Stef Jones enjoyed his first trip of the summer out in his Private Boat to land several smoothound and a fine tope of 41lb.
Blondes for Combe Martin SAC members
Combe Martin SAC members Rob Scoines and Chris Bond joined a party of anglers aboard Charter Boat Lorna Doone out of Watchet and found blonde ray on the feed. Several ray were caught including a 15lb 10oz blonde for Rob and a 17lb 2oz blonde from Chris.
Boat Fishing – Ongoing for now with sensible precautions
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Coronavirus update
Afternoon everyone just a quick update,We are going to continue to run our trips (weather permitting) until we are told otherwise from the government. We will be putting a few things in place to try and make it as safe as we can for everyone aboard.
1. Drinks will still be available but please bring your own cups so you know it’s yours and yours only
2. All rods will be cleaned and made ready for the next trip the best we can
3. If you have any symptoms given out in the government guidelines please call me 07850984933 to rearrange or cancel until your better to help stop the spread
4. I am trying to source hand sanitizers for the boat but if you have some please bring it for yourselfs
5. We understand some of our customers are going to be financially affected buy this virus again please get in touch there are ways we can look to help each other out
6. We have other payment options available card machine and Bacs transfer
If you have any other issues please call 07850984933 or email me at [email protected]
Stay safe and continue life as best you can guys p.s sea air is good for the mind
One Hundred Plus spurs in a day
Boat anglers are enjoying some great sport off Ilfracombe where a party boated upwards of double figure spurs to 18lb along with numerous Huss and eels to 30 lb.
Bluefin – Spurdog Fishing
Many thanks to Troy Laing for allowing to use his post on their recent trip to the deeps off Ilfracombe aboard ” Bluefin:.
Well what can I say. John Barbeary said we were going spurdog fishing today, and that’s certainly what we did..Found a nice little spot. 8 miles off land. And as soon as our baits reached the seabed…We were all catching spurs from the off..approx 50 spurs caught..between us all. Along with huss to 16lb..spurs to 18lb..along with dogfish…and 1 pollock..caught by me haha..tomorrows dinner..thank you to John Barbeary.
BLUEFIN – SPORT FROM THE DEEPS
Each Winter anglers take advantage of the great sport available in the deep water off Ilfracombe where huge packs of spurdog prowl hunting whiting and herring. Catches of over a hundred spurdog a day are not uncommon with double figure Bull Huss and big conger also testing anglers tackle to the limit. This Winter has once again seen John Barbeary take anglers to fishing grounds that have provided some excellent catches as illustrated below. For details of Bluefin click on the above link.
South Molton Anglers Enjoy Calm Water Deep Sea Fishing
A quick report from Ed Rands of South Molton Angling Club on their trip to ilfracombe on Sunday 19th January.
It was a cold and frosty start in the dark with icy roads and stars shining, by the time we arrived dawn was beginning to break.
We wrapped up warm, waited for some water in the harbour! then set off to lee bay while the tide was racing.
We sat there patiently wading through the inevitable dogfish but did have 4 small conger, 10 bull huss to 13.5lb,1 pouting and a first for me, a mussel clamped on my hook!
We then steamed out to deeper water when the tide had eased and settled in to quite a busy 3 hours or so with an estimated 50 odd spurdog to 14.5lb,we didn’t weigh them all, another 10 huss to 10lb, 6 more conger to 30lb and more dogfish.
By this time the weather was glorious with coats and woolly hats being discarded and a flat sea.
Thanks to Paul “bluefins” stand in skipper and all that attended, we were lucky with the weather and found plenty of fish couldn’t have asked for anything more.
I have photos to send but I’ll send them individually as we have issues this end with size of files.
Hopefully see some of you at the agm on February 11th.
All the best and tightlines
Ed
Spurdog, Tope and Huss on Bluefin off Ilfracombe
Steve Dawe enjoyed a successful first boat trip of 2020 catching loads of Spurs to 15lb+, 4 Bull Huss, 3 Congers and a bonus 35lb Male Tope. Many thanks John Barbeary on Bluefin for some great skippering. Most of the fish were tempted ion fresh herring baits.
Big Spurs and Huss showing off Ilfracombe
Spurdog to 18lb and double figure bull huss are featuring in catches off Ilfracombe with John Barbeary’s ‘Bluefin’ taking anglers to the proven marks.
Combe Martin SAC – Boat Trip
Combe Martin SAC Boat Trip
Many thanks to Matt Jeffery for his report on CMSAC’s latest boat trip out of Minehead.
Osprey trip..30/12/19
Spirits were high as we pulled out of the harbour today with Steve Webber at the helm , all of us busily making our rigs and hoping to trick that big one into snaffling it up off the sea bed .
I for one was very pleased to be greeted by a calm morning as we pulled out of the harbour, and i wondered to myself was today the day ?.
with the usual teas and coffees made by young William Webber and also the cooking of bacon and sausages by Steve Webber it was a pleasent day
Unfortunately it wasnt to be today and it wasnt for the lack of trying either might i add ….
a few decent fish were caught through the masses of conger eels to 15lb…….
Louis Rooke managed a nice blonde
Peter Robinson had a spotted ray of 3lb 2oz
many thanks to Steve Webber for trying his best to get us on the fish ,and good on the club members for never giving up with those big cod baits ……
