Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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16/07/2012
Fishing Report by Nigel Storey
on Sunbeam III (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk)
16 Jul 2012 by Nigel Storey
Report on-board Sunbeam III
Mon 16th July - Went to go and look at some wrecks today- although damp everyone was still keen! Drifted the first 2 bit quiet for our liking so went and had a look at another one.... We stayed here for about 3 hours every drift bringing up bigger better Cod each time- after a while it slowed off a bit so went and had a look at a couple more that were a bit snaggy and not alot of fish on. Moved on to the next and stayed here for the rest of the day landing tones of Cod, Also seen a few Wrasse, Pouting and Whiting today- If we could have we would of stayed longer and kept pulling fish up, so much so much for the other 5 wrecks we were going to try!!!!.... What a crackin day 57 Cod landed! All good size between 6-12lb! HAPPY DAYS!!!
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16/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
16 Jul 2012 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
A mixed group of lads enjoyed an unusually settled day at sea today on the Shy-Torque. Sea conditions were good but the stuff from upstairs hit us yet again. A proper oilskin day !!
It seemed like we were on a species hunt without realising it with 9 different species on board throughout the day.
Nothing much of any great size today, however the lads did enjoy boating plenty of codling to just over 8lbs and a good number of ling to just over 10lbs.
Best methods today were without doubt the Hokkai traces tipped with squid or mackerel.
Pictured is Mick Long with a nice haddock.
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14/07/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
14 Jul 2012 by Mark Peters
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hi havent had the time to update latley becouse iv been out catching fish lol we been having plenty of hounds and mackerel along with the rele good bass fishing still getting rays the odd tope if we target them we could get plenty more the fishing is good all round
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07/2012
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Jul 2012 by Aaron Smith
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Fishing inshore this last week due to the weather not being the best.
The bay is producing plenty of Rays and Huss with a few smothies still around and the odd Tope run here and there.
The last weekend saw a big competion organised by my self and a local angler Goeff, A great turn out with 35 poeple attending which required 4 boats.
Most were knew to the sport which is fantastic to see and have the pleasure of tutoring them through the day.
The winning prize was £180 to the heavyest fish which ended to be the first fish caught on the day a lovely 12lb blonde ray.
A superb result and to be shceduled for similar time next year and fingeres crossed to possibly increase to yet another boat.
Over the weekend we had in excess of 30 rays mostly being Spotted rays with some small Blondes and the first ever Cuckoo ray aboard the boat.
Plenty of Huss made an aperence with many other smaller species.
Best spot on the day was a certain position only known to myself which produced a fantastic 12 species at anchor.
Couple of days off know then start on the wrecks and Spurdogs from wednesday onwards.
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07/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Jul 2012 by Gethyn Owen
Report on-board My Way 2
Some nice settled weather in the middle of June and we were joined aboard My Way by a group of lads from Shropshire. The group had been fishing only a handful of times previously and were now keen to sample some of the fishing that Holyhead had to offer but in particular the smoothhound.
Conditions were not perfect for the hounds with late June being a little hit & miss for hounds in any great number. We started the day at anchor general fishing and the lads earned their strips catching dogs, whiting, codling, gurnards and dabs etc. 2 and 3 at a time, the odd bull huss and a couple small spotted rays joining. Once the tide was good for a try on the hounds, all the rigs were changed over to single running ledgers with prime fresh peeler crab as the number one bait.
It wasn’t long before we had the first run and after a tense 15minute battle the lads saw a quality double figure smoothhound netted at the side of the boat. We managed a few hounds during the few hours we tried for them with trip organiser Steve also getting in on the act with this 11lb specimen.
With Holyhead Marina not being tidal we are able to sail whatever time of day suits the anglers best, naturally taking into account tides and strengths to help out for a good day. Most of our sail times range between 8 and 10am. One morning though a nice an early 7am sail was required, to allow us to make the LW slack in Holyhead Deep. We could have sailed a little later and steamed straight to our chosen mark, but decided to break the journey down with an earlier sail and a fish for wrasse, pollack and mackerel along the way.
With the potential of only catching double figure fish Holyhead Deep is a great draw for many anglers. Huss, spurdog and tope are the usual suspects and it is always recommended that everyone tackles up on the big side, and goes all out to land specimen sharks. There are other species to be had, whiting, dogs and grey gurnards the most prolific, but these are also achievable inshore, no point in missing out when in the deeps.
We had 2 groups of individuals and regulars aboard My Way, Graham with family and friends from Chester and Dave with fishing colleagues from Urmston Sea Anglers. No one was to leave disappointed with the quality of the fishing they were to experience, with double figure bull huss and spurdogs averaging 12lb coming to the side of My Way with extreme regularity. You know the fishing is good and hectic when spurs fast approaching 14lb are being t-barred at the side of the boat with no call of a new PB.
