Charter Boat: Mistress Linda
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Boat and Skipper Details
Operating from Poole Dorset for all types of sea fishing trips. Mistress Linda is available for angling from the 1st time budding angler to the most competitive competition angler with expert tuition always on hand, photography / corporate or BBQ afloat watching the famous Bournemouth Air Show (full Ladies facilities on board) Family fun days are tailored to your requirements to maximise your enjoyment afloat. We have the facilities on board to keep your catch in pristine condition for your journey home. Come and join us on a trip to the banks for Turbot and Plaice or enjoy the sport of Bream and Trigger fish on ultra light tackle, catch a Tope again on light gear, 'live bait' for Bass or just enjoy a general day out fishing viewing the superb scenery surrounding Poole.
A Catch and Release policy is encouraged aboard and only fish above the minimum legal landing size may be kept and sensible bag limits are encouraged to promote conservation.
A STRICT Safety Policy is operated on the Mistress Linda and all those aboard are requested to Read the Policy before leaving the confines of Poole Harbour.
Boyhood fanatical angler started fishing in 1968 then moved into chartering and still enjoying fishing along with passing my skills onto the next generation of anglers. I love species and scratching days as well as targeting the fabulous fighting Trigger Fish
Over the years I have enjoyed the fabulous offshore wreck and reef fishing but now due to lack of fish I now prefer to fish the inshore marks around Poole and will go the 'extra mile' to find fish .
Due to lots of luck and experience I have been fortunate to win all the major angling competitions from Poole inc the famous Bournemouth Borough Festival, Old Ben, Poole Cod comp, Poole Species comp x 2, BCC and thanks to my wife the Poole Turbot comp in Alderney to name a few
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Mistress Linda
| Thu 23/05/2024 |
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| Mon 27/05/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Need 2 more for trip go-ahead.
Black Sea Bream.
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| Tue 28/05/2024 | 6 Spaces | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream.
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| Thu 30/05/2024 | 2 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice.
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| Fri 31/05/2024 | 3 Spaces | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice.
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| Mon 03/06/2024 | 3 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Tub Gurnard.
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| Tue 04/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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| Wed 12/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream / Small-Eyed Ray / Tope / Blonde Ray / Undulate Ray.
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| Wed 19/06/2024 | 5 Spaces | £70.00pp |
Black Sea Bream / Mackerel / Plaice / Tope / Undulate Ray.
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| 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.
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| Wed 26/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 6 Hours | £85.00pp |
Bass fishing in the tide then Plaice drifting as the tide eases
Bass / Plaice.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Wed 17/07/2024 | 5 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
General inshore fishing
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| Sat 20/07/2024 | 6 Spaces |
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| Tue 23/07/2024 | 5 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
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| Wed 24/07/2024 | 8 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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| Thu 25/07/2024 | 8 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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| Wed 31/07/2024 | 3 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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| Mon 05/08/2024 | 8 Spaces | £70.00pp |
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Reviews
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anthony beckham (12/07/2016)
First time out on Mistress Linda today, with skipper Philip Higgins. Skip kept us on fish all day, out of the weather and the kettle was constantly on. Undulates to 20lb, plaice, smooth hounds and mackerel. Would recommend this boat if any is looking to go out of Poole harbour.
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Mark Laing (31/03/2016)
Had a cracking day out with Phil (skipper) and Carl (deck hand) today. Phil really tried to put us on the fish which resulted in a 15lb (approx) undulate. Totally recommend this boat, loads of room and great facilities. Will definitely be using this chapter and skipper again. You won't be disappointed.
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Rob Mortimer (29/03/2016)
First outing in 20+ years with my son, first time with Phil and with Mistress Linda, Top Skipper, friendly, with extensive local knowledge, sadly the fish weren't playing but its not always about getting the fish, had a great time and my son enjoyed the experience too. Cheers Phil, will be seeing you ... best Rob and Darragh
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paul quarterman (29/12/2015)
First time out on Mistress Linda in difficult conditions, but skipper Philip managed to get us on the fish
Skippers Reponse: Thank you Paul, as you stated the conditions were challenging thanks to the constant series of bad weather we have suffered but we did manage a few fish, overall catch was below my expectations.
