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11/06/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
11 Jun 2014 by jon old
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Night Fishing Trip.
Tonight left about 6pm to our bass mark that previously done well for us, armed with every bait known to man expected a good night with conditions near perfect. Water was running well as we time our evening trips around slack water so we get the best fishing up and down. Our first mark produced first bass to Martin around couple of pound,with few smoothies and still those whiting! Young Sam caught another pictured here first one for him ,well done mate. The mark was a bit slow for my liking so moved slightly inshore , produced another bass around 3and half pound again with more smoothies and flatties as the tide eased. Stayed there catching an abundance of smoothies till slack water then decided to move right inshore in the dark. Payed off with a nice little skate, female returned well done lads , also few spotty dogs , more whiting , ended up with over 40 smoothies only kept 2 so very pleased with the conservation minded anglers we have now days. Had a brilliant night lads such a pleasure to be out, flat calm, no wind , and fish coming in , what could be better?
Thanks to all the lads, and also chalkys pizza and kebabs!! Looking forward to the next one.
If you fancy a night session please ring or email, leave about 6pm home usually by midnight, we work around slack being about 9pm so you get the best fishing times, will be looking for soles soon feed at night only generally not caught often during the day. Hope to hear from you soon. Jon. High Flyer.
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11/06/2014
Fishing Report by mark crame
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
11 Jun 2014 by mark crame
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I’d spoken to Jon yesterday to see where he’d been getting the mackerel and updated him after our failure inshore, a short while later he called back to see if I fancied giving him a hand. He’s starting his evening trips again, £45 summer bassing trips on the banks off Yarmouth which were quite popular last year and produced some decent fish. He had a party on tonight and wanted to load up with fresh mackerel and Sandeel and an extra couple of rods would be handy. Well it suited me as I was indecisive about what to do otherwise and with my shifts starting that night an early start and a lunchtime finish would suit perfectly because I couldn't make the evening.
05:15 and my alarm goes off…I’d woken up three times already, being excited! Coffee, a scotch egg and into the car for the short drive to Gorleston. Jon had the gate open and we loaded up, heading straight out to catch the last of the tide. His pet herring gull was fed first.
Both dropping down a twenty-hook commercial trace Jon was straight in with the first mackerel I’ve seen this year. Me? None. He had a couple more straight after and then they disappeared. We tried again with another drift but nothing.
We moved out to deeper, clearer water and dropped down another time. Nothing. Winding up I hit three near the top and Jon followed suit and then they were gone again; Saltwater Species 19 for me this year, 11 to go to hit target!
Further out, try again in 90ft…Jon again but not me, Same rigs, both working them the same, same weights…we had a second rod out each in mid water and nothing on those either. We were seeing marks going through that may have been mackies, may have been herring but nothing was feeding and it was coming up to slack. Conditions were spot on…we tried jigging over a couple of wrecks but still nothing. I stuck out a tope rod with a mackerel flapper on a 6/0…
Another drift and Jon had another mackerel and then the ratchet started to scream on the tope rod…I picked up the rod and could feel something nodding. I tightened up and still line was being peeled out. I didn’t overstretch the drag but was running down towards the backing, Jon came to grab the mackerel rod out of the way and then it went loose; my 50lb braid had parted. It was an area of rough ground and I think the 120z lead snagged in something as the braid is in good condition and I wasn’t giving it any stick as yet. I was gutted. Not so much at losing a good fish as knowing it would have a hook and some line in it for a couple of days.. At least it was only a 6/0 with a small barb and the lead was free-running so it would only be hook and a small bit of line until that was bitten through.
I tied up another trace as we carried on and while Jon found another string of mackerel I failed on them and got another run on the tope rod (my 10-20lb Nano rods with the LD15 lever drags which would be great sport). Again I felt a good banging on the end and the line was peeling off…and again the line scraped something and parted. Not at all pleased. Right, nothing else for it. That rod went away and I grabbed Jeff’s old sharking set-up – a whopping great Penn Senator with about a hundred miles of 50lb mono! I could land a submarine on that!!!
We moved away from the rough ground too; there may have been something good down there but it wasn’t worth risking the snags. We crossed a trough on the drift and headed into shallower water over the banks, down to 11ft in places, and Jon, using a shrimp rig, started to pick up some launce including the largest one I’ve ever seen…he managed to gather sufficient bait without my help :)
Me? Nothing. I just managed those three mackerel, totally outgunned again! And no, no more runs on the flapper. The tide started to run and things went quiet; we’d not loaded the boat but the bait was sorted for the evening trip – which I’ve heard went well with bass and smoothies – and as Jon steamed back to port I did the wash down and wound the traces onto their holders again (all skippers appreciate the help and it does make the ride pass quicker!) leaving everything ready for a session I’d spend the whole of my shift being envious of! Another brilliant day out on the Flyer, can't wait until next time! Glad I don’t have a proper job… View Boats Page
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08/06/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
8 Jun 2014 by Ray Martin
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Another cracking weekends fishing
The mackerel have arrived and are in good numbers, plenty of hounds about but no big ones yet....
