Isle Of Wight Sea Fishing

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Winter Whiting Wins!

Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:02 |

Written by Mike Hopwood |

A great month for our forum member "TheGroundsvill" who landed a plump Whiting to set a new record.

The fine 1lb 13oz, personal best, fish set the new forum record for a shore caught Whiting and ......Read More

Last Updated (Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:19)

Salting to Preserve Worms

Monday, 07 March 2011 20:09 |

Written by Davey |

A lot of talk always goes on about what is the best way to keep lugworm alive for use as bait.Realistically you can only keep lugworm alive for a few days to a week at most,and this invloves constantly changing water,paper,removing dead ones etc. The alternative most commonly used method is to nip the heads of the worms,gut them by sliding your fingers along them,and then freezing them.This method does work but personally fishing with a few bits of skin on my hook has never been one of my favourites.
A simple alternative is to go back to the pre-freezer and fridge days when various fishes and meats were salted to dry out the moisture and allow perishable foodstuffs to keep for much longer.
You'll need a few bags of cheap salt from the supermarket and a tub such as an empty 2 litre ice cream container.

And this is how I do it. First you need some nice fresh lugworm,and wash them off.

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Isle of Wight Sea Fishing Records Table

Monday, 29 November 2010 19:38 |

Written by Mike |

Isle of Wight Sea Fishing Records
SPECIES		SHORE			BOAT
Angler Fish				61-8-0	R.Bishop	1955
Bass	19-11-12	S.Cave	2007	17-6-12	D.Edmunds	2006
Bream:
black	4-0-4	P.Jackson	1981	5-14-4	J.Moyce	2002
couches				0-10-12	M.Dye	2002
gilthead	2-5-8	M.Rowan	2010	2-8-8	D.Cheal	2011
rays	3-10-10	C.Duff	2008
Brill	2-8-8	P.Dorman	1998	7-5-4	B.Atree	1989
Bull Huss	12-0-8	B.Jones	1965	18-0-0	M.Hallam	1965
Coalfish	2-6-8	M.Hurn	1992	3-2-0	J.Perkins	1966
Cod	29-0-4	R.Van Oevelen	1987	42-7-0	A.Newnham	1987
Common Skate	8-2-0	B.Watts	1968	133-0-0	J.Scott	1966
Conger	64-3-0	S.Graham	1993	79-12-0	G.Bernowitz	1990
Dab	1-9-0	M.Grant	1986	2-0-0	W.Humfreys	1936
Dogfish L.S.	3-2-4	D.Smith	1984	4-10-0	D.Ring	1972
Flounder	3-12-2	P.Clark	1996	3-2-12	P.Cotton	2001
Garfish	1-9-0	R.Simmonds	1964	1-11-0	J.Chiverton	2005
		P.Jackson	1982
Gurnard:
grey	0-14-0	G.Crouch	1987	0-12-4	J.Rackett	1984
long finned
red	1-0-0	S.Hunt/R.Bishop	1975	1-14-0	J.Hill	1984
tub	1-8-12	P.Howard	2000	4-7-8	F.Willis	1995
Haddock	1-10-4	D.Snow	1970	2-7-4	R.Whitewood	2000
Hake				14-8-12	E.Yeats	1986
Herring				0-10-0	C.Calder	1998
John Dory	1-0-0	A.Morris	1969	2-3-4	T.Sheath	1995
Ling	8-7-0	C.Bennett	1980	27-9-0	K.Gregory	1987
Lumpsucker	4-10-0	G.Campbell	1977	4-13-8	J.Martin	1981
