Latest Fishing Reports: England
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12/2016
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Dec 2016 by Scott Belbin
Report on-board Galloper
Yet again its been a while since my last report but as I’m sure many of you would have gathered by now there hasn’t been loads for us to shout about this cod season. Disregarding the cod (of which I have only seen 3 aboard my boat since September) there have been lots of fish about to keep the rod tips going. There have been vast numbers of hungry whiting about all autumn, many are the usual small fish but there have been a few better ones mixed in at times. Last week we had one at 44cms long which is quite big by our standards. There were good numbers of dogfish and thorn-back rays both in the blackwater estuary and further afield although most of these have dried up with the drop in water temperature of the last few weeks. At the moment our latest blessing has come in the form of the humble dab. After a drought for the last 10 years or so they have flooded back into the estuary over the last couple of weeks in higher numbers then ever. They make a nice change from whiting and the bigger ones can be good eating. We can only hope they hang around for the next few weeks to keep us occupied . I have plenty of space over the Christmas period if you fancy getting out as well as one or two offshore trips planned before hand. For more information, available dates and weekly updates please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or phone 07956411528
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11/12/2016
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
11 Dec 2016 by Colin Penny
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The final match of 2016 saw Cod, Whiting, Pout, Dogfish, Congers, Thornback Rays, Plaice, Smooth Hounds etc caught on a lovely Winters day. Stephan Attwood won the last match with 206 points and caught his Personal Best Starry Smooth Hound weighing 19Ib and a new Flamer IV boat record. Runner Up in the last match was Peter Collings with 172 points and Peter also recorded a New personal Best with a 16Ib 9oz Cod (Pictured).
The Final Results of the 2016 Flamer IV Specimen Species League were -
Champion - Peter Collings, Runner Up - Kevin Clark, Best Specimen - David Gibson, Most Species - Peter Collings, Team Winners - David Gibson and Kevin Clark, Most Improved Angler - Joe Kaploneck.
2017 Flamer IV Specimen Species League - INTERESTED in joining this friendly/competitive league which is fished at weekends, then please contact me.
For dates and places available and lots of information look at my web site: www.flamer4fishing.co.uk
NOTE: LOOK - *** NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2017 *** I have put up an Itinerary of trips for 2017 on all my web sites, take a LOOK, the itinerary is not set in stone so I may be able to change it to suit your needs subject to the tides. View Boats Page
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12/12/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
12 Dec 2016 by Phil White
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Great sport over the last week with lots of dabs, these lovely little flatfish have turned up in big numbers in our Estuary giving our anglers excellent sport on light tackle.
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11/12/2016
Fishing Report by Karlton Ward
on Wave Dancer (Liverpool, Merseyside)
11 Dec 2016 by Karlton Ward
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1st Day's fishing on wave dancer was successful with every angler catching at least double figure quantities on board. Mostly cod and whiteing with a few dabs thrown in.
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12/2016
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Dec 2016 by Colin Penny
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Every year Flamer IV does several competitions, some are annual events, some are one off competitions. With Trophies,Prizes etc to be won.
2016 Competition dates left - December 30th - Winter Species Competition
2017 Competition Dates
March 4th - Red Gill Competition ( Wrecking Trip)
March 5th - Jelly Worm Competition (Wrecking Trip)
April 24th - Annual Flatty Competition - Flamer IV v Meerkat
April 25th - Annual Flatty Competition - Flamer IV v Supanova II
July 31st - Annual Plaice Competition - Flamer IV v Top Cat III
August 23rd - 3 Boat Flamer IV v Meerkat v Supanova - Bream Competition
August 28th - Flamer IV Bream Competition,
September 12th - Age 60 and over Competition
October 20th - Annual 1 Day Species /Hunt/Competition
October 21st and 22nd - Annual 2 Day Species Hunt/Competition
Flamer Festival Competition for the persons who fish all three days October 20th,21st,22nd,
November 18th and 19th - F.I.S.H. Species Singles Competition
November 20th - F.I.S.H Species Pairs Competition
Other Dates to be announced soon.
