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There are good numbers of Cod already showing along
the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel. Anywhere from Brean and
Kingston Seymour up to Severn Beach and Aust.
AUGUST /SEPTEMBER 2011
APRIL / MAY 2011 Slowly but surely the fishing improves! As the Codling numbers decline, the spring species appear. Rays aplenty on the usual marks around Dunster, Blue Anchor and up the channel. The Smoothounds have made a very welcome early appearance with cracking reports of manic sessions both afloat and from the shore. Minehead Harbour wall has been a hotspot for those shorebased. Smoothounds are usual associated with crab baits, but this season the top bait appears to be a strip of squid. It would be remiss not to mention the annual Lesser Spotted Dogfish invasion! This year has been no different. From what we hear, there is a ratio of about 10 or so LSD's, to 1 of any other fish species. At least they keep the rod tips in action in my view, even if they do seem to prefer the most expensive bait option on offer! As for something different, Rob Darby captured an incredibly early, and very nice 3lb Black Bream on Porlock Weir charter boat Lyn-Marie 2, on 16th April. This was one of a number that day, and the good news is that they are still featuring in catches now. The Pollack and Congers are waking up from their winter slumber, with some nice examples of the former being caught from Foreland Point westwards. In other good news.......... the Mackerel have arrived! These fish are very important to the food chain, and usually herald the arrival of many predatory species, most notably Tope. We have heard of some early sport to the boat anglers, but the best is to come through June and July. Been fishing? Send us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those too! TIGHT LINES......
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 These months are usually the low point of the year. The water is cold, the weather is usually rotten, and the last 10 years have seen cod fishing decline to almost non-existent. NOT THIS YEAR!! The really good news is that the Codling are still coming to the anglers in very good numbers. The run of 2 to 5 pounders is still making many happy anglers. The fantastic weather over the last month have brought out many of the more fair weather types (we all have tendencies for that!), and the reports have been all positive. Codling are being captured by the boat and shore anglers in good numbers, & there is the (very), occasional 10lb plus. All the usual baits seem to be working... no outstandingly noted preference. A Minehead Harbour wall angler had a wonderful 10lb 6oz Bass to take home for dinner on the last set of big tides - jammy sod! Rays, mainly Thornback and the odd Small-Eyed, have been bulking up the catch rate. The Lesser Spotted Dogfish are waking up from their winter nap and are filling the gaps between cod bites on most of the shore marks from Hinkley Point westwards. An angler from Stroud managed a fine 11lb Bull Huss from the shore at Porlock Weir, from the edge of the kelp beds on the Gore - a good fish for this time of year. Even though the fishing has been really good, there is much more to come as we approach Spring and the Summer. I find this is a good time of the year to give all your gear a check over & service. Replace that mainline which has suffered the effect of UV and lost all its strength. Rinse over the reels, scrub off the accumulated salt crystals, lubricate with your preferred high performance, waterproof oils & greases. Check the rings of your rods, running a fine needle around the eye can detect cracked ceramic eye linings. A crack will shred your line - not good when you've hooked and playing a monster - the difference between one in the boat/landed, or not. Been fishing? Send us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those too! TIGHT LINES......
JANUARY 2011 The good news has kept on coming! Codling continue to entertain anglers from the shore & the boats at a rate not seen for ten or eleven years. This season has been fantastic. Even the sprats haven't really interfered like they can sometimes. It is clear that the Cod are still consuming this abundant food from what they spit out when landed, or upon cleaning for the table. All this is good news. If the sprats are here then the cod will follow - we will need to worry if these food species lower down the food chain dwindle. Cod are a really efficient hoovering feeding machine. They scavenge for food constantly, that is why in their early years they grow so quickly - doubling their weight at least, each year. I find it always worthwhile to take a look at the stomach contents of the fish when cleaning up for the table. It does give you an idea of what is going on down there in the depths. The hoovering comment I made earlier is regularly borne out by the amount of stones, and other non-food items you can find in the tummy of a Cod. A few years ago I was fishing with a work colleague at Lilstock beach. He pulled in a 3.5 pounder with a strange looking lump in its belly - when gutted this lump was found to be a bright red jumbo lego brick!!!! Strange, but true! Although Cod are the mainstay of fishing at this time of year, I must mention some early Ray sport. The catches we have been told about are really by-catch as the anglers were targeting Cod. A nice 17lb Blonde Ray was captured off Selworthy Sands, with several smaller ones, as well as Thornbacks, and Small Eyed's. One trip with Steve Webber saw over 40 Cod caught and twenty rays.. with a smattering of other bits and pieces. Nothing to complain about this year, although we can always find something to moan about - usually the weather! Not a bad start to the year at all. Lets' hope that it continues - no reason why not. We were thinking of adding some Boat and Venue reviews from you the readers. If you have anything to say about a Boat, Skipper or venue etc, we would love to have your contribution. Please use the Feedback link to tell us what you think (your comments will be monitored for suitability). We look forward to hearing from you. Been fishing? Send us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those too! TIGHT LINES......
DECEMBER 2010 The Codling are still providing some very good catches. They all still seem to be in the 1.5lb to 3.5lb bracket, although there are reports of some fine fish into double figures from the shore, as well as the boats. It hasn't been this good for a decade. The Sprats and Herring have arrived, but that doesn't seem to have had too much of an effect on the Cod catch rate, unusually. It has been cold, snowy, wet, windy... you name it we've had it this month! The hardy ones amongst us have been venturing out and having some good successes. It is just as well for those who have ventured out the half a mile or more to the Hinkley Point reef. Day or night, on the right tides, there have been numerous anglers out there trying their luck. The occasional good Whiting, and the old stalwart... the Conger Eel, also feature in the catches at this venue. Bossington Beach near Porlock has been busy with the Cod anglers too. This isn't your typical Cod venue for the Bristol Channel - no mud & sand, just broken ground and pebbles. It seems the cod angling here has been as good as any of the usual marks up the channel, great news. The boats from Minehead, when they've got out, have had good sport with 'Rodney', providing the anglers with some substantial fish suppers. Up the channel at Burnham, Weston, Clevedon, Portishead, Severn Beach etc.... Codling aplenty! Some good Flounder have been reported especially around Sand Bay and Aust. Send us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those as well! TIGHT LINES......
NOVEMBER 2010 CODLING, CODLING, CODLING..........................
Now's the time! Things bode well for the rest of the winter season, so drop us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those as well! TIGHT LINES......
