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Are we allowed to fish in the new lockdown in 2021?

By Sean McSeveny On January 18, 2021 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Plymouth, Reports
The latest advice as of the 7th of January is that yes we can go fishing locally. This information has been released by the Angling Trust, whom have fought very hard for anglers to be able to resume fishing after the government initially decided to suspend angling in the third national lockdown. However the resumption [...]
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Winter Sea Fishing

By Sean McSeveny On December 15, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Winter sea fishing is all about Cod, Whiting and Flounder right? Wrong!! They are certainly the species most anglers automatically think of when the last flushes of autumn have gone and we face months of cold and wet weather. However it certainly doesn’t have to be that way, there are still loads of other species [...]
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Where to fish on a windy weekend?

By Sean McSeveny On July 3, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We have some strong south westerly winds heading our way this weekend, but that doesn’t mean I am going to be sat at home! I love it when the wind stirs things up. It can really improve fishing for certain species, especially Bass at this time of year. Yes it can muck up some of [...]
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Fishing forecast and Catch reports for Chesil Beach, July 2020

By Sean McSeveny On June 30, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What can I catch on Chesil and other South West fishing marks in July? This year I want to look ahead at what we can expect to catch from Chesil Beach in July. I always look forward to July as it marks the start of the better fishing. Most of the summer species have moved [...]
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Can we go fishing again? The answer is yes.

By Sean McSeveny On May 11, 2020 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The question on everyones lips is can we go fishing again? Unfortunately the Prime Ministers speech last night left a lot of us scratching our heads in confusion, myself included. In all honesty it raised more questions than it answered. Facebook was flooded with differing opinions on people interpretations of what was said, so I [...]
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Fishing after Lockdown

By Sean McSeveny On May 4, 2020 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I used to dream about wining the lottery, now I just dream about going fishing again. All the indicators are pointing to a level of relaxation on the social distancing rules, probably in a couple of weeks time. If the government are starting to phase people back to work, there is no reason why a [...]
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This is going to be the best Bass fishing season for years!

By Sean McSeveny On April 22, 2020 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am sure most of you are like me and itching to get out fishing again. Covid-19 may be playing havoc with our social lives and preventing us getting out fishing, but it could well have some added bonuses. We are still early in the fishing year and still a few weeks away from the [...]
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Fishing during the Coronavirus lock down

By Sean McSeveny On March 26, 2020 · 17 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
“Don’t be a Kn*b, just do as you are asked for a while!” These are the words tweeted by Johnny Mercer,  Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View and Undersecretary for State of Defence. On this rare occasion, I couldn’t agree more with him. I make absolutely no apologies for what I am about to say, [...]
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Fishin Impossible

By Sean McSeveny On December 1, 2018 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fishing conditions this week have been brutal to say the least and unfortunately there seems no let up for this weekend, or at least not on Chesil, so if you are in any doubt as to whether the beach is fishable I think you can see from this impressive picture taken this morning by my [...]
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Classic Chesil fishing with double figure Cod

By Sean McSeveny On November 27, 2018 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It was one of those weekends that could have been good, or a total blank on Chesil. The tides were dying away, the water was clearing and we still had an easterly wind for the most part. As it turned out, Chesil produced the way it was typically remembered for, by producing a number of [...]
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Big Blondes and Record Breaking Brill

By Sean McSeveny On November 19, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Once again Chesil Beach has produced a cracking weekend of fishing for some. But it wasn’t the Cod that everyone has been seeking, it has been the flat fish that have hit the headlines, with a potential British record breaking Brill and some amazing Rays. Bernard Johnson weighed in a huge Brill of 8lb 3oz, [...]
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Big Bass in November

By Sean McSeveny On November 16, 2018 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I did say on Monday that November is one of the best months of the year for big Bass and Ben Male proved exactly that, with a 12lb Bass caught at Seaton on Garfish. I have to admit to never having used Garfish as a bait, other than to catch Garfish, but I had heard that [...]
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Death of a fishing legend

By Sean McSeveny On November 13, 2018 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It is with great sadness that I hear the news this morning, of the sudden death of John Wilson, who died after suffering a stroke in his home in Thailand. John was a fishing legend that inspired so many people, myself included. I was lucky enough to meet him once and I was awed by [...]
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Whats happened to Fishing Tails? We are back!

