Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom

  • 01/07/2012 Fishing Report by Nick Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    1 Jul 2012 by Nick Gough

    Report on-board Skylark

    The First Mackerel of the Summer arrived today, a perfect end to the weekends fishing. Fishing is blustery conditions the anglers caught Cod, Pollock, Saithe, Dab, Whiting and Mackerel.

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  • 01/07/2012 Fishing Report by Aaron Smith on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    1 Jul 2012 by Aaron Smith

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    Short sesion out today with a some locals.

    Plenty of Dogs and Whittings and just a couple of Rays, 1 Blonde and 1 Spotty

    Out again tomorrow with a few spaces left

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  • 30/06/2012 Fishing Report by Nigel Storey on Sunbeam III (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk)

    30 Jun 2012 by Nigel Storey

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    Sat 30th June - half day - hen do! Left the quay at 1:30 with 8 very excitable hens - what a lovely afternoon landing lots of good size mackerel - really good vibes on the boat today and lots of fun had by all customers and crew! Weather was good (except for a massive but short rain storm) never seen the wheel house so full of people GREAT DAY!

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  • 30/06/2012 Fishing Report by Bob Marshall on Duke IV (Ramsgate, Kent)

    30 Jun 2012 by Bob Marshall

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    We are enjoying some fine fishing on Duke IV out from Ramsgate with some good Skate, Bass and Hounds inshore whilst out on the wrecks when we can get there we are landing plenty of Cod along with a sprinkling of Pollack. The wind is causing problems by stirring up the water, just as it clears from the last blow. This breaks up the Mackerel shoals making them difficult to catch for bait, the Skate and Bass much prefer fresh to frozen mackerel so always worth the effort to catch some.
    The Cod & Pollack seem to favour sandeel type lures on the wrecks greedily engulfing them so there must be plenty of fish competing for the baits. Last thursday gave us a weather window and we were able to get out there with a crew of individuals who had a great day landing fish all day with Steve landing a large Tub Gurnard that took his pirk and Danny landing a lovely dark Cod pictured.

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  • 30/06/2012 Fishing Report by Vicky Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    30 Jun 2012 by Vicky Gough

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    3 1/2lbs Codling Caught of Gristhorpe

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  • 30/06/2012 Fishing Report by Vicky Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    30 Jun 2012 by Vicky Gough

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    3 hour fishing trip in the Afternoon, produced several codling and a coal-fish.

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  • 28/06/2012 Fishing Report by Mark Peters on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)

    28 Jun 2012 by Mark Peters

    Report on-board DAWN TIDE II

    28th june
    headed of shore as the wether was nice very hot strait away the rods wher tapping and some nice bass come abaord with some doggys and some big hounds the i decide to drop the feathers over and bang we was on the mackerel filling box in a few hours while the anglers carried on uptiding catching the above along with a few plaice

    30th june
    Started off a lumpy with 30 mph sw winds so we had to shelter be hind the banks that gave us a few big hounds and many small bass so as the tide droped we moved in to the shalows and the bites became plenty with a bass aboard every 10 min not masive but plenty of then we hit the jackpot landing a 8lb Sting Ray and strait after a few Skate and about 7 eels then we hit jack pot no 2 catching 2 big brown crabs so ended up with a wide range of sea life turned out a nice trip

    1st july
    again windy start with only a few hounds and a couple of dogfish then as the wind died we made the choice 2 gun it to a ofshore mark that gave us some more small bass a dover sole and a few big skate anglers wher all happy over all good few trips

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  • 29/06/2012 Fishing Report by Nigel Storey on Sunbeam III (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk)

    29 Jun 2012 by Nigel Storey

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    Fri 29th June- half day- left the quay at 12:30 went to a reliable spot, first drop down the mackerel were there and keen as ever! It also looks as though they are getting bigger too.
    Good trip over 50 mackerel landed.... Nice customers too.

