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20/11/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
20 Nov 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Went fishing yesterday, after what seems an eternity of cancelled trips..!!.
But we set off at 0600 so we had the maximum of wind and tide together...!! (the boy is a genius) Emm!! may be not..!!
We got down to one of our usual fishing marks off of Clacton, with all rods baited and cast in we waited... not long... dog fish, dog fish....ect ect Getting the idea..? then Whiting after whiting, but no Cod..!! we fished on boldly and tried every trick in the book, but to no avail, they were just having none of it.
After 3 hour of much the same, we pulled the anchor and headed 2 miles west and tried our luck there, well after about 25 minutes one of our anglers finally got a Codling 3lbs then more dogs and Whiting, so we decided to move back to the mouth of the river Blackwater, where two weeks ago we had some decent skate, so I thought, well it's not what we came for, but Thorn backs are better than just Whiting, and doggies???
We fished the mark for the first two hours of flood tide and boated 8 Thornback Rays, all but one went back..!! so after speaking to some of the other charter boats, one boat had 3 Codling, of which two were caught in the river, and one off of Clacton, and the other charter boat fishing off Clacton had no Codling, but fished up in the area where I was fishing and bagged a few Rays also.
I am sure this is just a glitch caused by inclement weather and the fish shoals are just broken up, and after a few days of calmer weather they will come together again as they did before this big storm "Barney" hit our shores..
Well we decided on the boat this morning not to go... so we had a nice cup of tea, and a chat with the boys who re-booked for the Christmas period.
We are out tomorrow (Sunday) so lets hope the fishing improves then...!!! but until then ........ Tight Lines
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11/2015
Fishing Report by LESTER BAKER
on Seawatch1 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Nov 2015 by LESTER BAKER
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October finished as it started and saw some nice catches of cod to seven pounds and Thornbacks to double figures,although most of my customers more interested in the codling.
The 1st and 2nd of November were flat calm with dense fog (the sort of weather we used to enjoy at this time of year) and then it was back to normal with some unsettled weather and severe winds courtesy of the jet stream and our Caribbean friends Abigail and Kate.It seems a long while since we went fishing,but the couple of trips we managed last week saw the fishing still the same with some nice codling being caught averaging 20 fish per trip along with the normal Ray's,dogfish and hordes of whiting.
Hopefully the weather will settle down and allow us to put a few trips together soon and start to clear the backlog of cancelled trips,2016 weekends looking busy already so don't leave your bookings to late or you may be disappointed.
All the best Lester View Boats Page
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15/11/2015
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
15 Nov 2015 by jon old
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This report covers the weekend of 14th/15th Nov 2016, a very windy day gusts of 54mph westerly today so hugged the shore both days as you can imagine. Lucky for us on west ,south west we can hide up under the cliffs so still able to get a day in . Only 3 boats out Sat no codling for any of us just whiting stealing all the baits, some spotty dogs of all sizes among them, few flatties over slack water and the odd pouting. Plenty of fish just the wrong sort. Sunday ended up much the same apart from the extremely windy conditions just 2 boats from Yarmouth were out today same old whiting all day, few better dogs as well, best fish of the day fell to Jeff Ball 6.3lb thornback ray pictured here ,nice to see probably about as the water temperature 13 degrees still! The other boat Seaquest had one cod only one today unfortunately need that cold weather to start coming in we are mid november for petes sake! Big thanks to everyone for the weekend especially Keith,Richard and Howard coming all the way from Brentwood, also Derek for organising everyone and Jeff for best fish of the day. Looking ahead to Tues 17th got few places left hopefully wind will drop give us a chance to get out a bit to have a look around further off until then tight lines everyone keep you all posted.
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12/11/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
12 Nov 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Not much fishing done this week due to the weather.
But we are due to sail on Saturday, as we have quite a few Thornback Ray's in the river at the moment, and some reasonable Codling, along with quite a lot of Whiting and some very nice Dabs..!! nice to see them making a come back.
