Latest Fishing Reports: England
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11/09/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
11 Sep 2022 by Scott Belbin
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The wind has changed direction, the mercury has dropped and the heavy dew each morning suggest autumn is on its way. The fish don’t miss these signs either and so we have seen the numbers of thorn-back rays (roker) increase over the last few weeks. This is great news for our general trips and should keep us busy in between the dogfish and whiting when we are staying inshore. Ernie was better at catching the rays than he was at holding them but that’s what Dad’s are for. After all you don’t have a dog and bark! of course these trips continue to produce bass, smooth-hounds, baby tope and even a few dover sole and silver eels. Numbers of bass can vary depending on the tide, bait and where we can fish but if you really want bass then our offshore trips are the best bet. These continue to produce numbers of fish as well as quality both of which should improve over the coming weeks. We will try and make the most of these fish until the end of November when the 2 bass bag limit ends. Of course the weather can be less settled as we get later in the year but that’s where being on a big catamaran really pays off so we can fish when others can’t and be in more comfort too.
Spaces as follows
02/10- offshore bass 4 spaces @ £100pp
03/10, 04/10, 05/10- offshore bass trips available
06/10-boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass at extra cost
10/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
11/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
13/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
20/10- boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
24/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
25/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
26/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
27/10 boat available for general trip from £490 possible offshore bass extra cost
Please visit www.essexseafishing for more information or call 07956411528
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 08/02/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp offshore tripView details Sat 22/02/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 08/03/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 15/03/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 22/03/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 05/04/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 19/04/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 03/05/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 10/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 17/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details -
09/09/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
9 Sep 2022 by Andy Savage
Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl
It's been a while since I've given an update on the fishing on Sea Urchin. There's a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I've been away on holiday for a week with my family; but mainly the weather and fishing have been well below par. Whilst I love writing about the brilliant days, it's equally important to give a bit of balance. Not every trip is a red letter day. Quite frankly, some are an absolute grind when the fish aren't playing ball.
Since the last catch report dated 25th August, we've only been to sea four times. On each occasion we've been out on the bigger tides above 5m. That's not to say we wouldn't catch fish, but the fishing conditions are more tricky on a bigger tides at this time of year.
(26th August) John Turnbull and a couple of friends took the boat for the day, which resulted in a few fish around slack water off the wrecks, but we couldn't find many fish on the rough ground. The best falling to Pete, with a Ling of 11lb 8oz. Bait fishing with fresh Mackerel caught the majority of the fish.
(27th & 28th August) The weekend saw rising tides well above 5m and the fishing remained difficult. In a similar pattern, the wrecks did a few fish during slack water, but there wasn't much taken off the rough ground.
Our last trip was yesterday (7th Sept) and once again it was a real battle to find some fish. The conditions in themselves weren't too bad, but with a drift speed around 2 knots in the morning, the lines were streaming. We found a few small Codling and one Ling around 5lb for Charlie Hewitt. The rough ground produced very little yet again.
During this time, the common theme has been that there is alot of natural feed in the water. It shows on the echo sounder and there are seals, whales, dolphins, porpoise, gannets etc all over the place. We were surrounded by over 50 seals yesterday afternoon on the 7 mile ground. I firmly believe that the fish have an all you can eat buffet at their disposal at the moment and don't really need the anglers baits.
This weekend, we're just coming into another set of near 6m Spring Tides, so I'm not going to punish myself or the inexperienced anglers who usually end up on these tides, by going out to sea. Hopefully towards the end of next week things will settle down and the neap tides will do us plenty of fish.
For anyone interested, I've now adjusted the November and December Booking Calendar on CBUK to show the days where we are planning to wreck fish and uptide. If you fancy a run out, just drop me a line.