OCTOBER 2010 THE CODLING HAVE ARRIVED FOR SHORE AND BOAT ANGLERS! I would venture to say that the current run of Cod is the best we've seen in the Bristol Channel for about 10 years. So far the reports are of large numbers of 1.5 to 3.5 pounders. The ones that I have seen have been in prime condition. As for bait... who knows! I've been on boats where only those anglers with worm have captured them, but on other occasions it seems squid is the bait of the day. If the start of the winter season is anything to go by, we really are in for a good'un. As for where to catch them... they are being taken at all the usual marks and boat venues. The boats are catching them from Foreland Point all the way through to Portishead. The shore anglers are having fun from Bossington to Severn Beach and beyond. Minehead Town beach is the place for Sole, but it seems the bigger tides favour the catch rate. There are still reports of Bull Huss , huge numbers of small Tope, and the occasional good Smoothound to the boat anglers out of Minehead and to the West. The various Rays make up for boat catches in the absence of anything else. What seems to missing at the moment are the Whiting. This species usually arrives before the Cod, but this year that is not the case. Yes one or two real little'uns have taken the baits, but the nice keepers have been absent. Fingers crossed that it only gets better! We really do love to hear how you get on, so drop us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those as well! TIGHT LINES......
SEPTEMBER 2010 The water has reached 17 deg C most of this month according to the boats equipped with temperature gauges. Warm enough for the Black Bream, but not so for the Trigger Fish it seems. The latter have been notable by their absence this year. Yes there have been one or two caught, but nothing anywhere near the usual numbers. That is a bit of a shame as they do provide some great sport on light gear. Boat anglers have enjoyed some good steady fishing when they have got out. The lower reaches of the Channel (West of Minehead), have had Pollack, Tope, Cod, Bass, Blonde Ray, Thornback Ray, Small Eyed Ray, Spotted Ray, Turbot, Smoothound, Spurdog, Bull Huss, LSD, Gurnard, Rockling, a myriad of lesser & mini species, and even a Haddock of 2.5lbs. Reports of Red Mullet have filtered through from Clovelly & North Devon boats. Blue Shark have been taken by those patient enough to target them in the waters around Lundy Island; nothing huge, but still great sport. Shore anglers are also having a good time. Dover Sole are the reward for the keen night anglers at Minehead Town Beach. The bigger tides coupled with locally dug blow lug seem to be the winning combination. They are not in huge numbers, but the fish that do come seem to be in the 2 to 3lb bracket... yummie! Weston-Super-Mare (Knightstone Island), is a favourite spot to capture a good Conger, occasional Bass, and flatties. We hear that the bigger tides seem to produce more once again. Hinkley Point reef, Shurton reef and the area nearby are the hotspot at the moment for shore caught Conger to 15-20lbs. It seems they are almost suicidal at the moment and love to take almost any bait presented. A small number of Thornies, and the occasional Bass make this the must-fish place to be it seems. Lure anglers along Bossington and Porlock beaches are taking some school Bass, and occasionally the bigger one which provides a very nice supper. We really do love to hear how you get on, so drop us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section. Anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those as well! TIGHT LINES......
AUGUST 2010 A peculiar month for the weather, and a peculiar month for the fishing! Anglers from the shore had bits and pieces of everything expected for this time of year. The anglers up-channel (WSM to Aust etc), had Silver Eeels & flatties galore! We have heard of Dabs, Flounder and Sole to all the usual marks with the occasional good-un. School Bass and Silver Eels have provided high water fun along WSM beach & Sand Bay marks. Burnham-on-Sea has produced some very nice Thornback Ray, Conger Eel, and flatties. It seems bait doesn't matter much from the shore, as everything seems to catch anything. The fishy critters must be hungry. For boat anglers, again, a bit of everything that should be expected, but nothing remarkable has come to notice of BCA. August is usually a bit slow for some reason, but the water is much warmer and it seems the fish need time to adjust. The Porlock & Minehead boats are reporting Pollack, Bull Huss, Ray, Mackerel, Tope, Doggies, bits & pieces to the west. Derek Purvis (Lyn-Marie II, Porlock), continues to find nice Black Bream for his anglers. September beckons, the fishing begins to peak that month. Go and get them, and lets us know how you get on. Drop us your catch reports after your trip and we'll put them in the Individual Catch Reports section, and anything worthy of note will get a line or two in this section as well. If you have any pictures of you and your catch, we'll publish those as well! TIGHT LINES......
JULY 2010 My goodness, we appear to be having a bit of a summer for once. The June weather has been just brilliant. Let's hope it continues. The boats at Porlock, Minehead and Watchet reported hardly any wind & weather cancellations - a far cry from early Summer last year. Here we are midway through July, and the weather has been warm enough, but a bit of wind and rain has subdued the angling activity a little. Some boat cancellations, but well worth it as some days got particularly wild - not fun on a boat! When the boats did get out there has been some pretty average fishing. July and August does see a bit of a slow down in the channel. Anyone got a theory on that? Drop us a line here at BCA and we'll collate the responses for a later bulletin. While the charter boats have been generally struggling to get consistent catches, Derek Purvis (Lyn Marie II), out of Porlock Weir seems to have all the luck. His parties have been been having regular good hauls of Black Bream (to 3lb), Blonde Rays (to 24lb), Spotted Rays, Bull Huss (to 14lb), Tope, Smoothies and even some quality summer Cod (to 8lb). Beach Telegraph has heard that a lucky shore angler bagged a 12lb Bass off Blue Anchor Sea Wall, with others getting the odd Conger, Pouting and Doggie. With the holiday season getting under way, this favoured easy fishing venue might produce more notable catches, especially over the bigger tides. The determined Sole anglers seem to be continuing with their successes off Minehead town beach with several good fish being taken to locally dug common lugworm. The hotspot is the stretch in front of the large holiday complex on Warren Road towards the golf club end. Another pleased angler was fishing from Minehead Harbour wall when a 5.5lb Bass took his mackerel and squid combo bait. Minehead Gasworks beach is up to its usual high standard over the low water on spring tides. All sorts of species are being captured. My advice - small but strong hooks, smallish baits to match... and use a lead-lifting device to help avoid snagging the rough ground when retrieving your cast.... or fish! TIGHT LINES.......
JUNE 2010 The Doggies still dog (!), the catches, but they are gently giving way to the things we want to target at this time of year. The Smoothound are about in numbers from shore and boat. Bossington beach is a particular favourite for these obliging fighters. Peeler crab is the killer bait, but it seems that little strips of mackerel and squid are doing just as well. Lilstock beach has produced several Smoothies along with good numbers of Thornback Rays & doggies to keep anglers entertained. Mackerel are about in pretty good numbers west of Porlock Weir to the boats. It doesn't take too long to locate them and fill a bucket or two. They are a bit hit and miss with fast and furious flurries, then nothing for 5 or 10 minutes, then away we go again! Nice juicy fresh Mackerel are also what the Tope are after, and Tope there have been. Specimens of over 40lb are being regularly reported from Porlock Bay westwards. Of course most catches are a more typical 12 to 20lb, but still excellent sport. If you do go after these wonderful fish, please be gentle with them. Don't use stainless steel hooks, don't boat them unless you have to (slip the hook at the side of the boat after a moment or two admiring your catch). If you do need to boat, really do not use a gaff, use a tail loop. Above all be really careful, especially if you are in a small boat. Tope are very powerful, and have incredibly sharp teeth - keep fingers away from the mouth!! TIGHT LINES!
