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What has happened to the fishing?

By Sean McSeveny On November 11, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
There was plenty of fish around last weekend, but very few of them were exciting. Out of the hundreds of anglers that fished over the weekend only a handful managed anything other the Dogfish or Pout. Even the top guys fishing the Samalite League at West Bexington struggled to get through the Pout and Dogfish. [...]
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Top fishing marks in Dorset this weekend

By Sean McSeveny On November 8, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Where is going to be the best place to fish in Dorset this weekend? Chesil Beach will spring to mind for most people, but I am not so sure. The beach has certainly calmed down, but it still remains coloured. What seems to be missing is the Cod. Despite several spells of almost ideal conditions [...]
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Fishing in Dorset over the weekend

By Sean McSeveny On November 4, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Good fishing or bad! how did you get on over the weekend? I decided that I would give it a miss this weekend, as conditions were pretty lousy, and I think I made the right decision. Chesil was for the most part unfishable. But Chesil is not the only place to fish, as I know [...]
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Weekend fishing forecast for Chesil, Portland & Weymouth. 1st November 2013

By Sean McSeveny On November 1, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It is going to be another interesting weekend! The winds will be up and down the scale today, starting from strong this morning and dropping to almost nothing this afternoon. The calm spell will continue on to tomorrow morning, then the wind will pick up quickly, turning into a gale once more around midday on [...]
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How far do I need to cast on Chesil

By Sean McSeveny On October 31, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Chesil Beach is not the easiest beach to fish in any conditions, it is very mark specific and it is well known that the better casters normally fair better than the rest of us mere mortals. In reasonable  conditions you can easily pick up lots of fish at no more than 60yds and on some [...]
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Chesil Beach after the storm

By Sean McSeveny On October 29, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
How long after a storm does it take for Chesil Beach to become safe enough to fish? Will I be able to fish Chesil this afternoon? Well the answer to those questions depend on a number of factors. First is the length and strength of the storm, and we assume that it was South Westerly. [...]
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Fishing in a storm

By Sean McSeveny On October 28, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Right now Chesil Beach is on lock down. The storm barriers are closed at Chesil Cove and the beach is being hammered. There is a south westerly storm raging and you still want to go fishing! Welcome to the club. It doesn’t matter how rough it is, if I feel the urge to go fishing [...]
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Cod fishing! When does the Cod season start? It could be this weekend in Dorset.

By Sean McSeveny On October 25, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Cod Fishing! Are there any Cod being caught yet? That is all I am hearing at the moment. Sea anglers throughout the south of England have become fixated by the thought of Cod arriving on our shores. Even I have become quite excited about the prospect of catching a double figure Cod, and those of [...]
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This could be one of the best fishing days of the year: Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach

By Sean McSeveny On October 24, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Being a fishing guide in Dorset can certainly have its rewards. If you are one of the readers that log on nice and early, then  you will be reading this whilst I am huddled in my beach buddy out on Chesil beach, fishing for a monster Bass or Cod. Hopefully tomorrow, I will be telling [...]
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Where to fish in Dorset if Chesil is too rough.