All competitions are "Two Hook" maximum. View Boats Page
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05/12/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
5 Dec 2016 by brian poppy
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Still plenty of good sized Whiting and they are roed up now, Saturdays Boys had over 100 fish with some 38cms amongst them as the conditions were not the best we fished off the bank in Corton roads they were coming thick and fast right through the tide well done Andy look forward to seeing you all on the 30th lets hope the conditions are good enough to get to some of our better marks and thanks for the Lug that you left me,we went on Monday as it was flat calm i ran out to one of favorate marks on the xxxxx we can only get there when we get a good forecast this mark has prodused some lovely Cod and it didnt let us down today with some decent Whiting coming in from the start we thought it would be all we were going to get a few Spottys were nicking the bait as well,i was in the gally makeing a cupper when Paul shouted out that i had got a slack liner and it was he had allready picked the rod up for me and started catching the fish up when i took over it was giving a good acount of its self in the 3 knot tide as i got it nearer the boat it was staying deep as well so we new it was a decent fish we finally got it in the net and on the scales 9lb on the nose and in very good condition and when gutted there was nothing in its gut if these fish are now on the way in they will be hungry so dont miss the chance of a PB big baits get plenty of scent in the water,BP.
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06/12/2016
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
6 Dec 2016 by Rich Cope
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The weather gods played ball with us this weekend here at Whitby allowing us to get a few days in.
The stamp fish remains good, with the Mistress anglers seeing fish just shy of double figures, but most in the 4-5lb bracket.
Crab cart remains the best bait to be using, either in a cocktail or on its own.
We have a spell of settled weather this week and we have spaces for anyone wanting to get to sea, either day or night I can put a trip together to suit you,
Give me a call or text on 07977 436903 if you fancy it, I'll need a minimum of 3 anglers to sail,
Tight lines - Rich
Pictured is a festive looking Mistress regular Martin Hoole with two of his 8 Cod bag - biggest just shy of double figures View Boats Page
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06/12/2016
Fishing Report by Lee Fox
on Lady Helen (Liverpool, Merseyside)
6 Dec 2016 by Lee Fox
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Some dates just put up for this week and weekend 10 hour Cod trips on the river mersey,rods,tackle,hot/cold drinks all included in the £40 fee (baitisnotincluded) but can be ordered £3 pack of lug worm £5 box of squid if any 1 is interested give me a call or txt anytime thanks lee (ladyhelen) 07514337195
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06/12/2016
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
6 Dec 2016 by Paul Kilpatrick
Report on-board Sea Otter 2
Some very nice cod coming aboard uptiding last weekend Upto 10 lb places come available this weekend as just opened it up was going away but cancelled last minuite so if it's cod you are after give me a bell on 07748795695 .
Here is a shot form last weekend on Sea-Otter 2 cod Upto 10 lb on the light tackle great sport in the shallow water . View Boats Page
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05/12/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
5 Dec 2016 by Phil White
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Dabbling with dabs
Whilst we all wait for the cod to arrive another species has turned up in abundance, that is the humble dab.
These sweet tasty little flatfish are giving our anglers great sport on light tackle and are close in which gives our anglers security of a day out and longer fishing times.
Best rigs are a two or three hook flowing trace with a small size 1 hook, best baits are fish strips, squid and worm, best tides are neap tides fishing over the slack water as they don’t like too much tide run.
There are still plenty of whiting with lots of fish getting on for nearly a 1lb; best baits are squid, worm and mackerel.
A lot of the thornbacks have moved offshore but quite often come back inshore in the new year depending on water temperature, we are still catching a few but numbers are down.
There are odd cod around with more reports of fish turning up on the Suffolk coast but it is still quiet in the Thames Estuary with only odd smaller fish showing.
Offshore has been quiet with a few Thornbacks, whiting and dogfish, we did have a bass this week but that was very much an odd fish as most have moved south by now.
Prospects very much depend on when the cod show up as things can change quickly in the winter so keep checking the reports and forums.
The picture shows Jim with three nice dabs caught on Stuart Belbin's boat Razorbill, we had nearly 90 dabs between both boats on sunday.
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