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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 31st December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 31, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It seems that every time I look over at Chesil it seems rougher than ever. I am sure there are plenty of you that wanted to get out and have a last fishing session of the year, but it wont be on Chesil today. Having said that the wind is forecast to start to drop [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 30th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I know the burning question on many of your lips is can I fish Chesil? The very simple answer is NO! The wind has dropped a little this morning but the sea is very rough with waves exceeding 4m. The shingle bank is a single steep bank instead of the series of ledges you are [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 28th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 28, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It seems that there is a slight lull in the wind even though it is forecast to be blowing 26mph this morning it is not. However the beach is still very rough and the surf line exceeds 30m, so even if you did get your casts out to a 100m with a 7oz lead, you [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 26th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 26, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
A very quick update today before I go out Pheasant beating, If you are looking on here in the hope that Chesil Beach will be fishable then I am afraid the news is bad. Strong South Westerly winds once again have made the beach very unsafe. Water Temperature: 9.9*c             Weymouth High Tide: 5.42pm, 1.84m Wind: [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 24th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 24, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I wish I had tidings of good news and reports of lots of fish being caught, but the truth is this has been one of the worst fishing periods this year. The high winds and amount of fresh water along the coast is making fishing very hard. This will be the last post until boxing [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 22nd December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 22, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Surprise surprise!! The world did not end yesterday so we can carry on fishing, but most likely not on Chesil, at least not today. Once again strong South Westerly winds have made Chesil almost impossible to fish. Water Temperature: 10*c             Weymouth High Tide: 12.16pm, 1.71m Wind: SW 30mph gusting almost 50mph Sea Conditions: Chesil Beach: [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 21st December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 21, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Today is the shortest day of the year and if you believe some of the nonsense in the news it will be a very short one as it is forecast to end at 11am today. What a load of **** but just in case it is going to be true we should all get out [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 19th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 19, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Talk about unsettled weather, one day its blowing a gale then its calm like yesterday, then today it kicks off again. Still as the wind is from the South East it makes conditions on Chesil fairly good with nothing other than a bit of a medium swell to contend with. Quite a few people managed [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Dorset including Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 17th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
We wake up to another blustery day on the South coast and sea conditions that are going to put a lot of popular marks out of action for today at least. However having looked at the wind forecast, I would say that there is a good chance of some good fishing from Chesil tomorrow afternoon. [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 15th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 15, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Reports
The wind has dropped a bit from yesterdays highs, but Chesil Beach is very rough and looking at it from Chesil Cove this morning it looks too dangerous to fish at the moment. If you are travelling from outside of the area, I would look at alternative venues. Water Temperature: 9.2*c             Weymouth High Tide: 8.42pm, [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 14th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 14, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
The prevailing South Westerly wind is back and as normal it has brought a load of rain with it, not that the rain will effect the fishing too much, but it will certainly be rough on the beach today. It is a big tide today so if you are parking your car at the visitors [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 12th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 12, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Reports
Having been on Chesil Beach and talked to quite a few people all along it the general opinion is that it is not fishing very well at all. A few Whiting are still being caught, but very few Cod, especially during the day. Evening sessions are producing plenty of Pout and Dogfish. Yesterday I invited [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 9th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 9, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Reports
Just as predicted there was some nice Cod landed from Chesil Beach yesterday. The best I heard of was a Cod of just over 14lb that fell to Lug and Squid. I know that there have been lots of Whiting being caught all along the beach, with some nice sized fish up to 3lb. If [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 7th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 7, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Despite some good conditions there have not been a lot of people on the beach for most of this week, so catch reports are pretty sketchy. The reports from the few that have braved the elements say that not a lot has been caught. A few Whiting and the normal Dogfish and Pout, but apart [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 5th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 5, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
What are you doing sat behind your desk on a day like today? Pull a sicky and get yourself down to Chesil, it looks fantastic for a Cod session. The water is very coloured and still pretty lively but with care you can easily fish it. You shouldn’t need to do long casts as the [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 4th December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 4, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Just had a look down over at Chesil. It looks pretty rough but for those hardy souls it could very well be worth fishing. The water is fairly dirty and rough but you should be able to get a big bait out with a 7oz lead and keep it out there. There is a good [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 2nd December 2012

