• HOME
  • ALL ARTICLES
  • REPORTS
    • CHESIL BEACH & AROUND
    • POOLE HARBOUR & AROUND
    • PLYMOUTH & AROUND
    • SOLENT & AROUND
    • SOUTH DEVON
    • ESSEX
    • BOAT FISHING
    • KAYAK FISHING
    • FRESHWATER FISHING
    • FISHING ABROAD
  • MARKS
  • REVIEWS
    • LURE
    • REEL
    • ROD
    • CLOTHING
    • TACKLE
    • BOOK
  • RECIPIES
  • TIPS
    • BAIT
    • LURE
    • RIGS
    • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • Minimum Landing Sizes
  • GUIDING
    • BAIT
    • LURE
    • RIVER COTTAGE
  • VIDEOS
    • Videos
    • Live Video
  • ABOUT US
  • HOME
  • ALL ARTICLES
  • REPORTS
    • CHESIL BEACH & AROUND
    • POOLE HARBOUR & AROUND
    • PLYMOUTH & AROUND
    • SOLENT & AROUND
    • SOUTH DEVON
    • ESSEX
    • BOAT FISHING
    • KAYAK FISHING
    • FRESHWATER FISHING
    • FISHING ABROAD
  • MARKS
  • REVIEWS
    • LURE
    • REEL
    • ROD
    • CLOTHING
    • TACKLE
    • BOOK
  • RECIPIES
  • TIPS
    • BAIT
    • LURE
    • RIGS
    • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • Minimum Landing Sizes
  • GUIDING
    • BAIT
    • LURE
    • RIVER COTTAGE
  • VIDEOS
    • Videos
    • Live Video
  • ABOUT US

It just keeps getting better

By Sean McSeveny On July 25, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The fishing reports for Dorset just seem to be getting better and better by the day. I thought it was good last weekend, but this week it has gone into top gear. The only fish that I have yet to hear about being caught is a Trigger Fish. Every other regular summer visitor is here [...]
Read More »

The best fishing for years

By Sean McSeveny On July 21, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
This past week has seen some of the best fishing on Chesil Beach that I have known for years. Unbelievably amongst the summer species we have had a run of Codling. We have even had a return of my favourite eating species the Red Mullet, with decent numbers showing up all along the beach. It [...]
Read More »

Gurnard Galore

By Sean McSeveny On July 19, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am hearing that loads of Gurnard are being caught from the Weymouth and Portland end of Chesil, as well as a good few Bream. This is pretty much what we would expect at this time of year. What I didn’t expect was reports of Cod from the same marks. I love the summer as [...]
Read More »

What’s happening?

By Sean McSeveny On July 15, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It has been a mad couple of weeks and I know I have not posted anything for over a week, so I apologise to my regular readers. Don’t worry we are not going disappear like most of the fishing blogs that come and go these days; far from it. I am hoping to be able [...]
Read More »

Why was I away camping, when I should have been fishing?

By Sean McSeveny On July 8, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Camping or fishing? That was my choice for last weekend. Why oh why did I choose camping? It seems as if it was one of those weekends when the fish were all too eager to jump on your line. I came home to a load of emails and Facebook messages about how great the fishing [...]
Read More »

Tuna found in the Fleet

By Sean McSeveny On July 4, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A dead Tuna thought to weigh around 30lb has been found up the Fleet. No its not a wind up, and the report is a bit late, as my spam filtered had removed the email that was sent to me over a week ago. The fish was found by Mark Beech, whilst walking his dogs [...]
Read More »

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? [...]
Read More »

Today looks like a Bass fishing day

By Sean McSeveny On July 1, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
If you want to catch a Bass today, then you could do far worse than head for Preston Beach in Weymouth. It doesn’t have to be Preston Beach, as any Easterly facing beach is likely to produce Bass today. With the wind coming from the east it has created a nice bit of surf, which [...]
Read More »

Finally the wind is no longer in the East

By Sean McSeveny On June 27, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
When the wind’s in the East, the fish bite the least! I am sure many of you have heard that saying, and to be honest I am not a great believer in it, except when it comes to boat fishing. That is mainly due to the fact that most of the boat marks I fish [...]
Read More »

