Fishing Tails

Conditions are pretty much the same as yesterday, but with bigger tides. I predict that it will be Smoothounds and Bass on the cards for this weekend

Wind forecast SW 10mph,

Water Temperature: 11.5*c                 Weymouth High Tide: 7.07pm, 2.01m

Sea Conditions:

Chesil Beach: Calm with a slight ripple. Water clarity is good

Portland Bill: Some small wavelets on the West side, but the East side is calm. Water clarity is good on both sides with a bit of weed in the bays on the East side.

Portland Harbour: Calm, water is slightly coloured.

Weymouth Bay: Calm with good water clarity.

Chesil Beach forecast: Lots of Mackerel all along the beach. Plaice and Dabs from Abbotsbury to Cogden, but the numbers are deteriorating now as the Plaice start to move elsewhere. This weekend should be very good for Smoothound. Make sure you order your peeler crabs early if you want some as I know a lot have been booked at the tackle shops. Hermit Crab is just as good and sometimes better if you can get it live. It is certainly a better frozen bait than frozen Peeler. Evening tides are producing Bass, Dogfish and Pout from all along the beach. Fish Eastern end towards Weymouth and Portland for Bream and to the West for Rays.

Portland: Great conditions for Pollock and Wrasse on worm or lure. I had a go yesterday and in the clear water I could see a half dozen Wrasse come out from all over the place to nail my soft plastic lures. Fantastic sport!

Portland Harbour: Due to the poor water clarity it will be bait fishing only in the harbour. Having said that I would expect to see plenty of small Bass and flounders on this set of spring tides..

Weymouth Bay: I would opt for one of the piers if I was fishing Weymouth this weekend. Plenty of different species including some small Bream and decent size Wrasse.

Kimmeridge Bay: With the ranges open from this evening and a spring tide approaching the chance of good Bass and Wrasse is very high. Reports of decent size fish make this mark an exciting prospect.

Looks like we could be in for a good couple of days of fishing, with light winds and decent tides

Wind forecast SW 7mph, peaking at 15mph later this evening.

Water Temperature: 11.4*c                 Weymouth High Tide: 6.25pm, 1.94m

Sea Conditions:

Chesil Beach: Calm with a slight ripple. Water clarity is good

Portland Bill: Some small wavelets on the West side, but the East side is calm. Water clarity is good on both sides with a bit of weed in the bays on the East side.

Portland Harbour: Slight ripple on the water, but generally calm, especially along the Sandsfoot stretch. Water is annoyingly coloured still and even more so after yesterdays blow.

Weymouth Bay: Calm with good water clarity.

Chesil Beach forecast: Lots of Mackerel all along the beach. Plaice and Dabs from Abbotsbury to Cogden, but the numbers are deteriorating now as the Plaice start to move elsewhere.This weekend should be very good for Smoothound. Make sure you order your peeler crabs early if you want some as I know a lot have been booked at the tackle shops. Hermit Crab is just as good and sometimes better if you can get it live. It is certainly a better frozen bait than frozen Peeler. Evening tides are producing Bass, Dogfish and Pout from all along the beach. Fish Eastern end towards Weymouth and Portland for Bream and to the West for Rays.

Portland: Great conditions for Pollock and Wrasse on worm or lure. I had a go yesterday and in the clear water I could see a half dozen Wrasse come out from all over the place to nail my soft plastic lures. Fantastic sport!

Portland Harbour: Due to the poor water clarity it will be bait fishing only in the harbour. Having said that I would expect to see plenty of small Bass and flounders on this set of spring tides..

Weymouth Bay: I would opt for one of the piers if I was fishing Weymouth this weekend. Plenty of different species including some small Bream and decent size Wrasse.

Kimmeridge Bay: With the ranges open from this evening and a spring tide approaching the chance of good Bass and Wrasse is very high. Reports of decent size fish make this mark an exciting prospect.

Current conditions are good, with a nice mid sized tide and overcast sky. Wind is still light but it will all change this afternoon.

Wind forecast E 28mph, currently it is SE 18mph

Water Temperature: 11.5*c                 Weymouth High Tide: 5.38pm, 1.81m

Sea Conditions:

Chesil Beach: Calm with a slight ripple that will increase through the afternoon. Water clarity is good

Portland Bill: West side is calm with a slight ripple. The East side is a bit choppy and that will become rougher later. Water clarity is good at the moment, but weed will build later.

