Will there be Cod this weekend?

I have been asked a number of times already this week, if I think it will be any good for Cod this weekend, especially as we have fairly stiff North Easterly winds. Well despite the almost calm conditions on the beach, I am pretty certain that there will be a few Cod caught. Chris Buxton had a couple from the Abbotsbury end of Chesil, with the best going over 10lb.

Carl McCormack also managed a nice Codling of over 6lb on a size 4 Varivas Saltwater Champion hook.

It is not just Cod that have been landed. Carl had a lovely Sole and a PB Dab. Whilst his mate Gary Mitchell had a 2lb Haddock that almost pulled his rod off his tripod.

It is good to see that the summer species are still around. With reports of Smoothound Bream and Gurnard, still being caught.

The bad news is that all those fish were caught at range. The fairly calm and clear conditions are pushing the fish away from the shore. The good news is that because the wind will be from the east or north east for most of the weekend, you should be able to get good distance on your casts.

Sea Conditions: Water temperature 17°c

Chesil Beach:  1m swell with lightly coloured water. 

Portland: Heavy swell with lightly coloured water

Portland Harbour: Short surf and coloured water

Weymouth Bay: surf out to 70m with coloured water

Chesil Beach forecast: Not much has changed in the forecast from Monday. Strong easterly winds make for great casting on Chesil, as the wind will be behind you allowing long range casts. Get your casts high and they will carry a good distance. Use this to your advantage to target Plaice, Sole, Rays and Cod that should all be out there. I think that the PLaice fishing will be very good this week. Add Bream, Garfish and Mackerel in to the mix and it should produce some very interesting sessions.

Best baits will be Ragworm, Lugworm and Squid. I will be using single hook rigs to try and get as much distance as I can.

Portland: Now that we have hit October, we are into one of the best months for fishing on Portland. The Wrasse are all looking to feed up for the winter, so they are pretty easy to catch. There are some big fish to be had, but getting through the smaller ones first will be the hard part. This is when soft plastic paddle tails and fiiish Black Minnows come into there own. The smaller Wrasse normally ignore them, but the larger specimens attack them aggressively. 

This is the month that I normally start to catch consistent numbers of Bass from the rocky shore marks. Pollock can also be caught in good numbers on lures, if the water remains clear.

Portland Harbour: There seems to be a lot less Mullet in Portland Harbour his week. They may be shoaled up in an area I haven’t noticed, or they may be starting to head out to the open water for winter. 

There are still plenty of Garfish, Wrassse and Pollock around, especially on the areas that have reefs such as Sandsfoot Castle. With Easterly winds forecast for most of this week the harbour won’t be the most comfortable mark to fish. If you can find some Bass that will work the surf as it builds you will have some fun. However there are better marks for them.

Weymouth Bay: Preston Beach is my top tip for Bass this week. The surf will build and the Bass will move in to feed close to the shoreline. You only need to cast to the third breaker to find the Bass that will be looking for disturbed food. It is most likely you will need to hold your rod to stop the waves pounding your line into the seabed. The weed could be a problem, especially towards the end of the week.

Worm and live peeler crab baits will work best.

Guiding: The new guiding season is underway once again. Although we can only keep one Bass, we can certainly catch more. I am hoping that the winter fishing ban and the new commercial quotas, combined with an increase in the minimum landing size, will make for some great Bass fishing. I specialize in lure fishing and I am offering Fly fishing this year as well. I am still more than happy to go after the multitude of species in this area with bait, whether that is big Wrasse, explosive Smoothound fishing or targeting the tastier fish such as Plaice and Bream. If you want to book a session or find out more information drop me an email at [email protected]

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Sandbanks for weed, Plaice and a P.B. Bass

As Sean had predicted the winds proved spot on for cod fishing at chesil, with many fine fish being caught. However with my wife nabbing the car I chose to fish closer to home at the Sandbanks on Saturday. It was no real hardship as I had a feeling there maybe a plaice or two about. In preparation I dug some lug and ragworm on Friday evening, we don’t get many black lug in Poole Harbour but I managed a few blows along with some ragworm enough at least for a few hours fishing.