Everyone must have been on the River

By Sean McSeveny On June 23, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What a fantastic weekend we have just had. I was surprised though to see so few people on Chesil at the Ferrybridge end. I know quite a few of my mates were taking advantage of the first weekend of the course fishing season, and were out on various rivers and lakes. We will be featuring [...]
Read More »

Summer fishing is finally here

By Sean McSeveny On June 20, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What’s it to be? Bream fishing, Gurnard, Mackerel and Bass. Just a few of the species  you could catch this weekend, and with the great weather we are having, I guess it doesn’t matter as long as you are going fishing. I am going to head West in the search of some Rays, most likely [...]
Read More »

British Record weight Flounder caught in Portland harbour

By Sean McSeveny On June 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A Flounder that is equal in weight to the current British record was caught this week in Portland harbour. Portland harbour is pretty underrated as a Flounder mark, and wrongly so. It produces good numbers of Flounder throughout the year, however it has never been regarded as a big fish venue. The captor was Paul [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

Ray fishing just seems to get better

By Sean McSeveny On June 9, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I have noticed over the past couple of years that Ray fishing seems to be getting better and better. Undulate and Blonde Rays in particular seem to be making a remarkable come back, with larger fish being landed all the time, and the number of smaller fish increasing. This is due in no small way [...]
Read More »

Time for change

By Sean McSeveny On June 6, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Conditions over the weekend are going to be pretty different from today. The wind is going to drop to almost nothing over night making it ideal to target Bream, Gurnard and Mackerel from Chesil. However for me there is only one beach worth fishing in this area and that is Preston Beach in Weymouth. The [...]
Read More »

Swanage OK Classic Kayak Fishing Competition 2014

By Sean McSeveny On June 2, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Kayak Fishing
This years event saw more comfortable fishing conditions that the last couple with neither stiff winds nor baking sunshine making an appearance. With up to ten species a day being recorded by anglers practicing for the competition, hopes were high for a bumper catch in this species hunt tournament. Unfortunately many of the 95 anglers [...]
Read More »

Invasion of the crabs

By Sean McSeveny On June 2, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
How do I stop the crabs from robbing my bait? Right now we are in the middle of the Spider Crab spawning period. They come inshore in there thousands and eat everything that they come across. The shallower areas of Chesil to the West such as Abbotsbury and West Bexington with finer sand and gravel [...]
Read More »

Lures V’s feathers

By Sean McSeveny On May 30, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Apologies for late reports this week, but I have not been very well. Thankfully I am well on the way to recovery. I was wondering about how to start today s forecast, when I received an email from Simon Bridge from Bournemouth. He wanted to share a story about a recent trip to Chesil, which [...]
Read More »

A mixed weekend of fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 26, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As is so typical on a bank holiday weekend the weather was not great for most of it. Though it did improve for Monday and I was very surprised to see the water clear so quickly after it got fairly coloured on Saturday and Sunday with the onshore brisk winds.  I was incredibly surprised to [...]
Read More »

The effect of water temperature on fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 23, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The importance of water temperature on fishing can not be ignored. Temperature is one of the main triggers of fish movement and this is clearly evident this year. The water temperature is 2.4 degrees warmer at the moment that it was this time last year. Fishing over this same bank holiday last year was pretty [...]
Read More »

Tips on fishing from a kayak

By Sean McSeveny On May 21, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Kayak Fishing
What are the best rigs and techniques when fishing from a Kayak? In this article Lee Mannion looks at some of the rigs and techniques he uses for fishing from his Kayak. Although Lee lives in the north east and fishes mainly for Cod these rigs and methods can be used anywhere in the country. [...]
Read More »

A good weekend for the Rays

By Sean McSeveny On May 20, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The Ray fishing in Dorset was pretty good over the weekend, as several nice fish were landed on numerous different marks. Ben Cass landed an 8lb Thornback from Abbotsbury on unwashed Squid fished on a pulley pennel rig at distance.  Leo was persuaded by his daughters to fish Warbarrow Bay on Saturday. After a slow [...]
Read More »