MAY 2010 Well this is the month of the Dogfish! Whatever bait you put down (the more expensive the better!), you'll catch Dogfish. I am pretty sure these critters have their annual get together, from all over the world, here in the Bristol Channel. Very occasionally you might get the species you're targetting, but mostly you are going to get yourself a Lesser Spotted Dogfish! The water temperature is definitely much cooler for this time of year, than has been the norm for the last decade or so. This may explain the slow start to the fishing this spring. While the rays have been obliging as usual, (amongst the LSD's!), nothing else seems to be very hungry. The uncharacteristic weather seems to be affecting the catches, but there are a few success stories. Stolford, and Hinkley Point Reef, near Bridgwater, are producing Thornback Rays, small codling and the occasional Dover Sole. A few nice quality Dabs are also showing up for those short casting on to the sandy bits. Minehead, Bossington and Porlock shore anglers are reporting more of the same story, mainly LSD and small bootlace Congers. There have been some Three Bearded Rockling to small worm & fish baits. The boat anglers aren't fairing much better. LSD's hampering all efforts to catch an early season Bass, Black Bream, Smoothound etc. And while the water stays this cold, don't even think of catching a Trigger Fish. Hopefully a bit of sun and a long warm spell may create the conditions for some good fishing as the months go on.
APRIL 2010 The fishing is starting to improve now. Rays and
Smoothound are showing in numbers.
FEBRUARY 2010 This is always a bit of a quiet time of the year. The Cod are still around but numbers can fluctuate. The last 10 years or so have seen the likelihood of a good bag going down from a certainty, to a bit of a lottery win! Thank goodness that there are always a few hungry rays to bolster the catch. The whiting fishing hasn't been much to talk about either, sadly. This a good time of year to check out your gear, service it as required, and get ready for the splendid Spring, Summer and brilliant Autumn action that will soon be upon us!!
JANUARY 2010
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| 03/02/12 | W-S-M | Chris Burnham | Click Here | Click Here |
| 31/01/12 | Watchet | Arthur ! | Click Here | Click Here |
| 28/01/12 | Clevedon | Mark Whitehouse | Click Here | N/A |
| 18/01/12 | Old Passage | Shunts | Click Here | N/A |
| 13/01/12 | Minehead | Geoff Clark | Click Here | Click Here |
| 13/01/12 | Minehead | Jim Gulliford | Click Here | Click Here |
| 05/01/12 | Minehead | Jon Hough | Click Here | |
| 03/01/12 | Avonmouth | Dave Morgan | Click Here | Click Here |
| 29/12/11 | Battery Point | 'cod chaser' | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/12/11 | Doniford | Chris Chilvers | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/12/11 | Greenore | Gerard Andrews | Click Here | N/A |
| 22/11/11 | Lilstock | Darren Davis | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/11/11 | Portishead | Matt Ripard | Click Here | N/A |
| 19/11/11 | Blue Anchor | Jules Barlow | Click Here | N/A |
| 11/11/11 | Minehead | Ashley Pepper | Click Here | N/A |
| 11/11/11 | Beachley | Bugdie Watts | Click Here | N/A |
| 06/11/11 | Battery Point | Neil Forbes | Click Here | N/A |
| 04/11/11 | Blue Anchor | Darren Davis | Click Here | N/A |
| 03/11/11 | Blue Anchor | Jay Barlow | Click Here | N/A |
| 27/10/11 | Blue Anchor | Cameron Enticott | Click Here | N/A |
| 25/10/11 | Sand Bay Point | Georgia Brown | Click Here | Click here |
| 25/10/11 | Barry | Nigel Thompson | Click Here | N/A |
| 23/10/11 | Aust | Phil Partridge | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/10/11 | Blue Anchor | Jules Barlow | Click Here | N/A |
| 18/10/11 | Aust | Phil Partridge | Click Here | N/A |
| 18/10/11 | Ladye Bay | Greg Smith | Click Here | Click Here |
| 15/10/11 | New Passage | Mark Waldron | Click Here | Click Here |
| 01/10/11 | Minehead | Michael Webber-Griffiths | Click Here | N/A |
| 30/09/11 | Blue Anchor | Martin Rossiter | Click Here | N/A |
| 29/08/11 | Blue Anchor | Scoobie | Click Here | N/A |
| 22/08/11 | Ladye Bay | Dean Edwards | Click Here | N/A |
| 30/07/11 | Watchet | Matty B | Click Here | N/A |
| 23/07/11 | Watchet | Dan | Click Here | N/A |
| 10/07/11 | Avonmouth | Nigel Brown | Click Here | N/A |
| 05/07/11 | Lilstock | Darren Davis | Click Here | N/A |
| 15/06/11 | Minehead | Jim Gulliford | Click Here | Click Here |
| 11/06/11 | Minehead | Geoff Clark | Click Here | Click Here |
| 10/06/11 | Cardiff | Dave | Click Here | N/A |
| 06/06/11 | Porlock Weir | J Murch | Click Here | N/A |
| 02/06/11 | Barry Docks | G Man | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/05/11 | Porlock Weir | Michael Webber | Click Here | N/A |
| 01/05/11 | Ladye Bay | Jim Peryer | Click Here | N/A |
| 01/05/11 | Duster Beach | Richard Hill | Click Here | N/A |
| 18/04/11 | Blue Anchor | Tom Wright | Click Here | Click Here |
| 22/03/11 | Minehead | Neil Cameron | Click Here | N/A |
| 16/03/11 | Minehead | Adam Cousins | Click Here | N/A |
| 10/02/11 | Hinckley Point | Chris Chilvers | Click Here | N/A |
| 10/02/11 | Greenaleigh | Tony Gussin | Click Here | N/A |
| 10/02/11 | Ladye Bay | Mark Stevens | Click Here | N/A |
| 06/02/11 | Blue Anchor | Darren Lane | Click Here | N/A |
| 30/01/11 | Watchet | Matty B | Click Here | N/A |
| 29/01/11 | Ladye Bay | Damon Allen | Click Here | N/A |
| 23/01/11 | Dunster | Cat Fairhurst | Click Here | N/A |
| 08/01/11 | Doniford | Chris | Click Here | N/A |
| 07/01/11 | Blue Anchor | Rich Green | Click Here | N/A |
| 01/01/11 | Lilstock | Chris | Click Here | N/A |
| 18/12/10 | Minehead | Michael Webber | Click Here | N/A |
| 18/12/10 | Watchet | Jason Irish | Click Here | N/A |
| 11/12/10 | Portishead | Paul Lumbard | Click Here | N/A |
| 06/12/10 | Blue Anchor | Rich Green | Click Here | N/A |
| 05/12/10 | Portishead | Paul Lumbard | Click Here | N/A |
| 30/11/10 | Clevedon Pier | Richard Price | Click Here | N/A |
| 30/11/10 | Clevedon Pier | Richard & Margy | Click Here | N/A |
| 25/11/10 | Minehead | Bruce Strachan | Click Here | N/A |
| 24/11/10 | Lilstock | Richard Chapman | Click Here | N/A |
