Latest Fishing Reports: South West
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29/12/2019
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
29 Dec 2019 by Colin Penny
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News - The annual Winter species competition took place and was a very enjoyable day.Two sessions were done at anchor which produced numerous Congers, Whiting, Pouts, Dogfish along with Smooth Hounds, Undulate Ray, Thornback Ray and Spotted Ray.
Results - Winner- Rick Hawkins 208 points, Runner Up - Ian Youngs 178 ponts, 3rd place - Robin Amor 167, Denise Youngs won the Best lady's prize and the Weakest Link prize with 86 points.
Winter Reef/Bank Trips - are on offer in January for species like Whiting, Rays, Spur Dogs etc and of course that elusive Cod.
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25/12/2019
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
25 Dec 2019 by Colin Penny
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Wishing all my Flamer IV customers a Merry Christmas.
Looks like there may be a break coming in this awful weather we have been having and not before time.
On December 29th - Flamer IV Reef/Bank Winter Species Competition, Book your your place, Don't Miss Out. View Boats Page
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22/12/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Plymouth, Devon)
22 Dec 2019 by Kevin McKie
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2019 has once again been one hell of a year for Size Matters fishing from three ports around the UK.
Here is how the year unfolded onboard
Size Matters.
SCOTLAND
The Skate fishing from Scotland was truly outstanding at times, we totalled 641 Skate for a total weight of 80,617lb!!!
We averaged 9 Skate a day with the average weight of 125lb 8oz!!
At times we would have four Skate on at once, trying to get them all to the boat in over 600ft of water was challenging at times but we managed it.
442 Skate where female and 199 were male, we caught 44 over 200lb and 359 over 100lb!!
The biggest Skate was caught by Wirrel angler Mick Walsh a cracking fish of 232lb!!
Bert Willams from the Wirral caught the first ever Blue Skate in Scottish waters all 22lb of it, this is an exceptional catch in UK waters.
The most Skate we caught in one days was 37 for a total weight of 2790lb, by Garry Streeter and his lads from South Wales.
The Liverpool A Team consisting of Phil Riley, John Owan, John Mcbride and Paul Hendrick, had the most weight in one day with 20 Skate for a massive total weight of 3590lb!!
The best part about this is all the Skate are out there swimming around to be caught again in future.
We did manage to get two the wrecks a few times and some of the wrecks held massive shoals of Pollack to 9lb, we will be doing much more wrecking in Scotland in the future.
2020 is fully booked in Scotland but we do have dates available for 2021.
PLYMOUTH
When we arrived in Plymouth around mid June we done our first trip of the year to Jurassic Park, catching no less than 12 Six Gill Sharks to around 500lb, the biggest we boated measured and released was 410lb and the smallest was 145lb!!!
That was definitely a trip to tell the gran kids about in the future and a trip that we will try to beat in the next few years.
The wreck fishing on the drift was good from June to the start of August, once the algae bloom started to die and sink to the sea bed the fishing was very hard.
Wreck fishing at anchor for Conger and Ling was slow in June and July due to the lack of fresh bait available, but in August and September the fishing really picked up with up to 70+ Conger and Ling per trip.
Sadly we never caught any big Conger this year our best fish was 55lb, we did catch some monster Ling this year to 39lb 8oz a new boat record.
Shark fishing was very poor from June to July because of the massive algae bloom we had, I got told by a marine biologist it was the worst algae bloom in 10 years, just goes to show how polluted our oceans really are.
Once the algae bloom started to die and sink to the sea bed in August the shark fishing picked up a bit with our best day catching 19 Blue Sharks on a 23 hour trip and 11 Blue Sharks on a 12 hour trip, this is still very poor compared to previous years.
In July we had big plans to go well off the charts but sadly the weather put a stop to that so plan B was to try for Thresher Sharks.
We managed to pull it out the bag catching three Thresher Sharks to 150lb, pulled the hook on two more and missed one!!
This was the 7th species over 100lb caught onboard Size Matters in UK waters.
It was great to do a trip like this for the first time and learn so much in just a short space of time.