It is time to get the lures out

By Sean McSeveny On May 16, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Lure fishing for Bass, or any other species is by far my favourite method of fishing. Its a light, mobile and sporting style that has given me a far greater success rate than any other method I have tried. This set of spring tides in May, normally heralds the start of the Bass fishing around [...]
Read More »

Kayak Fishing in Swanage Bay & the Ocean Kayak Classic competition

By Sean McSeveny On May 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In Kayak Fishing
I am delighted that Ben Wallbridge has agreed to write some articles for us. Ben works as Coast and Marine Ranger for Dorset county council and has been kayak fishing for almost five years, so he spends more time on or near the water than most of us. We will hopefully have many more articles [...]
Read More »

A good fishing forecast

By Sean McSeveny On May 13, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The fishing conditions are starting to look a lot better than they have been for some time. As predicted on Friday, fishing on Chesil was almost impossible over the weekend. However a number of marks fished pretty well, with Preston Beach being one of the better ones. Plenty of small Bass and Flounder were taken [...]
Read More »

A quick update on where to fish today

By Sean McSeveny On May 11, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As promised, I have done an update to let people know what options you have for fishing today. As you can imagine Chesil is pretty much unfishable, but reports coming in from a number of marks indicate that all is not lost. Preston Beach is fishing well for small Bass, Flounder and small Rays. West [...]
Read More »

A poor weekend of fishing ahead

By Sean McSeveny On May 9, 2014 · 8 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I would love to say that the fishing forecast for this weekend is looking good, but its not. Chesil will be close to unfishable, and the water will be coloured. It is no sea to be going out on a boat and the Mullet have not shown up yet. So where can you go for [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

Ray time

By Sean McSeveny On May 7, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As forecast last weekend, the May water has had a negative effect on a lot of the fishing on Chesil. However it does not seem to have put the Rays and Smoothound off. Wests Sea Angling club had a match on Chesil on Saturday, which they reported was hard going. However they did manage to [...]
Read More »

What effect will the May water have on fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 2, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Unfortunately the May water is back with us, but how much will this effect fishing as a whole? Without a doubt it does have a negative effect on a lot of fishing, and if you want to continue to successfully catch fish whilst it is around, you will most likely need to be more specific [...]
Read More »

Kitting out your kayak for fishing

By Sean McSeveny On April 30, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Kayak Fishing
What kit do we need to turn a kayak into a fishing kayak? This write up is a continuation of my last article which included some pieces of kit you need to enjoy and have a successful trip.  With the exception of the paddle which is a necessity, the bits of kit we will talk [...]
Read More »

Some good fish showing on Chesil at last

By Sean McSeveny On April 29, 2014 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
In complete contrast to last years Chesil Championships, some decent fish were caught during the competition held last weekend. Several Bass were caught along with some nice sized Smoothound, but the biggest fish landed on the day was an 8lb 4oz. Small Eyed Ray for Mark Ayles. Water clarity is not great anywhere on the [...]
Read More »

The Bass are back

By Sean McSeveny On April 28, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am pretty excited this morning, as the news is that the Bass are back after a long winter. As is usual they just appeared on the spring tide. Despite uncomfortable and tough fishing conditions on Saturday quite a few of my mates managed to pick up a number of Bass. The largest I heard [...]
Read More »

The magic temperature

By Sean McSeveny On April 25, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The water temperature on Chesil Beach has hit the magic 11°c. mark. It is much earlier this year than it has been for a number of years, especially last year. Water temperature is one of the most important factors in sea fishing. It acts as triggers for behaviour such as spawning and feeding. The all important [...]
Read More »

At last some decent fishing

By Sean McSeveny On April 22, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Just as I hoped, the Easter weekend proved successful for some, with plenty of Mackerel, Pollock and Wrasse showing. There was also a good number of Plaice caught, but they were very patchy. Chances were if you caught one you caught several. It is certainly something worth bearing in mind for future sessions. The fish sit in [...]
Read More »

Fishing over the Easter weekend

By Sean McSeveny On April 18, 2014 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Are the Mackerel on Chesil Beach yet? Yes they are 🙂 Every year I eagerly await the return of the Mackerel shoals. For me it means many things; the start of the summer species, a bountiful harvest of food and bait and the beginning of the lure fishing season. The Mackerel have arrived pretty much [...]
Read More »