Portland Harbour: A bit of a ripple that will become choppy short waves by around 4pm. The water is still slightly coloured with areas of heavy colour. Sandsfoot and Ferrybridge will colour up heavily this afternoon

Weymouth Bay: Small waves that will build to a good surf. Water clarity is poor becoming dirty as the afternoon progresses.

Chesil Beach forecast: You will be sheltered from the Easterly winds, which will keep the beach fairly calm. Improved water clarity will mean that Mackerel should be easier to catch today. Perfect conditions with nice mid sized tides for Plaice and Dabs from Abbotsbury to Cogden. Plenty of Dogfish showing during the day all along the beach. The Portland and Weymouth end of the beach is starting to see more Bream.

Portland: Great conditions for Pollock and Wrasse on worm or lure on the West Side. Stick with worm or Mackerel baits if you are brave enough to give the East side a go, you never know it might throw up the odd decent Bass.

Portland Harbour: When the surf picks up this afternoon it may well produce small Bass around Sandsfoot Castle on bait. I will be having a go later with a lure at a mark that I have caught at before if the water clarity is good.

Weymouth Bay: With the wind and surf building then Preston Beach will be a great spot for Bass. You might even get the odd Ray looking for some Sandeels that have been disturbed out of the surf. Ragworm, large Mackerel and squid baits and crab should all do well.

Boats: Not too many charter boats out today, but plenty of Bream locally and still Plaice and Turbot from the Shambles, though the numbers of Turbot have dwindled..

A lovely start to the day, but the wind will pick up a bit this afternoon then drop again this evening.

Wind forecast SW 15mph but staying calm for most of the day

Water Temperature: 11.2*c                 Weymouth High Tide: 4.44pm, 1.65m

Location:                                                     Sea State:                                     Water Clarity:

Chesil Beach                                               Calm with a slight ripple.         Slight milky tinge

Portland Bill                                               Calm with a slight ripple.         Clear with some weed in the bays

Portland Harbour                                     Calm                                              Slightly coloured with areas of heavy colour at Ferrybridge

Weymouth Bay                                          Calm                                             Clear

Chesil Beach forecast:Improved water clarity will mean that Mackerel should be easier to catch today. Perfect conditions with nice mid sized tides for Plaice and Dabs from Abbotsbury to Cogden. Normal baits of Ragworm tipped with squid should take, but if you can try tipping with uncooked prawn. The frozen variety works well. It is doing very well on the boats at the moment, so it must be worth a go on the shore as well. Don’t forget that fresh Mussels do very well and can be bought fairly cheaply from most supermarkets. Plenty of Dogfish showing during the day all along the beach. The Portland and Weymouth end of the beach is starting to see more Bream. A few early Garfish have been caught on float fished Mackerel strips.

Portland: Great conditions for Pollock and Wrasse on worm or lure. I have been having a lot of success with the Megabass Metal X Bubblehead and white Sidewinders for the Pollock and small Slugo’s and X-Layers for Wrasse and the odd Bass. Night sessions are producing the odd Bull Huss and Conger especially on the West side.

Portland Harbour: With water clarity still not fantastic lure fishing is a bit limited, but don’t let that put you off trying for Bass and Flounder on Ragworm or Peeler Crab.

Weymouth Bay: Plenty of fish all along the Stone Pier, giving plenty of easy fishing day and night. Fishing from the end of the piers has produced Flounder and Plaice recently.

Boats: Perfect conditions to reach some of the further away marks today. plenty of Bream now showing to the east. We should seem them around Portland in the next couple of weeks. Some nice Undulate Ray being landed at the moment. It would not surprise me to see the record being beaten from this area this year.

A breezy start to the day, but as the wind is from the NW it will be fairly easy to find shelter on the beach.

Wind forecast NW 20mph dropping to NW 15mph later

Sea conditions: A bit of a chop on Chesil and in Portland Harbour Water temperature 11.2*c. Weymouth high tide 3.35pm, 1.5m height.

Chesil Beach forecast:Mackerel fishing all along the beach, but they were a bit thin on the ground this past weekend.. Still plenty of Dabs, Flounder and Plaice coming from Abotsbury, Cogden and West Bexington. Smoothound and Rays on an evening tide. The Portland end of Chesil beach has seen the start of the Bream from the Landing Craft ad Checkpoint. Ragworm tipped with Squid is very good bait for Bream.

