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03/03/2013
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
3 Mar 2013 by brian poppy
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Had a look today on the s/holm area plenty of Whiting but no Dabs or Cod loads of Herring in the water ran off the pinnys had a go for an early Rooker with fresh Herring as bait but its still a bit early for them we are hearing that the commercial lining boats are working some 30 miles off with poor results so it dose not give us much of a chance inside the 12 mile but never mind we have seen this all before i still think we will get a spring run the back end of March,hope you enjoy the fish Tony/Harrison will keep you posted,Brian.
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16/02/2013
Fishing Report by Warren Baker
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
16 Feb 2013 by Warren Baker
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Jon Old (Skipper) really tried hard to get us fish in the boat. He certainly wasn't shy on using his diesel to move us where the fish should be (no bites, we power on), nor shy on hot drinks and biscuits, a true gent who made everyone welcome. A few Whiting were caught (Jon even gave me a Dab he landed). Nothing was spared, brand new hooks from the word go. Jon is the third Skipper I've left the Gt Y harbour with, and he is the one I will be going with next time.
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17/02/2013
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
17 Feb 2013 by jon old
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Sunday started very foggy, vis down to 30 feet, bit dodgey for netting so headed the far side of Corton Bank away from boat traffic, shot away only an hour before slack only 2 nets as fog still about. Waited till slack was nearly done as herring rise as this point then quick pull in over the stern which i never do! Resulted in nice lovely big herring as used 2&quarter mesh, 3 boxes in 2 nets not bad! Anchored up in the roads and caught whitting again as we took the fish out and back in for lunch. Lovely little jolly very enjoyable, plenty of skate bait for next month.
Thanks to Dave and James pictured here, if you fancy a herring netting session please email me, can organize a dedicated trip for your party, and hopefully you all go home with a carrier bag full each. We work around the tide so timing is crucial, or for more info ring me on the mobile. View Boats Page
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16/02/2013
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
16 Feb 2013 by jon old
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Headed out today steamed out to 12 mile bank, taking in 2 wreck drifts on the way. No fish at all on either wreck very dissapointing! Just lost leads! As the tide picked up it proved difficult to hold bottom, so beaten back to 8 mile sands, where we still struggled for fish. Only whitting and couple of flats today, lots of decent marks on the sounder, no cod biting today. Plenty of bait fish jumping around us, my thoughts turned to possible spawning weeks where fish go off the feed , no explanation for lack of fish as sounder was full at times?Radio traffic info was that all boats were struggling today.
Thanks to Adrian pictured here,first time out, also Tony,Steve,Paul,Jim ,Dave,Warren,James and Dave appreciate you coming out,we tried really hard,moved 4 times, lets hope we get a spring run. View Boats Page
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19/02/2013
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
19 Feb 2013 by Mark Peters
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febuary
the weather has alowed us to get out finaly and we found the codling around 4-5 lb ther still plenty about was slow at times but still found plenty.the rokar are slowly comming out too on tuesday while fishing for cod 1 angler thought he had a skate on but when it broke the surface it was no skate it was a giant 7.5 lb lobster it was honestly huge the fishing seems to be picking up trip after trip now
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19/02/2013
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
19 Feb 2013 by Colin De Block
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out of lowestoft on Lead Us feb 19th
headed out on yet another foggy morning to the south holm with fish coming from the off the fog cleared within the hour leaving a clear blue sky and a spring like temperature the fish continued throughout the day good sized whiting with the odd dab thrown in for good measure decided to call it a day at 15.30 when the fog had returned and visabilty was down to 50m. ending the day 50+ good whiting and half a dozen nice dabs a good time had by all View Boats Page
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16/02/2013
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
16 Feb 2013 by brian poppy
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This report covers 3 days fishing very poor results with only Whitings and Dabs showing there are so many herring in the water it seems the cod are not interested in the baits that we are putting down,we shot our herring net to get some fresh fish baits it was only in the water for a max 10mins and we had 8 stone not bad if you like them,Saturday the herring were jumping out of the water all around us thankyou all lets hope we get a spring run,Brian.