By Sean McSeveny On October 22, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I don’t know how many of you got out over the weekend, I didn’t as I decided that as the weather was so poor, I would make some headway on the huge list of jobs that the missus had for me, that I had managed to put off for months. I had a couple of [...]
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Cod Fishing in Dorset, including the latest catch report & fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 18, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The weekend is upon us again. We have had a good south westerly blow for a few days that has stirred Chesil Beach up nicely. The winds have died down a bit now, but the water is still coloured. Looking at the wind forecast, it looks like you will only have today and tomorrow to [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 17, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Whats the best fishing conditions to fish Chesil Beach? Well they might be the ones that we should experience over the next couple of days. Strong SW winds will be with us for a good few days. This will make the beach difficult and at times even dangerous, but for those that take care and [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 14, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What are the best tides to fish Chesil? Well it certainly wasn’t the ones we have just had this weekend. To say fishing was a bit slow is an understatement, especially down at the Abbotsbury end of the beach. Anglers faired a bit better at Ferrybridge with good numbers of Bream showing, for those on [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 11, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Squid fishing or jigging seems to be the hot topic at the moment. They are being caught all over the place. Lots have come from Chesil, off the piers at Weymouth, Swanage and West Bay, and from the boats. I didn’t realise how popular it is. My task for next week is to find out [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 7, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Shore fishing in Dorset normally peaks in October, early reports suggest that this October will be no different. You have all of the summer species still around, and the winter visitors arriving by the day. The summer species are in the peak of condition, especially the Plaice that have put on lots of weight since [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On October 1, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Autumn sea fishing in Dorset was pretty mixed this past weekend. The beach produced pretty much what I thought it would. A few codling, some Bream, a good few Smoothound and Gurnard and loads of Mackerel and Garfish. Nothing to get too excited about, but the tides were very small, so expectations were not too [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 28, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Late September fishing in Dorset is fantastic; I love it. I decided I fancied a quick fish just before dusk down in Chesil Cove. I am not sure if the choice of  location  had more to do with the possibility of catching a nice Bass or Pollock, or the thought of a nice pint in [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 23, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Shore fishing  in Dorset at its best! I don’t really know where to start in this report. This weekend has to have been one of the best for a long time. It seems Cod fever has started. I have witnessed quite a few Codling being landed this weekend from a number of marks along Chesil. Watch [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 20, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The calm after the storm! I am back from my trip to Spain and I know you have had some pretty rough weather whilst I have been away. I had a look at Chesil yesterday afternoon when I got back and even though it was still a bit rough, I could tell that the water [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 16, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
At last a big change in the weather. It is certainly not something a lot of people will welcome, but for some anglers fishing Chesil Beach, it has been what they have spent weeks waiting for. The rough conditions will bring the Bass in close, where they will gorge themselves on the bounty of food [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 13, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I know some of you are thinking that you have not seen many reports this week, and there is a good reason for that. I am writing this report from Spain, so it is not as first hand as it could be, but I have been keeping in contact with what has been going on [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 10, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Is there still Mackerel on Chesil and when do the Mackerel leave? These are the two most common questions that I hear at the moment. The good news is the Mackerel will stay around for at least another month yet. I find it strange that most people stop fishing for Mackerel when the kids go [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 8, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Beach fishing in Dorset and all along the South coast is reaching its peak now. I have been banging on about the variety of species that are showing up all over the UK, but today I heard about a Stripped Bass being caught from Dover Breakwater. Now that gets me more than excited. Stripped Bass [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 5, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fishing in Dorset has to be coming into its best now. The water tempreture is just about at its maximum. There are so many different species around, you have no idea what you could catch next. One of my friends was out lure fishing for Bass. He managed 1/2 a dozen Bass up to 4lb, [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On September 3, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What happened to Monday’s fishing forecast? I know from my stats that Monday is by far the busiest day for traffic on the website, as many of you log on to see what has been caught over the weekend. Normally I don’t miss a Monday, but yesterday wad a bit of a tale. It started [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 30, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fishing in Dorset is fantastic at the moment. We are now entering the best couple of months for most species, with the exception of a few winter species. If you are looking to go fishing this weekend, then you could do a lot worse than Chesil Beach. Reports and some videos I have seen from [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 28, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Tuna on Chesil!!  Almost unbelievable, but true! I have been struggling recently to bring you some interesting reports, but the past few days have become hectic, with loads of exciting developments. I know quite a few of you wont believe this, and I wont blame you if you don’t but yesterday, I seen three Tuna [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 26, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fishing on Chesil Beach during August has been a bit more hit and miss than normal. It has been very inconsistent. A typical example is when my mate went and fished West Bexington on Saturday afternoon. He had a great session with a couple of Bass up to 6lb, Plaice, Dabs and Sole all before [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 22, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Not much has changed over the past couple of days. The mackerel have been a bit scarce for a few days, but they seem to be back now. This period of settled weather is good for Bream and Sole fishing.  There seems to be plenty of Gurnard being caught all along the beach. A couple [...]
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Enjoy your holiday with some fishing in Dorset.