Mackerel	2-4-0	W.Rowsell	1982	3-13-0	N.Dunn	2003
Monkfish	50-0-0	R.Plummer	1957	52-5-0	T.Thorogood	1980
Mullet:
golden grey	2-8-0	D.Sinclair	2004	2-2-0	G.Wells	2004
grey thick lipped	6-14-8	G.Wells	1999	7-4-12	B.Pegram	1996
grey thin lipped	3-11-8	G.Williams	1996	5-11-8	M.Bennet	1995
red	2-7-0	P.Gulliver	2005	1-13-6	N.Morris	1990
Plaice	5-14-0	G.Pressey	1988	8-0-8	M.Mowbray	2010
Pollack	13-3-0	J.Cavnor	1983	20-10-0	F.Willett	2002
Poor Cod				0-10-4	S.Greenen	1995
Pouting	3-2-4	W.Bullock	1958	4-0-8	J.Dinnage	1974
Ray:
blonde	27-8-0	D.Edmunds	2007	38-9-0	I.Dobson	2000
cuckoo				3-10-0	B.Waldron	1974
eagle				102-0-0	R.Lewis	2004
marbled electric	5-6-12	W.Perrin	1995	10-6-8	C.Ryan	2000
painted	13-12-4	L.Means	1986	15-14-0	J.McCauley	1961
spotted	6-5-0	G.Crouch/	1995	6-4-0	J.Perkis	1980
		S.Simpson	1999
sting	49-5-0	G.Pressey	2009	51-0-0	M.Tutton	2005
thornback	14-11-8	D.Donnellan	1981	29-4-8	A.Wyatt	1983
undulate	17-10-0	L.Cunningham	2007	20-0-8	J.Langford	1999
Rockling:
shore	1-4-8	M.Kennedy	1994
3 bearded	2-12-0	A.Davis	1970	2-11-12	D.Thomas	1981
5 bearded	0-8-2	R.Cartwright	1999
Sea Scorpion:
short spined	0-15-4	J.Stone	1992	1-2-12	D.Aitken	1974
Scad	1-9-12	M.Butchers	1981	1-12-0	M.Maguire	1977
Shad allis	1-4-4	E.Vaughan	1957	1-15-8	A.Henderson	1972
Shad twaite	1-10-8	D.Bunner	1981	2-0-0	M.Ridge	1979
Shark:
porbeagle				278-0-0	G.Hicks	1971
thresher				280-0-0	M.Wade	1990
Silver Eel	4-3-0	P.Gray	1990	3-15-8	P.Turner	1980
Smooth Hound:
plain	14-14-0	C.Wyatt	1991	17-5-8	B.Rogerson	1981
starry	16-12-0	C.Cade	1987	20-12-0	Mrs.C.Russell	1990
Sole	4-3-8	A.Catlow	2007	3-6-0	A.Bradbury	1997
Spurdog	14-5-0	S.Taylor	1983	19-8-8	R.Jackson	1998
Sunfish				29-11-0	P.Whitewood	2000
Tadpole Fish				1-0-8	O.Heart	1995
Tope	42-8-8	C.Griffiths	2007	65-0-0	P.Farrow	1988
Trigger Fish	4-0-4	A.Budd	2007	3-8-0	J.Wigzell	2004
Turbot	17-8-0	C.Eldridge	1974	20-8-8	D.Winsor	1971
Whiting	3-5-8	G.Cooke	1982	5-8-0	G.Ralph	1975
Wrasse:
ballan	6-3-0	S.Buckler	2004	5-8-0	E.Wheeler	1936
corkwing				0-9-0	R.Whitewood	2006
cuckoo				0-14-12	M.Harrison	1982

Last Updated (Friday, 23 November 2012 10:23)

Sea Fish Size Limits

Thursday, 07 October 2010 17:11 |

Written by Webmaster |

	Shore Caught		Boat Caught
Species	CM	Inch	CM	Inch
Bass	41	16	41	16
Bream (red)	25	10	25	10
Bream (black)	24	9.5	24	9.5
Brill	35	14	35	14
Bull ......Read More

Last Updated (Tuesday, 04 January 2011 13:21)

Record Ling off Shetland

Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:57 |

Written by Mike Hopwood |

An island quite literally at the other end of the country has produced a whopping 67lb Ling for fisherman James Isbister. The 6ft fish was caught off Muckle Flugga last Saturday and took about half an ......Read More

Last Updated (Friday, 01 March 2013 12:37)

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