By Sean McSeveny On December 2, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
We are set for another calm day on the beach again today, but that will all change tomorrow as a strong NW wind will hit us for a few days. Reports coming in suggest that we are back to the normal chances of catching a Cod from Chesil, which is around 50 to 1. If [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 30th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It has been a bit quite on the beach for the past couple of days. A few Cod have been landed but nothing like last week. There are plenty of Whiting especially down at the Abbotsbury end of the beach. I had a session down on Chesil yesterday. The water still had some colour to [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 26th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 26, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I am finally back in the UK after two weeks of travelling and fishing in Canada and Brazil. I still have the next two days of filming to get through before I can get back to guiding and keeping you all up to date with more regular reports on the site. It is amazing how [...]
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Fishing the Fraser River in Canada for White Sturgeon

By Sean McSeveny On November 25, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Chesil Beach, Fishing Abroad, Reports
Right now I am sat in the departure lounge in Manaus in Brazil, looking forward to getting home. Some of you guys know that I have been away for the past couple of weeks filming a program that will go out on National Geographic Channel in the spring of next year. I am not allowed [...]
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FIshing Forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 20th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 19, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Amazingly I have managed to track down an internet cafe in the middle of the Amazon rain forest just so I can make sure that I can keep you all up to date on what is happening in the waters around Dorset. Of course it would be meen of me not to tell you a [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 17th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I am still in Canada, and oh how things fall apart when your not here to keep an eye on things. I did write a forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, only to find out today when I looked on line that it had not been put up. Anyway this is likely to be the last [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 14th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 14, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Well it looks like I have found some time to do an update. i am waiting in my hotel room in Vancouver for our runner to turn up with a fly rod and some waders for me so I can go and try for a Salmon that I am told are around at the moment. [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 12th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 12, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
This could be the last forecast for the next two weeks, as I am heading off this morning for the first leg of filming in Canada, then it is on to the Amazon for some rain forest fishing. If I can get an internet contact I will keep the site up to date from the [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 8th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 8, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
The fishing has been pretty much as I forecast for the past few days with plenty of Whiting, Pout and Dogfish being caught and very few Cod. The Pollock are around in decent numbers, both from the Portland end of Chesil and on the rock marks. I don’t expect things to change much for the [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 6th November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 6, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Small tides, calmer conditions and clearer water will call for different tactics today. It is also likely that the Cod will not make an appearance today. However having seen the amount of bait fish that was around yesterday I would expect to see quite a few Bass that should be fairly easy to tempt to [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland, Weymouth and the Purbecks. 3rd November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 3, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It is rough and dirty on Chesil and it screams Cod, but you better make the most of it as looking at the wind forecast for tomorrow, it will be unfishable then. If you are looking at doing an all night session tonight then forget it, as your shelters will be blown away just after [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland, Weymouth, The Purbecks and Poole. 1st November 2012

