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My scariest catch!

By Sean McSeveny On June 29, 2015 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I was lucky enough to be invited by my friend David, for a days Salmon fishing on the river Frome near Woole. I have fished this stretch with David in the past, with mixed results. I have never managed to catch a Salmon there, but I have caught just about everything else including Pike and [...]
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Water temperature increase, helps improve the fishing

By Sean McSeveny On June 26, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Water temperature is directly linked to fish behaviour and movement patterns. Using a satellite feed that I am subscribed to, I have been tracking a large area of warm water that has built up in the Bay of Biscay. Over the past 10 days a narrow band of this warm water has seeped up the [...]
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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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Lure Fishing in the footsteps of Poldark

By Sean McSeveny On June 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Cornwall, Marks, Reports
Lure fishing in Cornwall, may not be the first thing that springs to the mind of many people thinking of visiting Cornwall this year. especially after watching the BBC’s recent drama Poldark.  In this article, I hope to let you in on a few of the marks that are real gems, for lure fishing fanatics [...]
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Fishing frenzy

By Sean McSeveny On June 22, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It has been another fantastic weekend of fishing all along the coast; For me it has been especially good on the lures. I am now moving into my third week of non stop fishing, and I still can’t get enough of it. When I have not been guiding, I have been doing lots of short [...]
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Early summer fishing at its best

By Sean McSeveny On June 19, 2015 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
That Friday Fealing I don’t know where to start with todays report. Some Friday’s I sit scratching my head, wondering what I can write about; I have no such problem today. Having fished or guided almost every day for the past 10 days, I feel very much in touch with what is happening locally. It [...]
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Always expect the unexpected

By Sean McSeveny On June 15, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We were expecting Smoothound and ended up with Plaice and Gurnard! I spent the weekend fishing with a great bunch of guys from the North East over the weekend. They had traveled down to fish Chesil, hoping for a Smoothound or two, and maybe an early Bream. Saturday’s fishing was quite tough, with a stiff [...]
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Summer Cod

By Sean McSeveny On June 12, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Reports
Chesil Beach is not a well known summer Cod mark, and to be honest I don’t think it ever will be. However reports from along the beach this week are suggesting that more than a few Cod have been caught. I even heard from a reliable source that one weighing 9lb was caught at West [...]
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Summer Fishing

By Sean McSeveny On June 8, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
At last the summer species are here. There is nothing like fishing on a warm sunny day and catching lots of different species. That sums up summer for me. I love it when most of the summer species arrive, because you have no idea what the next fish is that you are going to catch. [...]
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Good tides, good fish!

By Sean McSeveny On June 5, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Reports
We are just coming off the back of a set of reasonable spring tides, the weather should be good for the weekend and hopefully the water will have cleared by the end of today. This should give us some good conditions that should see some good fishing. I expect to see a number of Ray [...]
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A story of two tails

By Sean McSeveny On June 3, 2015 · Add Comment · In Reports
Lure fishing for Pike and Bass over the past four days has left me exhausted. Hence the reason why the normal weekend report has been so delayed. Normally Adrian would have filled in for me, but he also grabbed at the chance to follow the adventures of a River Piker in unfamiliar territory. We were [...]
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Choose your mark carefully this weekend

By Sean McSeveny On May 29, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
With potentially tough conditions for fishing this weekend, the choice of mark will be the deciding factor between success and failure. The tides are picking up, so they should be far better then they have been for most of the week. If you are thinking of coming down to fish Chesil, then I would think [...]
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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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Lure and fly fishing for Wrasse

By Sean McSeveny On May 26, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Fly fishing for Wrasse! Is that some sort of mistake, I hear you ask? Not at all. If you remember from last week, I mentioned that I was going to attempt to catch something a bit different with my new fly rod. My target species was Wrasse. I have had quite a few Wrasse on [...]
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At last the fishing has started to take off