I was dropped off and ready to fish around 3pm which meant  I had missed what I consider to be the best parts of the tide. Still I could fish the ebb running out to low water at 6pm.
I opted to fish on the end of one of the groynes well out the way of the dog walkers and also gaining me a few extra yards distance.

Casting two rods at distance. One set up with a bomber rig the other with a single hook paternoster with green and black beads. Both set for plaice but after ten minutes it became apparent that there was going to be a problem with weed as both rods were bowing under the heavy strain of a ton of it. Reeling in all the weight of the weed was hard work and on the first cast after removing what seemed like ten tons of stinking weed I found I had a double shot of small black bream! Shame as I didn’t know they were even there under the weight of the weed. To land the fish I had to walk back to the beach to offload the weed, had I done this on the  end of the groynes my tackle would have got snagged on the rocks.

Next cast the yet more weed, but this time a small bass mixed in the mess, and so it continued for the next fews hours. Tons of weed but nearly a fish a cast, nothing big but it was nice day and I was catching, not often that happens!

Around 17.30 I noticed the tide had started to ease and the weed had dropped off a bit so I packed up basecamp and moved onto the beach.  My hope was that the plaice come on to the feed around slack water so this was my cue to concentrate my efforts and get some good fresh baits out. Reeling in to put on change baits the weight on the end was heavy but not like weed more like a resistance on the end, I carried on reeling and was happy to walk a small plump plaice up the beach.

“Top tip”: With all the weed jammed in the top eye at the leader knot it’s best to walk backwards and land the fish before removing the weed. I have lost some good smoothhound faffing about with weed jams and not concentrating on the fish!

Slack water seemed to lasted about ten seconds, on the big spring tides it never lasts very long, so by 6pm the flood tide was tearing in. Another small bream and then back to the weed and more weed, signaling it was time to go.

Whilst packing up I was approached by another angler just starting his fishing session. He explained he was new to fishing and had a new rod, reel, a couple of shop bought rigs and a big helping of enthusiasm.

Which tide is the best tide to fish he asked?
I could write a book about how I think it’s done but simply put!

When fishing sandbanks I told him bass, bream and all other free swimming fish will feed quite happily through the flooding/ebbing tide. Other species like plaice ,flounders and rays I find tend to feed as the tide eases at slack water at high or low tide.
I think that is a good basis to start on. I didn’t want to get him started on moon phases, neap tides, spring tides, water temperature, water clarity and wind direction as it’s complicated enough already.

Keep it simple! A well presented bait in the water at the right state of tide can be all it takes.

Looking ahead:

With the fairly good weather forecast I think there’s still a good chance of plaice and bream. With some good bass on bigger or live baits around Poole and the harbour.
Some good bass fishing has been had on lures around the groynes at night, mostly smaller fish with the odd big one thrown in, good fun on light spinning gear.
Southbourne still has had some good bream and rays in the evening’s with codling showing on bigger worm or cuttle baits.

As the season progresses I will be offering guiding sessions for Southbourne fishing as well as flounder mullet and bass fishing in the harbour.

Lastly I will finish with a great success story from one of our readers  Aaron Corbin, in his own words.
“After checking out some of Leo’s previous posts I took a trip to lake pier today, pretty quiet with a small tiny bass, then managed to get this absolute monster! 64cm 7.5lb bass. A new PB for me.”

Nice to hear of someone benefiting from my musings well done Aaron and keep the catch reports coming!

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Bream bonanza

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 the fish shown in this stock picture below. With the odd decent sized one amongst them. We must have been sat on a large shoal, but is did seem that everyone up and down the Ferrybridge section of the beach was catching.

I did manage to lose a Codling of around 6lb in the surf but that was the only one I had at that end of the beach. Reports from anglers fishing at the opposite end of Chesil towards Abbotsbury reported a lot less fish, especially smaller fish but the result was that more Cod were landed. Robert Raybould managed a couple of what he describes as pretty thin specimens. It is possible that there is a lack of food for them at the moment. There was a report of an 18lb Cod, caught from Abbotsbury on Friday evening.

One thing that I have noticed about this early run of fish, is that they are a lot smaller than the 8-10lb fish I expected this year. I hope that is a good sign. It could well mean that we have a new run of 3 year old fish in the 2-3lb range and the larger fish are still to come in. They may follow a run of sprats that we normally get in October.

