Tope are showing out of Ilfracombe with these two fine specimens boated on Wild Frontier during calm conditions.
Eight Year Old Boats 16lb huss and ray
Eight Year Old Sonny Short enjoyed success on his first ever boat trip boating a thornback ray of 16lb and a fine bull Huss of 16lb.
Boat Anglers Enjoy the Calm Waters
Small Boat owners have been enjoying some great sport whilst taking advantage of calm seas and blue skies. Combe Martin SAC Members have landed tope, huss, pollock and bass.
If you want to sample some of the excellent sport to be enjoyed off North Devon’s Coast line book a trip on one of the Seaside towns charter boats.
Predator Sport Off Ilfracombe
Dan Hawkins has been taking anglers to deep water marks off Ilfracombe on Reel Deal where they have enjoyed great sport with blue shark, porbeagle shark and tope.
18lb Smoothound off Ilfracombe
Wild Frontier had a couple of 8 hour trips earlier this week that have been challenging at times. Managed to pluck out a few different species such as dogfish, bass, pollock, conger, huss, spotted ray, small eyed ray and this beauty of a smoothie at the end of today, just shy of 18lb on the scales.
Back out on the hunt for tope tomorrow evening and Thursday.
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Ilfracombe Blonde
Lewis Grimwade landed this 12lb 5oz blonde ray from a shore mark near Ilfracombe. This year has been a great one for blonde ray with several caught from North Devon Rock marks and beaches.
Mixed sport off Ilfracombe on Bluefin
Anglers are enjoying mixed fishing off Ilfracombe with ray, tope, pollock and mackerel among the catches on Bluefin.
TIME TO BOOK A BOAT OUT OFF ILFRACOMBE!
Summers coming with mackerel and tope coming to Ilfracombe Charter boats.
(Below) Tope caught on Reel Deal
Lower Slade – 25lb 5oz
Pete Pearson enjoyed a really good session at slade with nine carp the biggest being a fully scaled weighing 25 5oz his new personal best.
Mackerel show that Summers here!
Boat anglers are enjoying an upturn in sport off Ilfracombe with the arrival of mackerel an encouraging sign. Anglers aboard Wild Frontier caught plenty of mackerel, pollock and scad whilst feathering off the coast. Bull Huss provided sport at anchor and an octopus made its getaway at the side of the boat. The next few weeks should see good numbers of hard fighting tope move inshore following the mackerel shoals. Images courtesy of Jack Phillips.