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Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 52 Species have been caught onboard Mistress Linda, including: Allis Shad | Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Bib (Pouting) | Black Sea Bream | Blonde Ray | Brill | Bull Huss | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Conger Eel | Couch's Sea Bream | Cuckoo Ray | Cuckoo Wrasse | Dab | Dover Sole | European Squid | Flounder | Garfish | Gilt-head Sea Bream | Greater Sand Eel | Grey Gurnard | John Dory | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Ling (Common) | Lobster | Mackerel | Octopus | Plaice | Pollock | Red Gurnard | Red Mullet | Rock Cook | Rock Goby | Sand Eel | Scad | Short-spined Sea Scorpion | Small-Eyed Ray | Smooth-hound (Common) | Spider Crab | Spotted Ray | Spurdog | Starry Smooth-hound | Streaked Gurnard | Thornback Ray | Three Bearded Rockling | Tope | Trigger Fish | Tub Gurnard | Turbot | Undulate Ray | Whiting
Latest Catches 903 photos uploaded
Latest Fishing Reports and News
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08/05/2024
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
8 May 2024 by Philip Higgins
After a long period of unsettled weather last week was fantastic with calm seas, blue skies and temperatures more normal for this time of year and the fishing did not let us down. We were engaged in the Bream tagging project and were tasked with catching x amount of Black Bream to be tagged and released which was achieved very quickly. The team from Plymouth Uni went to work operating on each bream and after the recovery period swam away as they finished we were treated to a group of playful Dolphins jumping all around the boat and as fortune was on our side we had already deployed an acoustic receiver to listen to the bream and record the tagged fish nearby but this was completely drowned out by the Dolphins making their trademark clicking noises everyone onboard took lots of pics and recordings of the bream and dolphins. It also gave Tanya from NE to join in and catch her 1st sea fish which made her day.
The other trips produced lots of good quality Bream and Mackeral with the odd Bass taking the small bream baits. -
03/03/2024
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
3 Mar 2024 by Philip Higgins
At last some decent weather and sun, on Saturday the wind created a massive swell that forced us to fish close to the Harbour, we caught 11 species including several decent sized Black Bream, Brill, Hounds, Gurnards , Plaice, Rays etc. Sunday saw flat calm seas, hard frost and clear skies at our 1st mark the dogs dominated with a couple of Brill and a few whiting , the next mark produced Rays Whiting and more dogs after another move and more dogs we returned to our 1st mark and added a Turbot to the list. Overall a really encouraging start to spring.
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02/10/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
2 Oct 2023 by Philip Higgins
Hi
What a poor summer we have endured this year and this has reflected on the general fishing, the last few days have improved with some cracking fish being caught over the weekend with plenty of Triggers , Congers, Bream , Gurnards and a few quality Plaice along with a lovely Bass on Saturday for Dan and a cracking Bass on Sunday setting a new PB for Chris. The Trigger fishing has again been good this year with a good run of fish . As the winter approaches I look forward to the Whiting fishing and always hope for the winter Cod to return .
I have a new diary for next year if any of my customers would like to reserve spaces please call me to ensure you get the dates you want.
Time to go fishing
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16/08/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
16 Aug 2023 by Philip Higgins
Hi
It’s been a while but today was more like summer should be, today was planned as Plaice and Trigger Fish we found£ the Plaice in reasonable numbers but no Triggers fortunately we landed some nice Cod, Couches Bream , Gurnards and 100s of bait robbing Bream. The congers gave a good account on the light gear. Overall a fish filled day and made better by the Lionesses winning. As the weather goes pear shaped again short term more light line Trigger trips are planed if you fancy a day out with them as the main target please get in touch. -
26/07/2023
Fishing Report by Philip Higgins
26 Jul 2023 by Philip Higgins
When we should be having a good run of weather / trips this year is the exception with record temps in the med we are suffering from endless strong winds. When we can get out the fishing has been good with plenty of big Mackeral to start the day then off to the Ray and Tope marks for some real fun on light spinning rods which gets the best sport out of the smaller Tope and challenges the angler on the bigger fish. Drifting inshore has produce some nice Plaice to 3lb along with some good Gurnards and 100s of little Bream. Yesterday’s trip produce several cracking Undulates to 16lb, a few Tope to 12lb and 3 very nice Bass on a mark not usually associated with big bass, Keith had the best .