| 23/11/10 | Portishead | Paul Lumbard | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/11/10 | Severn Beach | Marcus Cowley | Click Here | N/A |
| 19/11/10 | Severn Beach | Marcus Cowley | Click Here | N/A |
| 19/11/10 | Minehead | Les Twynholm | Click Here | N/A |
| 10/11/10 | Stolford | Chris | Click Here | N/A |
| 04/11/10 | Hinkley Point | Darren Davis | Click Here | N/A |
| 04/11/10 | Kingston Seymour | Tony Howell | Click Here | N/A |
| 26/10/10 | Minehead | Bruce Strachan | Click Here | N/A |
| 23/10/10 | Burnham on Sea | Sean Badger | Click Here | Click Here |
| 09/10/10 | Old Passage | Steve Garratt | Click Here | N/A |
| 04/10/10 | Knightstone W-S-M | Adam Cousins | Click Here | N/A |
| 29/09/10 | Aust | Tim | Click Here | N/A |
| 21/07/10 | Sand Point | Matthew Vater | Click Here | N/A |
| 29/06/10 | Ogmore | Ross Mather | Click Here | N/A |
| 25/06/10 | Minehead | Brian Fretwell | Click Here | N/A |
| 17/06/10 | Minehead | Neil Cameron | Click Here | N/A |
| 29/05/10 | Minehead | Bruce Strachan | Click Here | N/A |
| 25/05/10 | Shurton | Darren Davis | Click Here | N/A |
| 16/05/10 | Burnham on Sea | Sean Badger | Click Here | Click Here |
| 24/04/10 | Knightstone | Adam Cousins | Click Here | N/A |
| 19/03/10 | Blue Anchor | Dave Palk | Click Here | N/A |
| 02/03/10 | Minehead | Tim Poat | Click Here | N/A |
| 13/02/10 | Hinkley Point | Nigel Owst | Click Here | N/A |
| 04/02/10 | Blue Anchor | Andy Burston | Click Here | N/A |
| 27/01/10 | Blue Anchor | Pete Hughes | Click Here | N/A |
| 23/01/10 | Lilstock | Dan Baldwin | Click Here | N/A |
| 19/01/10 | Portishead | Chris Easton | Click Here | N/A |
| 06/01/10 | Shurton | Dan Baldwin | Click Here | N/A |
| 05/01/10 | Minehead | Craig Butler | Click Here | N/A |
| 03/01/10 | Knightstone W-S-M | Darren House | Click Here | N/A |
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From Chris Burnham on 03/02/12
Two Cod caught from Night Stone Island W-S-Mare
over the last 2 months.
The first 10lb 1oz and the second 6lb 12oz. Both caught on local
Weston dug Lug on a 2 hook flapper with 4/0's.
Cod of 30lb 8oz caught on frozen black lug and
half a squid.
the fish was returned alive.
From Mark Whitehouse on 28/01/12
14lb Cod caught just off Avon Buoy nr Clevedon on
board Seasport...
Two hook 5/0 two large lug, squid tip.. Had about 16 other fish from 3up to
8lb..
From Shunts on
18/01/12
Fished Old Passage Jan 14th, high tide approx 12.05am 12.4m
Fished 3hrs up 1hr down
Fish.... None
Bites.... None
Bait lug, squid, rag and black lug
Sea flat as a pancake
Will be back after a big blow
From Geoff
Clark on 14/01/12
Glos Police held their month boat trip on Friday 13th aboard Steve Webbers
Osprey.
The weather was perfect with flat calm mill pool conditions and everything was
set fair.
Instruction was given by Professional angler, Reigning British Boat fishing
champion,
Internationally acclaimed drummer and hair stylist model Paul Donovan.
All the usual winter baits were used Including Black/Blow lug, Ragworm, Squid
and Mackerel.
A total of 15 Cod to 11lb 8ozs came on board, a dozen Rays and the usual
countless
Straps/ Dogs/ Whiting.
Included in the trip at no extra cost was expert tuition in the art of filleting
by Master
chef Paul Donovan @ The Longlevens Ripper.
Attached pics. show Paul Donovan, Pete James, Med
Jones and Geoff Clark with some of the catch.
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From Jim Gulliford on 13/01/12
Got out with Steve Webber aboard Osprey on the
11th Jan - within 20 minutes
of dropping the pick "Jimbob" corner had his first bite of the day - and what a
fish it was -
after a hard fought tussle a Cod of
32 lbs 10 ozs
graced the deck -
an absolutely magnificent fish which was returned to fight another day -
we had Cod up to 9 lbs - Conger to 15 lbs along with Doggies, Whiting and a
solitary Thornback -
but all were eclipsed on the day by Jimbob's fish - a cracking day afloat.
Fished Minehead harbour wall on 27/12/11.
Evening roughly 10 metre high tide at 20h30. Fished 3 hrs up to high tide.
Temp approx 12 deg C. Wind sw 6 mph.
Used mackerel and squid strips on size 1 Aberdeen 3 hook flapper.
Caught 6 whiting to 2lb and usual doggie. My mate caught 7 whiting to 2lb.
10 other anglers all hauling in the same sort of thing.
At high water last fish caught then dead.
Back to list
fished the estuary at Avonmouth on a 11metre tide
the weather was cold
and windy with some showers, I arrived at 11.30am which was a hour and
half before high tide.
I used lug on a 3 hook rig and cast 40yards.caught 3 small codling 2whiting
2rockling and a 5lb Bass. Not bad for a new sea angler, must say
Thanks to Steve Ace at Veals for all his info and help...
From 'codchaser' on 29 12/12/11
Fished Battery point on Tuesday 27th missed the
flood tide fished the ebb
had a small codling 1hr after high water, had a few bites - used squid.
From
Chris Chilvers on 21/12/11
Fished Doniford on 21st Dec left reef two hours after low tide for two hours
up...
Blowin a gale...bit tricky. 2 hrs 1 x 3.5lb codling....
From
Gerard Andrews on 21/12/11
Fishing from Greenore shore from 1st April until end of august 2011 caught 26
sea trout on plugs
and Fladden spinners biggest was 4 lbs . This place can be overcrowded in the
summer months
as well so is pretty hard at times to fish as I move about all the time along
the shore spinning .
Best fished on the last 2 hours of rising tide and first 2 hours off falling
tide . there is also wrasse
Pollock . Whiting . and bass is caught occasionally here to, from May to
September only had 1
bass caught on a plug 2 lbs weight . along the shore close to Omeath is a
small river called
Ryland river there is small brown trout . sea trout. and mullet hear to .
haven't fished here yet
but intend to do next season . will try the fly for the mullet I'm told the
mullet go up to 10lbs in weight
From
Darren Davis on 25/11/11
Fished Lilstock with a friend, high tide 22/11/11.
Used lug tipped with squid, one 4.5lb cod caught just at high tide.
Went fishing at Portishead on Monday Morning
21/11/2011 Tide was a small
neap at 2.30am ish nothing for the first 2 hours then at bang on high tide a
1lb Whiting and 6lb Cod both caught using whole squid with a frozen black
lug wrapped round it.