By Sean McSeveny On May 22, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach
This week has seen the first of the Bream arrive on Chesil, along with loads of small Smoothound. Kevin Webb, was lucky enough to be fishing at Abbotsbury and landed both. You can guarantee if the Bream are at Abbotsbury, there will be even more down the Portland and Ferrybridge end of the beach. The [...]
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This should be the weekend the Bass turn up

By Sean McSeveny On May 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Bass fishing in Dorset, or at least around Portland and Weymouth normally bursts into life on this set of spring tides each May. Well those spring tides are building up right now, and I for one hope that the Bass follow the same pattern that they have been doing so for as long as I [...]
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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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Missed opportunities!

By Sean McSeveny On May 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Don’t you just hate it when you have planned to go fishing and something comes up, and you cant go. You just know that your going to miss out on a good trip. That’s exactly what happened to me on Sunday. I was going to join Luke Pettis on his charter boat Snapper out of [...]
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Never trust long range forecasts

By Sean McSeveny On May 8, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Reports
A few days ago I looked at the weather forecast for the weekend, and it looked terrible for Saturday. I then start to change the plans I had, to move them to Sunday. Now I see that with the weekend almost upon us, the weather looks reasonable for Saturday. Hopefully I can turn my plans [...]
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Extending the fishing forecasts and new writers

By Sean McSeveny On May 7, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Reports
I am delighted to announce that Fishing Tails is extending its coverage area, with the addition of two new contributors. I am sure many people already know of them, the first is one of the countries most well known women anglers and top bait digger, Hazel Tipping who runs Hookers baits. Our other new contributor, [...]
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A typical bank holiday weekend.

By Sean McSeveny On May 6, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The fishing last weekend in West Dorset, was pretty much like the typical bank holiday weekend; rubbish! Unfortunately the Bass that I had hoped would turn up, didn’t, despite fishing in almost perfect Bass conditions on Preston Beach. My hope is that they will make an appearance on the next set of spring tides. I [...]
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Spring Fishing

By Sean McSeveny On May 1, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
With the first May bank holiday upon us, I am sure you have been looking at the wind forecast as keenly as I have. To say that it is going to be changeable over the weekend is an understatement. Fresh to strong Easterlies for the next couple of days, then switching to a strong SW [...]
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How to find and collect Peeler Crabs

By Sean McSeveny On April 30, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Bait, Tips
What is a Peeler Crab, and how do I collect them? These are two of the most common questions I get asked. and hopefully I will be able to answer those questions in this article. In my mind there are very few baits that are better than Peeler Crabs. All manner of fish love them, [...]
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How long before the Bass and Bream arrive?

By Sean McSeveny On April 28, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
  The Mackerel and Plaice are here, but how long will it be before we see the return of some of the other summer species? Well the good news is that I have had reports of Bass being caught from Kimmeridge to Portland Harbour. They are not around in large numbers yet, but I expect [...]
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Looks like a good weekend ahead.

By Sean McSeveny On April 24, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The short term forecast is far better than when I looked on Monday. The strong winds that were due to hit late this afternoon are now going to be nothing more than a strong breeze. This combined with small tides, should be ideal for Plaice fishing on Chesil. It seems that the smaller tides are [...]
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Good news and Bad news!

By Sean McSeveny On April 17, 2015 · 10 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The Good news is, that the Plaice are around in decent numbers now. I was guiding yesterday on one of the nicest days of the year, on a stunning and almost empty Chesil Beach at West Bexington. It did look like most of the anglers we could see were catching Plaice. This was probably down [...]
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Spring Squid

By Sean McSeveny On April 13, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We normally associate Squid fishing as a winter past time in this area. however having followed Brighton fishing guide, Robin Howard’s diary, I knew that they get a good run of Squid from Brighton in April. This set me thinking that maybe we would get them down in Dorset as well. I then came across [...]
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Peeler Crab, a dangerous bait!