Following the Streaked Gurnard featured in our last report, I didn’t think we’d have another first aboard My Way for a long while, but I was proved wrong by Scottish International angler George Bell. Whilst drifting under the cliffs of South Stack lighthouse George hooked into what could only be best described as a dead weight, calls of octopus and rock echoed around the boat until Georges catch broke the surface, an Anglerfish. Normally found in much deeper and colder water, this fish weighing at around 3lb was certainly lost at sea!
The general fishing around Holyhead and Trearddur bays has been improving daily and also as the wind and rain allows. Drifting has seen plenty of ballan wrasse and small pollack, the ballan wrasse growing in size with a few fish now reaching the 3lb mark and proving once again to be excellent sport on light gear. As we reach August and into September 4 to 5 lb wrasse will feeding well. Mackerel are as patchy as ever and nowhere near as reliable as we would like them to be. We managed the first of the black bream of the year recently for Stevie from Melthan & District SAC. We don’t get many through the year from Holyhead and most average at only 1lb in weight, never the less they are a welcome sight and especially for Steve who was fishing the clubs match and received additional points for species.
To target rays with any form of consistency requires a good steam around the coast to popular marks such as Rhosneigr and Ty Croes. However most trips into either Holyhead or Trearddur bay lately are seeing anglers land rays aboard My Way fairly regular; with a few days seeing a dozen rays landed aboard the boat. Small spotted rays are the most abundant with some thornbacks and blonde rays making up the catches.
Other species making regular appearances include the ever present dogfish, along with whiting, codling, grey, red and tub gurnards plus many more including bull huss ranging from 8oz to 14lb in weight. Some of the rougher inshore marks are throwing up congers, great straps for the area averaging 15lb in weight. View Boats Page
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
15 Jul 2012 by brian poppy
Report on-board Cleveland Princess
Sunday weather wise was the better day over the weekend as we headed out to our outer marks for some Rooker and we were not disapointed we got on the mark with the last hour of the flood running it was steady fishing with some nice Rooker coming in to the boat and some nice sized Starys had a move about 13.30 things went a bit quiet headed to a bit of ground that has been very good in the past and it done us proud again with a few moor Skate and Hounds to finish the day well done all you boys and i hope you enjoy your catch,Brian.
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12/07/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
12 Jul 2012 by Colin Penny
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JULY 2012 - Graham and Darren Latimer and four friends joined Flamer IV for their annual Ray Trip and struck gold again landing several blonde rays up to 23Ib along with a 14Ib 8oz Undulate Ray and one Spotted Ray.They were all using 30Ib class tackle and pennel rigs baited with whole Ammo calamari squid and a fresh mackerel fillet.All the rays were returned alive.A friendly competition was done with Graham winning and son Darren Runner Up.Biggest Ray award was won by Jery Knight with his 23Ib Blonde Ray.Graham and Darren are pictured.
FANCY doing some Ray fishing ? Then give me a call on 07968972736 0r 01305 766961. View Boats Page
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12/07/2012
Fishing Report by David Phillips
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
12 Jul 2012 by David Phillips
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Second trip of the year with Steve and it was going to be tough to follow our first trip, but Steve took us out to a wreck We caught a number of decent size cod as well as a variety of other species and as usual Steve was on hand with his expert guidence, the brews, and the butties, not to mention pitching in with the banta with the lads, cheers Steve another great day!
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Nigel Storey
on Sunbeam III (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk)
15 Jul 2012 by Nigel Storey
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Sun 15th July- Left the quay at 6:15 on some small tides to go wrecking with 6 customers... Got to the wrecks within the hour and started to drift the first few... off to a bit of a slow start with a couple of cod landed here and there... as the morning progressed more cod was landed on some different wrecks getting bigger and bigger... Lots of pouting and whiting about also. Over 20+ Cod landed, lots of sunshine too.
Half day trip- Left the quay with a full boat at around 15:00 got out to the mark very quickly and straight into the fish!! 80+ mackerel landed and gutted, lots of happy customers... Good day had by all. View Boats Page
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Philip Tennant
on Ocean explorer (Hartlepool, Durham)
15 Jul 2012 by Philip Tennant
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me and my mate had never been on the wandering star before so we were both unsure what to expect although turns out we didnt have to as they were extremely helpful giving tips whenever they could and we both caught decent sized cod, between us we caught 7 cod. Great days fishing and we will be using them again without a doubt in the very near future. Thanks a lot Lee and John will be seeing you both very soon :-D
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