It was definitely a very strange season in Plymouth not like any we have had in the last four years, the algae bloom didn’t help things either.
We only seen a few Sunfish this year, in the pasted I have seen 17 in just one day.
There was no Atlantic Bonito this year and last year you could catch them daily in September and October.
We only caught one John Dory this year and last year we caught 11.
This was the first time the wrecking fishing on the drift was over in August normally you can still chip away catching Pollack, Cod and Ling right through the year.
From the start of August the weather got more unsettled as the season went on, we had so many good trips booked in but the weather put a stop to them.
Even sailing to Liverpool we normally do some fishing on the way but the weather window was too small so we had to do the 360 miles none stop.
2020 is fully booked from Plymouth and we only have a few individual places available in 2021.
LIVERPOOL
We arrived in Liverpool around mid October, we decided to target the off shore wrecks when the weather allowed and fish the Mersey as a back up.
The wrecking was fantastic catching plenty of Pollack to 11lb 8oz, most where 4lb to 7lb.
The Mersey in October to the end of November was full of Rays to 10lb, Whiting to 1lb 8oz and upto 20 Cod per trip to 9lb.
As we went into December most of the Rays and Whiting moved off shore, this increased the Cod catches up to 39 per trip.
We have available dates in 2020 for the Mersey and Wrecking.
Once again we have some very big plans for 2020, we just need the weather on our side and a bit of luck.
We would to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors Shimano UK, everyone who fished with us and helped us out during 2019, we appreciate the continued support.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters
07999628511.
mckiesfishingcharters@hotmail.com
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07/12/2019
Fishing Report by Andy Bridson
on Patricia Rose (Plymouth, Devon)
7 Dec 2019 by Andy Bridson
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As well you all know, this time of year you fish the weather not the tides. Yesterday we had a poor tide but a small break in the horrendous weather of late so we were fortunate to welcome another new crew aboard Patricia Rose. The crew travelled down from London for a corporate team building day out and needed 8 rod hires, bait and some instruction. I picked up some good quality rag worm from Sea View Angling and added some squid and mackerel to the mix. I also added crab scart and chunked sandeel to a rubby dubby bag and we avoided the worst of the wind over tide in the morning by putting the anchor down on the river in the hope of a codling or few. While action was constant, the novice crew had mostly Whiting which happily went well into keeping size. Lunchtime came and we went for a change of tactics hitting the species around the famous Plymouth drop-off. They bagged some lovely live baits and other species and then we pushed out into the building sea state to an offshore reef. Big quality white fish were in short supply but they were kept busy until the drive home beckoned and we steamed back in.
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Patricia Rose
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 17/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat onlyView details Tue 18/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Wed 19/06/2024 8 Spaces 5 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Half days on the Eddystone 0700-1200 1 spaces available 1200-1700 whole boat availableView details Thu 20/06/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Sun 23/06/2024 1 Space 10 Hours £75.00pp 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Mon 24/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Wed 26/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £50.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Half day trips from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Thu 27/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Fri 28/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £50.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Half days from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcome. AM - available PM - Fully bookedView details Sat 29/06/2024 2 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp 0800-1600 - Individuals 1600-2100 Ashes CommittalView details -
29/11/2019
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
on Mistress Linda (Poole, Dorset)
29 Nov 2019 by Philip Higgins
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Hi
Seems along time ago that I last updated this page, since then the boat has had new FPT engines, new dash and a full engine room upgrade including a new Fuel Polishing System fitted ready for the introduction of FAME diesel. On removing the old engines and water locks we found one of the water locks had melted inside fortunately a sensing system fitted by ActiSense alerted me quickly but after finding this obviously not quick enough even though the alarm went off at 82c. Nearly everything is now done just waiting for the customised exhaust spray heads to come back from the polishers ready for sea trials next week. Looking forward to getting out fishing and seeing what the boat handles like .
