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Shark fishing in the UK

By Sean McSeveny On June 22, 2020 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
Over the past few years Shark fishing has had a resurgence of popularity. Back in the70’s and early 80’s I used to read in awe about the shark fishing from ports out of Cornwall. Unfortunately in those days you would often see the sharks strung up as trophies, rather than released as is the usual [...]
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Shark Fishing Dorset – Talking Tackle!

By Paul Burridge On December 4, 2018 · 4 Comments · In Boat Fishing
So maybe you’re thinking of getting out amongst our local sharks? The question is with what? Well there are many different opinions on the best tackle for sharks. Some anglers prefer to tackle up lighter and enjoy the sport of smaller sharks where others prefer to tackle up for the monster from the depths and [...]
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Shark Fishing …. Around Portland ???

By Paul Burridge On November 15, 2018 · 4 Comments · In Boat Fishing
Everyone has seen the film right? The large reel, the guttural clicking of a Penn Senator reel before the noise becomes a scream as yards of line roll out faster than you can wind it back on! Most shark anglers live for this. For decades past, Cornwall was always the mecca for shark fishing. In [...]
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Peace & Plenty III Weymouth Angling Charter Boat Has A New Skipper Jamie Pullin

By Allan Yates On March 10, 2016 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
New Kid On The Block !! Peace and Plenty III a very well established charter boat operating out of Weymouth Dorset has a new skipper at the helm, Jamie Pullin who is known to many anglers who have boat fished out of Weymouth. Jamie has been fishing since he was 14 years old working on [...]
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Fishing Skjervoy Norway Part 1 With Boat Angler Allan Yates

By Allan Yates On February 18, 2016 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Fishing Abroad, Reports
Venturing to Norway in search of huge cod is a dream fishing trip for me and high up on my bucket list. I’ve thought about a trip for a long time because among the cod would be the chance to catch halibut, coalies, wolfish and a few nice plaice too. So when a spare place [...]
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Wreck Fishing off Weymouth 2016 with boat angler Allan Yates

By Allan Yates On January 28, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Boat Fishing, Reports
Sunday the 17th January  saw the first wrecking trip of 2016 on board Wild Frontier II out of Weymouth skippered by Clem Carter and supported by very experienced angler and deckhand Richard both who I have fished with many times before. The boat itself is a wide beam Cat with loads of room and as [...]
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Deviltail Eels and Shads development

By Allan Yates On December 17, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Boat Fishing, Lure, Reports
The Deviltail lures are a hybrid design created from a number of previous designs tried and tested over 2014 /2015. The original Deviltail started life as a worm pattern to work in conjunction with a variety of jigheads and hook sizes and jolly effective it was too taking Bass, Cod and Pollock so the concept [...]
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Winter fishing on Wild Frontier II out of Weymouth with boat angler Allan Yates

By Allan Yates On December 1, 2015 · 5 Comments · In Boat Fishing, Reports
First trip out for some time down to the unsettled weather cancelling many previous trips, day looked promising with sky’s clearing and very little to no wind out on Wild Frontier II from Weymouth skippered by Clem Carter. Crew all new faces and very expeirenced anglers 9 in total but on this boat space isn’t [...]
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Lumi Lures with boat angler Allan Yates

By Allan Yates On November 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Lure, Reports
I make lures to catch fish Not To Catch Anglers !! that comment so winds me up for the simple reason anglers aren’t dummies but fortunately many will try something new if it puts fish in the box. Now I have that off my chest I can discuss why I’ve spent time developing illuminated lures. [...]
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Fishing out of Weymouth on board charter boat Katie Ann with Allan Yates boat angler

By Allan Yates On October 20, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
Fishing out of Weymouth on board Katie Ann skipper owner Paul Davies, the boat is a 10 m Cougar cat powered by twin 330hp iveco turbo diesels cruising at 17 to 22 knots weather permitting and plenty of fishing space plus it’s kitted with a live bait tank, ice boxes and plenty of tea, coffee [...]
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Drift fishing with boat angler Allan Yates Be Prepared

By Allan Yates On October 17, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
Getting more and more requests from customers for lures and traces ready to fish out of the bag. I can understand why when you see some of the un-prepared anglers out on the charter boats missing so many drifts and lost fishing time because they hadn’t prepared rigs and lures for quick re-rigging when they [...]
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On board Valkyrie 6 with boat angler Allan Yates

By Allan Yates On October 14, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Boat Fishing, Reports
Fishing out of Hayling Island many times in the past  millennium so I know the area quite well and recently this year I booked a place on the boat Valkyrie 6 with skipper and owner Glen Cairns who has many years of experience and local knowledge of the fishing grounds he frequents and is a [...]
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Wreck fishing on FlamerIV from Weymouth with Allan Yates Boat Angler

By Allan Yates On September 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
I love wreck fishing out of Weymouth, so I was delighted when I was invited down to Weymouth to film and test some new lures on board Flamer IV charter boat owned and skippered by Colin Penny. The skipper has many years of experience since 1995 and has won many awards, the task for the [...]
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Making your own Fishing lures with Allan Yates Boat Angler

By Allan Yates On September 15, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Boat Fishing, Lure Fishing
Ever wondered how to make your own lures? If you want a new hobby or something to do on a winters night try this it’s very addictive and just so easy to do, you can sit in front of the telly if you want. No nasty fumes or expensive plant, microwaves, hot gloves, respirators, or [...]
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Boat Fishing out of Poole on Rocket

