Latest Fishing Reports: England
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03/06/2023
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by Lee Brown
Report on-board Kelsey Leigh charter
Maccys in ling to 10 lb cod pollock to 5 lb good day spaces tomorrow full day and Thursday full day cheers lee ������������
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02/06/2023
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
2 Jun 2023 by Scott Belbin
Report on-board Galloper
Another Essex Conger eel aboard the Galloper from brightlingsea, Essex. This time for Andy and it looks like they are getting bigger. Not sure how many we have to catch before we get the elusive ton up fish. Lol
Available for full boat bookings this week on Tuesday 06th, Wednesday 07th and Thursday 08th please call 07956411528
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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 -
03/06/2023
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jun 2023 by peter stubbs
Report on-board Sapphire 2 charters
Saturday 3rd June ,
It was wrecks allday today has rough ground was very poor,
Codling to 5lb been caught on the wrecks which kept the anglers busy ,
Codling Ling to 7lb, lots of mackerel shown up today two,
The pic above is one of the polish angler who took two together, well done, View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 02/02/2025 6 Spaces 6 Hours £50.00pp Up Tide Trip 6hr 12.00hr to 6pm , ( Places Available ) Cod / Haddock.View details -
18/05/2023
Fishing Report by Steve Green
on Brigand (Brighton, East Sussex)
18 May 2023 by Steve Green
Report on-board Brigand
More COD than POLLOCK, more BASS than COD more TURBOT than BASS…… a perfect days Offshore fishing ����
Had the pleasure of Fishing with Phil & Jonty Drewe today and what a fantastic day it was.…. even the skipper managed a few!
It’s that time of year when everything comes alive offshore and the biggest decision we have is which of these wonderful fish to target. Our calendar reflects the species that we plan to catch on each trip (we have never failed to do that in 7 years and over 1,000 trips) but we are always open to adjusting plans on the day to suit anglers requests …..and with the Turbot season officially open
that choice just got considerably more difficult!
We still have some availability for the season so if you fancy an excellent day out at sea catching some of these stunning fish 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 -
31/05/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Cope
on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
31 May 2023 by Rich Cope
Report on-board Mistress
Summer is finally on its way! We sailed into the expected shabby sea that was forecast this morning, it was forecast to ease by lunch and it did
As we left the pier ends I noticed a lot of birds wheeling and diving, also the water was looking a lot clearer than it has for weeks, so I got the lads to rig some feathers for a drop at the bouy.
We had 2 drifts and managed 4 codlings, a pollock a billet and a solitary mackerel! We have been seeing plenty of midwater marks the last few weeks so we've been expecting the mackerel any time.
The tides are starting to lift again but theyre still on the small side, along with the breeze I headed straight to piece of ground that fishes well on these tides, we picked away steady till the tide eased then visited a few of my favourite wrecks until the tide started pushing then returned to ground again.
The fishing was steady away all day taking fish on a mixture of shads, bait and baited muppet and hokkai rigs. The baited rigs taking the majority of the fish.we took a fair few species too, cod, ling, haddock, mackerel, coalie, pollock, ballan wrasse, and tub gurnard.
I was kept fairly busy with the net all day but was surprised at the end of the day to see most of the lads had around a dozen fish a piece, best lad kept about 15, plenty of throw backs too, we finished with a tally of 70-80 codlings to keep, so it turned out to be a pretty good day for the lads.
If you fancy a trip with me please give me a call on 07977 436 903, if I dont answer please leave a text or WhatsApp and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Tight lines Rich View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Mistress
View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 02/03/2025 5 Spaces 9 Hours £60.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 5.7m Tide - Inshore at anchor.View details Fri 11/04/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 5.1m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Fri 18/04/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 4.9m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Sat 19/04/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 4.7m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Sun 20/04/2025 7 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 4.5m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Sun 04/05/2025 2 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 4.9m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Tue 20/05/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 4.6m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Wed 21/05/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp Need 4 more for trip go-ahead. 4.6m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Fri 06/06/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £70.00pp 4.3m Tide - wreck/ground inshore.View details Sun 29/06/2025 6 Spaces £30.00pp Mackerel.View details -
31/05/2023
Fishing Report by Rob Lee
on Luna-Sea (Merlin) (Liverpool, Merseyside)
31 May 2023 by Rob Lee
Report on-board Luna-Sea (Merlin)
Wednesday 31st May 2023
Today we had a crew of 8 individuals on an 8hr trip.
We started with a few drifts inshore for Bass but to no avail so head out further in search for our fresh bait.
