Plaice.View details Mon 15/07/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Tue 16/07/2024 7 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Black Sea Bream / Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Wed 17/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General inshore fishingView details Sat 20/07/2024 2 Spaces £70.00pp View details Tue 23/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Wed 24/07/2024 8 Spaces £70.00pp View details -
17/03/2020
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
17 Mar 2020 by Colin Penny
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Managed another trip on the Reefs and Banks which produced Blonde and Undulate Rays,Turbot,Bull Huss, Congers, Dogfish and Pouts. Phil Harrison landed his first ever Undulate Ray weighing 13Ib (pictured).
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03/2020
Fishing Report by Michael Webber Griffiths
on Teddie Boy Charters (Minehead, Somerset)
Mar 2020 by Michael Webber Griffiths
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Over the past few days the wind has eventually allowed us to get out fishing, we have been targeting the following species on these trips (Blonde Rays, Thornback Rays, Spotted Rays, Small Eyed Rays, Cod, Congers, Whiting, Smoothound, Spurdog, Bull Huss). The Rays we have been catching have been well into double figures infact some blondes around 20lb. Bull Huss have been to 15lb these provide excellent sport for anglers of all abilities. Cod have been making regular appearances on trips and can be targeted using worm and squid baits. The methods that have been used are downtide and uptiding with mackerel, squid, blueys and worm baits presented on a pennel hook running ledger rigs.
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03/2020
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Mar 2020 by Colin Penny
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Flamer IV regulars Denise and Ian Youngs caught nice Undulate Rays on their latest trip aboard Flamer IV, Denise landed an Undulate Ray weighing 12Ib 8oz and Ian landed one weighing 10Ib. The successful bait was squid and mackerel cocktails on Sakuma Manta hooks. Both rays were weighed, photographed and returned alive.
I hope the weather improves soon I can get you out for the Spring Turbot and Plaice fishing and on the Wrecks for Pollack and of course on the Reefs and Banks for Rays, Spurs etc.
Pictured is Ian Youngs with his 10Ib Undulate Ray. View Boats Page
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06/03/2020
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
6 Mar 2020 by Colin Penny
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At last a day were the weather was good in between the constant storms. Two anchored sessions on Banks saw Undulate, Thornback and Small Eyed Ray caught along with Turbot, Congers, Whiting and the usuall Dogfish.
Mackerel and Squid cocktails proved to be the best baits.
Pictured is Denise Youngs with her 12Ib 8oz Undulate Ray which was photographed and returned alive. View Boats Page
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18/02/2020
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
18 Feb 2020 by Philip Higgins
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Well what some atrocious weather we have had and yet more to come, like most other skippers I have only managed a couple of trips this month cancelling 9 on the trot, not good but that is the nature of our business. The best day so far this month was with Paul and a few friends who had 3 previous trips cancelled, this was just plucked out of the air and it coincided with the calmest day of February and bright sunshine, we went to the chosen mark and it seems as though the bank has been washed away by storms and was 1/2 its original size so we headed further out and came across a new mark which produced Spurdogs and Rays all day with a couple of Tope well over 30lb and as a bonus for Paul he caught his 1st Octopus. Towards the end of the day we were joined by a large Porbeagle that was more interested in chasing hooked fish to the boat than feeding we offered plenty of goodies to no avail.
Not much to report but the wife is very happy as all those jobs around the home have been done and I have plenty of brownie points in the bag for later !!!!. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Mistress Linda
View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 19/06/2024 5 Spaces £70.00pp Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Tope / Undulate Ray.View details Thu 20/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Tue 25/06/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General gentlemen's day out fishing Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Smooth-hound (Common) / Tub Gurnard.View details Wed 26/06/2024 6 Spaces 6 Hours £85.00pp Bass fishing in the tide then Plaice drifting as the tide eases Bass / Plaice.View details Mon 15/07/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Tue 16/07/2024 7 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp A day spent around the rocks in the bay catching Tiddlers along with the chance of a Trigger Fish Black Sea Bream / Trigger Fish / Short-spined Sea Scorpion / Rock Cook / Rock Goby.View details Wed 17/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp General inshore fishingView details Sat 20/07/2024 2 Spaces £70.00pp View details Tue 23/07/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £70.00pp View details Wed 24/07/2024 8 Spaces £70.00pp View details -
25/01/2020
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
25 Jan 2020 by Matt Forrester
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Now just a few weeks into the New Year fishing has started well for 2020.
The cold spell weve just had has cooled off the water abit and we have seen a steady and very welcome run of fresh pollock coming in.
Although Ive only been running medium range trips my cleints have had several double figure fish and quite a few big ones have been lost into the wrecks. Bites on lures are often fussy but persitance has paid off. On occasion we have had some big bangs to the lure but no hook up, we were a little puzzled by this and I expected it may of been large bass swiping the lure with the side of their gill cover to stun the escaping bait. This may of been proved correct as on the last trip we had a 10.8lb bass on the same wreck!
Im feeling positive that we will have more new fish arriving all the time and this could provide some great sport, not just for the classic Feb and March but right through the summer! Fingers crossed.
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 22/06/2024 4 Hours £400.00pp PM half dayer available whole boat for £400View details Sat 13/07/2024 4 Hours £400.00pp half day AM available, whole boat only, £400 for upto 4 anglersView details Mon 15/07/2024 4 Hours £400.00pp half day AM available, whole boat only, £400 for upto 4 anglersView details Sat 03/08/2024 1 Space 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 anglers, wrecks with jigs and luresView details Thu 08/08/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. max of 4 bassing with lures and spjView details Wed 28/08/2024 1 Space 10 Hours £450.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. TUNA TRIP FOR JUST 2 ANGLERSView details Sat 05/10/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with lures and SPJView details Mon 28/10/2024 1 Space £450.00pp Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. TUNA TRIP FOR JUST 2 ANGLERSView details Sat 30/11/2024 2 Spaces 9 Hours £165.00pp Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Max of 4 anglers, offshore wrecking with lures and SPJView details -
01/2020
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Jan 2020 by Colin Penny
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A session drifting on a bank produced the first Turbot of the year on Flamer IV, a nice plump fish weighing 5Ib 8oz and was caught by Paul Milkins. This was follwed by a session at anchor on a different Bank which produced Blonde, Thornback and Undulate Rays along with numerous Congers and Whiting.
Paul Milkins landed his Personal Best Undulate Ray weighing 15Ib.
78 year old Peter Gould had right old tug on his tackle when he pulled up a 15Ib 8oz Blonde Ray and a Conger at the same time on his two hook trace, Peter was a bit knackered after that experience. Peter is pictured with his 15Ib 8oz Blonde Ray.
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