Getting into kayak fishing

By Sean McSeveny On April 17, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Kayak Fishing
If you are looking to get into kayak fishing then doing your research is just as important as safety. Finding the right kayak for you is also important; it took me four kayaks to find the right one which is now a Scupper Pro. It is very light very strong easy to paddle, lots of [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

The Plaice switch on just in time

By Sean McSeveny On April 14, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Plaice fishing on Chesil Beach has been tough over the past few weeks. Due to poor water clarity, the Plaice fishing has been poor, but all of a sudden the water started to clear during the middle of last week. The timing could not have been more perfect for the Weymouth Angling Centre Flatfish open. [...]
Read More »

At last it is looking good

By Sean McSeveny On April 11, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It is set to be a good weekend of fishing, with conditions a complete contrast to last weekend. The water has become much clearer during the week and the water temperature has increased above the magic 10°C mark. I am certain the Plaice fishing will be much better. The boats have had some great catches [...]
Read More »

An introduction to kayak fishing

By Sean McSeveny On April 10, 2014 · Add Comment · In Kayak Fishing
I have been into Kayak fishing for a couple of years, but for one reason or another (time mainly), I have not written an article on kayak fishing. I hope that will change this year, as I really enjoy fishing from a Kayak. It opens up loads of  new marks and compared to boat fishing [...]
Read More »

Wrasse fishing saves the weekend

By Sean McSeveny On April 7, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Last weekend was probably the poorest weekend I have known for fishing on Chesil Beach for a very long time. If it had not been for some very good Wrasse fishing on Portland, it would have been even worse. It didn’t matter what end of the beach you went, the water was coloured. I fished [...]
Read More »

Fishing in April

By Sean McSeveny On April 4, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
April is upon us, and it normally heralds the start of the shore fishing year for many. What can we expect from this month, and how will the huge storms that we had during the winter effect the fishing. By now I would have expected the Plaice fishing to be in full swing. Unfortunatly it [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

Very early Smoothound

By Sean McSeveny On March 31, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
This weekend produces some surprise catches on Chesil Beach, with Smoothound and even Cod being landed. It wasn’t just one off fish either. It seems we are having a late spring run of Codling, with fish up to 8lb coming from Abbotsbury and Cogden. The same marks produced a number of Smoothound on both Saturday [...]
Read More »

Why is the water not clearing?

By Sean McSeveny On March 28, 2014 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
For some reason the water all along Chesil Beach remains coloured. It is not heavily coloured, it has a milky look to it, which is not good for Plaice fishing. I travelled up and down the beach, to try and find an area that might be causing the water to stay coloured, but apart from [...]
Read More »

Fishing is a waiting game

By Sean McSeveny On March 24, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We don’t just have to wait for the bite, we need to wait for the season to get going. I am starting to feel a bit frustrated, just as the water begins to warm up and the Plaice start showing, the weather kicks off again and stirs the water up. Hopefully it wont take long [...]
Read More »

Fishing conditions update

By Sean McSeveny On March 22, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
As conditions have changed quite a lot since the forecast yesterday, I have created this post as a quick  update, to help prevent people having a wasted trip.  Click on the link if you want the normal full forecast with catch report. The picture below is from Portland Bill at 11am this morning, as you can [...]
Read More »

A breezy weekend ahead

By Sean McSeveny On March 21, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fishing conditions for the next few days are going to be quite breezy. It wont be unfishable, just a bit uncomfertable and casting distances will be reduced. The good news is that the water clarity is still pretty good, so you still have a chance of targeting Plaice. Reports so far this week suggest that [...]
Read More »

Who let the Dogs out

By Sean McSeveny On March 18, 2014 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A lot of anglers travelled down to fish Chesil for Plaice at the weekend, and went away without catching any. This was due mainly to the fact that it is still early, and that the beach was full of packs of Dogfish, even during the day. At times the bait was only in the water [...]
Read More »
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
© 2021 fishingtails.co.uk
Site by 1stAde