Once we had enough fresh bait we dropped anchor and fished for Rays which kept all on board very busy indeed and a total of 39 landed. One was very unusual as it had a major deformity possibly from a previous injury.
Once the tide eased off the Bull Huss were also coming out to play.
We finished our day off close inshore where a few Tope took the fresh Mackerel baits. The biggest of the day was a modest 21 lb but what a cracking fight that gave.
Species Caught Today: Mackerel, Herring, Poor Cod, Scad, Dogfish, Whiting, Thornback Ray, Bull Huss, Tope .
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05/2023
Fishing Report by Roger Lennon
on Skerry Belle (Ramsgate, Kent)
May 2023 by Roger Lennon
Report on-board Skerry Belle
Some decent bass now showing on the Skerry Belle charter boat, mainly falling to live prawns (supplied on all trips)the Belgium boys booked me for a 4 day holiday and boated nearly 20 bass up to 9lb along with plaice smoothhounds and thornback rays, mackerel are showing out on the Goodwin's
Bookings 07805250427
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 02/02/2025 8 Spaces £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Mon 03/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Tue 04/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Wed 05/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Thu 06/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Fri 07/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Fri 21/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Sun 23/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Mon 24/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details Tue 25/02/2025 8 Spaces 8 Hours £60.00pp Offshore trip Equipment baits supplied Bookings 07805250427 Cod / Smooth-hound (Common).View details -
31/05/2023
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
31 May 2023 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
Pete Yeadon and the lads chose to have a go at the offshore wrecks yesterday on their second day with us.
We ran North 22 miles to a group of 6 wrecks which are in fairly close proximity to each other.
Slow fishing for the boys to be perfectly honest, the first three fish coming aboard being Mackerel!! No white fish from those at all. A little scary!!
We moved to the more Eastern of the group and picked just a couple of dozen fish from those. A bouncy, rolly day on the water with lifting lines didn’t help things but I honestly don’t think the fish were there.
Young Fergus, my crewman took the best fish of the day at 12lbs, a beautiful condition Cod.
Jim taking the second heaviest at a shade under 9lbs.
Shads and baited squid rigs catching.
The banter over the last two days has been fantastic! A real good bunch of lads who it’s been a pleasure to sail with.
See you all next year lads.
Cheers
Rich
07733 233352
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySun 02/02/2025 1 Space 8 Hours Uptiding trip. 5.6m. Steve Williams 3. Steve Tempest 2. Mike Channing 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.View details Thu 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 -
30/05/2023
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
30 May 2023 by Scott Belbin
Report on-board Galloper
With the summer fishing now ticking along nicely I thought I would take a look back at our early season offshore trips where our main target is spurdog nowadays. It was a funny season really with us missing some of the best tides due to weather or not being booked. As ever the fish were hit and miss. This is often the case when targeting a particular species especially one as mobile as a pack of spurs. It’s easy to come to expect these fish after seeing some great catches in recent years but I always say I am pleased once the first one comes over the rail and ticks the box.
Its interesting to see how the size of fish seem to vary from one pack to the next, as does the colour. I certainly don’t think these fish are wall to wall in this area and I am concerned about increased commercial pressure in them.
although we started the season well the fish weren’t of the stamp we have come to expect around here. Surely enough we did find some nice double figure fish after a while and it was great to see some of the lads breaking their PBs. Adam had set out to catch a decent spurdog this year and achieved it with a nice mid-double but was pipped to the biggest fish by Chris with a lovely fish of over 18lbs! it wasn’t just Spurs coming out of course and we saw some decent bass, hounds, rays and even a stray codling for Wayne. All the while those delightful dogfish and whiting keeping us busy.
On a couple of sets of tides when the spurs went off the boil we went in search of other fish. the lads adapted nicely and we had a pleasant trip on the plaice as well as a couple hours catch pollock and coalfish on another day.
Numbers varied from a couple of days with no spurs (although other species) to a few days on 6-15 spurs among the other fish. to be honest after many years of successfully targeting these fish I am quite pleased with these numbers particularly considering I havnt heard of any other local charter boats catching as much as one this year I cant complain. Of course the promise of a red letter day is what keeps us going through the hard days. We cant always have them but they are days that we dream of. Thankfully we managed to luck out a red letter day once again this year too.