All the best
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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 -
11/2019
Fishing Report by Sam Cumming
on Silver Spray II (Poole, Dorset)
Nov 2019 by Sam Cumming
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As the days get colder it signals the end of all the long range stuff for a month or two until the spurdogs arrive at the end of December. Our last shark trip of the year was a success producing a nice porbeagle of 110lb for Adrian Black. It was caught in fairly shallow water so put up a very energetic scrap. This year we put plenty of time and effort into developing our shark fishing and it paid off well as we averaged over one fish per trip; if you had offered me that at the start of the year I would have bitten your hand off. Biggest porbeagle went 250lb with a nice average of around the 100lb mark. The highlight was seeing the two big thresher sharks both estimated at around 450lb, an absolute adrenaline rush to see these fish jumping around in the water. Inshore we have started our winter fishing at anchor which will be our main focus for a while. We have had our first cod and also pollock and some nice rays. There are rather a lot of congers out on the ground at the moment which does make it difficult to keep bait down for sensible periods of time. Hopefully they will get bored and move on before December. Our trips to Alderney and Guernsey are starting to fill up so make sure to book up soon to avoid disappointment.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 17/06/2024 4 Spaces £120.00pp Big fish day tope Ray's huss congers etc £120 7 anglers max. 4 spaces Tope / Turbot / Blonde Ray / Undulate Ray.View details Wed 19/06/2024 3 Spaces £100.00pp Purbecks reef trip - bream bass Ray's tope mackerel etc £100 3 spaces 7 anglers max. Bass / Black Sea Bream / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Sat 22/06/2024 6 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp Evening bream trip £40 bait and rods included 6 spacesView details Wed 26/06/2024 1 Space £100.00pp Reef fishing - bream plaice Ray's etc £100 7 anglers max 1 space Black Sea Bream / Plaice.View details Wed 03/07/2024 3 Spaces £100.00pp purbecks trip - bream rays bass tope etc - £100 7 anglers max.3 spaces Bass / Black Sea Bream / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Thu 11/07/2024 2 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp Evening trip bream Ray's etc £40 rods and bait included 2 spacesView details Mon 15/07/2024 5 Spaces £120.00pp big fish day - congers tope rays huss etc - £120 7 anglers max. 5 spaces Bass / Bull Huss / Conger Eel / Tope / Blonde Ray.View details Tue 16/07/2024 4 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp Seniors club £65 whatever is good on the dayView details Fri 19/07/2024 3 Spaces £100.00pp plaice fishing chance of rays and bream - £100 7 anglers max. 3 spaces Black Sea Bream / Plaice.View details Tue 23/07/2024 4 Spaces £40.00pp Evening trip bream Ray's etc £40 4 spaces rods and bait included Black Sea Bream / Plaice.View details -
24/11/2019
Fishing Report by Ryan Jones
on Ocean Runner (Poole, Dorset)
24 Nov 2019 by Ryan Jones
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some great fishing inshore to be had at the moment with the whiting being in very good numbers still catching decent rays and lots of congers. will be looking to go in search for the elusive cod in coming weeks fishing down towards the IOW.
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 27/06/2024 10 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp 4hr Evening Trip 1700-2100 £40pp Rods and bait can be suppliedView details Fri 28/06/2024 4 Spaces 4 Hours £40.00pp 4 spaces 4hr Evening Trip 1700-2100 £40pp Rods and bait can be suppliedView details Fri 05/07/2024 8.5 Hours £75.00pp Inshore Bream and plaice fishingView details Mon 08/07/2024 1 Space £90.00pp 1 space Bass and Bream fishingView details Thu 11/07/2024 9 Spaces 8.5 Hours £75.00pp Inshore Bream and plaice fishingView details Sun 14/07/2024 2 Spaces 8 Hours £80.00pp 2 Spaces Fishing at anchor for Rays and TopeView details Fri 19/07/2024 View details Thu 01/08/2024 6 Spaces 8.5 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 6 spaces Fishing at anchor for Rays, Congers, TopeView details Fri 02/08/2024 7 Spaces 8.5 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 7 spaces Fishing at anchor for Rays, Congers, TopeView details Sat 03/08/2024 1 Space 8.5 Hours £75.00pp 1 space Fishing at anchor for Rays, Congers, TopeView details -
11/2019
Fishing Report by Matt Forrester
on Silver Halo (Torquay, Devon)
Nov 2019 by Matt Forrester
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Well the summer came to a miserable close with a continual steam of bad weather systems! Just the period from the start of August right through to mid November has lost me approx 50 bookings so it's been pretty painful!