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  • 29/06/2012 Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    29 Jun 2012 by Paul Kilpatrick

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    Its still the summer festival the £5000 is still up for grabs and the weather is horrible but those cod keep coming aboard in crap conditions today all the lads managed to nail some nice fish and it was this man who won the daily prize in the festival winning £50 in those conditions he well deservs it .

    11lb cod and a 7lb cod just a smidge of his catch.

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  • 06/2012 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    Jun 2012 by Gethyn Owen

    Report on-board My Way 2

    Over recent weeks My Way has sailed with great regularity. I wouldn’t say that the weather has been the best, far from it to be honest. But we have been able to work around most of what the wind gods have being throwing at us and taken each day as it comes.

    This scenario helped out by some great crews aboard My Way, for example where our intended marks have been off to Holyhead Deep and the wind has blown, we have simply loaded up with a selection of rigs and baits including quality fresh peeler crab and enjoyed a species hunt inshore along with some great small shark action inshore.

    Fortunately we have seen some very good double figure smoothhounds aboard My Way once again in 2012; sadly only 2 have topped the magical 20lb mark this year. But with many anglers reaching personal bests averaging 15lb and a few with 18 and 19lb fish it has again been a successful period for us. If our observations over recent years are followed, next year could be a return to bumper hounds for us.

    As June has progressed the fishing has continued to improve, with good numbers of species being caught on most days. At anchor we have hooked into the usual dogfish, whiting, dabs and small codling along with a good amount of blonde spotted and thornback rays, in fairness though the vast majority of the rays small in size, nice to see never the less and returned to grow bigger in time.

    Drifting around the shallow reefs close inshore sees an almost daily increase in quantity of fish being taken, there is still a very good amount of pollack in the 1 to 3 lb mark, the odd bigger specimen and also occasional codling and rogue coalfish falling to a variety of baits and lures. Hard fighting wrasse are growing in numbers and size as we are able to drift more on our favoured marks. Ballan and cuckoo wrasse are giving the light tackle enthusiast some exciting sport and these species will only get bigger as summer progresses.
    Sadly strong winds have been a constant over the recent months, more so on neap tides, the very tides that we need for a good day afloat in Holyhead Deep. When we have been able to get out there, the fishing has been exceptional. Spurdogs have been in great numbers on the vast majority of trips, they have also been averaging double figures with some specimens topping the scales at over 16lb. Big huss have also been ever present over the slack water, and getting to the baits when the smaller spurs have allowed.

    What has been missing in numbers for Holyhead and My Way is the tope. We’ve not seen any yet, although guess we’ve lost a couple based on hook ups and runs, speaking to Gareth on Spindrift he’s also waiting the great arrival, however having landed a couple himself. By now we have normally had a number of small pack tope mixed in with the spurdogs? This is the general situation from as early as April with the bigger tope moving in around June time, but so far none, strange really as our usual marks are producing well for double figure sharks, sadly though with the exception of tope. I’d like to blame the sporadic appearance of mackerel, but anyone knowing Holyhead will be aware that the only thing that is consistent about our mackerel fishing is the inconsistency, so no real indicator. Hopefully this situation will improve now as we head into July and we can add the thrill of hard fighting tope to the great species list so far for 2012.

    A surprise species landed recently was a streaked gurnard. These are quite rare around the UK; I’d never seen one before during my personal fishing travels. Scratching around on a species hunt, Rob Field called a gurnard to upset his fishing companion Lloyd. A quick look indicated a tub or very pale red. However on closer inspection the blue on the tips of the pectoral fins of a tub was missing and the colour was certainly not red, even the shape of the head looked slightly different.
    I did have my suspicions then and took a few photographs before the gurnard was released to the sea. Home that evening I emailed the photo to a good friend who for me is second to none on fish identification, a hobby that has turned into a passion over years. The reply came back ‘tis easy- a streaked’; superb and well done Rob.

    Please check the galleries on our website (www.goangling.co.uk) for up to date photos and reports of exactly what is being caught out from Holyhead and particular aboard My Way..

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