Portland: Still a bit coloured but it has cleared enough to allow the Wrasse to be able to seem the bait. Float fish work for Wrasse and Mackerel for the Pollock or try using white Sidewinder lures for everything including Bass. May is one of the best months for Big Conger Eels after dark. Heavy hear and large fish baits from Marks such as Blacknor and Chine often produce great results.

Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay: Flounder, Bass, Mullet and a few Garfish can be caught all around Portland harbour. Preston end of Weymouth Beach could well produce Ray and Smoothound tonight. Crab for the hounds and Sandeel for the Rays. Easy fishing from Weymouth Piers will produce a lot of different species including Wrasse, Pollock, Pout and even some small Bream.

Boats: The Kayak fishing competition held in Swanage Bay on Saturday was a huge success, it was won with 5 different species

I hope you all had a good weekend of fishing. Looks like it could be a good week with some of the summer species starting to move in on a lot of the marks.

Wind forecast SW 20mph.

Sea conditions: SW wind has put a bit of a chop on Chesil Beach, but the colour has not been effected very much. Water temperature 11.3*c. Weymouth high tide 2.21pm, 1.43m height.

Chesil Beach forecast:Mackerel fishing all along the beach, but they were a bit thin on the ground this past weekend.. Still plenty of Dabs, Flounder and Plaice coming from Abotsbury, Cogden and West Bexington. Smoothound and Rays on an evening tide. The Portland end of Chesil beach has seen the start of the Bream from the Landing Craft ad Checkpoint. Ragworm tipped with Squid is very good bait for Bream.

Portland: Still a bit coloured but it has cleared enough to allow the Wrasse to be able to seem the bait. Float fish work for Wrasse and Mackerel for the Pollock or try using white Sidewinder lures for everything including Bass. May is one of the best months for Big Conger Eels after dark. Heavy hear and large fish baits from Marks such as Blacknor and Chine often produce great results.

Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay: Flounder, Bass, Mullet and a few Garfish can be caught all around Portland harbour. Preston end of Weymouth Beach could well produce Ray and Smoothound tonight. Crab for the hounds and Sandeel for the Rays. Easy fishing from Weymouth Piers will produce a lot of different species including Wrasse, Pollock, Pout and even some small Bream.

Boats: Most charter boats got out today and plenty of nice fish were landed over the weekend

Lovely weather for the weekend with very little wind and plenty of sunshine. Mid sized tides should produce plenty of fish

Wind forecast N 10mph, dropping off to almost nothing for the weekend.

Sea conditions: Nice and calm on all beaches with a little bit of a swell that might effect anyone fishing the rock ledges on Portland.Still a bit of colour in the water but that should drop out by tomorrow. Water temperature 11*c. Weymouth high tide 12.21pm, 1.57m height.

Chesil Beach forecast:Mackerel fishing all along the beach, plenty have already been caught this morning, but please have a think when you are fishing for them, do you really need to bring 50 home with you? They don’t freeze well unless you are going to keep them for bait. Still plenty of Dabs, Flounder and Plaice coming from Abotsbury, Cogden and West Bexington. Smoothound and Rays on an evening tide. The Portland end of Chesil beach has seen the start of the Bream from the Landing Craft ad Checkpoint. Ragworm tipped with Squid is very good bait for Bream.

Portland: Still a bit coloured but it has cleared enough to allow the Wrasse to be able to seem the bait. Float fish work for Wrasse and Mackerel for the Pollock or try using white Sidewinder lures for everything including Bass. May is one of the best months for Big Conger Eels after dark. Heavy hear and large fish baits from Marks such as Blacknor and Chine often produce great results.

Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay: Flounder, Bass, Mullet and a few Garfish can be caught all around Portland harbour. Preston end of Weymouth Beach could well produce Ray and Smoothound tonight. Crab for the hounds and Sandeel for the Rays. Easy fishing from Weymouth Piers will produce a lot of different species including Wrasse, Pollock, Pout and even some small Bream.

Boats: Brilliant conditions for boats and Kayaks of all sizes today, especially when the wind drops later this afternoon. Small boats and kayaks will have plenty of sport from Portland harbour, with Bass, Pollock and Mackerel. There is a big Kayak fishing competition going on at Swanage today, so it will be interesting to see the results from that.

Weather is not brilliant but the tides are better for the next couple of days, with mid size tides always being my favourite.

Wind forecast NW 20mph, dropping off to almost nothing for the weekend.

Sea conditions: It is a little bit rough on Chesil at the moment with a bit of a chop and a long rolling surf of up to 2m high, so be careful ( I will try to video it later). The water is coloured at all marks including the rock marks and Portland Harbour. Temperature 11*c Weymouth high water 11.41pm 1.85m high.

