Fishing Torbay

New Website for My freelance!

2010-09-16T16:22:00.002+01:00

Not been doing to much fishing this year and have mainly been working!

Anyway here's a link to my new freelance website: http://www.labfresh.co.uk

Thornie and 1st Turbo!

2009-09-09T13:54:00.002+01:00

9lb Portlemouth Thornie.

12oz Start Point Turbot!

More Scabby Huss!

2009-08-11T09:23:00.001+01:00

Had another huss session down scabbacombe last night, 1st cast I had decent bite which resulted in a nice huss just under 11lb.

Scabbacombe Bullhuss (28/07/2009)

2009-07-29T12:10:00.005+01:00

Had an evening session at Froward with Paul Heath, had a couple of good runs with one of the resulting in this 12lb 7oz bullhuss!

Brixham Marina Mullet (11/6/2009)

2009-06-12T00:33:00.003+01:00

Had a quick evening session for mullet on the marina, managed one fairly good one of 4lb 3oz.

Shinta's Big Mackerel (2/6/2009)

2009-06-03T12:51:00.002+01:00

Jason and Shinta went to Torquay to try for Garfish, unfortunately no gars were caught! Shinta did manage a cracking Mackerel, especially for this time of year, it weighed in at 1lb 12oz 8drm a new PB.

Well done Shinta.

New Club Record Gilthead Bream (22/5/2009)

2009-05-27T10:03:00.002+01:00

Had a day off work to go for the Gilts in Salcombe on Friday the 22nd May. Only had two noticeable bites in an 8 hour session but luckily for me I managed to hook this fantastic fighting fish which officially weighed in at 5lb 5oz 2drm.

New Club Record Gilthead Bream (10/5/2009)

2009-05-10T17:24:00.002+01:00

Dave Fortune tried for the gilts on Sunday with good success! Dave managed 10 gilts in an early morning session at Tosnoss, thats some going! His best was 2lb 6oz 2drm a cracking fish in his first ever gilthead session and a new club record.

Well done Dave.

First Ever Gilthead Bream! (4/05/2009)

2009-05-04T23:59:00.008+01:00

Headed down to Slacombe on Bank Holiday Monday in search of Gilthead bream. I Had 4 in total which were all returned, the biggest was approx 1lb and I also had a bonus Bass of 2lb 12oz. Unfortunately the day will be remembered for the sizeable fish I lost early on!

Dart Bass (30/4/2009)

2009-05-01T10:51:00.002+01:00

Fished the flood tide on the River Dart hoping for some early Bass. There were no monsters but had some great sport with 6 landed between 3 of us the biggest was 3lb 8oz.

Jason's Club Record Bullhuss (22/4/2009)

2009-04-24T09:52:00.006+01:00

Jason fished the Scabbacombe area with Shinta on Wednesday 22nd April and picked up this cracking Huss! The official weight was 16lb 2oz 10drm an absolute monster and a New Club Record!

Well done Jason!

Jason & Shay, More Thornies! (7/3/2009)

2009-03-09T16:17:00.003Z

Jason Upham proudly holds his Thornback Ray 13lb 3oz 4dr while Shay Upham holds his brace of Thornies, 4lb 7oz 2dr and 4lb 7oz 4dr caught from East Portlemouth.

Scabbacombe Bull Huss (27/2/2009)

2009-02-28T00:18:00.005Z

Kory & Me decided to give Scabbacombe a go for Bullhuss on Friday night. The evening started off well when I hooked into a good Huss on the second cast (9lb 12oz huss pictured & returned). Unfortunately I only had 1 more small huss in the next 3 hours, but it was good to get out and get my first huss of the year!

East Portlemouth Thornbacks (21/2/2009)

2009-02-22T09:15:00.000Z

Went to East Portlemouth on Saturday evening (21/02/2009) Started fishing at 20:00 with low tide being at 21:30. First Thornie was landed by myself at 21:10 a monster at 2lb!! Then landed a second Thornie at 23:30 a slightly better fish of 6lb 13oz, both fish were returned alive.

Jason's Big Thornback Ray (20/2/2009)

2009-02-20T11:52:00.000Z

Jason Upham a member of Brixham SAC proudly holds his personal best Thornback Ray 13 lbs 3 ozs 15 dr caught from a South Hams shore mark on a live Prawn bait. Friday 20th February 2009

2008 year review

2009-01-01T16:24:00.000Z

Here are just a few of the fish my friends and me had during 2008.

13lb 14oz 15drm Bull Huss from Sharkham (September 2008)

6lb 1oz Bass from the Dart (June 2008)

9lb 8oz Bull Huss from Sharkham (November 2008)

3lb Squid from Princess Pier (July 2008)

3lb 1oz 2dr Flounder from Kingsbridge (December 2008)

4lb 15oz Bass from the Dart (July 2008)

1lb 0oz 10dr Cuckoo Wrasse from Breakwater (August 2008)

1lb 14oz Garfish from Torquay (June 2008)

14lb 0oz 10dr Bull Huss from Scabbacombe (May 2008)

4lb 1oz Mullet from Stoke Gabriel (May 2008)

2lb 3oz 12dr Rockling from Sharkham (September 2008)

There were many more great specimens caught in 2008 but unfortunately no pictures were taken at the time!