South Devon Fishing

my best two personal best bass from shore

fluidjuice — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:46:47 GMT

8lb 10 oz

10lb 2 0z

MY FIRST MUSKY!

simon baker — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:37:26 GMT

Hi All, GOT MY FIRST MUSKY TODAY!!! The weather here is nuts for this time of year, I was ice fishing in front of the house on the 22nd November last year....lol...not this year......here is a picture taken from the yard on 21st November last year........ And here's the scene as we set sail from my house this afternoon..........and yes....thats the lure i was using...a 14" hunk of balsa wood that looks like a Manati...lol Anyway.....i have ...

my PB

gylta — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:22:17 GMT

Ballan Wrasse 1.62kg 45cm Sm�gen / Sweden 091015

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Autumn Walleye and Pike

simon baker — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:16:16 GMT

Hi all, Winter is knocking at the door now...HARD! We did not get much of an Autumn here this year as it went from 25 degrees to minus temps within one week at the end of September. Whilst the change to minus temperatures makes for 'mannin it out' fishing trips it has its advantages. as the water cools it acts like a dinner bell for the fishy wishies , and they put on their feed bags in anticipation of long dark cold days for 7 months under a roof of 4 foot thick ice. Went ...

Fresh fish dinners...cant beat 'em!

simon baker — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:10:17 GMT

Hi all, Got a couple hours in yesterday evening, and put this video together.

26lb 3oz shore caught blonde ray

goody — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:08:15 GMT

Small-eyed ray

mulletmad — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:13:43 GMT

My new pb small eye, 10-7-2!!!!!!!!!!

3 Days on Burr Lake and my PB Walleye

simon baker — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:07:14 GMT

Hi all, Fishing has been good out here, not as many posts being done cuz wth the baby i get time to read evryones posts, but sticking my own together is time consuming...anyway....pieced this together from the last week or so. Got into Burr Lake 4 times last week between work, baby was out with mum a lot so i had spare hours on my hands i that means FISHING!!! 1st day we did good and almost got our limit of 8 walleye for the table plus a load of pike and perch. Lewis also had his ...

Kayak to Body leash

mike_d — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:59:29 GMT

Can anyone recommend a method to tether myself to my Kayak

Bass

whewa0 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:53:19 GMT

Bass of 8lb 2 oz in 2001. Sark Reef , Channel Islands.
Caught in approx 130ft water on 200grm Flashmere Lure. On the same day, same place, saw approx "8" fish caught that were bigger, unfortunatly not by me but I was well pleased anyway.

Blonde Ray

whewa0 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:46:55 GMT

Blonde Ray 35lb - Caught back in 2001, off Corbiere Lighthouse, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Had another in the same week of just over 30lb from the same area. Featured in "Sea Angler" along with some pics.

PB Bass

Ade — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:27:32 GMT

lol my new pb, I'm very very chuffed, 4 and a half pounds....caught at Brighton Marina on Saturday morning, peeler and whole squid cocktail, fishing from Marina wall into very churned up dirty heavy shallow sea....

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Kayak Transport

ports — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:44:51 GMT

This is the reason for myself and MTH being delayed on our way to St Mary's bay and what we had to stop to take photo's of. Come on guy's surely this is not the way forward

Gar

mulletmad — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:24:48 GMT

This is the one i dont think i`ll ever beat!
My club and nfsa shore record at a massive 2-13-8!!!!!!!!!!

just wish i had a better pic of it!

Blonde 23lb 14

longshanks — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:39:20 GMT

PB Bass

bigport — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:43:21 GMT

my pb 6.5lb rocket

caught on makkie head with 5/o hook on a d-vice stuffed with chum two hours before low @ oddicombe yes oddicombe.

pb 5lb 12?

longshanks — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:48:21 GMT

PB Ray

simsk — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:00:37 GMT

My personal best ray weighed 11lb on some crap scales so i reckon it was over 10lb.
caught on live prawn on a running ledger 3/0 pennel rig

also from portlemouth

pollocks to it

hoppy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:52:47 GMT

ths is my pb pollock 16 lb

PB Bass

hoppy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:37:21 GMT

these are my pb bass

my pb cod

hoppy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:43:25 GMT

this is my best cod tdate 15 pound mid channel

Conger

stevegf — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:40:50 GMT

My PB Shore Caught Conger - 33lb 7oz - a few years ago now.

Skerries Plaice

gizmo — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:41:23 GMT

Taken off the Skerries 2007 on Lug and Squid cocktail, 1/0 hook on a 10' trace (mucho blinged trace). Not weighed but approx 2.5-3lb

Bass

mulletmad — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:27:58 GMT

My pb from shore is 8-6,
but my best from boat which i had on a freelined poor cod in brixham marina is this one at 11-14-10!

