British boat caught whiting record smashed

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The long-standing British boat-caught whiting record has been smashed by a massive specimen caught out of Plymouth.

The huge fish weighed in at a staggering 7lb 6oz after it was boated by an angler targeting pollock aboard south west charter boat Sea Angler 2.

Skipper of the boat, Malcolm Jones, confirmed to Total Sea Fishing that the process of claiming a new British record with the fish had begun. Read more »

Getting Better

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Getting better

Postby Degs » Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:25 pm

Had a go down the island yesterday,with the wind dropping thought i would try the west of the island in the hope of bagging an early ray.A 20 minute walk got me to my mark and with a calm and coloured sea hopes of something other than whiting were high.
Fished one big bait for rays and a small hook flapper after some
species, everything was getting hammered by rats from the off so took
a pic for the hunt. Read more »

River Ribble 25 02 2012

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River Ribble 25 02 2012

Postby brockster » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:25 pm

first session of the yearAfter a few weeks watching the weather and the river height it was decided that the conditions were ok for a session on the river. Preparations were made and we decided to fish from mid Saturday afternoon until one or two hours after darkness.

Jon arrived before me and fished a stick float with maggot successfully bagging eight or nine fish, mainly chubb but a few sea trout. Read more »

Blackers 25th Feb

blackers

Blackers 25th Feb

Postby pro_hunter » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:36 pm

Decided i was gonna have a shot down on the flyde coast again to see what was happening, Speaking with terry ( Southwesterley ) on wsf we decided to fish over low water and back upto high to see what was about.There had been word of the odd plaice showing there face so these where the target species although they never came to play out :doh:

Everything was downscalled to what i have been fishing with recently as we wasnt expecting anything big so 1/0 and 1′s was the order of the day. Read more »

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