Tight Lines
Andy View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 04/02/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.07m Davey Mayne - x 3 Peter Burton - x 1View details Sun 09/02/2025 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.66m Dave Johnson - x 4 Howard Chuck - x 1View details Tue 11/02/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.06m Will sail with 4 anglers. Stan Matthews - x 1View details Wed 12/02/2025 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.20m Will sail with 4 anglers. Keith Pickering - x 1View details Sat 15/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.23m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Hubert Perkowski - x 3 Alan Lawson - x 3View details Tue 18/02/2025 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Mark Thomason - x 1 Mark Northam - x 6View details Wed 19/02/2025 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.86m Nabeel Ismail - x 4View details Mon 24/02/2025 6 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.27m Will sail with 4 anglers. Robin Lever - x 3View details Tue 25/02/2025 2 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.59m Stan Matthews - x 1 Steve Whitaker - x 6View details Sun 02/03/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.68m Colin Frankland - x 6View details -
08/09/2022
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
8 Sep 2022 by Allan Skinner
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thursday 8th sept
well it was a wet old day at times. but thankfully they was a few nice fish sprinkeled through out the day to help
with both cod and ling into double figures best cod 12.5lbs and ling again 12.5lbs and 4 other fish into double figures
and a few nice pollack upto 8lbs
with fish coming in a few here and a few there making up to a steady days fishing overall with around 40 fish taken
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07/09/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
7 Sep 2022 by Rich Ward
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We managed another day at sea yesterday with our mixed group of lads on a dodgy SE forecast.
The day started slowish with just a bucket full of Mackerel for bait (they’re very hit and miss at present)
The last bit off ebb tide was running until slack at 10.0am so we dropped on a couple of wrecks to start the bottom fishing.
Regular angler with us, Paul Mawson from Bridlington, took 3 fish on 3 drifts on the first wreck and that was it!
Off to the next one where we picked another 4 or 5.
White fish appearing a little thin.
The breeze then lifted a bit from the ESE which actually paid dividends on the next 2 or 3 wrecks where, on the last one, we took around 25 fish from it.
Chris Siddle from just outside Hull took a couple of the better Codling boated and Ricky and Dean took a few Pollack between them along with Codling and Ling too.
All in all, at the end of the day, a great trip.
Cheers lads,
Rich 07733 233352
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 13/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. John Short 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 16/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 17/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 20/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Bill B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Craig White 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 22/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Offshore trip includes wrecking. 4.1m tide. Room for 1. Cole Dempsey 4. James 1. Marius 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 23/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 25/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.6m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
06/09/2022
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
6 Sep 2022 by Rich Ward
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After a short break away with our lass last week we made back to sea again yesterday.
We were fully booked for the day but with the weather forecast being a little 50/50 from the SE I gave 4 of the lads the option of travelling through or not. They decided not to bother. The other group of 6 were already staying in town so I said I’d turn out for them.
We sailed at 8.0am(the weather was fine) and played around on the more local marks, mainly wrecks.
A few mackerel for the bait stocks first and then a very short run to a tiny bit of scrap just 2.2 miles from shore.
A steady first couple of drfts with 4 or 5 each go, with a surprise Conga boated by Mo! Not your Conger Club class by any means at just 6lbs but still great to see for a change!
Down to the next wreck where we took just a couple more fish and as we ventured further South the water seemed to be getting murkier. After the swell that we’d had in the water for the last couple of days, it made sense, so an about turn we made.
Steaming back North a few of miles the water was clearing out again and the lads picked a nice few more fish up to end the day.
Ish from Australia clicked the biggest of the day, a nice Ling of 12lb 10oz and was over the moon and a nice sprinkling of Codling.
A great day with Zahim, Nabeel and the family,
Cheers lads
Rich.
07733 233352
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 13/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. John Short 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 15/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.4m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 16/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.3m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 17/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. 5.1m tide. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 20/02/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.5m tide. tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cliff A 2. Bill B 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Fri 21/02/2025 2 Spaces 8 Hours Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Cliff A 2. Chris Ibbotson 1. Craig White 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sat 22/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Offshore trip includes wrecking. 4.1m tide. Room for 1. Cole Dempsey 4. James 1. Marius 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Sun 23/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Tue 25/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore wrecking trip. 4.6m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details -
01/09/2022
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
1 Sep 2022 by Lee Brown
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Well big tides and wind plugged away just small stuff ling to 6 lb cod to 4 lb and a octopus call lee for spaces thanks
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08/2022
Fishing Report by Nick Coffin
on Evening Tide Charters (Ramsgate, Kent)
Aug 2022 by Nick Coffin
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With the summer coming to a end we are starting to see a large number of better sized fish already. Both inshore and on the wrecks we are catching Bass,Codling,Pollock,Hounds,Bream,Rays,Mackerel and many other species. Availability for September weekends is very limited but we still have spaces for midweek bookings, September has always been the best months for our inshore bass fishing and good for better fish off the wrecks. For bookings or enquiry’s please call 07949960222.
