Latest Fishing Reports: England
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04/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
on Braveheart II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Apr 2025 by phillip browning
Report on-board Braveheart II
It's nice to see the thornback Ray's again after having huge numbers in the Thames estuary for years only to see the numbers drastically reduced in the last 3 years. They were considered a pest by some anglers but I always loved catching these rays , and especially in the summer with the warmer water temperature can really give you a good scrap on light tackle. On Tuesday we were getting triple hook ups of thornback like the old days, and always keeps the angler's happy, which is my sole objective.
If you'd like to jump on BRAVEHEARTII please check out my website for details
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil Browning 07970 728707
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Braveheart II
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 01/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Fri 02/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Mon 05/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Thu 08/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Tue 13/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 14/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Mon 19/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Tue 20/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Thu 22/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass, hounds, Ray's. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Mon 26/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Starry Smooth-hound.View details -
11/04/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Bentley
on Neverland (Levington Marina, Suffolk)
11 Apr 2025 by Nick Bentley
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What. A. Day. ��
We steamed 8.5 miles off the coast of Felixstowe with 8 anglers on board—and the fishing didn’t disappoint!
97 fish landed, including a cracking 27 smoothhounds, with plenty of action for everyone, including our three under-18s who absolutely smashed it.
Big thanks to everyone who joined us—already buzzing for the next one!
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Neverland
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 28/04/2025 3 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp INDIVIDUAL TRIP INSHORE/OFFSHORE. Bass / Smooth-hound / Spurdog / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Tue 29/04/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Smooth-hound / Spurdog / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Mon 12/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 14/05/2025 3 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INDIVIDUAL TRIP INSHORE/OFFSHORE. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Fri 16/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE/OFFSHORE. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Mon 19/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Tue 20/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 21/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Thu 22/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Fri 23/05/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £75.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. INSHORE / OFFSHORE Options. Bass / Conger Eel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details -
11/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
11 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
Report on-board Galloper
Although Essex isn't often accociated with plaice nowadays they can still be caught in the right places. Infact the numbers have been pretty good when we have tried for them the last couple of years. We will be putting a few trips together for them over the next couple of months for those who are interested. We can tie in fishing for other species too such as bass and of course there's other stuff coming out on the plaice gear like gurnard and other flaties.
I will try and advertise some suitable tides nearer the time but if you are interested in joining us as a group or individual then please get in touch and I'll send some dates through.
In the meantime the fishing is really ramping up for us now. Even on our general trips are producing a wide variety of species.
I have availability for groups and individuals over the next week and the Easter weekend.
Not all dates advertised
18/04- 6 spaces @ £60pp
20/04- groups and individuals welcome
21/04- 6 spaces @ £60pp
Please call 07956411528 for more information View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 03/05/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sun 04/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 10/05/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 17/05/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sun 01/06/2025 7 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 07/06/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 14/06/2025 1 Space 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sun 22/06/2025 7 Spaces £60.00pp View details Sat 05/07/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 12/07/2025 £60.00pp View details -
11/04/2025
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
11 Apr 2025 by Matt Rowe
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Had some really great fishing over the small tides this week with one session producing 5 Blonde Rays, 10 Smoothounds to 14lb, lots of Congers , Bullhuss,Undulate Ray, 2 Tope and 47 Spurdogs. Not such good weather today so only 4hrs out deep before we came inshore to calmer waters still managed 5 Tope , Congers ,Bream and 37 Spurdogs.
Still looking for 1 stand in for Sunday League on the 30th.
Spaces in April
15th and 28th inshore .
21st and 22nd hopefully offshore anchoring.
If you are interested in booking in for any trips the only way to contact me by TEXT
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 28/04/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Mon 05/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Individuals trip small tides possible offshore tripView details Tue 06/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces on an individuals trip possibly offshore anchoringView details Fri 16/05/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the evening leagueView details Sun 18/05/2025 1 Space 8 Hours 1 space to make up the numbers for the Sunday leagueView details Sat 24/05/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Mon 26/05/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces for individualsView details Tue 27/05/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Fri 30/05/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the evening leagueView details Thu 12/06/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details -
04/2025
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Apr 2025 by Mark Peters
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Sorry for the lack of reports on here
I have been super busy i will try to update more regularly
The Bass are showing now we are seeing a fair few coming over the rails most trips last few trips they were a good stamp of male fish,
Hounds have been showing since late February mainly 7-8lb fish but the odd big female showing too,
Rays are patchy some days we get a steady flow other days they are patchy but we have had some lovely double figure ones recently,
Worm & crab baits are definitely needed at the moment the lures will kick off once the water clears up,
Spurdogs are showing locally hopefully they hang around for a while but you must strike while the irons hot as they soon move back offshore
Availability is getting tight now but contact me on 07523 488290 & il ping over i have left
Thanks everyone
Hopefully See you all soon View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD DAWN TIDE II
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 29/04/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp View details Wed 30/04/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp View details Thu 01/05/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp View details Mon 12/05/2025 4 Spaces £85.00pp View details Tue 13/05/2025 6 Spaces £85.00pp View details Tue 20/05/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp View details Thu 22/05/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp Contact for details.View details Tue 27/05/2025 6 Spaces £85.00pp View details Wed 28/05/2025 4 Spaces £85.00pp View details Fri 30/05/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp View details -
08/04/2025
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
8 Apr 2025 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
We took to sea yesterday for the first time in this years WCSA Spring competition.
