Latest Fishing Reports: Lady Grace
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07/10/2012
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
7 Oct 2012 by Scott Belbin
I was disappointed we hadnt caught a cod yesterday so I headed out early Sunday morning on my own for a few hours, no cod but I was extremely pleased to catch a sized bass this late in the season in the River so my bass made up for no cod. Maybe on my next trip the cod will come out to play.
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31/03/2012
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
31 Mar 2012 by Scott Belbin
We set off on high tide at 7am and steamed out to an inshore mark where we anchored up with enthusiasm. Aboard Lady Grace I had 2 beginners, their first trip out sea fishing, they had a little experience with coarse fishing and were bought a gift voucher each by their wife and daughter-in-law at Christmas. Gary and Roger sat eagerly waiting, not knowing what to expect. Being my last trip of the season I wanted to finish on a high leaving me eager to go again in November. Their first couple bites were little rattle bites so I knew what they straight away, they each had a whiting to start the day off. Followed by a more prominent nod nod bite on my rod, which I gave me a grin as I knew what it was straight away, as it got nearer the surface it unfortunately shook the hook out of its mouth, so I baited up quickly and got the rod back out fishing as I knew there was a codling out there. Within a few minutes I got another nod nod bite and this time I managed to get my codling aboard the Lady Grace, a very slender codling, not quite sized but a very welcome codling all the same. As the tide got underway Roger had his first decent bite of the day, being a carp angler he knew how to play the fish and made the most of it, as it started to surface a skate revealed itself. I was very pleased as this is the first skate I’ve had aboard the Lady Grace, I’ve caught many before on our bigger fishing boat, Galloper, but with the season I fish on Lady Grace, I don’t get much opportunity to catch a wider variety of species, my main catch is usually the codling and whiting over the winter months. So this early spring skate was a pleasant surprise. As I unhooked Rogers’ skate at the stern, Martins’ rod butt lifted off the deck and almost went over, I grabbed it quickly and handed it to Gary to reel in, from that bite I knew it was another skate. By 8.30am we had had 2 male skate between 4-5lb, 1 codling and 3 small whiting. We sat on this mark for another hour and by 9.30am we hadn’t had anymore so I moved further down the edge. At 10am Roger then had another skate, this time it was a slightly larger female so we let it go, she was about 6lb. Being small tides, the tide started to die down after 10.30am and the wind picked up a little so the boat laid across the tide. We moved once more before heading home at midday but that was all our luck used up for the day. Roger and Gary were extremely happy with their catch and now have the bug and want to come again in November for more of the cod action, in particular Roger after he saw the nod nod action that the cod gives on rod and line. Luckily I had taken pictures as their wives didn’t believe they had caught the skate and thought they had called into the fish mongers on the way home, I emailed over their proof which restored their wives faith in them.
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27/12/2011
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
27 Dec 2011 by Scott Belbin
had another fishing trip today. the weather was great for december with the estuary flat calm and overcast. it hasnt been too cold either so with some decent tides this week its nice to get out away from the christmas tv. we did a 6.5hr trip fishing the flood through to the start of the ebb. there are still plenty of whiting about keeping us busy and still the odd bigger one for the plate. we had the odd cod thrown in too and ended up with 5 all together. out tommorrow on a local comp. but i have most of the rest of the week free should you get bored of re-runs of carry on films. still a few fish about further off too. scott has had three trips so far over the xmas break with the best day totalling 30 codling and one roker. for more information available dates and a weekly fishing update visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or phone 07791859624
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05/11/2011
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
5 Nov 2011 by Scott Belbin
i had another trip booked today. this time there were three experienced anglers and i managed to get a rod out myself. we were on a 12-4pm trip again and we left just before low water with a view to fishing the first few hours of the flood. unfortunatly it took a while before the tide got going although we were kept busy with whiting from the start. there are no shortage of whiting about this year and i even managed to hook two on one hook earlyer! as the tide got under way i had the first codling although this turned out to be the only codling of the day as it wasnt long before we had to go home. the lads were all happy and there had been plenty of banter aboard as russel (who's a regular aboard the 'galloper' with scott) kept us laughing all of the time. ive got plenty of weekend dates between now and christmass so if you fancy a trip then get in touch. please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk for more information.
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29/10/2011
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
29 Oct 2011 by Scott Belbin
since launching the 'lady grace' ive been busy with the water taxi service and harbour trips but as the winter approaches i will be turning my attention to fishing trips and bird watching trips. we had our first fishing trip on saturday the 29th and with reasonable weather and a few cod starting to show it seemed we had picked the perfect day to start. we fished the top of the tide and had a 4 hour trip booked with a party of 5 aboard. some of the lads had a little experience but were shown up by hannah and katie who were on there first fishing trip and apart from keeping busy with whiting caught two nice codling around the 2lbs mark. they enjoyed it so much that the 4 hours was extended to 5 and they ended up with 42 whiting and 2 codling between the 5 of them although the girls showed the boys up! as these big tides back off the numbers of cod in the estuary should increase and there are some big fish about already as the first double of the season came out on the 'galloper' today and its not unheard of for these bigger fish to turn up in the estuary too! if you wish to book a trip aboard the 'lady grace' or the 'galloper' then please visit www.esexseafishing.co.uk where you can find our availability as well as a weekly fishing update.
