Blog entries tagged South Devon

I would walk 500 miles

Matt Jones — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:40:06 +0100

Why the reference to that irritatingly catchy song by The Proclaimers I hear you asking? Well, that's what it feels like I have done this weekend. All my well laid plans to go and explore a couple of marks near Fowey were shot down early doors by an ear infection. I didn't want to potentially ruin the day by being a wimp and coming home early if it got toRead More...

Time to take stock, take a break and recharge the batteries

Matt Jones — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

After 3 manic months scouring Cornwall, Devon and Dorset for fish, racking up almost 8,000 miles and getting up at some un-Godly times just to get to various marks, I am taking what I believe is a well deserved week off from fishing and blogging. I'll be retreating to my summer training camp to get into peak physical and mental shape ahead of the eagerly anticipated SWSF shore competRead More...

Went to Devon......came back with a nasty case of crabs

Matt Jones — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:08:20 +0100

Contrary to what you may have thought, this post is not about an affliction caught by some poor, unfortunate sailor on shore leave, it is in fact another weekend session report. Still euphorically bouncing and with a distinct swagger in my walk after last weekend's bass and smooth hound, I thought that I would get out again and try and continue my "hot" streak. However like a player at thRead More...

Fishing North Corner, Plymouth

nath richards — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I managed to get out again last night to have a fish with Mike and Mike at North Corner, Devonport. We all pitched up about 6pm to a rather busy pontoon (probably about 4 other anglers already there) to fish the first part of the ebb and fished through till dark, so around 9:00 pm.

From what I could gather from the lads already down there, the fishing had been pretty slow all afternoon (at that point no-one had managed to catch anything) so I began with a scratch around tigRead More...

Bass Fishing at Seasons Point

nath richards — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

With things slowly getting back to normal here, yesterday I managed to get in the first session in over a fortnight. By god it was good to get back out again – 2 weeks without fishing is 2 weeks too long!

After seeing Curt’s post in the fishing buddies section of the forum, myself and Adam (who’d just joined the site that very same day) jumped on board and partook in the session down at Seasons Point (a nice little mark on the western side of the entrance to the Yealm estuaRead More...

July's Fishing Fortunes

nath richards — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Despite my lack of reports recently, the shore fishing sessions have still been going ahead and what a month July has turned out to be!

It's been all about the Bass - in fact, I can’t ever remember another month when the BaRead More...

South Devon Plaice Fishing

nath richards — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Rather than head up to North Devon again, we night-fished closer to home at East Portlemouth, a popular fishing mark on the Salcome Estuary.

With good tides and such promising weather, things looked good. As it panned out, however, it proved to be an evening of mRead More...

Night Fishing @ Laira Bridge

nath richards — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Elton was wrong. Saturday night isn’t for fighting, it’s for fishing. And more so when you have a mild evening, clear skies, a light southwesterly and high slack water just before last light. Perfect, or at least it should have been.

I met up with Mike for an evening session at Laira bridge. Being a Saturday night – prime fishing time and all that – I was expecting us to have to fish behind the Quick fit on the PlymstoRead More...

Latest Outing 10/0/09

Mike Sullivan — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Well went on a bit of a mission over the past couple of days, all started the night before when I met up with Nath to see what was happening on the Plym on the ebb tide. Coincided with last light on the change - usually very productive at this time of year to the fly.

Cast about and searched the depths for a couple of hours and had a couple of small bites but no takes. Not even fish showing on the surface.

So it was onto plan B: I fished first light from 5am at wembury on Read More...

Night Session at North Corner, Plymouth

nath richards — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100

With the fishing having been a bit slow during the day recently, I thought I’d do a spot of night fishing in the hope that the fishing would pick up after dark.

Not wishing to venture to far on my first eveninRead More...

Fishing Eastern Kings, Plymouth

nath richards — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Usually around this time, by the beginning of April, the sea fishing around the Devon and Cornwall shores springs to life. Due to the general crappy weather and relatively poor fishing I do very little sea fishing throughout the winter – but I’m always reRead More...

Fishing East Portlemouth

nath richards — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Finally, we’ve got that long awaited break in the bad weather and I’ve been able to get out and do a spot of shore fishing. And with a forecast of sunshine and light westerly’s it seemed the perfect opportunity to venture further afield without much risk of being rained off.

After hearing many favourable reports about East Portlemouth, South Devon recentlyRead More...

Tom's Tales of the Tamar.

nath richards — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Tom, from Plymouth Angling
in St Budeaux, Plymouth, has kindly offered to share his Monthly
Fishing Report with SWSF. In his ‘Tales of the Tamar’, Tom shares with
us the latest developments on the Plymouth sea angling scene – all, of
course, with his usual style and panache. In essence, it’s tackle shop gossip in HTML format, and I love it. Thanks Tom.

You can find the link to Tom’s latest tales in the Catch Reports section of the Southwest Seafishing Forum - each month it will be Read More...

Fishing Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymstock

nath richards — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

I was looking at heading deeper into Cornwall for this session, but with the weather being so hit and miss recently - and flitting from sunshine to rain quicker than I can switch rigs - instead I decided to fish closer to home and revisit Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymstock.

A strong westerly isn’t ideal for fishing this particular breakwater since it comes right across the approachesRead More...

Hopes Nose: Chasing Plaice

nath richards — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

After the rather dismal fishing session along the Plymouth Foreshore a few days ago, I decided this time to fish Hopes Nose, Torquay, instead. I really wasn’t up for blanking twice in a row and thought Hopes Nose would be the most likely place I would see a dramatic change in fortune.

Today, I’d be fishing the tide up and then back down for an hour. With the sun out and Read More...

Fishing Plymouth Foreshore

nath richards — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

To say that today’s fishing session was a peculiar one would be a complete understatement. First off, looking at the forecast yesterday I didn’t think I’d get out at all – ‘they’ said rain all day and only 7 degrees. I like my fishing, but not that much.

I awoke to a blue sky (through the window, that is - I hadn’t just passed oRead More...

Berry Head - Summer is Here!

nath richards — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Today saw the start of my summer fishing season, and what better place to kick it off than the true summer fishing hotspot of Berry Head.

'But maybe I’m still too early for the summer fishing', I thoRead More...