Catch Reports: April 2009

Wreck fishing 28 April 2009

Some nice quality fish on the wrecks and rips roday with 3 cod in double figures, the best reaching 18lb and a good run of pollack to 14lb.

Steve Collins 18lb cod

David Palmer 17.5lb cod

Terry Dodsworth with 2 fine wreck cod

Terry with one from the rips

Mark Palmer 14lb pollack

Rod's p.b. pollack

David Palmer p.b. pollack

April 2009 Banks, wrecks and bream

The 2nd half of April and inshore fishing has picked up with some nice bream showing. Banks slowed over the last neaps but still some turbot and even an inshore cod. On the rips some nice pollack on the live eels and the cod start to show. Looks promising for the summer

Boat Fishing Monthly's Dave Barham with an inshore cod

Jim Midgley with a turbot

Our first bream of 2009

Andrea with her first bream one of 70 on an evening trip

Even the skiper can do it. Andy with a 12lb rips pollack

Ken with a nice cod and hat

Miles Northover with his first ever cod!

April Wrecking

Out on the mid channel wrecks the water has cleared and the pollack have arrived in numbers. Live sandeels seem to be really important in achieving excellent catch rates. Good numbers of double figure fish....

A 14lb bull huss caught while congering. 140% of specimen weight.

Easter Banks fishing

The inshore fishing has remained slow probably due to low water temperatures so the bream trips planned for Easter where rescheduled for banks and wrecking. With some good results...

Jammers witha 9lb brill equalling the boat record. 180% of specimen weight!

Robin "Laundry" with a 15lb turbot

A 10lber for Henry

Nick with his 11lb turbot

Banks Fishing April 2009

Off to the banks through the fog and some choppy seas. By the time we arrived the weather had bucked up and we had some nice turbot and plaice.....

Paul Hathaway with a plaice of 5lb 2oz and a turbot of 12lb 4oz

The lads with a trio of nice flats

Dave "did i tell you about my spurdog" Lynes with a 9lb turbot

Ian Napier with a p.b. turbot of 9lb

Wrecking end of march 2009

Off to check out the wrecks to the south of Poole with live sandeels for bait on a big spring tide. A good catch of pollack to 16lb. Congers and a fine bull huss at slack.