Latest Fishing Reports: England
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10/11/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
10 Nov 2016 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
A fortnight can be a long time in fishing and when it looked like the cod were on their way it seems to have stalled. There are a few around but we are still waiting for the main run to start, the water temperature is still around 12-13 degrees and needs to fall further before the cod will come into the Estuaries.
Inshore
There are good numbers of Thornbacks of all sizes showing, best baits are herring and mackerel but if you want to try for a cod then stick to lug and squid.
There are some cracking whiting starting to show with plenty of fish around 1 lb mark, best baits are lug, squid and mackerel.
There are a few codling along the shoreline at Jaywick and down to Walton pier, these codling will soon be joined by more fish as the water temperature drops, best baits are squid and lug.
The Rivers are fishing well for whiting, odd codling and thornbacks, these fish will stay in the rivers for a few more weeks.
Offshore
There are plenty of thornbacks of all sizes showing with some fish over 12 lb reported, these fish will stay with us most of the winter unless it gets really cold and then they will move further offshore and stop feeding.
There are odd better cod showing, plenty of whiting and a few dogfish.
Prospects are excellent, once the cod turn up in numbers they should be with us all winter.
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11/2016
Fishing Report by kurt lander
on Yellowfin (Brighton, East Sussex)
Nov 2016 by kurt lander
Report on-board Yellowfin
Raymond Hempstead the Skipper of Charter Boat SORCERER from West Mersea, and David Newcombe a Landscape Gardener from Norfolk, both pictured with personal bests Cod, David's 20lb and Ray's 18.4lb
Both fish was caught on Squid & worm bait, on a flowing trace with 6/0 hooks. These 2 cod are the biggest on
Yellowfin so far this winter cod season if you fancy trying to do the same give me a call or email, room on the
boat on week days in November and December.
A big thank you to Ray and all the group for making a long journey to fish on Yellowfin. And wishing Ralph a
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11/2016
Fishing Report by Andy King
on Louise Jane II (Dover, Kent)
Nov 2016 by Andy King
Report on-board Louise Jane II
A beautiful 13lb 4oz cod caught of the Louise Jane
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10/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Oct 2016 by brian poppy
Report on-board Cleveland Princess
Had a few Herring Yesterday then went after some Rooker we only found Two the best going 8lb there are so many Whiting feeding at the moment its hard work going for other species,with this cold air coming down from the north and the sea temperature dropping away i am sure it will bring the better fish inside for us to have a go at,only3 weeks ago we had 3 Cod at the weekend the best coming in at 7lb.plus a nice 4lb Bass,BP.
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10/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Oct 2016 by brian poppy
Report on-board Cleveland Princess
Had a few Herring Yesterday then went after some Rooker we only found Two the best going 8lb there are so many Whiting feeding at the moment its hard work going for other species,with this cold air coming down from the north and the sea temperature dropping away i am sure it will bring the better fish inside for us to have a go at,only two weeks ago we had 3 Cod at the weekend the best coming in at 7lb.BP.
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10/2016
Fishing Report by Andy King
on Louise Jane II (Dover, Kent)
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01/11/2016
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
1 Nov 2016 by Rich Cope
Report on-board Mistress
1st day back Uptiding after the last northerly, we got among the fish boating 30-40 codlings for the few lads onboard, everyone thoroughly enjoying some decent winter sport. with some top fish in prime condition!
So we had high hopes for the following day, but it was really hard work, despite covering lots of miles and plenty of shifts through the day.
We have another big northerly system currently battering our stretch of coastline, so the fishing should be spot again once we get back out at them!
There looks to be windows in the weather tomorrow and Friday by the looks of it, but it can and does change! we have spaces Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.
If you fancy jumping aboard Mistress here at Whitby for trip give me a call on 07977 436903 or drop me an email at seafishingwhitby@hotmail.co.uk
Tight Lines - Rich
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07/11/2016
Fishing Report by Paul Cumbers
on Bonwey (Ramsgate, Kent)
7 Nov 2016 by Paul Cumbers
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Still some nice bass coming up and still plenty of Rays on most trips hopefully will see some cod over the next few weeks now the weather has turned colder. Photo shows Paul with his Bass caught on the 26th October 2016
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07/11/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
7 Nov 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
What a weekend…. Cold, Windy, raining, lovely combination..!
The fishing was incredibly hard since Friday, but the boys fished on in true blue fashion..
It did help that while fishing on Friday, there were three professional charter boats out, and all in the same location, give or take a few hundred yards between us … Chris Mole on Enterprise, Phil White on Chinook-II, and me and Nicola on our boat Vanishing Point-2. When a red trawler from West Mersea trawled right down Chris’s line, turned slightly North and went down the port side of Enterprise, then turned to the Southwest and towed right across the front of our boat Vanishing Point-2, the worked his way across to Phil White’s boat Chinook-II…. What a total idiot..!!! not satisfied he has the whole of the Estuary to tow around, but no…!!! he has seen a few charter boats fishing the same area for a day or two, and is obvious we are catching a few fish, so he takes the easy option that after we have found the fish, he will take what he can, and scare what’s left so we had no chance of catching any more once he came through and decimated the area….. Pratt.
Well after that, we on the Vanishing Point-2 steamed East to a spot where we know it’s not possible for the trawlers to tow through, as it is quite rocky and old flag stones have been dumped, so would smash their gear up….!!! While we realise we all have to make a living, but you have to temper that with respect for one and another, I mean we would not dream of dropping our anchor in front of a man trawling on his tow line, and we think these cowboy trawler skipper should not feel they can ride rough shot over everyone else, like we don’t matter…. Well it does, we are trying to make a living too… but there are many highly respectable trawler skippers out there, as usual it is the small minority that give the rest a bad name, but we know the good ones and are happy to work with them…
Well, we did back among the fish on the fish on Friday afternoon, and got a few more, nice Thornback’s to double figures.
Saturday was a tough day for just about everyone, it was like a light switch had been thrown, the fish just seemed to turn off…?? We caught just one Roker, plenty of Whiting dogs and stuff, and ended back in the river near the radio Caroline vessel looking for one or two more Roker, but alas, the tide died, the boat headed into the 24 mph Northerly wind, with only Whiting coming in… and not many at this Point, I said to Mark ..”think it’s time to go” so all agreed we fired the engines and we were on our way, but the guys never complained, they could see we tried everything in the book to catch them fish, but I think due to the sudden 2 degree drop in water temperature the fish as they always do switch off…!
We didn’t go on Sunday, we could have done, but after some consultation with the group with even smaller tides, increasing winds against the tide and no real chance of getting off-shore, we all agreed to try another day… we believe… “ JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DON’T MEAN YOU SHOULD…!!!”
Well we will be out tomorrow Tuesday 8th, with the wind forecast to be dropping to 8 mph Westerly we will be out trying to find the fish once again, and hoping that idiot form West Mersea don’t decide to hunt us down and ruin our fishing once again…!!!
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06/11/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Small
on Rocket (Poole, Dorset)
6 Nov 2016 by Trevor Small
Report on-board Rocket
Despite a "gales later" warning for sea areas Wight, Rocket went fishing. We kicked off our winter fishing season with some nice fish coming to the net. Kim White boated and released a Turbot of 12lb. Other species landed ,included Rays,Channel Whiting ( estimated @ 80- 90) , Pollock,Mackerel, Pout ect. Call me if you fancy a comfortable days fishing over productive grounds.
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