From
Jules Barlow on 19/11/11
Fished blue anchor again last night 18/11 from the beach. weather was mild,
clear skies with a small neap tide. 2 rods got me 3 good dogfish and a couple
of whiting for 5 hours fishing. best bait seemed to be a ragworm tipped with a
lug.
All fish were taken on the up. had nothing downtide. Chesil next session me
thinks.
There's codling out there somewhere!!!!
From Ashley Pepper on 11/11/11
Fished Minehead wall 10 meter tide, 6 half pound cod and 12 dog fish happy days.
Fossil beach Beachly 2 hours after high tide and
fished the outgoing tide.
caught 12 codling 5 were around 4lb.
Blanked a couple of times too and also had a green eel.
Fished 2 rods both with pulley rigs with size 2/0 hook.
Baited up with a mixture of whole squid tipped with frozen black lug and
frozen black lug tipped with cut up sand eel.
What a good days fishing.
05/11/12 me and my mate fished battery point
Portishead 12 m tide fished it up
4 hours and down 2 had one small whiting, used rag squid tip and lug squid tip.
Weather was perfect no wind, clear skies, lovely.
Fishing poor.
From
Darren Davis on 04/11/11
Fished Dunster Beach 29th October 6:30am to 10:30am,
8 of us fishing, my friend had one 4lb Bass no other bites at all.
From Jay
Barlow on 03/11/11
Fished Blue Anchor from the beach just to the side of the steps on Sunday 30th
Oct.
Tide was 2100 and coming off the springs. 2 rods loaded with lug and squid
produced
1/2 dozen whiting and a couple of pout but nothing for the freezer. Other
anglers along
from me had pretty much the same bag.
No sizeable codling showing yet. roll on the colder weather !!!
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From
Cameron Enticott on 27/10/11
Fished Blue Anchor last Sunday from the beach as luck on the wall seems to be
very
low at the moment, Fished one rod with a pulley rig casting approx 170yards.
Weather was dry and warm. Bait used was Mackerel.
First fish was a thornback 2hrs before high tide flounder approx half hr before
high
tide, another Thorny weighting 7lb just after high tide and a codling 1.5hrs
down tide.
Had a great day.
From
Georgia Brown on 25/10/11
Date - Tuesday 25th October.
Time - 4.30. Started fishing at 3.15 with tide coming in (high tide due just
after 6)
Catch - Conger Eel, five and a half pounds, 1m long.
Location - Sand Bay Point - north (Clevedon) side of the the spit in small bay.
Bait - Rag worm.
From Nigel Thompson on 25/10/11
Fished the cold knap Barry, South Wales on
22-10-11. At an hour either side of low
water at 9pm fish caught at 10 pm 14Ib.6oz small eyed, on my sonic mark3 penn
525 mag 2-pulley rig loaded with a whole dirty squid.
Winds were light to medium I caught this fish an hour after low water took 15
minutes to beach my best shore fish ever and only recently got back into shore
fishing after a long spell off.
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From
Phil Partridge on 24/10/11
Went again last night and caught another couple of 2-3lb Codling, same spot
at Aust.
Returned a smaller Codling (about 1.5lb) and a few Eels.
Cheers
Phil
Fished blue anchor bay on Friday 14/10/2011. used
2 rods, 1 long distance with single
pennel rig and 1 short distance with a 2 hook paternoster clipped.
baits were lug and rag both tipped with squid. managed 3 hours before high tide
(20.30) and 2 hours down.
All in all it was a very productive night. bag included dogfish, conger (the
biggest being
just under 9lb), pout, whiting and some small undersize codling.
I regularly fish this mark from the beach (not the wall), and it is always
productive at night.
From
Phil Partridge on 18/10/11
Fishing on the grass bank at Aust near to the Old Severn Bridge,
2 cod taken (around 2.5-3lb) from shore on rag worm. Just taken it up so dead
chuffed!
We tried squid and frozen lug, to no avail, live rag and caught 2! I'll be back
as soon as
the next tide allows!
From Greg
Smith on 18/10/11
high tide 8,45am Ladye bay, sea state- calm 11.66mtrs, no wind slight mist.
Rag n squid tip on pulley pennel 2/0 hooks, 7.40am cod 6.4lbs, (P.B) small
whiting,
doggie.
Other rod same rig black lug n squid tip- no bites all session 14-10 2011
Went to New Passage, Severn Beach last night for
my first trip in a long time.
Weather was fantastic, no wind and the water was like a mill pond, lovely
fishing
conditions as the tide was not running too fast. It was an 11.15 at Avonmouth
at 9.50.
Fished from the beach to the left of the new wall with Rag and Mackerel for
bait.
To start when I arrived the tide was out beyond the mud, it was about 2 and a
half
hours before high tide when I cast my first line. A whole mackerel on a 7/0
Hook,
I know this is a bit extreme but I was after a decent size conger eel and was
taking
full advantage of the access to the deeper water before the tide came and
swallowed it up!
Half an hour later whilst going about my business setting up my second rod, the
familiar
light tap came, then, the light bend I left in the rod sprung up giving
slack line.
When I wound in and struck there was the first fish of the night hooked, gave a
good scrap and turned out to be a conger eel that I can only guess to be 12lb as
I didn't have a scale I also didn't get a photo (sorry, sounds like a
"fisherman's tale")
But trust me it happened. Best shore conger I've had.
Returned it alive and went about waiting 2 hours without a thing on either rod.
I fished the other rod with a 2 hook flapper rig using 2 x size 4 hooks for
flounder on
the mud.
After high tide the bites were small but frequent then came a small flounder as
attached
which was also returned to live another day.
Really nice evening and I can't wait to get out there again when the tides fall
in my favour.
Cheers, Mark.
"I know its only small but they all count."
From Michael Webber-Griffiths on 04/10/11
This 10lb 7oz thornback ray was caught at white
mark at low water on the
1st October 2011 on a pulley baited with whole squid, it was a overcast day.
From
Martin Rossiter on 02/10/11
Fished Blue Anchor on the 30th Sept 2011a t 8.30 to 10 30 on the drop of Tide
had a 16lb Conger,
weather great. fished with mate, Di Davies, but no other catches in 2 days.
From Dean
Edwards on 22/08/11
fished Ladye Bay on Saturday July 16th 2011 11.42mtr tide in a storm caught
Turbot 3lb 2oz beat BC record cant enter it unless you are a member
Thursday July 21st 2011 battery point 10.42mtr tide 8lb 60z thorn back ray
August 14 2011 11.52 mtr tide Lilstock 10lb conger and 5lb 30z bass and a 3lb
cod off of Dunster beach august 20th 2011 Portishead pier 2x cod 1at 5lb and
1 at 4lb all pictures and witness statements when I know how to load them
from my phone coming soon
Shore fishing at Blue Anchor.
