August best bass

The Isle of Wight grounds continue to produce good bass on live baits.

Silver Spray skipper Andy Cumming with a9lber caught on a live scad
Poole Dolphins member Ted Wood with a 6 1/2lber caught on a rough day on mackerel bait

August Trips

With hot and settled weather the fishing remains good...

Rob Chandler from Dartmouth used live mackerel to catch his best ever bass of 8lb on the Isle of Wight grounds
3 generations of the Legg family all with fine bass Ernie, William and Garry with 5-6lb fish
Charlie Watts with a 25lb reef conger which was returned alive

Plenty of tope around!

July Reef and wreck trips

The wrecks and reefs continue to fish well and produce some good fish

Andy Woodman from Peterborough with a 13lb cod caught on the rips a reef some 25miles south of Poole.
Harry Hyun came from Seoul, Korea and landed this 30lb eel from a reef mark by St Alban's race
Ian Napier from Poole used alive mackerel to catch this big mouthed 13lb pollack from a wreck 30 miles out.
The first John Dorry caught on Silver Spray on a storm shad!
John Fatters with a skinny ling!

July Evening trips

Silver Spray heads out on summer evenings to give anglers a chance to fish after work. As these pictures show these trips can be quite successful...

Shaun Burt shows off a beutifully marked 14lb undulate ray

Andy George with 15lb blonde ray caught on a Silver Spray evening trip
Steve Holder with a12lb pollack caught with 200m of St Albans head

Graham Hobbs with a 49lb reef conger. Graham is tall chap but not as long as his conga..

July Bass Trips - highlights

Craig Clark with a double hander of 8 & 6lb bass.
John Sinclair Smith with 8 1/2lb caught of live mackerel
Ben Singer from Bath with a fine 8lber
Adam Ginn from Kent with a 8lber
Dereck Ring from Bournemouth with a 9lber