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30/08/2022
Fishing Report by Patrick Rogan
on IONA (Hartlepool, Durham)
30 Aug 2022 by Patrick Rogan
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Plenty of ling been caught this month
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29/08/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
29 Aug 2022 by Scott Belbin
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The weather may have broken at times lately but we have continued to get out amog the fish each day. some days we have had to work harder for the fish than others but still they keep coming aboard. We have seen a few thorn-back rays starting to feed again. These are promising signs for the next few months inshore. there have been a few hounds in places too. These are always welcome and sure to ‘pull your string’. The bass have been pretty obliging at times. From schoolies to 5lb they are all welcome and seem pretty hungry too. One of the biggest we have seen lately shook the hook 2 feet from the net the other day. it even had the audacity to sit on the surface taunting us for a few seconds before swimming off. Don’t worry John I will get a longer net handle for your next trip!
Using lots of worm bait for the bass has resulted in a few soles lately too. From various locations and purely as accidental bycatch but welcome all the same.
I gather the wind has meant several trips have been cancelled else where this week. Just a reminder that we have plenty of sheltered fishing in this area and working a big catamaran means we can often still fish in comfort when others are in port. I have individual spaces on Wednesday and Friday as well as boat availability Thursday if you are keen to get afloat.
We have continued to see smooth-hounds, baby tope and some chunky bass on our general trips as well as lots of schoolie bass at times. The offshore bass fishing continues to be productive too.
Spaces as follows
31/08- 2 spaces @ £60pp
01/09- full boat availability from £490
02/08- 6 spaces
03/09- offshore bass 2 spaces @ £100pp
06/09-full boat available for offshore bass
07/09- full boat availability from £490
Please visit www.essexseafishing for more information or call 07956411528 View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 08/02/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp offshore tripView details Sat 22/02/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 08/03/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 15/03/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 22/03/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 05/04/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 19/04/2025 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 03/05/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 10/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 17/05/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details -
08/2022
Fishing Report by Steve Green
on Brigand (Brighton, East Sussex)
Aug 2022 by Steve Green
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Just as things start hotting up on the Turbot, Brill and Cod front we get hit by winds that are just too strong for us to get out and fish in comfort…. How frustrating!
On the upside, great to see Cod in decent numbers and this blow won’t do any harm on that front so anticipate a strong September & October on both the flatties and Cod.
We still have a few spaces remaining on scheduled trips this year but will not be adding any additional dates before we end the season in 7 weeks time so if you want to get some Turbot, Cod, Bream before the end of the year take a look at our booking calendar and drop us a line.
Best wishes
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Brigand
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 10/02/2025 4 Spaces 10 Hours 4 SPACES OFFSHORE WRECKINGView details Tue 18/02/2025 5 Spaces 10 Hours 5 SPACES OFFSHORE WRECK FISHINGView details Tue 25/02/2025 5 Spaces 10 Hours 5 SPACES OFFSHORE WRECKINGView details Sat 01/03/2025 8 Spaces 8 SPACES PLAICE FISHINGView details Sun 02/03/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours 8 SPACES PLAICE FISHINGView details Sat 12/04/2025 7 Spaces 8 Hours 7 SPACES BREAM FISHING KINGMERE ROCKSView details Mon 14/04/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours 8 SPACES BREAM FISHING KINGMERE ROCKSView details Fri 18/04/2025 6 Spaces 12 Hours 6 SPACES LONG DISTANCE LONG DAY OFFSHORE WRECK FISHING - 12hrsView details Tue 27/05/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours 4 SPACES OFFSHORE BASS FISHINGView details Sun 15/06/2025 10 Hours 8 SPACES OFFSHORE BANKS EXPLORATORY TRIP - 12hrsView details