By Allan Yates On September 9, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Boat Fishing, Poole Harbour, Reports
Going to kick off the 2015 boat fishing series of articles with one about the Rocket out of Poole which in fact was my last trip of 2014. The Rocket charter and dive boat is big ! plenty of fishing space as you can fish all round the wheelhouse and inside it’s comfortable with all [...]
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Boat Fishing With Allan Yates

By Allan Yates On September 1, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
First post and a chance to introduce myself, I’ve been fishing since I was four years old with my father, who was both freshwater and an avid sea angler and I followed in his footsteps learning all the time and still am. I specialise in boat fishing, mainly wrecking and fishing on the drift with [...]
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Brilliant boat fishing

By Sean McSeveny On August 26, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
It has been a while since I have done a boat report, but as the boat fishing has been even better than the shore fishing at the moment, I thought it was time to do a catch report. Trad Casey has been showing once again that you don’t need a fast boat, or have to [...]
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The hidden depths

By Sean McSeveny On June 25, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Boat Fishing, Reports
Boat Report Boat fishing catch reports for Weymouth and the other parts of the South coast, have always been a bit patchy on the site. Don’t get me wrong I love doing them, but at the moment I am really struggling to find the time to do them. I have only really included this one [...]
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Fly Fishing for Blue Sharks On The UK Coast!

By Sean McSeveny On May 27, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Boat Fishing, Lure Fishing, Reports
[sam id=”1″ codes=”true”]Fishing for blue and other species of shark in the UK is becoming more popular year on year as anglers realise there are actually ‘big fish’ in our waters and it’s no longer essential to travel abroad to get into some serious action. Some charter boats have been hitting the headlines for years [...]
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Wreck fishing from Weymouth onboard Snapper with Eddystone Eels

By Sean McSeveny On May 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing, Reports
Combine the youth and exuberance of a young charter boat skipper with Eddystone Eels, one of the oldest and best known names for lures in the UK and you get a great fishing combination, especially for a days Wreck or Bass fishing. The Weymouth charter fishing fleet, has long been regarded as one of the largest [...]
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Dolphins and boat fishing report

By Sean McSeveny On August 27, 2014 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
A pod of over a 100 dolphins have been spotted of Portland Bill and have been here for at least 4 days, but that does not seem to have made much of a difference to the fishing in the area. I have always been a believer that if there are Dolphins and Seals around there [...]
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Blue Shark fishing

By Sean McSeveny On July 3, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Boat Fishing
Do you remember the boat scene from Jaws when Chief Brody, Quint and Hooper are out rod and line fishing for the shark and one of the reels clicks slowly for a few turns and then  suddenly screams as line is dragged off it like the rubber burning from the tyres of a donuting boyracer? [...]
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Purbeck Boat Fishing Report

By Sean McSeveny On June 11, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Boat Fishing
 Boat fishing off the Purbeck coast really kicks off in April and May with the arrival of Black Bream and Ray species, and this year was no exception – thank goodness we didn’t have another long bitterly cold spring like last year (which delayed the arrival of many species as the water temperature was very [...]
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Great Boat fishing all along the South Coast

By Sean McSeveny On May 8, 2014 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
The boat fishing just seems to get better by the week. With the exception of Mackerel and Plaice fishing, which is being affected by the May water, the early summer species are arriving by the day. This year the Bream fishing in this area really has kicked off early. The Bass are slowly moving from [...]
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Fantastic boat and kayak fishing in Dorset, Devon and Hampshire

By Sean McSeveny On April 16, 2014 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
The boat fishing around Dorset, Devon and Hampshire has really kicked off this week. I was lucky enough to get out twice last week and I have a great time (more of that later). The charter and private boats have been doing really well on the Shambles for Plaice and Turbot. Lyle Stanisforth on Supanova [...]
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The boat report is back

By Sean McSeveny On April 2, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Boat Fishing
With more boats now able to get out, I have had a lot of requests to bring back the weekly boat report. I am hoping to cover a larger area than we did last year. This gives all you boat anglers out there an idea of what is around in the different ports. We will [...]
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Boat fishing report from Portland and Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 22, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Boat Fishing
Normally I would report on what has been happening with the charter fleet, but this week I am going to talk about a trip I had out with a couple of friends, who own one of the local tackle shops on their boat out of Portland. Andy whose boat it is, and Mike assured me [...]
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Boat report 30th June 2012

By Sean McSeveny On June 30, 2013 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
The good weather over the past week has ment that the charter fleet and private boats have been able to get out and find some great fish. The wreck fishing seems to have exploded with Bass starting to show on the wrecks as well as huge Pollock and a few Cod. Inshore the Shambles and [...]
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Weymouth boat report 11th June 2012

By Sean McSeveny On June 11, 2013 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
The weekly report is not quite going according to plan, mainly due to the amount of work I have been putting in creating the videos that I will put up soon. I will try to get the reports back on track for next week. Boat fishing is certainly better than the shore fishing , with [...]
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Weymouth boat report

By Sean McSeveny On May 8, 2013 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
As promised last week I am going to do a once a week round up of what the local charter fleet and private boats have been catching. I am going to start of with just the Weymouth and Portland boats, that I have permission from to publish their catches. I hope to have West Bay and Poole [...]
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Boat fishing report from Weymouth & Portland 20th June 2012

By Sean McSeveny On June 22, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Boat Fishing, Chesil Beach, Reports
I was lucky enough to be invited out on my friend Fraser’s boat this week. Fraser works abroad in 5 week stints, so the 5 weeks he has off he makes the most of them by going out on his Antares 640 almost every day. The last time he was home I gave him one [...]
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