A great forecast prediction with winds of 3-5 knots making it (hopefully) perfect for an offshore wrecking trip.
First stop with our regular mixed group of lads was just over 12 miles from harbour.
The lads were all armed with a good selection of bait, hoping to click that £1000.00 festival winner.
The first drift produced a few small Codling and likewise on the next couple of passes.
A move to the next piece of scrap after most rods were stuck in the wreck on the fourth drift was then in order.
We arrived at our second point on slack water, meaning that we could work it down to the last metre.
The lads picked away on this one until nearly home time and managed around 40 Codling from it which to be fair, after our last offshore run, wasn’t a bad result at all.
The big fish weren’t playing out and our best fish of the day was a Codling of just 4lb 5oz!
Having said that, that fish was big enough for Jonathan Stirrup from Preston to take the heaviest of the day and win him the daily prize of £50.00.
Well done to him.
Tally for the day would be 40+ to keep with a good number returned to fight another day.
Baited rigs taking the fish, but also the water clear enough on the more distant wreck for the shads to work too!
Young Fergus getting some filleting work on the way back and in port.
A great day out on the water with great company too.
Cheers lads, great to sail with you all.
Our next trip out is next Saturday where we have room for a couple more anglers.
Cheers Rich.
07733 233352
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 02/05/2025 8 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Pollock.View details Sat 03/05/2025 1 Space 10 Hours Offshore trip. Room for 2. Very good 4.8m tide. Rich Reynolds 2. Craig Giddings 2. Kane B 2. Angus C 1. Steve M 1. Andrew K 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Pollock.View details Mon 05/05/2025 1 Space 10 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. Room for 1. Si E 2. Al Sutcliffe 1. Dave Oswin 1. John Webb 2. Cliff A 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Thu 08/05/2025 2 Spaces 10 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.64m tide. Room for 2. Chris Siddle 1. Ivan 2. Leo 3. Cliff C 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Fri 09/05/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. Room for 4.85m tide. Eric Davidson 3. Dan Evans 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Sun 11/05/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.0m tide. Room for 6. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Tony S 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Mon 12/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Thu 15/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore trip. 5.05m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Sun 18/05/2025 2 Spaces 10 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.85m tide. Warwick M 3. Steve B 2. Marek 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details Mon 19/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.6m tide. Room for 9 anglers. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling / Haddock / Pollock.View details -
08/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
8 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
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It was a bright and breezy weekend with the easterly wind and small tides against us. Thankfully there was no shortage of bites with whiting and dogfish keeping us busy. We found some hounds and thornbacks to make things interesting for the guys Saturday. The fish are here now so I'm looking forward to getting out there and catching them.
I have availability this weekend for evening trips or please call for midweek availability.
Next spaces
18/04- 6 spaces @ £60po
20/04- boat available for individuals and groups
21/04- 6 spaces @ £60pp
26/04- 9 spaces @ £60pp
27/04- boat available for individuals and groups
Please call 07956411528 for more information. Not all availability listed
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 03/05/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sun 04/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 10/05/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 17/05/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sun 01/06/2025 7 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 07/06/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 14/06/2025 1 Space 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sun 22/06/2025 7 Spaces £60.00pp View details Sat 05/07/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 12/07/2025 £60.00pp View details -
06/04/2025
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
6 Apr 2025 by Allan Skinner
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6th april
not a bad start. managed a few fish at most places we stopped at. plenty of bites all day . with pouting pinching the baits all day. keeping everyone busy
but persevre. and manged a good few cod. nothing big a few decent cod around 4 to 5lbs best everyone managing a few cod each on the day.
squid the best bait. a promising start. with the promise of a settled week. should make a good improvement in the fishing. when we get rid of these niggly
easterly winds
places this weekend coming tel allan 0780 8584358 tight lines View Boats Page
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06/04/2025
Fishing Report by Geoff Sharp
on Sweet William (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
6 Apr 2025 by Geoff Sharp
Report on-board Sweet William
It was a tale of two halves this weekend.
Saturday was hard going from the start; a sizeable swell, overcast and tough fishing with three noteworthy Codling keepers, a few Coalies and a single Pouting.
Sunday was a completely different story; all of the party members were accomplished anglers and non of them wanted to fish the ground, so we headed straight out for a full day's wrecking. The first wreck produced a good number of Pollock, and as the day progressed a non stop stream of Codling came aboard up to 8 lb. During one of the notable flurries up to 9 rods went off one drift simultaneously! Mark also managed to find a strap Ling at one point which was unexpected.
It was a great start to the season and hopefully a whistle whetter for future trips! View Boats Page
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05/04/2025
Fishing Report by Richard Green
on Bluedawn (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
5 Apr 2025 by Richard Green
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Great day yesterday with lads with easterly winds quite unpleasant but the rewards were good with lots of fish from start to finish of the day, with plenty of dogs, whiting and a sprinkling of thornbacks, best baits herring, mackeral & squid, spaces available for this week and next weekend call Richard on 07770467199 just £50pp includes frozen fish bait and tackle if needed sailing from Great Yarmouth
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