By Sean McSeveny On November 1, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I can’t beleive it, November already! I am not letting that worry me too much as I know this is one of the best fishing months of the year. It certainly kicked up a storm yesterday evening and well into the early hours of this morning. Chesil is pretty close to unfishable at the moment [...]
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Fishing FOrecast for Chesil Beach, Portland, Weymouth, Poole and the Purbecks.30th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Today would be a great day to get out on the beach. Despite the blow yesterday it is pretty settled and almost perfect for Cod. As usual large baits or Peeler Crab will work best. The Bass fishing has slowed up slightly over the past couple of days. I managed 80 Bass in 7 days, [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 28th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 28, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
IF you want to fish Chesil today then you had better get well wrapped up as the wind is going to get pretty brisk by later this afternoon. The easterly winds that we have had for the past few days have been replaced with out normal South Westerly’s. This will push the bait fish back [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 26th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 26, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Reports
Some pretty strong winds for the next couple of days, but as they are from the NE they will make Chesil Beach almost flat and certainly help with casting. The downside is they will push the bait fish offshore quite a bit, which is likely to have a knock on effect on the Cod and [...]
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Fishing Forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 24th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 24, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Reports
Finally I am able to release some of my exciting news! I have been selected to represent the UK in a fishing programme that will be shown in 133 countries around the world. I will be fishing on home turf then travelling to several other destinations to fish with other anglers from around the World. [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 23rd October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
OK I can only apologise once again for not putting up the daily forecast, but it looks like my Mac may have finally given up on me. There is one glimmer of hope, one kind reader seen my earlier plea and has offered help by providing technical assistance from his IT Engineer who is sending [...]
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Fishing Forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 20th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 20, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Reports
You may remember that yesterday I commented on my dilemma of whether to spend the whole day lure fishing with my friend from London or hit the beach in the afternoon. To be honest I wish I had done both, but I kept on at the lures all day, but what a morning I had [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. October 19th 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 19, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Reports
I have a problem today! I have a friend traveling from London in the early hours to go lure fishing for Bass with me, and I have 20 nice fresh peeler crabs waiting for me at the tackle shop and the beach just screams COD!! I doubt I am going to be able to do [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 17th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 17, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Reports
The Sprats are in and the fish are feeding heavily on them. I have been fishing every day for the past 10 days and I can’t remember seeing so many Sprats being chased by so many predators. The surf line has been alive with Bass, Mackerel, Garfish and all around the rocks the Pollock have [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil beach, Portland and Weymouth. 16th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
A very quick update due to going fishing and my Mac still crashing. Chesil is unfishable at the moment. If as forecast the wind drops later it should  be great for Cod later this afternoon and evening.   Weymouth high water is 8.09 with a 2.48m tide
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 15th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 15, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Reports suggest that for some it was another great weekends fishing, for others it was just another frustrating session on Chesil Beach with very little to show for it. I have to admit I experienced both sides. Friday was a very poor session, despite what seemed to be very good conditions. I ended up sitting [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 12th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 12, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It would be fantastic if this weekend is as good as last weekend on Chesil. It is showing some good promise that it may well be. It is rough at the moment, but the winds are supposed to drop, which should allow the sea to settle a bit but still be pretty stirred up. I [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 11th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 11, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It feels like the colour is never going to drop from Chesil. I fished it yesterday near Ferrybridge. It was pretty calm because of the Easterly wind, but there was a 2m swell. The water is still a light brown making it useless for lure fishing. I could see a lot of baitfish activity very [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 10th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 10, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
What a huge variety of fish have been caught over the past few days. Everything from Red Mullet to Cod and all caught on a variety of baits and lures. Hermit Crab seems to have been todays favourite bait. Maybe that was just because almost everyone that I talked to seemed to have Hermits. At [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 8th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 8, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
What a Codfest this weekend turned out to be. The Cod are certainly very early this year, but I had noticed the water temperature has dropped below 15 degrees this week. Just because the Cod are here it does not mean that everything else has moved off. Far from it, this is the time for [...]
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Cod special fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 6th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 6, 2012 · Add Comment · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What a day it was yesterday. I was up and ready to go to work on the river at 7 o’clock when I got a call to say that due to the high water levels it was too dangerous to work. So where to go fishing was my first thought. I had it in mind [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 5th October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On October 5, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Just been down to Chesil and it looks amazing. Lots of dirty water and a large surf line, but there is hardly any wind. Perfect conditions. Just waiting for the tackle shop to get its bait delivery and I will be hitting the beach for a few hours.Still struggling with my Mac, but I have [...]
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Major Problems

By Sean McSeveny On September 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I mentioned earlier last week that I was in the process of making a major change to the website to completly change it and make it a lot better. I was a bit worried that the upgrade might cause some problems. Unfortunatly I have not even got to that stage yet. My trusty Macbook finally [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 1st October 2012

By Sean McSeveny On September 30, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Reports
What can I say other than it looks like silly season has begun. With the merest hint of the mention of the C word and anglers flock for miles to hit Chesil Beach. I have to say that I don’t quite understand the obsession with Cod. They don’t taste anywhere near as good as a [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 27th September 2012

By Sean McSeveny On September 27, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
I wish the wind would make up its mind. It just seems to be swinging to every point of the compass this week. It has stirred the water up on every beach, making it coloured for at least a mile out to see in every direction that I can see. It has ruined my lure [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 24th September 2012

By Sean McSeveny On September 24, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
Not a nice day out there, but I have been talking to a few hardy souls that are braving it out down on Preston Beach. I had a quick look down there earlier to see if the water was clear enough to have a go with lures. It is still coloured as it most of [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland & Weymouth. 23rd Spetember 2012

By Sean McSeveny On September 23, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
It’s a pretty mean Easterly wind blowing at the moment. High tide Weymouth is just after midday. If you want to catch a Bass then get yourself to Preston Beach armed with some Peeler Crab or a nice flank of Mackerel and catch the top of the tide. If you don’t fancy the idea of [...]
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Fishing forecast for Chesil Beach, Portland and Weymouth. 22nd September 2012

By Sean McSeveny On September 22, 2012 · Add Comment · In Reports
“Winds in the East, fish bite the least”, or so the saying goes. I am hopefully going to disprove that myth today. I have noted that in the past I often have my best catches when the wind is blowing from the East. It certainly makes for fairly comfortable fishing on Chesil. However I am [...]
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