By Sean McSeveny On April 10, 2015 · 9 Comments · In Reports
Warning: Peeler Crab can be a danger to your fishing tackle. Let me tell you a story of woe! I decided to get some Peeler Crab from the tackle shop on Wednesday to try for some Plaice and Smoothhound. Stupidly as I was setting up my gear I must have knocked over my box of crabs [...]
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In the right Plaice

By Sean McSeveny On April 9, 2015 · Add Comment · In Poole Harbour, Reports
The plaice continue to dominate the catches at sandbanks recently. Although that has been weather dependent. With the high winds during the early part of last week the water was the colour of drinking chocolate. No good for plaice fishing at all. However as the weather cleared, the fishing certainly improved, it seems sandbanks could be [...]
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Frustrating Fishing

By Sean McSeveny On April 7, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
There has been some lovely fish caught this weekend for some, and for others it has been frustratingly poor. I know many anglers headed to Abbotsbury and West Bexington in search of the Spring Plaice. Unfortuatly more went home empty handed, than caught, including myself. However I never see a blank session as a failure, [...]
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What fish can you catch in April?

By Sean McSeveny On April 3, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What can I catch on Chesil in April? It only seems like last week, that I was talking about what might turn up in March. Thankfully I got that forecast spot on, as the Plaice, Herring and early Mackerel showed up pretty much as I thought they would. April on the other hand can be [...]
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Spring Cod

By Sean McSeveny On March 31, 2015 · 5 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Spring Cod, Mackerel Plaice, they have all turned up on Chesil over the past couple of weeks. Ricky Piranhas took advantage of a break in the weather, and fished a rough Chesil to manage one of the spring Codling that we often see at this time of year. The spring run normally only lasts a couple of [...]
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The Mackerel are back on Chesil.

By Sean McSeveny On March 27, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Are the Mackerel back on Chesil yet? Oh yes! Forget the Plaice, the Mackerel are back 🙂 To say I am happy to see the first of the Mackerel return after winter is an understatement. I know many of you are fixated on Plaice at the moment, but to me the return of the Mackerel [...]
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Spring tides are not always the best tides to fish.

By Sean McSeveny On March 23, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
A lot of people think that big spring tides are the best tides for fishing, well this weekend proved that it is not true for marks such as Chesil. What should have been a good weekend of Plaice fishing, turned out to be not so good for most people. The tide was moving so fast [...]
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It is not all about the Plaice

By Sean McSeveny On March 20, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I know that Plaice fishing is in the forefront of most anglers mind at the moment, and I am certain that it is going to be busy from Abbotsbury to Cogden this weekend. With this in mind I have written a separate article just on Plaice which you can find at the bottom of the [...]
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Plaice fishing on Chesil Beach

By Sean McSeveny On March 20, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Marks
Plaice fishing seems to be on everyones mind at the moment, and I have had loads of emails asking where is the best place to fish on Chesil for Plaice. Well you could do what Richard Lake did and head towards Ferrybridge, where he landed this Plaice, which was surprisingly plump and in great condition.  [...]
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Are the Plaice back on Chesil yet?

By Sean McSeveny On March 16, 2015 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Good news, the Plaice have started to return to Beaches all along the South Coast after their winter spawning. I was pretty sure that they would start to show in numbers towards the end of this week, but it seems I was a week out on my forecast, as quite a few were caught at [...]
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The Mullet are back.

By Sean McSeveny On March 13, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Mullet fishing in the harbour, could be one of my highlights this weekend. I have heard reports from a reliable source that the Thin Lipped Mullet have moved back into Weymouth harbour. This fills me with excitement, as I love fishing for Mullet, especially with lures. I have included the main part of an article [...]
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How important is the choice of colour when Lure fishing?