We had numerous species, cod,scad,dogs,bass,hounds,pouting,whiting and skate all on the same mark.
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06/2014
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Jun 2014 by brian poppy
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What a great days fishing with some lovely Bass best going 7lb to Andrew with 6 Bass in total today some big Smutts as well and a few other fish fish to make a good mixed bag of fish.
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01/06/2014
Fishing Report by Ron Angel
on Why Worry (Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex)
1 Jun 2014 by Ron Angel
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Had the pleasure of meeting George and his party last weekend. What nice guys to have aboard. Quick learners for guys that don't get to fish too often. It was a special Birthday trip and I hope you all had a good day. Mackerel, Hounds, Roker, a summer Cod and a nice Gurnard came aboard.
Look forward to seeing you guys again. View Boats Page
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01/06/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
1 Jun 2014 by Ray Martin
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What a couple of weeks of superb fishing!
B/hol Monday we braved a fresh nw breeze and went to my favourite skate mark 18 skate and a nice lot of hounds
Had to move when tide turned as it became too uncomfortable so headed for shelter.. Found a shoal of bass and ended up with a great haul. View Boats Page
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02/06/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
2 Jun 2014 by jon old
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Tonight the start of our EVENING trips, wind and tide perfect for bass so armed with fresh rag and lug headed out of Lowestoft to a little mark used before. Tide was racing through to start but thats what the bass like, wasnt long before the first bass came aboard. Lovely little fighters the bass good rod bending action to be had plus the bonus of a fantastic meal at the end. Returned a few small bass ,as well as just on the limit might as well let them grow nice to see a bit of conservation. Few doggies came aboard as the tide eased along with small whiting and flatties. Best fish of the night fell to Rhichard just a shade over 5lb, most of the others average around the 3 and half mark. Ended up keeping 12 bass for the table, was great 3 hours so decided to head in early. Big thanks to Paul, Chalky and Richard shows what you can achieve in a few hours with a bit of experience, appreciate the trip men,
If your interested in a night time trip we normally leave about 6pm return around 11pm , booking is essential as we work around the slack water, costs £45 per person all in, great thing is you can go to work next day and you havent got to watch Eastenders! Leave it with you, all the best. Jon. (High Flyer) View Boats Page
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02/06/2014
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
2 Jun 2014 by Colin De Block
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Making the most of the good weather on Lead Us Sat 31st & Mon 2nd
two excellent days weather saw us heading out to some favoured marks which produced some good fish Sat we had 9 bass to 5lb, 1 cod @ 5.5lb several smoothounds and lots of spotties, Mon 8 bass to 4lb, 3 cod to 5.5lb, 4 thornbacks to 6lb and lots of spotties and smoothounds a good time had by all View Boats Page
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01/06/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
1 Jun 2014 by jon old
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Lovely calm weather today forcast of no wind so headed out to 10 mile bank in search of few bass in these strong tides. Started off with a few feathers as reports of Mackerel off Cromer yesterday tried few banks that always produce for me but waste of time but was worth a go. Had a couple of moves , but water made things impossible. Ended up coming in off Horsey/ Winterton to a mark i use in the summer . First fish nice bass of 46cm, followed by countless flatties of all sizes! Few keepers among them as pictured here with our two young anglers Troy and kyle, few small whiting again along with the doggies not so many today thank god! Few small smoothies aboard all still small waiting for the biggies still, big thanks to Dave and Sandy first time on the Flyer as same for Kyle,Mick,Aurther and Bob, with regulars Will,Troy and Dave Mingay much appreciated men. Ended the day up North beach with some more doggies,small whiting and codling but after 15 mins the weed killed us and we headed home. Thanks for helping washing down lads not often i get a hand its very much appreciated. Thanks for the day will see you all soon. Cheers. Jon. (High Flyer)
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31/05/2014
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
31 May 2014 by jon old
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Very strong tides today so decided to keep inshore in the shallower water, not far off the Yarmouth front in a few holes we found last year. The doggies made a showing most of the day not in huge numbers more of a reasonably steady trickle understandable with the tides strength. Only the one skate today picture here with Shannon nice one just over 7 pounds, did expect a few more made the mistake of moving to another area by carring out the wishes of other anglers on board who fancied a move. Wont happen again skippers know best.! Unfortunately our move cost us dearly and so lost our golden hour down to slack. Ended the day with couple of smoothies ,small whiting and codling and more doggies. Not the greatest of days but with the srong tides and moving about think we were lucky for what we got. Well done to Shannon best performer by far on the day, also to John first time on the Flyer, and the other lads from Mericks party. Big thanks for help with washing down Shannon much appreciated.
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