Latest Fishing Reports: East

  • 07/08/2014 Fishing Report by jon old on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)

    7 Aug 2014 by jon old

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    Today was first bit of relief from the wind for once, still looking for those scarce mackerel we decided to catch first slack so was all a hour early. First bank produced sandeels as expected ,few weavers thrown in, second bank the same more sandeels, third bank more sandeels!!! No mackerel at all again just not cricket! Passed over a inshore wreck very forgiving with little snags, bagged a few nice cod pictured here with John, biggest seven pound, returned several undersized and just over the limit, Headed out north to the Newarp and sat in a perfect position had great sport from here over the years apart from today . A few flatties was all to show for it , plus a half eaten whiting taken by what we presume would be a tope but stories of megladon sound better. Ended up the day coming inshore to catch handfull of smoothies on the inshore mark, wasnt the greatest of days but thousands of sandeels, few flatties, smoothies and too many weavers and few nice cod and it didnt rain what better way to spend the day. Many thanks to Carl for organising the trip, look forward to seeing you boys soon.
    Cheers. Jon. High Flyer.

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  • 01/08/2014 Fishing Report by Mark Peters on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)

    1 Aug 2014 by Mark Peters

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    August 2014

    More bass are showing up and numbers of hounds are increasing too
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  • 28/07/2014 Fishing Report by Ray Martin on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)

    28 Jul 2014 by Ray Martin

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    The fishing is brilliant at the moment with plenty of large hounds to keep me busy.
    Bass are less prolific and skate have disappeared but the hounds really are worth catching.
    We are averaging about 30 hounds per trip and over half are double figures.

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  • 26/07/2014 Fishing Report by jon old on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)

    26 Jul 2014 by jon old

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    Been a bit slack on the reports lately mainley due to the fact we have lost a number of trips with these strong North easterlys , trips we have managed have been mostly inshore due to the wind very testing this suppossed summer so far here on the east coast. Unfortunately the mackerel came in just before these winds last month and then totally dissapeared again now coming back thank god with tremendous amounts of sandeels most i ever seen i reckon. Lovely to store as bait some so huge you think mackerel are on the string. Smoothounds still hanging about decent sizes now, skate moved a bit further off i found and thank god the spotty dogs seemed to have followed! Looking forward to some more eveng trips with a bit of calm water, also as the mackerel return the tope too so will target them on the further banks weather allowing. Anyone interested in a offshore tope or bass trip let us know as exploring some new ground heading north normally puts about £25 extra on our normal trip price to cover fuel.Leaving you with a picture of the weather lately for you to enjoy. Hope to see you soon. Jon. High Flyer

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  • 07/2014 Fishing Report by Scott Belbin on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)

    Jul 2014 by Scott Belbin

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    Thought I’d best do a report for june/july as ive been so busy I missed last months report for CBUK. As I mentioned its been busy with good weather for the most part and plenty of fish about. June saw us targeting tope, smooth-hounds, bass and thorn-backs .
    As is often the case this time of year, there was a lot of variety about and a few less common species coming aboard. We managed to get most trips out with very few cancellations. although the weather has stopped us getting right off on some occasions we have still been able to find some good sheltered fishing.
    The tope fishing seemed busier this year than it has the last couple with good numbers of smaller fish about. There weren’t loads of big fish caught here but one or two came out on other boats.
    The smooth-hounds have been steady in numbers and the odd double has been mixed in here and there with a few more showing the past couple of weeks.
    the bass fishing has been ok, don’t expect loads on every general trip but were seeing the odd good fish here and there along with a few smaller ones.
    We have done a few bass trips over the last few weeks with mixed results, some lovely fish have come out. Pictured is Glenn who has done several bass trips over the years. He had a lovely brace of fish in two consecutive casts, the first went 7.8lbs and the next went 8.13lbs! don’t expect this every trip but as this proves it can and does happen.
    There are still numbers or thornbacks in places, many are small fish which we generally find this time of year but some are a good size and the males make good eating.
    We had a bass trip booked last week, unfortunately there had been a storm over night which hadn’t completely cleared by the morning. So we stopped inshore for a couple of hours to let it clear before we headed off. We started well with a few hounds and rays to start the day. Martin hooked a screamer of a hound that fought like a fish twice its weight. It was still a decent hound at just over 10lbs. we had a nice stamp of rays too for the time of year before heading off to catch the flood tide. The first mark started with the odd fish coming through from most parts of the boat. As the tide got going Barry and Lindsey hit a shoal which were taking their baits as fast as I could cast them back out! Another 10 minutes and it was over with just the odd fish coming through again. We made a quick dash to another mark for the rest of the day and this time it was martins turn. He had a bite a cast for most of the rest of the day here. It has to be said that most of his catch were small codling but he started with a few nice bass. He had a couple of bass around the 4lbs mark at the same time with one on each rod. We had a few more rays, some dogfish and a couple of dabs here too. We finished the day off with 21 bass, 8 smooth-hounds, 11 rays, loads of codling, a few dogfish, a couple of dabs and a pouting too. Not too bad following a breezy start to the day.
    Over the coming weeks we’ll be doing a few more bass trips but on the general trips we should see the odd bass mixed in too. The smooth-hounds should still be showing and we hope to find some decent girls amongst them. For the bass I’d try worm and the hounds I’d use crab but as ever squid will pick most things up.
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  • 13/07/2014 Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)