With no signs of spurs for a while it was looking like we wouldn’t see any at all until around 14.20hrs Alex got into something that was fighting very much like a spur. Sure enough a very dark ‘black dog’ broke the surface and was netted. She was a decent fish of high doubles and a new PB for Alex. I commented that hopefully this could be the sign of things to come. It was around half an our later when the next spur came aboard. Yet again a big dark upper double figure fish. it was around 1500hrs when the pack really descended upon us. before we knew it we had various multiple hook ups on our hands. On several occasions every rod that was in the water was onto a fish. there were PBs being smashed all over the place. We had another 2 hours of fishing before I had to drag the lads away from the fish and start the long journey back to Essex. just to give you an idea of how busy the fishing was even when we packed up they were still well on the chew. Barry had just landed a high double figure fish as I started the engines. As I went to haul the anchor he was already re-baited so I said to cast out and I would tell him when the anchor had lifted from the bottom so he would have to reel in. so he cast out, let the weight settle on the bottom and held his rod all while I had already been hauling the rope in. right on que he had a couple of pulls and was into another fish. by the time I had stowed the anchor he had the last spur of the day which they had already weighed at 18.8lbs.
That put the tally to 65 spurs in all (although I may have missed a few in the frenzy) there were 4 over 20lbs and several more over 19lb with most fish mid-double figures and one or two that may not have made the 10lb mark although we didn’t weight them or give them a second glance to be honest. not bad for around two an a half hours of fishing, put it into context in comparison to the other local charter boats currently operating in the this area we had more in the last two hours than most of them have had in their career! Although it may not beat our best day which was 88 spurs, this truly was fantastic angling and we were lucky to experience it. I owe it to the lads who invest their time and money with me each year in search of these fish and others.
We will of course be hunting spurdogs again next year so feel free to get in touch to book your tides. Please remember this is only really suitable for experienced anglers with their own tackle. If you don’t have suitable tackle then you are welcome to join us on a general trip until you find your feet.
On our general trips lately we have seen some fantastic numbers of bass, smooth-hounds and still some rays.
Please get on touch with me for full boat bookings or individual spaces. I can also add you to my messaging list when I am trying to put offshore trips together. Please note that Galloper is a big, fast catamaran with a genuine 60mile code of practice. Not something many local boats can boast these days. All of this helps with our offshore trips and very few local boats can boast a a success rate like ours either.
The hounds will be inshore in numbers until September and we should see plenty more good days and decent fish between now and then.
I have plenty of spaces on general trips for full boat bookings and individuals. I also have spaces for tope, plaice and bass coming up soon so please get in touch.
Remember it is often worth giving me a shout if you are cancelled else where and still wish to get out, as we have lots of sheltered fishing available and a big catamaran which makes it even more comfortable.
Spaces as follows
01/06- general trip full boat bookings from £490
06/06-full boat available from £490
07/06 full boat available from £490
08/06 full boat available from £490
11/06-offshore tope trip 3 spaces @ £100pp (own tackle required bait supplied at extra cost)
13/06-plaice and bass trip 2 spaces @ £110pp
14/06 full boat available from £490
15/06 full boat available from £490
16/06 full boat available from £490
19/06-8 spaces @ £60pp
24/06- offshore tope trip 5 spaces @ £100pp (own tackle required bait supplied at extra cost)
25/06- offshore tope trip 87spaces @ £100pp (own tackle required bait supplied at extra cost)
29/06 full boat available from £490
30/06 full boat available from £490
Not all dates advertised, other spaces available for full boat bookings upon request
For regular updates, availability and more information please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk find us on social media or call Scott on 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 -
30/05/2023
Fishing Report by Rob Lee
on Luna-Sea (Merlin) (Liverpool, Merseyside)
30 May 2023 by Rob Lee
Report on-board Luna-Sea (Merlin)
Tuesday 30th May 2023
Today we had a Charter of 6 cracking lads and a great laugh throughout the whole day.
We started inshore towards Rhos on Sea and we tasked by Holyhead Coastguard to assist with a Mayday call concerning a Kayaker in the choppy weather opposite Colwyn Bay Pier. Once on scene we established he was perfectly happy and fishing away for Mackerel so we continued our fishing.
We then did a few drifts over an inshore wreck were we had small Pollack whilst on our way to the Rocky's.
Once we dropped anchor we quickly baited up waited for the first Rays. No movement on the rods at all for 15mins do I advised everyone to freshen up on the baits. All six lads pulled their lines in and there was a full house of fish hooked and completely unaware��.
It was not long before we were pulling Rays and Huss in for fun.
After a couple of hrs at it we decided to fish inshore for Tope and managed a few Pups and Smooth-hound on this occasion.
Species Today: Mackerel, Pollack, Whiting, Huss, Thornback, Dab, Tub Gurnard, Tope, Smooth-Hound and Dogfish.
For bookings please call Sarah on 07863774909������ View Boats Page