Tub Gurnard

Nemesis_SLR — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:09:23 GMT

I had this 1lb 3oz Tub at West Bexington. Caught on a big lugworm bait on a 2 hook loop rig. rod was my Conoflex Nemesis SLR and reel was my Abu chrome rocket 6500. line was 15lb with 80lb shockleader. caught about 100 -120 yards out.

It is a pretty fish!

PB Wrasse

mulletmad — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:26:10 GMT

My pb wrasse of 5-7-8

Dab

mulletmad — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:22:33 GMT

My pb dab from shore at 1-1 from hopes nose.

first sole

bailey — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:16:09 GMT

caught at beesands with ragworm

PB Huss

mulletmad — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:56:58 GMT

Mine was this year down scabbacombe, a new brixham club record at 16-2-10!

Thornback

mulletmad — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:13:17 GMT

After trying hard i had two thornbacks down portlemouth this winter. well pleased!
The first one at 13-3-15

And the second at 13-3-4

Best Huss

Nemesis_SLR — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:59:01 GMT

I had this 9lb 10oz Huss down at Gara Point. bait was 4 whole squid on a 7/0 pulley pennel rig. Rod was a Conoflex Highlander and reel was a Penn 535 filled with 30lb. caught about 40 yards out on the reef.

not my biggest huss but its the only one i have a pic of!

Best Wrasse

mth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:28:31 GMT

I caught this 5lb 2oz Ballan Wrasse at Brixham Breakwater on the 20/6/09. I used a heavy spinning rod with 18lb mainline and a 15lb hook length on a runnig ledger ( 2oz ). The bait i used was a Lugworm on a 2/0 hook, this was cast out no more than 15 yards seaward amongst the rocks.

Corkwing Wrasse

PikemanPete — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:27:30 GMT

Caught this Lovely looking Corkwing at Battery Green about a month ago. Took this under the rod tip on Ragworm. The Method was a sliding paternoster and a size 1 hook. Not the biggest Wrasse ever pulled out, but this I have been told is quite a good one as the record is only about 12 oz!. The Tide was well in and the conditions were a bit choppy.

Cuckoo Wrasse

ports — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:24:28 GMT

This Cuckoo wrasse was a personal best for me as it was the most colourful fish i have caught, I caught this fish on the 26-06-09 at Brixham Breakwater about half way up, I was using a running ledger, a 2/0 hook loaded with a mackeral strip and a 1.5oz lead.

PB Wrasse

Nemesis_SLR — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:49:00 GMT

I had this ickle 4lb 13oz off West Hoe pier on a prawn on a 2/0 running ledger. rod was a AFAW estuary and 7ht reel, line was 10lb. was caught about 2 yards off the wall

Smoked Pollack with Sea Beet

Lisa — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:22:32 GMT

I got this recipie from the River Cottage Handbook Edible Seashore. Serves 2 2 Fillets of Smoked Pollack or other smoked white fish 150ml Whole Milk 150ml double cream A knob of butter 2 big handfulls of Sea Beet washed and shredded into 3-4 pieces A squeeze of lemon juice freshly ground black pepper Put the smoked pollack fillets into a medium saucepan and pour over the milk and cream. Cover the pan and bring to a gentle simmer, then tun off the heat and leave it ...

Brixham Lures

Mart — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:59:40 GMT

Brixham Lures. A fantastic site offering top quality lures delivered to your door for very competitive prices. A clear and concise website making selection and ordering a simple process. www.brixhamlures.com

LIFE IS GOOD!

simon baker — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:34:47 GMT

Hi all, Had a great day yesterday, had to share....lol...such a proud dad here. Was baby Jacks first swimming lesson yesterday, he was too cute (imho) in his little swimsuit CHECK OUT DA MOVES! Jack was by far the youngest in the pool, most of the babies were at least a year old, lots of them were wailing as they went in....water was pretty old, but jack took it all in his stride....he was a bit unsure at first but was loving it by the end. WHAT THE ...

2nd attempt at caching a Muskie

simon baker — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:44:03 GMT

Went out for only my 2nd time ever targeting musky. Went with my buddy Lew who is an avid and experienced musky fisherman, he took me up to Thaddeus and Ord lakes about an hours drive north of Dryden. I was kinda ambigous about the whole Musky thing......to be quite honest i did not think i had the patience to cast what seem to me to be giant lures all day with the likelyhood of catching nothing. In the end we did not even get a follow, but i was surprised how quickly the day went, and ...

Jigging for Walleye and lakers and 1st attempt at a Musky

simon baker — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:02:08 GMT

Hi all, I went back to the lake where I got two 27" walleye the other day to see if I had just got lucky the other day or whether I could repeat the success and semi confirm to myself that I was doing something right for a change....lol. I anchored up on the same spot, and sure enough first jig with minnow to hit bottom attracted a bite within seconds. I love to video my catches lol....but it does not always go to plan and I lose a lot of fish messing around trying to hold the camera....as ...