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16/02/2013
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Lady Grace (Brightlingsea, Essex)
16 Feb 2013 by Scott Belbin
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Today I was out on a fishing trip with Robbie who usually goes with Scott but as he was bringing his step son Michael they thought they would come out on Lady Grace for a few hours instead along with mum, Claire, who also goes with Scott too. As we headed out we couldnt have asked for a calmer day, it was like a sheet of glass. The sun struggled but failed to break through the clouds all day but neither the less it was a lovely mild day for fishing. While we were steaming out Robbie warned me he was trying out a 'special rig' which involved threading a slice of cork above the hook to work along the same principal as a pop-up like they use in carp fishing. Robbie said he was trying this rig out on my boat because he knew Scott would just laugh at him, especially if he didn't catch anything. Claire, Michael and I didn't seem convinced with his 'special rig' and had a little chuckle to ourselves on the way out. We headed out for the start of the flood and dropped anchor at our fishing spot. Now usually I would only be fishing out a mile or two in the River so it would only take about 20-30 minutes steaming before we anchored up but today we went further, we travelled for an hour before anchoring up. The reason for this is because there are alot of reports from the fishermen of the River being plagued with herring which is not something we caTotch on rod and line but because they are so thick under the water we struggle to fish for the codling. The herring will swim into your line and this will imitate bites so you are forever reeling in to check your bait which doesn't give the codling a chance to get on the hook. So I anchored further afield to avoid the herring. As we cast out waiting patiently seals popped their heads up around us on the boat. Not a good sign because if you do get a codling on then these seals will munch your catch up before you have time to reel it in, leaving you with just a codling head as your trophy. The seals seemed to be enjoying themselves, laying on their backs floating along the surface of the water, just chilling out. I left Robbie to his own devices with his special rig and concentrated on baiting and casting Claire and Michael's rods. Claire caught the first fish, a small whiting but the first couple of hours there seemed to be a tremendous amount of tide boaring past us, carrying nice clumps of weed which worked their way down our lines for us to build us muscles up on as we reeled in. As the tide eased back it was time for us to head home but since the fishing was much more comfortable we had a group vote and stayed out another hour. While I held my rod in my hand watching Michael's rod eagerly hoping to catch him a codling I felt a nod nod on my rod, finally, I leapt up with excitment and Mr cod nod nodded all the way in. I got Michael to reel in and I put fresh bait on his hook and cast him back out and did the same with Claire and not long after Michael was into a codling. His face was bright red from the struggle it was putting up but he was certainly enjoying himself. We got Michael's codling aboard and cast out hoping for a couple more but not long after we had to go in as time had flown past us and it was the end of our trip. There seemed to be a few funnels in the clouds form then disappear throughout the day and there seemed to be one following as we motored in, this one didn't disappear, it looked quite a powerful formation and you could see the swirling in the clouds above the funnel, but the funnel wasn't extending long enough for me to have any cause for concern but it was fasnating for Michael to see it form. As we headed home we discussed how sucessful Robbie's special rig had been. The scores on the doors were; Michael and I with 1 codling each, Claire with a whiting and Robbie nil. I think you can guess our conclusion on that rig.
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11/02/2013
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
11 Feb 2013 by chris Mole
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mid febuary and still catching good numbers of cod mainly 2-4lbs with catches between 20-50 fish
a day and just a few skate showing, not the sprats or herring about that we had last spring to bring the fish up in the water so march and april should see skate and cod improving in numbers
so signs are great for the spring fishery, tight lines chris View Boats Page
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09/02/2013
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
9 Feb 2013 by Colin De Block
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out of lowestoft on Lead Us sat 9th feb
headed out early on a lovely still morning up to corton catching the last couple of hours of the flood with some really good whiting coming from the off and until slack water things looked promising until the ebb started with whiting coming in through the first hour then things went dead with just the odd fish coming things did pick up a little as the tide eased with a few more whiting and a couple of cod. ending up with approx 50 whiting and 2 cod to 2.5lb View Boats Page
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