Onc of the Cods food sources that do seem to be making more of an appearance are the Squid. I fished just down the beach from Simon Harris on Saturday. He caught a small Mackerel that he rigged up as a live bait and cast back in. After a short time, he noticed a bite. After winding in he was surprised to find something had taken a chunk out of his live Mackerel. I can see from the V shaped bite that it was made by a Squid.

Exciting news: After spending many months working on a solution that will allow me to stream live video from many of my fishing trips, Adrian our tech guru, has finally put it into place. You may have noticed at the top of the home page we now have a live video feed. This should automatically show live video when ever I am streaming it via Youtube. I will try and give a schedule of when I am going to do the live shows, but sometimes they might just be impromptu broadcasts. I hope you like this new feature. If the weather and mobile signal allow, I will be doing a broadcast tomorrow.

Sea Conditions: Water temperature 17°c

Chesil Beach:  Calm with lightly coloured water. 

Portland: Slight swell with lightly coloured water

Portland Harbour: Wavelets and clear

Weymouth Bay: surf starting to build  with clear water

Chesil Beach forecast: The wind will be out of the east of south east most of this week and it will be strong mid week. This makes for great casting on Chesil, as the wind will be behind you allowing long range casts. Get your casts high and they will carry a good distance. Use this to your advantage to target Plaice, Sole, Rays and Cod that should all be out there. I think that the PLaice fishing will be very good this week. Add Bream, Garfish and Mackerel in to the mix and it should produce some very interesting sessions.

Best baits will be Ragworm, Lugworm and Squid. I will be using single hook rigs to try and get as much distance as I can.

Portland: Now that we have hit October, we are into one of the best months for fishing on Portland. The Wrasse are all looking to feed up for the winter, so they are pretty easy to catch. There are some big fish to be had, but getting through the smaller ones first will be the hard part. This is when soft plastic paddle tails and fiiish Black Minnows come into there own. The smaller Wrasse normally ignore them, but the larger specimens attack them aggressively. 

This is the month that I normally start to catch consistent numbers of Bass from the rocky shore marks. Pollock can also be caught in good numbers on lures, if the water remains clear.

Portland Harbour: There seems to be a lot less Mullet in Portland Harbour his week. They may be shoaled up in an area I haven’t noticed, or they may be starting to head out to the open water for winter. 

There are still plenty of Garfish, Wrassse and Pollock around, especially on the areas that have reefs such as Sandsfoot Castle. With Easterly winds forecast for most of this week the harbour won’t be the most comfortable mark to fish. If you can find some Bass that will work the surf as it builds you will have some fun. However there are better marks for them.

Weymouth Bay: Preston Beach is my top tip for Bass this week. The surf will build and the Bass will move in to feed close to the shoreline. You only need to cast to the third breaker to find the Bass that will be looking for disturbed food. It is most likely you will need to hold your rod to stop the waves pounding your line into the seabed. The weed could be a problem, especially towards the end of the week.

Worm and live peeler crab baits will work best.

Guiding: The new guiding season is underway once again. Although we can only keep one Bass, we can certainly catch more. I am hoping that the winter fishing ban and the new commercial quotas, combined with an increase in the minimum landing size, will make for some great Bass fishing. I specialize in lure fishing and I am offering Fly fishing this year as well. I am still more than happy to go after the multitude of species in this area with bait, whether that is big Wrasse, explosive Smoothound fishing or targeting the tastier fish such as Plaice and Bream. If you want to book a session or find out more information drop me an email at [email protected]

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Early Cod and late Bream. Its all happening

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 its not too rough for Bream. I have had several reports of large numbers of Bream at Ferrybridge and Abbotsbury. Scott Clarke had a couple of stunning looking Cod the other night.

The flat fish are also around in good numbers, with the Sole fishing being the best I can remember for a long time. Chris also managed a few Sole from the same mark.

To prove how good the Plaice fishing is Jase Sheath fished a match at Abbotsbury in pretty tough conditions and was one of a number of anglers that have had a good few Plaice from all along Chesil this week. I am pretty sure they are feeding aggressively in preparation for heading to their winter spawning grounds.

Sea Conditions: Water temperature 17.9°c

Chesil Beach:  2m waves with lightly coloured water. 