Fished early hours in the morning 29th August. 2 hrs up and 2 down, The Whiting
are in,
in numbers still a bit small so all went back, kept the rod tip nodding, a Tub
Gurnard was
last fish taken late into the ebb, it too was sent back to become fatter,
although none
for the pot, a good relaxing and enjoyable time, hopefully the Cod will follow
soon.
Bait used: rag, squid and sandeel, and cocktail combinations of rag and squid
and
sandeel and squid.
From Matty B
on 30/07/11
good day out of Watchet (30.7.11) with Steve on Scooby.
full range of fish ranging from bass to gurnard to smooth hounds and tope.
quality skippering.
12 hour trip easterly in the morning bit slow then a southerly in the afternoon
and it picked up. range of baits inc crab, squid, mackerel and sand eel.
all worked well
From Dan on
23/07/11
went Watchet with 4 off us caught 4 thorn back ray and 9 Wighting used bread as
bait so works well xxx
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From Nigel
Brown on 10/07/11
On the 3rd July, at 20:11. The Mark is Chittening near the Avonmouth Wind
Turbines.
Tide was coming in. Cst out about 20-30yds and ten minutes later caught a 3lb
3oz
Bass measuring 52cm long. Fish before that was an eel, I did not bother
recording that.
Two bites two fish. The previous night 12 bites and no fish.
From
Darren Davis on 05/07/11
Fished Lilstock 4/7/11 3 hours before high tide up till 9:45 pm (high tide at
10pm)
had a 2.7lb codling, late for this to be around.
From Jim
Gulliford on 15/06/11
Had the monthly trip out with Steve Webber who runs Osprey out of Minehead -
decided to start in Porlock bay where Rob Page kicked things off with a cracking
Bull Huss which never got weighed but would estimate it to be around the 12 -
14 lbs mark - then the Smoothies started coming aboard - both Common & Starries
-
after a while the tide eased off and the Hounds moved away to be replaced
with a plague of Doggies - had a little move further down the bay and found a
few more Smoothies again for half an hour then the tide went again and we
were faced with the choice of moving offshore after the Tope & Spurs or
staying inshore to try and find some early Bream - decision was made to
stay inshore and this turned out to be the right decision as the boats that
went offshore were getting dogged out by the sounds of it - we did find a
few Bream along with some Pollack, Mackerel and other bits and bobs -
I managed a nice Bream of 2 lbs 10 ozs - so a good day in all
Species caught were - Dogfish, Bull Huss, Cod, both Smoothies, Pouting,
Poor Cod, Bream, Pollack, Mackerel, Turbot, an Octopus and a Lobster.
Jim Gulliford with a 2 lbs 10 ozs
Black Bream.
Rob Page with a cracking Bull Huss.
Paul Tipper with his Bull Huss.
Jim Gulliford with a Starry Smoothound.
Jim Gulliford with a Common Smoothound.
Gloucester Police held their annual 3 dayer on
1/2/3 June on Steve Webbers Osprey out of Minehead.
With fantastic weather prebooked 6 happy anglers filled their boots with Smooth
Hounds a plenty to
double figures, Bull Huss to 14lb. Small eyed Ray to 12lb 8oz .
The first Bristol Channel Plaice for a club member in 35 years and on the second
day over 30 Spurdog
to a record rattling 17lb 2oz .
A total of 20 different Specie were boated including in spite of the efforts of
several million dogfish.
Many thanks to Steve for some superb skippering.
Tight Lines Geoff Clark
1. Paul Donovan with a Bull Huss that was smaller than the whole
squid it was
caught on!!
2. Steve Upshall with a 5lb Bass and 12lb 8oz Small eyed caught
on successive casts.
3. Paul Donovan’s 1lb 8oz Plaice.
4. Erik Sherwood’s 14lb Bull Huss.
5. Scott Wareing’s Giant 17lb 2oz Spurdog.
Left Cardiff locks at 6pm on 10th June 2011 and
headed out to a Mid mark around
the Cardiff Buoys, Squid was the only bait on board, weather was nice an calm
sea with rain showers. blowing a westerly. we finished the session with about
30+ dogs, lots of strap congers, about 8 rays up to 8lb and a 4-5lb COD that
dropped off the hook as I lifted it into the boat and swam away.
Went out of Porlock Weir on high tide and was
plagued with L.S.D. 40+.
We also had small bass, strang congers and a decent size Bull Huss.
We were using the usual fish and squid baits and were fishing off foreland
point.
Fished at Barry Docks on bank holiday Monday -
used rag with mackerel and squid.
spent most of the day there as no tide issues.
Lots of small Whiting and a couple of fair sized eels.
Good day out after the rain stopped
From
Michael Webber on 22/05/11
Sunday 21 may 2011
Porlock Weir 2 hours before low water, fished a running ledger with ammo bluey
mackerel
and ammo unwashed squid.
A 5 lb 6 oz bass showed up, cracking fight a few tense seconds as it tried to
shake the
hook from its mouth.
Fished Ladye Bay on 1st May, a few small codling
and a strap conger on ragworm.
3 hrs up and 1hr down.
From
Richard Hill on 01/05/11
1st May 2011 at Dunster beach at the end of the car park. Fished for 2 up 1
down,
tried rag to no avail. So as the tide turned I tried a rag tipped with squid.
Got one codling, found the going tuff as there was loads and loads of seaweed.
From Tom
Wright on 18/04/11
Fished Blue Anchor with Dan Hawkins on 18/04/2011 3hrs up 2hrs back used squid/mackeral/Launce.
Dan was king of the dogfish (lost count around 20), I had many dogfish also but
my prize catch was
a 9lb 5oz Small Eyed Ray to Launce.
Sea was a mill pond and the beach and wall were packed with anglers.
Minehead harbour, just before dawn an hour before
high using frozen lug and mussel
cocktails hooked into a 10lb 6oz bass, cracking fight darting all over the place
and
watching it trying to shake the hook out as it approached the harbour steps was
a
worrying 10 seconds.
Happy days.
Had a trip out of Minehead today onboard Osprey,
two regular anglers and two novices. We had
45 dogfish, 1 thornback, 7 codling, 5 Spurdog and 40 cups of tea.
What a skipper if your planning a boat trip from minehead look no further, he's
the dogs danglies
From Chris Chilvers on 10/02/11
Fished 2 hrs before low (2pm)and 2 after low back
up at Hinkley on 22nd Jan.
6 codling best 4lbs rag and squid...big tides brilliant sunny day quite clear
water.
2 rods, big walk or what!!!
Fished Greenaleigh on 04/02, three codling, best
2 3/4 to 3lbs, another 2lb and one teeny one.
Blowing a hoolie and not nice to fish, no other bites. All the fish took
sandeel, nothing on crab,
squid or mackerel.
From Mark
Stevens on 10/02/11
Mark and Nutty fished Ladye Bay today
5 hours up 3 down, had a few small codling, mainly on rag and lug,
Steve missed out on an enjoyable day due to work commitments. (shame)
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Fished Blue Anchor 5 Feb. Two cod one 3lb, one
under size all on rag very windy good night.
From Matty B
on 30/01/11
Out on Scooby today 7 good healthy codling on lug tipped with squid.