Great big Walleye and some Lake trout

simon baker — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:49:33 GMT

Hi all, We took the kids from work to a local Provincial Park to camp for the weekend. I was on the night shift so was taking over from my shift partner at 6:30pm for the night and getting off work in the mornings at 6:30am. Of course I brought my tin boat with me , the kid I work with always wants to go out fishing(bonus). We got out for 2 hours with the kids that evening but caught zilch. Its a deep lake with good trout fishing, but the kids wanted to catch walleye. Despite trying ...

TOOK A WHILE TO FIND THE FISH........WORTH THE WAIT THOUGH

simon baker — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:07:07 GMT

Hi all, went back to a a lake i'd only fished once before...and that was icefishing, but we did pretty good so had high expectations for it. Took a good hour to get in there with the ATV, trail in was in pretty rough shape. We headed to the creek mouth we'd fished in April on the ice....no joy except a couple small pike. We then tried to find some sheltered shoreline as the good ole weather network was ....as usual....way off the mark with its forecast and there was a really strong ...

A few hours on Lac Seul

simon baker — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:19:16 GMT

Hi All, Went out with my buddy Adam for a few hours on Lac Seul this afternoon. All fish were caught on plain jigs with a minnow bait, most were on the sand bars in 5-16 FOW. We saw a few other boats out there...and most agreed when we chatted at the landing that the day was slow. We still got a few fish over 20 inches and our limit of 17-18 inchers for the table, a load of small pike, i even got into a 19 inch bass for good measure. i expected more as we have done really ...

psycho baby pike....lol

simon baker — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:09:46 GMT

Hi all, Got all my chores done pretty late yesterday, its hard to not keep stopping and playing with my baby son...he's all giggly and playful these days. Anyway at around 7pm both wife and baby were napping and i thought i'd hook up the boat and try a little pond up the road. Went there opening weekend with a buddy and drew a blank apart from a few small pike. Surprisingly enough for such a small lake this lake has a good walleye population, and even a few bass. GOT INTO A ...

Safe Kayaking

donk — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:14:21 GMT

Hello all Bet you are thinking not another safety post, but this one again highlights the importance of safe kayaking. Last weekend the Mumbles Lifeboat went to the aid of a kayaker without any PFD, wetsuit or communications. I have attached the link below. http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Kayaker-face-water/article-1036512-detail/article.html The use of a correct PFD, drysuit/wetsuit or VHF communications is so important whilst afloat. I am pleased to confirm this guy ...

2 DAY QUEST FOR WALLEYE, LOTS OF SNOT ROCKETS( pike)

simon baker — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:35:14 GMT

WEDNESDAY 27th MAY ON BEAVER LAKE Hi all, got out to a little lake 10 minutes from town with Lew. This Lake holds some awesome walleye, my last fish out of there was a 28" last October. We hit the lake around 3pm and right off the bat lew was into a little pike, then I got one, then we were catching non stop for 3 hours, we had 4 dozen minnows and left the lake with only 6 in the bucket.....and we only caught 2 walleye an hour before we left, we must have got at least 30 pike ...

2 weeks leading upto Walleye season Part 1

simon baker — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:08:54 GMT

Hi all, The ice finally started to give way on the lakes round here on the 23rd of April, and I have been busy taking pics of the ice retreating as a kind of record to look back on in years to come, keeping a close eye on how the weather/wind/temps etc.. affect the ice. I iced fished a lot later last year, even though the ice was probably safer for longer this year, just had other stuff going on....so the first opportunity i had to cast a line was not soon enough....lol...i would have ...

pollock in budweiser batter

bigport — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:48:40 GMT

ok so with some large pollock fillets all ready de-boned 1,mix up some batter mix leave to settle for 10mins 2,make shure pollock fillet is dry(pat with kitchen roll) 3,you can now rub some of your choice herbs of your own in at this point(i dont up to u)i put some lemon in and coriander or what is nice to is orange and coriander,but that is another recipe. 4,so now take the fillet rub some flour on to it with some salt and pepper 5,put deep fat fryer on 6,10mins ...

APRIL FISHING IS NOT EASY HERE EITHER!

simon baker — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:05:07 GMT

Hi all, I have been reading your posts on here more than usual, envying all the 'soft' water you have, i know the fishing is tough there , believe me...just like the Doc the other day i have hesitated at the top of the hill at Hope's Nose weighing up the cost/benefit ratio of a long trek up and down given the hit and miss nature of actually catching anything...lol...never stopped me though. I have fond memories of walking down the hill wondering if any fish are around having made the ...

sqid bashin

stu — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:37:04 GMT