On the few days I have got to sea the fishing has been mostly good with some good bass fishing to be had. The biggest so far is only 9lb but Im hoping to better that before the end of the year.
On a more positive note we had our first Bluefin Tuna. The fish took about 1hr 20 mins to beat and was estimated at around 280lb. A real test of every ones skills onboard and a thing of real beauty! I'm sure this is to be the first of many!!! I should point out that the fish was released without being removed from the water and swam away in a good healthy manner.
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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 -
21/11/2019
Fishing Report by Trevor Small
on Rocket (Poole, Dorset)
21 Nov 2019 by Trevor Small
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Holiday fishing aboard Dotsy Too. Excellent boat and crew. I would highly recommend if you are visiting Tenerife.
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17/11/2019
Fishing Report by Andy Bridson
on Patricia Rose (Plymouth, Devon)
17 Nov 2019 by Andy Bridson
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FISH THE WEATHER NOT THE TIDES!
Hello again folks, this weekend we were blessed with some favourable weekend weather for the first time in a long time. We had a club booking for the South West UK Armed Forces Club on Sunday but like all clubs , they were struggling to get guys to commit so I agreed to cap their costs, add some individual regulars and run the weekend as an individuals weekend with a special offer of 20% off for those individuals that wished to fish both days. Three of my anglers decided to do this so got two days afloat for £80. Saturday started lumpy and the overnight Strong Wind Warning did little for everyone's confidence when I picked them up at 0700. We went back to a great little live bait mark which was holding perfectly sized Joey Mackerel the week before only to find a pod of dolphins had also found the same mark. With limited live bait we went for it and had a good day hitting lots of Squid and a few white fish. One angler was keen to take home an eel for the pot so we took the unusual step of boating and killing a 38lb eel which he took home to chop up into steaks. Regulars to Patricia Rose know my Conger recipe is to boil it for 3 hours in a bucket of stones and then ditch the eel and eat the stones. :-) The wind and conditions improved all day and we had a great ride home at 18 knots as the sun set in the West, the lads cleaned up their fish and the boat and got back at a sensible time for the drive home.
Sunday was a different day again starting like a mill pond allowing us to bang out the miles and hit some of the Eastern inshore reefs and wrecks. Before we hit the wrecks we had a bit of a reef drift and banged out a lucky Angler/Monk fish of about 10 lbs. As the tide dropped we went East looking for more of it and with not a lot of tide running it was always going to be hard work but we had a few half decent Pollack, lots of Octopus, Squid, Red Gurnard and the usual suspects. The wind kept us drifting at a half decent rate so we didn't anchor on Sunday. I'm sure the lads will remember the novice mistake of the skipper hanging onto a squid a second too long and getting a face full of ink while trying to lower it into a bucket instead of just throwing it. We came back across at the end of the day closer to Plymouth into a rain squall which combined with a lack of fish on our final mark just about put the final nail in the coffin. Still with a few tired lads after two days hard fishing the early finish was a blessing View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Patricia Rose
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 17/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat onlyView details Tue 18/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Wed 19/06/2024 8 Spaces 5 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Half days on the Eddystone 0700-1200 1 spaces available 1200-1700 whole boat availableView details Thu 20/06/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Sun 23/06/2024 1 Space 10 Hours £75.00pp 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Mon 24/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Wed 26/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £50.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Half day trips from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Thu 27/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. 0715-1700 from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcomeView details Fri 28/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £50.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Half days from Plymouth whole boat or individuals welcome. AM - available PM - Fully bookedView details Sat 29/06/2024 2 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp 0800-1600 - Individuals 1600-2100 Ashes CommittalView details