North easterly and overcast but still fished well.
From Damon
Allen on 30/01/11
Fished with a work mate from Lady Bay Clevedon 29th Jan 2011. 3hrs up and 1.5hrs
down.
Lots of tiny cod but nothing you could keep.
From Cat Fairhurst on 23/01/11
Fished last nite me and 3 mates between us we had
2 small cod caught on lug tipped with squid
Fished Doniford Wed 5th. An hour after low tide
for three hours up,
chocolate water, no water movement.....all baits no bites!!!
lovely overcast day.
From Rich
Green on 07/01/11
Fished blue anchor 4 Jan, 2hrs b4 and 2hr after high tide, nothing till after
tide turned,
then 3 codling to 2lb on rag tipped with squid.
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From Chris on
01/01/11
Fished from low water up to high at lilstock, several bites, one 2 pound codling
(thrown back).
Overcast, dry no wind and very little water movement...slight tides..rag, lug
and squid cocktail
From Michael Webber on 25/12/10
18/12/10 Minehead gas works had a really good
session 4 cod caught on rag/squid
baits biggest cod was 4 pounds also the doggies were there with a few whiting
caught
4 cod, 3 doggies and 2 whiting.
Fished out of Watchet on my own boat had 29
codling/cod biggest was 11.5lb had 6 @ 6lb
and 4 @ 3lb rest were under 2lb water was nice chocolate colour and the tide ran
at a nice pace
fished just outside the chalets at Dunster
From Paul
Lumbard on 12/12/10
Portishead pier, me and a mate fished the pier again this
weekend, not so good for me
but he had 4 nice codling 1, 4lb+ and 3, 3lb+ nice clean fish, rigs pennel
pulley, bait rag,
From Paul
Lumbard on 05/12/10
fished the old steamer pier at Portishead on the 04-12 10 with a mate, bait was
rag for him,
rag tip squid for me, both used pulley rigs, he had 9 codling 4 keepers, i had 2
codling 1 keeper,
there were 3 others fishing all had codling.
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From Rich
Green on 06/12/10
Fished blue anchor on sat 3rd with rag and squid, caught half a dozen whiting
codling to 2lb
From
Richard Price on 30/11/10
Tuesday 30th November - Clevedon Pier
Fished from 11am till 1pm, just before high tide, very cold. Used blow lug with
squid,
Catch - 2 codling of about 2lb each, returned both
From Richard & Margy on 30/11/10
My wife and I fished Clevedon Pier Monday 29-11-10. 2 hours up and 2 hours down.
Used black lug tipped with squid. Totally blanked, not even a bite. 2 club
members
next to us did not fare much better. It was freezing cold and drafty.
So went home rather dejected.
From
Bruce Strachan on 26/11/10
Fished a club, Cod only comp from Minehead on AlyKat and Osprey.
Despite the foul wind and bitter cold, 20 codling were caught in the Dunster to
Blue Anchor areas. They fell to Lug and Squid baits.
A few rays and Conger showed up, as well as the usual numbers of LSD's
From
Richard Chapman on 25/11/10
Lilstock 24 11 10.Fished out of me kayak on Wednesday bait was lug and squid
caught
4 cod one at 9lb two at 5lb and one at 1 1/2lb. two thornbacks ,one conger
and six whiting.
From Paul
Lumbard on 23/11/10
Portishead had 3 codling all keepers on Pennell pulley rag tip squid,
my mate had a 3lb+ bass on same rig and bait.
From
Marcus Cowley on 22/11/10
Fished again Severn Beach on the 21 November high tide at 7.00pm,
one cod caught on the outgoing tide, caught on rag tipped with
squid 12.5 m high tide.
From Marcus Cowley on 20/11/10
Fishing at Severn beach last night 19 November,
no bites on the incoming tide, caught 1 cod about 3 LB
on the outgoing tide, other people there all caught between 1 and 2 each. high
tide was 5.30 pm, about11.8 m high
From Les
Twynholm on 20/11/10
Boat fishing out of Minehead on Osprey on 19th Nov we went out at 6.30 am and
started off in Porlock Bay.
As usual plenty of LSDs right from the start with a sprinkling of pout, poor cod
and whiting. Some of the
whiting were quite small but also four or five per rod in the 35-40 cm range. We
fished until the flood
was well under way at about midday and them moved up to a mark off Dunster. By
this time we had
also had Bull Huss to 12lb, a spur dog a couple of small codling and four or
five congers. The congers
were all double figures with the best estimated at 20lb so seemed better than
the usual straps.
Dunster was very slow with only a handful of whiting and dogs plus 2 cod about
3lb each.
We got back to port at about 2pm. Tried allsorts of baits but mackerel and squid
seemed to take anything.
The bigger whiting ignored the smaller hooks targeted at them and took large
chunks of mackerel on big
hooks intended for conger and rays.
From Chris on
11/11/10
Fished Stolford on 10th November 2010 over high tide from the concrete, 2 rods
fishing 7-11pm ish,
caught 2 cod and a large eel, first cod around 2lb mark fell to rag tipped with
squid then removed
squid later on as no action and immediately got activity after missing several
bites/fish pulled in a
nice 3lb+ cod to double rag. large silver eel fell to plain squid strip.
several other anglers present but only 1 small whiting caught between the lot of
them as far as
I was aware.
Weather was extremely calm.
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4/11/2010, high tide Hinkley Point
5 cod between 2 - 3.5 lbs. caught using rag and squid head.
From Tony
Howell on 04/11/10
Fished high tides 29th & 30th Oct at Kingston Seymour and the shrimp are
certainly getting in
there as the take-able cod were busting with them and small crab.
Overall 22 cod ( avg size around 1.5lb but bigger fish included 2x 3lb and best
fish at 5lb 8oz cleaned)
caught along with several small whiting coming to clipped down double flapper,
fished onto flats
with both peeler and black lug.
Certainly worth a visit for those wanting a few hours over high tide away from
the crowds.
Would strongly advise checking out the features at low tide to get the most out
of this high water mark.
From Bruce Strachan on 26/10/10
Fished a club pairs comp using Osprey and AlyKat out of Minehead.
Weather was very poor, a southerly gale so we had to tuck in under the protection of the Exmoor sea cliffs.
Bite detection was difficult due to the strong winds shaking the rods.
Best fish on the day went to an 11lb Bull Huss,
there were several Conger, Small Eyed Ray, Blonde Ray, Pout,
Poor Cod, Codling, Trigger, Streaked Gurnard, Tope, Whiting and literally
hundreds of Doggies.
On Osprey alone, over 120 Doggies.
From Sean
Badger on 24/10/10
Fished at Burnham on sea on the esplanade at a tide of 10.54 metres.
it was very choppy which blew the sea more up the steps. in just 10
minutes after high tide with using Ragworm on a two hook boom rig
came along a immature cod which was my first ever cod.
it was windy but we still carried on. next time I will get the big one!
Tight lines.