Portland: 2m waves with lightly coloured water

Portland Harbour: Calm and clear

Weymouth Bay: Calm with clear water

Chesil Beach forecast: Today is one of those days that could produce anything including Bass, Cod, Rays, Mackerel, Pollock, Plaice, Bream and Gurnard. If you have the chance then get down here. It will be very busy on the beach tomorrow, as the Cod chasers will be out in force. The downside is that it wont be easy fishing for the next couple of days. There is a strong wind blowing into your face and the surf run off goes back a fair way. You will need to be a reasonable caster to get out to the fish, or you just need to target Bass at close range. Don’t let your line go slack as the surf pounds it. otherwise you will lose all your gear as it gets trapped in the shingle.

Conditions will be very similar tomorrow, then on Sunday the forecast is for almost no wind. That will make for really good conditions to hit those marks at range and pick up the flat fish. If you want some sport don’t forget to bring a float set up for some Garfish, as they love the conditions after a blow.

So what baits to use? The Squid are in, so that has to be one of the best baits to use at the moment. Lugworm, both black and blow will be great for giving off plenty of scent, as will Mackerel. The only problem with mackerel is the high chance of attracting Dogfish. I will be using an Up and Over Rig with 3/0 Varivas super match hooks

Portland: I fished Portland Bill the other evening, in what can only be described as perfect Bass conditions. The water was clear and fizzy and with the wind at my back I was able to cast my lures a long distance. Unfortunately the Bass decided it wasnt for them. I didn’t have a single knock, not even from a Pollock as the light started to fade. However I did see a huge Wrasse cross a very shallow boulder field right under my feet. 

Wrasse fishing should be good this weekend, with the east side of the Island being a lot more comfortable to fish. They will take both soft plastic lures and bait such as Crab and Ragworm.

Portland Harbour: The fishing in the harbour should improve with the larger tide. It is this time of year that we often see some nice Bass along the shallow shore line. Sandsfoot Castle is always one of my favourite marks to target them on lures. There are plenty of small Wrasse and decent Garfish around Ferrybridge.

Weymouth Bay: I seen a very sad sight in Weymouth harbour this week. A fairly young guy was catching numerous Bass and killing them, even though a lot of them were undersized. He clearly knew that he was wrong on both counts, as when I pointed out to him that he was fishing illegally, he made a pathetic excuse up that the fish were all deep hooked and were going to die anyway. This in fact was certainly not the case on the one I seen him catch. I then heard him boast to his mate that he had sold an 8 and 5lb fish to the local chinese restaurant for £15. He did move on when I said I was going to report him, the problem is, where or who do we report these blatant acts too? I am still none the wiser after making a number of calls. If the rule can’t be enforced then remove it and make it a fair playing field for all.

Rant over, and despite him taking a number of Bass, there are still plenty to be had in the harbour. The best bait is live Prawn, Sandeel or Ragworm. The Mullet are also feeding very aggressively and seem happy to take bread on the surface, or chase baited mepps.

Guiding: The new guiding season is underway once again. Although we can only keep one Bass, we can certainly catch more. I am hoping that the winter fishing ban and the new commercial quotas, combined with an increase in the minimum landing size, will make for some great Bass fishing. I specialize in lure fishing and I am offering Fly fishing this year as well. I am still more than happy to go after the multitude of species in this area with bait, whether that is big Wrasse, explosive Smoothound fishing or targeting the tastier fish such as Plaice and Bream. If you want to book a session or find out more information drop me an email at [email protected]

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Honeypot Lakes Catfish Open Match Report – Round Two

Following our success in the first Honeypot Pairs Catfish Match, my partner Ben and I were quick to sign up when the time came for Round 2. By arriving early, we gave ourselves time to walk around the lakes before the match started, enabling us to make educated decisions during the draw. We came out third, and I was quick to secure the “Crafty’s” swim. This swim is in a corner, at the time on the back of the wind and is an area where I have had success whilst catting in the past, so with no other signs of catfish, it seemed a good choice.

Once in the swim, Ben went to catch some livebait, while I tackled up the rods, again with polyball rigs to suspend the baits up in the water. With preparations made, we wasted no time in putting out the rods when 3 o’clock finally came around.