By Sean McSeveny On August 19, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The fishing all over has been pretty consistent over the weekend and I can see it continuing for the remainder of the week, with slightly stiffer winds than we have had for a bit and tides that are gradually building to a large spring tide over the weekend. The fishing for Bream along the Portland [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 16, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Black Bream, Gurnard and Mackerel, seem to be the main species being landed from Chesil at the moment, with a few nice Smoothound as well. Paul Foster sent me this picture of a nice Smoothound he caught on Ragworm (not the quid a chuck Peeler that I rant about) from Burton Bradstock. Hugh Nicholson emailed [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 13, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
How and where to catch a Sole? That seems to be the main question I am being asked at the moment, and with the number of Sole that are around at the moment it is a pretty good question. There are quite a few coming from the western end of Chesil, especially West Bexington and [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 9, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A quick Bass guiding session this morning on one of my favourite Dorset marks, resulted in a great mornings fishing. It is also why I am late with todays forecast 🙂 It was one of those days when everything was perfect. Good tides, the wind was the right strength from the right direction and the [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 5, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fishing in Dorset !! Are you one of the many who are on holiday in Dorset, or going to be coming down over the next few weeks, but don’t know where to go? Hopefully I can give you a few options to suit your experience level. Over the next week, I will feature a different [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On August 3, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Mackerel Madness!! That is probably the best way to describe the fishing over the past couple of days. I was fishing towards West Bay, when a shoal of Mackerel appeared on the beach. At first I thought it was just a small shoal, but then a huge area of water erupted in to life, as [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 31, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Is it too windy to fish Chesil Beach? I have had several emails asking me this over the past couple of days. The answer is very simple, no! I love the weather conditions we have at the moment, but only because it makes for some great fishing. The onshore wind is pushing bait fish close [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 29, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The weather put quite a lot of people off fishing this weekend, which is a bit of a shame, as there was some nice fish landed. Plenty of Gurnard and a few nice Bream, were landed towards Portland. I fished at Ferrybridge on Saturday and as soon as the first spots of rain hit, the [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 26, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Sorry about the lack of forecasts this week, but I have been really busy guiding and trying to sort out new content for the website. In truth not a lot had changed over the past few days, so the forecast was pretty much going to stay the same. However that is going to change a [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 22, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It was a pretty good weekend for fishing. Plenty of Mackerel, Plaice, Gurnard and Bream were caught. Not as many Smoothound as I would have liked, but there was some fantastic Rays from both ends of the beach. I know of one Undulate that weighed 15lb for a lucky local angler. Sorry but I have [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 20, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The weather has been fantastic for the past week. I wish I could say the same about the fishing! Bright sunshine and clear waters have proved to be very difficult conditions for some. Even the Mackerel have been difficult to catch. In this post I am going to give you some tips that I hope [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 15, 2013 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
At last the summer species are here in reasonable numbers. I know that some Bream and Gurnard have been caught for a good few weeks already, but the past few days the numbers have shown that the main run of them have arrived. The water temperature this morning was 15.3 degrees. I looked back on [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 12, 2013 · 7 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Where can I catch some Mackerel? At last it looks like the May water has gone, even from the western end of Chesil, where it seemed to linger for an eternity. Although the water is lovely and clear, the Mackerel do not seem to want to play ball. Very few have been reported on Chesil. [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 10, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I love these periods of settled weather. Water clarity is great which helps with lure fishing and seems to bring species such as Gurnard, Bream, Red Mullet and Dragonets closer to shore. The quicker the water warms up the sooner the Trigger fish will appear. I love fishing for Trigger fish. Knowing that they are [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 8, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
There was plenty of fish caught over the weekend, but strangely they did not come from the usual marks. Chesil didn’t fish as well as I thought it would. Plenty of Mackerel were caught at times, but even they were a bit thin on the ground. One beach that fished wel was Preston Beach at the far [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 7, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
At last the Mackerel have finally showed up in numbers. They have been around for a while, but the May water has made them patchy. The May water has almost gone from Chesil, with the exception of the Werstern end of the beach, where it is still hanging around. Summer species are being caught from [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 5, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Once again I start the report with the annoying news that the May water has not completely gone. Most areas are clear of it including the Eastern end of Chesil Beach, from Langton Herring to Portland. Unfortunately Abbotsbury, West Bexington, Cogden and the areas further West still have it. Although I did see a few Mackerel caught whilst I [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 4, 2013 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The bit of a blow that started yesterday and we still have at the moment, though not too strong is creating a nice bit of swell and a decent surf line on Chesil. The main plus to it apart from creating some interesting conditions for Bass, is that it should break up the last of [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On July 1, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I can not believe we are still being plagued by May water. I know everything has been late this year, but even so, it should have cleared up weeks ago. Just as you think it is ending and the water is clearing, it returns again. Well I guess it is good for the Mackerel stocks as they [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On June 28, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I know there was a bit of a delay in getting the fishing forecast up today, but I was up at 5am this morning chasing Bass and I have only just got back at 1pm. It was a bit quiet and I would not normally have bothered getting up at that time for fishing over [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth

By Sean McSeveny On June 26, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We might have lacked quantity in the early part of this month, but we are making up for it with quality now. Some of the fish that have been landed over the past week have been fantastic. Numerous double figure Bass and lots of decent sized Smoothound, some of them into double figures. Add to [...]
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