By Sean McSeveny On November 9, 2018 · 18 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am delighted to say that Fishing Tails is back and will be even better than ever. I won’t bore you with the details as to why I haven’t been around, but I would like to say thank you to those who have supported me over the past few months and have persuaded me to [...]
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Autumn Fishing in Dorset and Chesil Beach

By Sean McSeveny On September 18, 2017 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Autumn is without a doubt the best time for sea fishing in Dorset. We still have all the summer species around, but the winter species are now starting to show, so you never know what your next catch will be. It could easily be a hard fighting Smoothound from Seaton or a tasty Cod from [...]
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Bass and Cod on Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On September 11, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am guessing many of you have looked at the weather forecast for the next few days and thought I don’t fancy going out in that. I look at the conditions and it makes me almost tremble with excitement. I know that this is one of the best opportunities that I am going to get, [...]
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Summer fishing in Dorset

By Sean McSeveny On June 30, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
With July only a day away we can finally start talking about summer fishing and what we can expect along the Dorset coast. Lets start with Chesil, which is everyones favourite mark. It certainly hasn’t been on fire recently, but that should start to change as the summer fish as now moving in. Gurnard normally [...]
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Turbot and flat fish surprise on Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On April 7, 2017 · 7 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Turbot are not a fish normally associated with Chesil, but for some reason they are showing on a number of different marks along the beach. Steve Parsons landed this lovely Turbot on crab and ragworm, during a daylight session. A number of larger ones into double figures have been landed on night tides. Local angler [...]
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A rough weekend ahead

By Sean McSeveny On February 24, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The UK is currently being  hit by storm Doris and it looks like it will continue throughout the weekend and into middle of next week. As you can see from this vide shot by Izzy Ismet of Underwater Explorers, conditions on Chesil are pretty rough. Chesil Cove 23.02.2017 Early afternoon scenes from Chesil Cove in [...]
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Late winter fishing options

By Sean McSeveny On February 10, 2017 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
February can be one of the worst months of the year for fishing, especially on Chesil Beach. It is hard to get motivated and leave the warmth of your home, to sit on a windswept and wet beach, just to catch a few Rockling and the odd undersized Whiting. Having said that, I would rather [...]
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Cod fishing has gone flat

By Sean McSeveny On December 5, 2016 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Well what can I say? Another weekend with very few codling on Chesil and the few that were caught were all pretty small. I would love to know what happened to all those fish we had for the past two years . I expected to see a good number of Cod in the 8-10lb range [...]
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Huge Cod from Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On November 21, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
On Friday my headline was “The Cod are coming”. Unfortunatly it would seem that the Cod failed to read my article and decided to go somewhere else. So far the cod fishing has been very poor. However Robert Moore proved that there are some good caught to be caught, when he landed this monster at [...]
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The Squid are in

By Sean McSeveny On November 11, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Calm seas, building tides and good water visibiity all combine to make great Squid fishing conditions. Both  Weymouth pleasure and stone pier are good locations, as are the piers towards Bournemouth. Squid fishing isn’t limited to the piers as Christopher Luke found out whilst fishing in Chesil Cove. The main question I am getting this week [...]
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Cod Competition results

By Sean McSeveny On October 31, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Yesterday was the Weymouth Angling Centre Chesil Beach Cod Open at Abbotsbury. With a top prize of a £1000 Heaviest Bag (cod only) and a second large prize of £500 for the heaviest  It will come as no surprise that a lot of anglers entered. What was a surprise was the lack of Cod. The past [...]
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We are back

