Updates on UK Charter Boat catches and fishing……

Big Ballan Wrasse…..

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Terry Hickman from Oxford had never been Wrasse fishing before but did particularly well  in the annual Ballan Wrasse competition on Flamer IV out from Weymouth. He caught several good size Ballans on a variety of baits which included ragworm,crab and prawn. Terry won the competition with a colourful Ballan Wrasse weighing in at 5Ib 14oz. The [...]

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Flamer latest……

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Aaron Whealand landed a personal best plaice weighing 6ib aboard Flamer IV. Arron was using 8lb class tackle with a trace that had lots of coloured attractor beads on baited with ragworm and a strip of ammo squid. Alan Booth also broke his personal best and set a new Nottingham specimen hunters SAC plaice record [...]

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Plaice at the double……

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Colin Jones landed an amazing double shot of Plaice during a Flamer IV Flatty League match. Colin’s double shot of Plaice consisted of Plaice weighing 5Ib 14oz and 5Ib 4oz making a double of Plaice weighing over 11Ib.They certainly put a bend in Colin’s rod who thought he had hooked a monster Plaice. Colin’s catch [...]

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Big Plaice in numbers…..

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Russell salmon (above) from Somerset landed his first ever ray which was a 15ib 5oz Undulate. Russell caught the ray while fishing aboard Flamer IV which was anchored on a reef south of Portland bill. The successful bait was a strip of ammo squid. The ray was released alive. David Hawker (above) landed a 6ib [...]

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Just Brill?…Weymouth is not just about the Olympic sailing…..

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Rick Hawkins (above) from Dorset landed his personal best plaice weighing 7lb while drift fishing aboard Flamer IV. Rick a regular angler on Flamer was over the moon with his big plaice catch. Rick was using 8lb class tackle with a short trace that had lots of attractor beads on and a small silver blade. [...]

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And the great fishing continues……..

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Neil Tuckett aged 77 landed a 6Ib Plaice (pictured above) aboard Flamer IV while on an angling break with the Gypsy Mariners SAC. Neil was using 10Ib class tackle with a two hook flatty trace that had lots of coloured attractor beads on. The successful bait was ragfworm and a strip of Ammo squid. . [...]

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Big Weymouth Plaice

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Weymouth boats are getting amongst the big plaice…… Bob Grady (above) from Essex landed a personal best fish weighing 5Ib 2oz while drift fishing aboard Flamer IV. Bob was using an uptide rod with a flatty trace baited with king ragworm and squid strip. Patrick Megan (above) from Plymouth Devon landed several Plaice including his [...]

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Mixed Species Fishing……..

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David Clowes (above) from Wolverhampton was pleased to land his first ever Plaice weighing 12oz,so you can imagine how he felt when he landed his second Plaice which weighed 7Ib 8oz.He was over the moon with his big spotty catch. David was using 10Ib class tackle with a single hook trace with lots of attractor [...]

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Weymouth Plaice Trip…….by Owen Popplett

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Annual Weymouth Plaice Trip The evening of Tuesday 1st May saw fourteen of us meet up in Weymouth for our annual two day plaice fishing trip with Bonwey skippered by Ken Leicester and Flamer IV skippered by Colin Penny. Both excellent skippers who always mange to find the fish. The forecast for the Wednesday and [...]

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Now this is what you call a Mullet!

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Just got this picture of a Soft Lipped Mullet caught by Steve Maliska (Misty) . The fish weighed 7lb 2oz 3drm and is a potential Cornish County record, British record, European record and IGFA World record.  

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