Chesil Beach forecast: Mackerel will be a bit hard to locate today due to the colour of the water, however this should have dropped out quite a lot by tomorrow. Still plenty of Dabs, Flounder and Plaice coming from Abotsbury, Cogden and West Bexington. Smoothound and Rays on an evening tide. The Portland end of Chesil beach has seen the start of the Bream from the Landing Craft ad Checkpoint. Ragworm tipped with Squid is very good bait for Bream. There has also been a large number of Ray from the same mark, which is very unusual. Most fell to Sandeel. The same Sandeels have been taking quite a few Bass all along the beach and with conditions a bit rough today a few more are on the cards.

Portland: With water clarity poor the best chance of a fish from Portland will be Bull Huss on Mackerel from marks such as Blacknor. Dirty water at this time of year often produces some specimen Huss.

Portland Harbour: If you are looking for some shelter from the wind then try Portland Harbour around Sandsfoot Castle. Work baits will take Bass and Flounder.

Boats: A few boats have decided to rough it today, but conditions for the weekend will be good for all boats, large and small as well as Kayak fishing. I had a very good day out on Offshore Rebel on Tuesday, where we ended up with 21 nice Cod a load of decent Pollock and some lucky Bar Steward managed an 18lb Turbot on a Rhubarb & Custard plastic whilst on the Wreck. Well done Jonathon

18lb lure caught Turbot form a Wreck

My little double figure Pollock from the same wreck on the same lure

All change on the weather front again. Some pretty strong winds forecast for the next couple of days

Wind forecast SW 20mph, current wind is SW 15mph.

Sea conditions:. Water is clear on Chesil and around the Portland rock marks but still slightly coloured in  Portland Harbour.  The surf on Chesil is starting to pick up and will continue to do so through out the day.Temperature 10.6*c Weymouth high water 10.09pm 2.2m high.

Chesil Beach forecast: Mackerel in good numbers all along the beach. Take advantage of the rising surf this afternoon and try lure fishing for Bass. This is perfect conditions for catching them. Use a Zonk 120 in rainbow pearl.

Portland: Plenty of Pollock and Wrasse falling to lures. When the tides start to drop back the Bill should be a good place to try for a Bass on lures. A few Garfish are starting to show on float fished Mackerel strips. Keep your hooks small, size 4 to 6 and fish only about 8 inches down.

Portland Harbour: Water has cleared now, so if you are looking to target some Bass on lures then give Sandsfoot Castle a go over highwater

Boats: The Weymouth charter fleet will be spending the next couple of days alongside, but when they do get out expect some nice Cod and Pollock from the wrecks. Black Bream are showing from Warbarrow Bay.

Just a quick update this morning as I am going out on Offhore Rebel, wreck fishing out of Weymouth

Wind forecast SW 10mph, current wind is SW 5mph.

Sea conditions: Wavelets, with very little swell. Water is clear on Chesil and around the Portland rock marks but coloured in  Portland Harbour., Kimmeridge has patches of coloured water with clear water of the deep water marks.  Temperature 10.6*c (it is rising quickly now)Weymouth high water 9.24pm 2.3m high.

Chesil Beach forecast: Mackerel in good numbers all along the beach. Abbotsbury has produced some very big plaice in excess of 5lb over the past few days, but the big tides will mean the feeding times are going to be limited. Still some nice Rays being landed at Hive with the chance of a Bass in close. It seems that the Smoothounds have not really graced us with their presence this weekend, with only a few being reported.

Portland: Plenty of Pollock and Wrasse falling to lures. When the tides start to drop back the Bill should be a good place to try for a Bass on lures. A few Garfish are starting to show on float fished Mackerel strips. Keep your hooks small, size 4 to 6 and fish only about 8 inches down.

Portland Harbour: Water has cleared now, so if you are looking to target some Bass on lures then give Sandsfoot Castle a go over highwater

Kimmeridge Bay: Perfect conditions for Bass and Mullet on lures and fly fishing. The big tides wash the maggots out of the seaweed. The fish are at very close range. A maggot imitation fly for the Mullet, and a surface lure such as a Z-Claw, Patchinko or a Gunfish. If you want to go sub surface then keep it shallow with a Feed Shallow of Sasuke.

Boats: The Weymouth charter fllet have had a very good weekend with plenty of Plaice from the Shambles and some good Pollock and Cod from the wrecks.