By Sean McSeveny On March 10, 2015 · 3 Comments · In Lure, Tips
What is the best colour lure  for Bass fishing, or does it even matter? I recently read an article written by Steve Starling, which I have had permission to  include in this post. I will let you read it, then you can read my observations at the end of it. Steve ‘Starlo’ is Australia’s most [...]
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Another quiet weekend

By Sean McSeveny On March 9, 2015 · 6 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Well thats another weekend passed without much being caught. The PLaice were even scarcer that I thought they might be. But they are starting to show to the East, so they will be with us in a couple of weeks. I still think that the next set of spring tides will be when we start [...]
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Could the fishing start to pick up this weekend?

By Sean McSeveny On March 6, 2015 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I know a lot of sea anglers are chomping at the bit right now, to get out and try and catch an early Plaice. To be honest although there will certainly be one or two caught this weekend, from Abbotsbury or West Bexington, I don’t think they will start to show properly until the next [...]
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Fishing in March, what to expect.

By Sean McSeveny On March 2, 2015 · Add Comment · In Reports
What can we expect in the way of fishing, now that March is with us? I would love to start this post off with a great catch report from the weekend, but it was a typical late winter weekend, with very few people on the beach, and even fewer fish caught. But lets not get [...]
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Lure fishing for GT’s and other monsters in Oman.

By Sean McSeveny On February 28, 2015 · Add Comment · In Fishing Abroad, Reports
Late last year I was out in Southern Oman, fishing with the excellent No Boundaries operation. The aim of the game was to try out some new tackle, have some good laughs, and most importantly, catch some world class fish! I was fishing with some Australian mates Tim van Bockxmeer (who I’d previously fished with [...]
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What to do to keep away the fishing blues?

By Sean McSeveny On February 23, 2015 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We are in the depths of fishing despair, or at least I feel I am. I did get out a couple of times last week. Once doing some fishing lessons in Axemouth, which was nice, especially to see a different area and recce some Mullet and bass fishing for the summer. I also managed a [...]
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Top five Deep Sea fishing destinations in Spain

By Sean McSeveny On February 22, 2015 · 8 Comments · In Fishing Abroad, Reports
Spain is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, especially for British tourists. What makes Spain so special is its weather, culture and amazing beaches. One other thing that make Spain a top destination for a summer vacation is fishing. Fishing is fantastic in Spain, especially deep sea fishing from most of [...]
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One week closer to the start of the Plaice fishing

By Sean McSeveny On February 20, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The title of this post is my attempt to feel positive about the fishing at the moment. Lets be honest, there is not a lot happening along most of the Dorset shoreline. However you may have seen Leo’s short Poole report yesterday, where he came across a couple of anglers that managed to find some [...]
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At least there are still Wrasse around.

By Sean McSeveny On February 16, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Despite a bit of a blow on Friday, the Codling didn’t show this weekend, as I hoped they might have done. That really is it from Chesil for a few weeks until the Plaice start to show. Just because there are very few fish on Chesil, it doesn’t mean that everywhere is as bad.   [...]
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Scratching around for fish

By Sean McSeveny On February 13, 2015 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
It’s that LRF fishing time of year again. I know when the fishing really slows down, when I start to break out my LRF fishing gear in an attempt to get a fishy fix. But lets be honest, its better to be out fishing than sat at home watching Scotland lose another game of Rugby. [...]
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Wading into it – how to pick the perfect pair of waders

By Sean McSeveny On February 12, 2015 · Add Comment · In Clothing, Reviews, Tips
There was a time when waders were normally only worn by fly fishermen on rivers, but these days I see anglers using them in lots of different situations. They are pretty common amongst fishermen in the North East, targeting the Cod from the rock ledges, and I spend more than half my fishing time in [...]
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Pike fishing in January, is it a happy new year?

By Sean McSeveny On February 11, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Freshwater Fishing, Reports
Hello again, here is my review for Fishing Tails of a mostly cold and bitter month that is January. As I’m sure you all know this is the time of the year when the weather really sorts the men out from the boys and even more so for the braver Sea anglers. Still whatever you [...]
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