A slow first hour left all teams waiting tensely in anticipation of the first run, which unfortunately fell to the anglers fishing in a swim opposite us. Once they had landed the fish, we were quick to try and find out what method was used in an attempt to change our luck, but despite Jim the lake owner insisting they caught the cat on popped-up cheese?, we persevered with our livebait!

Following another uneventful hour, it was clear that a change of tactics was needed. I decided to recast one of my rods further into the corner, in the hope there might be some fish held up there off the back of the wind. I had just walked up the bank to look into the margin when a series of bleeps sent me sprinting back to the swim. In the few seconds it took me to get back to the rod, the run had developed into a one-toner and straight away the fish charged off into the lake. This was to be short-lived, however, as moments later the line parted leaving me shaking with the adrenaline still pumping. There is a gravel bar in this swim running parallel to the bank about 20 yards out and I can only assume that the fish dived down beyond it and cut the line. With 5 hours to go there was still a chance of redemption, but I couldn’t help but feel like that fish might have cost us £300.

Determined not to be beaten, Ben and I set about recasting all the rods with fresh bait, and finally, after a couple of hours work the left-hand rod on top of the bar was away. A relatively short fight resulted in a very welcome 26lb cat. The fish was returned after a few photos and with a couple of hours left on the clock, Ben was keen to get his first fish in the net.The second half of the match was one I will remember for all the wrong reasons. From the nearby grass, we could see clouds of pollen blowing across the lake and for someone who suffers from bad hayfever, I definitely have the wrong lifestyle! I spent the next 2 hours unable to open my eyes while Ben worked hard in an attempt to put another fish on the scorecards but it wasn’t to be.

All too soon Jim announced the end of the match and unbeknownst to us Charlie and Scott had been fishing away behind the island and managed to land 3 fish for 88lbs. Despite the hayfever, lost fish and lack of prize money, I enjoyed a fun afternoon in good company and look forward to the next match. Thanks to Jim and Selina for hosting and congratulations to Charlie and Scott on their great performance.

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Could we see Tuna?

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 I may have been a bit hasty in my dismissal. We certainly had a lot of large Mackerel a few weeks ago, even though trying to find many on Chesil last weekend was hard. However I came across this video, posted by Dan Tucker of a shoal of Tuna off Newquay in Cornwall, they varied in size from 4 – 6ft long. Unfortunately as Dan has kept his video listed for friends only, so I can’t copy it on to here.

Chesil beach was back to it’s normal way of fishing, with a few good fish coming out, but a lot of blanks. That is pretty unusual for this time of year, as it is normally very good all along the beach. The fish that were landed were nice. Brenden Moon had a great session with Conger, Cod and Undulate Rays.

Saturday night seen lots of Smoothound, especially from Abbotsbury. Kevin and Ryen Brandwood fished there and managed 9 Hounds and a small Conger between them. Ryen pictured below managed his first ever hound. All the fish came on Peeler, both live and frozen.

We are due another blow on Saturday. It will be similar to last weekends short blow, which did little to improve fishing. However if it continues for longer than the 24 hours it is forecast to do, then we may well see Cod and Bass again.

Sea Conditions: Water temperature 17.8°c

Chesil Beach:  Calm with clear water, changing to rough on Saturday

Portland: Calm with clear water. A large swell will pick up on Saturday and continue on through Sunday

Portland Harbour: Calm and clear

Weymouth Bay: Calm and clear

Chesil Beach forecast: Very few Mackerel around at the moment and the prospects are not looking great for Saturday. However things will improve on Sunday with the chance of Bass and Cod during the day. I would also expect to see Pout and Dogfish in the coloured water. The coloured water wont affect the Smoothounds, which should be plentiful on Peeler Crab.

Portland: There is a good chance of a lure caught Bass from Portland Bill on Saturday. Keep well back from the water if you are venturing on to the lower ledges. Wrasse fishing should be OK today and on Sunday, but poor on Saturday.

Portland Harbour: A good place to fish in the SW wind  and a very good chance to get  Garfish or small Bass.

Weymouth Bay: I have heard some good reports of Mullet being caught from Preston Beach. Not your normal Grey Mullet, but Golden Grey and Red Mullet. Golden Grey Mullet can be caught on small Mepps or bunches of Harbour Rag or Maddies, which are small white Ragworm. Red Mullet will take Ragworm or small strips of Mackerel fished on the bottom. 