From Steve Garratt on 10/10/10
Not posted for a while,
Fished old passage yesterday 3hrs up and 2 back, only managed 2 codling between
us,
had a real good fish on for a while put pulled the hook.
Squid/maccy wrapped together was the bait on the day for me ,no taps on the
worm.
Good tide and wind but didn't produce like we thought.
tight lines and keep at em gang..............Steve
Knightstone has fished reasonable this summer
with a total of 13 thornbacks 8 conger
and a record for me this summer 39 dogfish fished a total of 46 times from may
-end august
only 2 small bass and not one flounder very strange the first of the winter fish
starting to
show had first codling already 17inches not bad for a start hope they return in
the
numbers of last year
From Tim on
29/09/10
Fished up Aust on Tues. night 28/09/10 caught a few in size codling and a 13 lb
conger.
From Matthew Vater on 21/07/10
Fished Sand Point (the knuckes). I fished 3 hours
up and one down.
Was a very still muggy day, very overcast. Caught 2 silver eels 6 congers.
Biggest conger was 13.6lb. another was 12.3lb, all the rest were between 7 and
10lb.
Both silvers were caught on rag, and all congers took plain squid. could not get
a
bite on mackerel or sand eel.
Over the past week, have fished 3 times off
Ogmore beach near the river mouth.
Have taken a small thornback on (rag / sandeel), two small school bass (rag) and
two sand dabs (rag). Weather each time has been fine and sunny, with a light
westerly breeze All fish taken on about the top three hours of the incoming
tide......medium surf running.
Have seen other anglers taking school bass... bottom fishing.
Havent seen anything taken on lures. Spent a lot of hours there....fishing is
slow.
From Brian Fretwell on 25/06/10
1/4 - 1/2 mile west of Minehead. close inshore
400yds? depth around 30ft. Wednesday 23rd
June 2010. 07.30 -. mid -Tide Ebbing. A glorious day - flat calm blue sky, gonna
be hot..
(Brown water?) With a few hours to kill before heading up channel to Weston.
Decided to
drown some frozen squid. Immediately LSD followed by another and another. 3
approx 24"
lengths. Decided to leave the fishing as I didn't have barbless hooks and it was
too nice a
day to keep damaging Dogfish lips - 2 broken hooks - it was better to cut
through the hook!.
I guess I'll have to wait until I can get beyond Porlock or get some advice how
to get something
else.
Should I use Peeler or???
Good fishin'
From Neil
Cameron on 17/06/10
Minehead Harbour,17/6/10.
Fished high tide in. Between 8am and 11am.
6 x Dog fish.
3 x Smooth hound.
1 x Cod. 2.1lb.
1 x Small eyed ray. 8.7lb.
From Bruce Strachan on 29/05/10
Fished a club trip on AlyKat on 29/05.
Day started well with light southerly breeze, but ended up a fresh/strong
westerly blow.
Good fishing in Porlock Bay, plenty of Smoothies
up to 10lb to crab baits and a few small Tope.
The last of the flood fished well off Embelle Wood with better Tope to 22lb on
Mackeral fillets.
Fresh Mackeral were caught around the Foreland with some Pollock chasing the feathers as well.
Doggies were at every location but not in plague
numbers as over the past weeks, and a lone
double figure Bull Huss put in an appearance.
All in all a good day despite the windy conditions.
4lb bass caught at shurton barns on Tuesday the 25 of May 2010.
the summer species have finally turned up at
Knightstone I had my first thornback on Saturday
17th April followed by a dogfish on Monday still plenty of codling and whiting I
also had a silver
eel on Wednesday but nice to see the big rods getting bites at last I used to
look forward to
winter on Knightstone but thanks to Spanish and Norwegian trawlers.
I'm now definitely a summer man come on you conger get that rod pumping .......
......... tight lines to all
fished blue anchor 19.3.10.fished 2 up 3 down,
good bites up to high water. caught 3 codling
(biggest 3 pound ) 2 pouting & 4 doggies. using peeler, black lug. Sandeel &
squid. It was a
good early morning session. Sunshine & a bit of cloud. light winds. fished 2
rods.
From Tim Poat (aka Timmy Tope!) on 02/03/10
A day on board Steve Webbers 'Osprey' from Minehead produced loads of Codling. Unfortunately they were too small to keep, most about 6 to 12 inches long. However, I did get two keepers at 5lb 2oz and 4lb 4oz. To the dismay of my mates though, both went back to swim again and grow!. Yes, it's all a bit of a lottery at this time of year! Any day fishing is better than a day at work - so I enjoyed myself!!!!!!!!
From Nigel
Owst on 14/02/10
A group of 5 of us fished 2 hours up, 1 down. Top tide was around 18.50 ish and
was 11.9m.
Very good weather with a cold, breeze from the South. As with the previous 2
weeks we have
fished this venue we had very poor results, with only 4 very small codling being
taken.
Baits used were the usual array of Rag, Squid, Peeler, and mackerel. All of the
fish fell to
scratching rigs baited with only Rag. Other baits weren't touched.
Nice one Curtis Owst for landing 3 of the fish caught.
From Andy Burston on 4th Feb 2010
Took the advantage of combining some time off
with a big tide, and decided to fish Blue Anchor
(high tide about 8.30pm). With enough rag and lug to cover the session,
I set up on the wall at the chalet end. Weather was dry, and nowhere near as
cold as it has been.
Bites came quite regular, but it got quieter just on high tide and a bit after.
I ended up with
7 codlets (biggest about 14"), a small pout and a small whiting.
It's nice to see these small cod, and I hope they come back over the next few
years when
they'll be worth taking home for the pan.
27-01-10 Three of us fished towards broken wall
from Blue Anchor. Medium tide with
a small swell. All big baits almost totally ignored. In total we had 9 tiny
codling on
scratching rigs with either mackerel; squid or worm. Nothing else - no LSD's,
pout
or whiting - most odd.
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Lilstock over low water sat 23rd. 8 codling best
fish 1lb all on crab . I had 1 thornback ray of 8lbs,
and two small pout. No cod over 3lbs yet on the channel . I just hope this small
cod come back in
the channel next year with 3 or 5lbs on them next year!
From
Chris Easton on 21/01/10
19/01/2010 Portishead fishing from the wood had 4 codling biggest fish at 2
lb. 6 .
All fish fell to crab & black lug on a falling tide using small baits nothing
taking normal size
cod bait .. very foggy weather .not a bad morning. could things be looking up
for the
channel .. he hopes
Fished Shurton 6th Jan 2010 with worm and squid
and snow great cod bait when
you can get it had two small codling 2lb 2.5 lb on the worm.
I fished it up for about 3 hours.
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Fished Minehead harbour wall on 5/1/10 for a few
hours over high with a couple
of mates we had 12 good Whiting to about a lb and a few small codling to 3/4lb.
A nice few hours fishing sheltering behind the wall from a biting wind.
From
Darren House on 03/01/10
Small codling to 1lb in almost plague proportions alongside pin whiting.
Bigger fish from sand point but low tide venue or expect to lose a lead a
cast on the rough ground.
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