    13 Jul 2014 by Trevor Crawley

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    Hi this is not a report as such but a warning to other skippers about a bad group of anglers the organisers name is ( JIM TAYLOR ) phone number( 07949322341) he gave me the impression that he and is group were very eager but as we were due to sail his group never showed up and wont answer my calls so not only do I loose my days work but also it costs me money for bait that was ordered so please make sure you take a deposit as anglers like this are not worth the effort as it gives other anglers that do want to fish a bad name, again his name is ( JIM TAYLOR 07949322341 ) BE VARY WARY TAKE A DEPOSIT many thanks skipper of the Girl Mandy

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  • 07/2014 Fishing Report by carl porter on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)

    Jul 2014 by carl porter

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    Well June has seen the hounds arrive in force. Catches of 30 plus fish a day are the norm with the average fish size being 6 to 10 lb. So far this year we have had a lot of good double figure fish, lots of 15lbers a fair few in the 16lb bracket, a nice 17lb fish and the biggest of the year so far a cracking 19lb 9oz fish. With july now under way and traditionally our best month for the smoothounds, im expecting great things for the coming month. Usually the numbers of fish landed increases but the average size reduces slightly as the girls pup out. Catches of 70 plus fish in a single tide are not uncommon through july and august.

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  • 06/07/2014 Fishing Report by jon old on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)

    6 Jul 2014 by jon old

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    No wind forcast today didnt believe it for a second but still headed north as been bit slower than i would like it normally this time of year. Had some small people on today nice to see young anglers getting the bug so decided to keep boat in calm waters fishing inside on the 2 mile mark about 9 miles from port on the banks.First fish of the day pictured here was 9 year old Ryan helped by Tony with this nice 7lb smoothy as you can see both water logged from the constant rain on and off most of the day! Another young angler Joel which you can see on the catch photos had his first smoothound and few dabs well done mate. Was hard work the fishing today constant rain made it not great but all the lads peservered well i thought. Ended up with pesky whiting, few flatties for most people and handfull of hounds, only plus was light wind so calm sea! Big thanks to all the lads , happy birthday to Ian wont mention its the big 50! Hope to see you all at some time in the future and leave you with thanking my new relief skipper Craig for helping out!
    All the best. jon. High Flyer

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  • 04/07/2014 Fishing Report by jon old on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)

    4 Jul 2014 by jon old

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    Well today the wind hadnt dropped from yesterday getting fed up of our supposed summer but fortunately today my guests were hardened anglers cant call them proffessional as heads would swell but lets say they know what there doing! As we could get away with a couple of hours as wind with tide i headed out 4 miles to a bass bank armed with every bait known to man still a bit lumpy with white water but perfect for bass. Perfect for smoothounds more like but we wont mention the large one lost by someone called Keith as that would be rude! Was beaten by the weather so tail between legs back inshore was wierd fishing, a very large pouting like on a wreck came in 500 yards off the shore, followed by whiting, more pouting and a sizable codling! Havent a clue dont ask. Finished off with more smoothies the best one pictured here with first time on the Flyer Mick with a nice 10 pounder great fish. Nice to see fish being returned men great to have a bit of conservation minded anglers also appreciate helping to clean up the boat not often done. Pleasure to have you on board looking forward to next one.Big thanks to Derek for organising everyone.
    all the best. Jon. High Flyer,

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  • 03/07/2014 Fishing Report by jon old on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)

    3 Jul 2014 by jon old

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    Today thursday 3rd July weather looking ok and forcast of little wind decided to head out a bit to start the day off with a bit of mackerel bashing. After 3/4 hour steam arrived at our usual bank to find it very hard work no mackerel only few sandeels! Moved around various banks still nothing only small gurnard and more sandeels.Wind started to pick up from nowhere typical so headed in off Winterton to keep everyone comfortable as getting lumpy and already one poor soul down! ended up with few smoothounds pictured here from the famous Canoe man Centre at Wroxham Broads our Kerry with a nice fish on squid cocktail a first timer on the Flyer. Wasnt a fantastic day fish wise small whiting again with flatties and handfull of hounds but thought we done ok with the weather conditions. Ended up the day being beaten by the weed and the waves against tide being too much, but enjoyable all the same, big thanks to Leroy for organising his group, Mark and Kerry from the Canoe Man Wroxham, and birthday boy Andy and Amanda was great to meet you all, look forward to fishing with you all again soon.
    All the best . Jon. High Flyer.

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