So not much to report this week, but hopefully report back after Saturday's charter.. ... Tight lines..!!! View Boats Page
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08/11/2015
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
8 Nov 2015 by jon old
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Bringing us up to date for weekend of 7/8th Nov, been bit of a mixed few weeks really still catching doggies water temperature 13 degrees still, then few codling up to 5lb . Have been plagued with whiting even though alot of keepers among them not really a fish you want to photo, so hence lack of pics lately! They have been stripping the baits catching two even three at a time but hopefully should be thinning out soon giving us half a chance. Last trip ended up on a bass Adam pictured here 48cm nice to see from a place bass seldom caught for us usually, also had 3 small thornbacks, 3 codling few flatties as normal and whiting all day. Very strong winds but managed to fish to mid afternoon both days before tide turned very lucky! Thanks to Dereham Angling club also to Pete our throttle man for his steady hand on way home! Looking ahead been asked for night trips will do just waiting for few more codling basically and weather turning colder if you want to be contacted and get on the list rather than see trips on website get your name down with me by email or text and you get prior notice, trips normally leave around 6pm till midnight same price nothing changes £45 add a £5 using my gear to cover losses. We will be trying the deeper water on upcoming trips when weather allows so if your booked on and we get a slot in the weather so be it, otherwise inshore but were extremely lucky for our constantly productive marks inside so lets look after them. Until next time tight lines everyone.
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07/11/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
7 Nov 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Well yesterday (Saturday 7th Nov) was challenging to say the least...! when we left Bradwell at 0800 we had about 40 minutes of a dying if not dead 5.0 metre tide, so we took a slow ride down to the mouth of the river Blackwater, and breaking cover from the Dengie Peninsular,and started to feel the full force of the 26 mph Southerly wind that was relentless, but we dropped the anchor to see how we were going to lay, and of course we lay to wind, so not to bad,.....
The boys started to fish, and to be honest it was quite comfortable and quite warm 18 degrees..!!, and within 10 minutes the first Thornback was netted.then another , then another..... once again it was like a spring Roker trip, I think our glob trotting Ron (Florida Ron...lol) would have been proud. well after 3 hours of the ebb done and the Southerly wind had now picked up to a max of 47 mph we were beam on by now, and although a little roly, even on our big cat, wasn't too bad, but we had 6 decent Thornback Rays, some big Whiting, doggies, and some lovely Dabs, but no Cod, so we decided to up stumps and head back inside the river.
Stuart Belbin on Razorbill out of West Mersea came down to where we were Roker fishing, and I told him on the radio we were getting some nice Skate, and he dropped in behind us, but he was only there for about 30 minutes, then he went back to join Scott his son on Galloper, in the river, but we were still catching so we stayed for a while longer, but for once the forecast was right..!! and the wind did pick up all the time until it maxed out to 47 mph on my wind monitor, so that's when we went back into the river, plenty of decent Whiting, and Doggies in the river, but not really what my party wanted, so we decided to knock it on the head and hour early and put an extra hour on their next trip on the 5th December, when hopefully the weather will be kinder to us and they can have their extra hours fishing caching Cod..!!!!
Well not out today (Sunday 8th Dec) by choice, we are going to Norfolk to see my Daughter Michelle for a great show in the afternoon, and a massive fireworks display in the evening at Potters leisure where she works, then a lovely meal at the Black Rock restaurant, and probably stay over and return tomorrow.
I have ... rightly or wrongly.... (i think rightly) cancelled Monday's trip looking at the weather, so we are putting it back to Thursday or Friday when the weather looks much better......!!