By Sean McSeveny On October 26, 2016 · 10 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
First I would like to apologise for the lack of posts over the last 2 weeks, I have been dealing with a lot of personal issues which has meant I’ve not been  unable to devote as much time as I usually do to the site . Hopefully  things will become less trying soon and we can [...]
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Bream bonanza

By Sean McSeveny On October 3, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Can there be such a thing as too many Bream? Only if your double whole squid bait that you are using to target Cod, is eaten in a matter of minutes by the hoards of locust like Bream. That was exactly what happened to me at the weekend on Chesil. most were the size of [...]
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Early Cod and late Bream. Its all happening

By Sean McSeveny On September 30, 2016 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Finally,  the good fishing that we expect on Chesil in September, has kicked in. its just a shame that it has taken until almost October. Anyway enough of my complaining, I dont have time, as I don’t want to miss the great conditions that we have today.  It looks perfect for Bass and Cod and [...]
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Sole searching

By Sean McSeveny On September 18, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
There are fish on Chesil, but you need to be either very close in or hitting long casts to get them at the moment. We are seeing the Garfish in better numbers and they should continue to become a regular in our catches for the next two months. Fred Snook managed a few in a [...]
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What is going on?

By Sean McSeveny On September 16, 2016 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Last week I was singing the praises of fishing in September, this week I am scratching my head and thinking, where have the fish gone? To be honest this is localised to Chesil, as many of the other marks are fishing well, but I am really disappointed in the lack of fish from my favourite [...]
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Fishing in September, the best month of the year

By Sean McSeveny On September 9, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
If I was only allowed to go fishing once a year, then I would choose to go fishing in September. It has for me, been the best month for as long as I can remember. We still have all the summer fish around, but the first of the winter species are starting to make an [...]
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Squid starting to show on the South Coast

By Sean McSeveny On September 5, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I was surprised to hear that the Squid have started to show in a number of areas along the south coast. This is almost a month early, but nothing surprises me this year, as all the fishing patterns seem to be out of sync. As usual the night tides produced the Squid from the piers, [...]
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Could we see Tuna?

By Sean McSeveny On September 2, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I was told a few weeks ago that there was a large body of warm water moving in the Atlantic, that would bring huge shoals of Mackerel to the UK. Along with the Mackerel and other baitfish, would be Sharks and Tuna. I will admit that I was more than sceptical, but it seems that [...]
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Thunder and lighting fishing

By Sean McSeveny On August 26, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
After the exciting conditions at the start of the week, the fishing has settled back into the normal summer mode, with some nice Gurnard being caught and loads of Smoothound. Ben Hackett managed this one from the Ferrybridge end of Chesil. Normally I would say use Peeler Crab to target them, but they seem equally [...]
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Gale force fishing

By Sean McSeveny On August 22, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The gale force winds that were forecast for the weekend hit the coast just as predicted. It certainly stirred the water up and just as I predicted on Friday, the Bass and Cod moved in. I fished the Ferrybridge end of Chesil yesterday afternoon, just as soon as the wind and sea had died down [...]
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Starfish: the return of the 5 legged menace

By Sean McSeveny On August 16, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
One day I am reporting great catches from Chesil, then the next day, it seems like someone flicked a switched and the fishing just turned off. What’s happening? I fished at West Bexington yesterday, in conditions that seemed pretty favourable on the surface. A steady SE wind creating a small bit of surf with clear [...]
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Summer Fishing on Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On August 12, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Chesil Beach can often be over rated at many times of the year, but summer is not one of those times. It is when it comes into it’s own and out-fishes just about every other mark in the country. The diversity of species is incredible. How many other marks do you know where you can [...]
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A tale of 2 halves

By Dan Austen On August 10, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As the weather was looking considerably more settled than during the week it was decided that myself and a good friend and new to sea fishing Nick Snelling would hit the shingle of Chesil Beach, with the car loaded and spirits high we left full of optimism as to what this magical place would throw [...]
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Bass at their best