As usual the piers will produce plenty of fish, but I expect that they will be very busy.

Guiding: The new guiding season is underway once again. Although we can only keep one Bass, we can certainly catch more. I am hoping that the winter fishing ban and the new commercial quotas, combined with an increase in the minimum landing size, will make for some great Bass fishing. I specialize in lure fishing and I am offering Fly fishing this year as well. I am still more than happy to go after the multitude of species in this area with bait, whether that is big Wrasse, explosive Smoothound fishing or targeting the tastier fish such as Plaice and Bream. If you want to book a session or find out more information drop me an email at [email protected]

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Thunder and lighting fishing

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 happy to take Squid baits.

Dan Church managed to get in amongst the Undulates that made an appearance all along the beach. This one at 8 1/2lb came from Abbotsbury.

Lets get back to what the title is all about. Unusually for a bank holiday weekend, the weather looks pretty good most of the time. However there are a number of thunderstorms forecast, especially on Sunday. If you should find yourself out fishing and get caught in a thunderstorm stop fishing immediately. Put your rods flat down on the ground or on the deck if you are on a boat. You don’t have to be directly hit with lighting to get a shock. I have experienced small electrical shocks through my hands whilst lure fishing. The lightening was striking the water about 3 miles away. Exactly the same thing happened on the boat this week. I refused to fish during the storm and my mates were giving me some grief for being a wimp. One of the other boats came over and told my mates that they had just been shocked from a lightning strike over 3 miles away at sea. My mates soon stopped laughing at me. Don’t take any chances, just stop fishing for a bit as thunderstorms normally pass quite quickly.

Sea Conditions: Water temperature 17.8°c

Chesil Beach:  Calm with clear water

Portland: Calm with clear water. 

Portland Harbour: Calm and clear

Weymouth Bay: Calm and clear

Chesil Beach forecast: Back to some good summer fishing. Expect plenty of Mackerel, Garfish and Scad on float or lures. You can bet that there will be some Bass following in behind to pick off the bait fish. 

Ferrybridge end should produce Bream, Gurnard, Rays and Smoothound. If you are heading to the Abbotsbury end, then you can expect pretty much the same with the exception of Bream. You will get the odd one, but they prefer more structure to feed around. You will have the chance of Plaice and Dabs towards West Bexington and Abbotsbury, but they are often at range at this time of year.

Best baits are likely to be ragworm tipped with Squid or Mackerel, fished on a two hook clipped down rig and size 1 hooks. I prefer to use clipped down rigs even if I am not going for distance, as it stops the bait flying off, which is a common problem on a flapper rig.

Portland: The island will almost guarantee fish on float fished ragworm. That will attract lots of Wrasse and the odd Pollock. Dusk and dawn should be very good for the chance of mackerel, Scad, Garfish, Pollock and Bass on lures.

Portland Harbour: The harbour is producing lots of small Bass that are taking just about any bait or lure you put out. This is a good sign for the future, but I try to not target them. Use larger lures and bigger baits to try and avoid them. Wrasse, Flounder, Bass and Pollock can all be caught from the area around Sandsfoot Cove. The FLounder and Bass use the gaps between the reefs to move around looking for food. 

Weymouth Bay: I have heard some good reports of Mullet being caught from Preston Beach. Not your normal Grey Mullet, but Golden Grey and Red Mullet. Golden Grey Mullet can be caught on small Mepps or bunches of Harbour Rag or Maddies, which are small white Ragworm. Red Mullet will take Ragworm or small strips of Mackerel fished on the bottom. 

As usual the piers will produce plenty of fish, but I expect that they will be very busy.

Guiding: The new guiding season is underway once again. Although we can only keep one Bass, we can certainly catch more. I am hoping that the winter fishing ban and the new commercial quotas, combined with an increase in the minimum landing size, will make for some great Bass fishing. I specialize in lure fishing and I am offering Fly fishing this year as well. I am still more than happy to go after the multitude of species in this area with bait, whether that is big Wrasse, explosive Smoothound fishing or targeting the tastier fish such as Plaice and Bream. If you want to book a session or find out more information drop me an email at [email protected]

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