Well that's it for now, hope you all have good fishing wherever you are fishing from today, and looks much better out there today so..... tight lines...!! View Boats Page
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02/11/2015
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
2 Nov 2015 by brian poppy
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This report covers 31st/1st/2cd conditions were far from good on the 31st so it was close in off the claremont pier with Whiting in abundance i dont think it matters where you go at the moment also the party had a nice 56cm Cod in there as well,i hope all your boys enjoyed it Alex,The 1st sore a thick blanket of fog all along our coast so decided to fish off the Roads with the radar running it was a pretty clean ride with only one more boat ahead of us,with the anchor down it was fish from the start loads of nice sized Whiting and 3 Cod to 58cms,i couldn't get the pictures up of the reels Antony,Monday it was a half day for Trevor and his two Ladies i took them to a mark not to far away with plenty of Whiting coming into the boat they were well pleased then we had a nice 48cm Cod and Renny then got into a 5lb Rooker that i didn't expect to see a great mornings fishing,note the rod in the middle of the picture this caught the most with baited lures just off the back,hope you enjoy your fish and look forward to seeing you all again soon,Brian.
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10/2015
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Oct 2015 by Scott Belbin
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October has flown by with lots of trip chasing all sorts of fish. the weather may have been a pain for some but we have been very fortunate to have some great fishing in the blackwater estuary to fall back on when its too rough to get else where. To be honest sometimes the fishing was better in the estuary than it was further off with fish more concentrated. As ever there has been no shortage of whiting and dogfish about and depending where we fished it was usually one or the other (if not both) keeping us busy and robing our baits. In places the numbers of thornbacks has been steady with the average stamp slightly smaller this time of year going from maids to 8lbs or so. The stamp of cod on the other had is great at the moment with many on the 3-7lbs range even in the estuary. The numbers of fish are going up steadily now with the best numbers turning up later in the season last year. There are still a few summer fish here and there and we even found a few smooth-hounds the other day. the biggest fell to one lucky anglers (me) at 13.5lbs . this is by far the latest ive seen a double figure hound and ive no doubt is related to the relatively high water temp. over the coming weeks we should see more codling coming out and if were lucky might find one or two of the better fish as well. Ive got a few spaces before the end of the year and have put all of my dates for next year on my page. For more information, available dates and a weekly update please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or call 07956411528
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29/10/2015
Fishing Report by Lee Bollingbroke
on Sophie Lea (Brightlingsea, Essex)
29 Oct 2015 by Lee Bollingbroke
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Police sport uk eastern region 2015 boat sea fishing competition was held from Brightlingsea Essex on the 28th October and the results were first for the third year running was the charter boat Sophie Lea from Brightlingsea skippered by Lee Bolingbroke second place Gloria B from Brightlingsea skippered by Terry Bolingbroke third place was Enterprise from West Mersea skippered by Chris Mole fourth was Eastern Promise from West Mersea skippered by Derrick Mole and last but not least was Razorbil from West Mersea skippered by Stuart Belbin.
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28/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
28 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Hi everyone..... well Vanishing Point-2 departed Bradwell marina at 0800, with the rain teaming down and the sea was as flat as glass...!!! nothing could dampen the spirit of our new party...!! they were right up for it.
With experienced and novice anglers on board, we (Nicola) helped set up the rods, and pre-pair for what was to be a really good days fishing.
Once we picked our spot, we dropped the anchor, and within 5 minutes we had the first fish on... a nice 5 lbs Roker, the followed by another, and another, blimey you would have thought it was spring Roker session..!!! then once we got settled, we had the first of the Codling on board.
By the time we got to lunch time, and the tide was about to turn, we moved North into 18 foot of water, as the tide was about to hump out of the Blackwater, and I knew that the fish would have pushed up near the shore line, and we positioned ourselves in a place where we could catch them as they came off the beach line as the tide started to drop..!! and we were there to nab them..!! and we did ..
We finished the day with around 20 Codling to 6.5 lbs and 5 Roker to 6 lbs .
Well on the way back to Bradwell, as usual, Nicola did all the filleting and skinning and the boys were very grateful, but all those who know Nicola know she is a wizard with a knife...!!! (I sleep with one eye open...lol)
but once back in our berth the lads thanked us both for our baiting up,casting, and prepossessing their fish and said that was the best fishing trip they have had in many, many years.. which is always nice to see happy and satisfied customers leaving the boat....
Look forward to seeing you guys next trip..!!! tight lines..!!!!
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