By Sean McSeveny On August 5, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As predicted last week the Bass fishing was pretty good.  No sooner had I put the forecast up and when my friend Paul Black called me to say he had managed 3 Bass the night before, with the biggest going 7lb. They were tiddlers compared to the 13.5lb Bass that Paul Stewart had from Abbotsbury [...]
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Big Bass week

By Sean McSeveny On August 1, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
One of the things that makes Fishing Tails unique as a site is that we don’t just tell you whats been caught, we try to forecast what’s going to be caught. Well this week I am going to put my neck on the block again and predict that we will see several big Bass coming [...]
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Summer Cod and trigger fish

By Sean McSeveny On July 29, 2016 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Summer fishing is well upon us and it seems that everyday the fishing just gets better. I reported on Monday about the Bream moving into the area. It looks like this could be one of the best years for Bream fishing in a long time. I have heard reports of catches of 10 or more [...]
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Bream dream

By Sean McSeveny On July 25, 2016 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Black Bream fishing is starting to kick off on Chesil and around Portland now, with some lovely catches over the past few days. Ultima match team angler Danny Woodcock had two cracking Bream from the Ferrybridge end of Chesil. The smaller of the two weighed 3lb and the larger one went 3lb 6oz. Mike Kempster [...]
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At last the Mackerel are here in numbers

By Sean McSeveny On July 15, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach
I don’t ever remember having to wait so long for the Mackerel to arrive in large number, but the good news is they are finally here and they are huge fish.   I always welcome the Mackerel, because so many other species depend on them, it often brings in the Rays. Not necessarily for the [...]
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A tough weekend

By Sean McSeveny On July 11, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Another weekend of fairly strong SW winds made fishing Chesil uncomfortable at best. There was a few fish that came from there, mostly Smoothounds and a few Mackerel. Most anglers opted to fish some of the more sheltered marks. Ollie Mears decided to fish West Bay harbour and landed several Flounder and a specimen Thin [...]
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Gurnard, the fish of the summer

By Sean McSeveny On July 8, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I always associate the first regular catches of Gurnard with the start of the summer fishing season. The Gurnard are normally closely followed by another of my favourite eating species the Black Bream. This week has seen a number of nice Gurnard landed and it comes as no surprise that my friend, Roger Morgan had [...]
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More Bass bans to come but why?

By Sean McSeveny On July 1, 2016 · 16 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The good news is that from today, we are allowed to keep one Bass per angler, as long as it is 42cm or larger.   The bad news is that a scientific report released yesterday from ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), recommends a complete ban on Bass fishing for the year [...]
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How will leaving the EU effect us as anglers?

By Sean McSeveny On June 27, 2016 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Sorry about missing Fridays forecast but , like many others, I needed  some time to process the shock news that more than half the voting public think we will be better off out of Europe. All I can say is get down to your local tackle shop and buy your rods and reels now, before [...]
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Where are the Mackerel

By Sean McSeveny On June 20, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
After a very promising start to the year, with Mackerel being caught as early as February, I am very surprised that we are struggling to see any being landed locally. It is not just a local problem, as there seems to be a lack of Mackerel everywhere. Thinking back, we had the same problem last [...]
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Happy 20th Anniversary Weymouth Angling Centre

By Sean McSeveny On June 17, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
This weekend see’s the 20th anniversary of Weymouth Angling Centre and all the team at Fishing Tails, would like to congratulate them for the great service that they provide 7 days a week. The staff are some of the most knowledgeable in the business and really know what they are talking about when it comes [...]
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A few sessions before the rivers open

By Sean McSeveny On June 13, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I like to class myself as an all round angler, with a leaning towards lure fishing. I am sure that there are many more out there like me, that are looking forward to the opening day of the river season on Thursday. I can’t wait to get out with my lure and fly rod in [...]
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Incredible weekend of fishing

By Sean McSeveny On June 6, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
For several months now, I have been struggling to find enough content to make the fishing reports interesting. Today I don’t know where to start. It feels like the sea fishing season has finally started. Well let’s start on the Chesil Beach and the first mention has to go to Max Bryden, who fished with [...]
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