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02/06/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
2 Jun 2012 by brian poppy
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With a moderate n/east blowing and the forcasters giving 8-10mph i decided to run off to one of my favorate marks and it proved right again with 18 bass on the boat, biggest falling to Keith 3.5lb with Chris a close second with one of 3lb and Mick came a close third and Bev cheering them on,good luck on your next trip to Afgan Mick the rest were all about 1.5lb-2.5lb size we released a few that were near the mark lets hope they dont get caught up in the nets,we only had one 4lb cod today and one s/hound both fish fell to keith fishing with peelers,the bass were taking these straight away well done see you all again soon,Brian
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30/05/2012
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
30 May 2012 by Colin De Block
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out of lowestoft 30/05/12
headed out on what was supposed to be a nice sunny windless day wrong thick fog and a fresh s/easterly breeze, anchored up on a favoured mark and were into fish almost staight away which continued until slack water by which time conditions had taken a turn for the worse and we had to call it a day ending up with 10 cod to 5.5lb, 2 thornbacks, 2 bass,and a few spotties not bad for 4 hours View Boats Page
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30/05/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
30 May 2012 by brian poppy
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Tried an evening trip with Darren got on the mark as the tide started to ebb fishing was a bit slow but we managed 1 hound and 3 nice bass biggest a bit over 3lb they all fell to squid and blacks we were well pleased,Brian.
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30/05/2012
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
30 May 2012 by Scott Belbin
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I know its been a while since my last report on CBUK so I thought I’d best put one in while I have the time. The fishing has been good around Mersea this year with January being one of the best months for cod which surprised many of our anglers as January has a bit of a bad name at times. the fishing continued through February and as we went into march and the sprats moved off we had expected a bumper spring run of cod. however as so often with fishing it surprised us again with a mass of herring moving in through out the east coast. The fish were so thick that they were even giving us false bites as they hit the lines. Most of the cod seemed to be up in the water chasing the herring but thankfully we could still find good numbers of thornbacks in places and it wasn’t too long before the herring started to thin out. Once they left the cod came back on the chew and we are still seeing the odd one mixed in even now. the thornbacks are still showing in steady numbers with an average of 15-30 a day if you target them.
We have had the odd day after bass and seen a few nice fish to boot. There aren’t many anglers who can catch a bass without raising a smile. There’s even been the odd sole mixed in amongst them again with a nice fish of 1.12lbs falling to one of our regulars Steve.
Coming right up to date and last weekend produced some nice fishing. We had a stag party aboard Saturday and the lads behaviour was faultless saving the drinking until the evening so they could enjoy their day afloat. They opted for a late start which is unusual for me but makes no difference. We left at 11.30 and just a short ride out and we were on the thornbacks. We fished until just gone three and I was kept busy casting and re-baiting for them between netting, unhooking and making the odd cup of tea too. Needless to say the trip flew by and they were more than happy with 16 thornbacks and two dogfish.
The next day saw me with a party who jump aboard a couple of times a year. The lads had booked a drifting trip which I do every now and then and by some miracle the conditions were near perfect. A couple of the lads had never caught plaice before nor bad they drift fished so it was a new experience for them. We didn’t fill up but everybody caught plaice and all seemed happy with the 10 we had between the 6 lads. The first couple were only about 5-6inches ling but the rest were a nicer size with the biggest 1.9lbs for Neil. We also saw a couple of launce ,several weavers, a nice dab loads of doggies and a bass. It was nice for me as well as them to be doing something a bit different.
Over the next couple of weeks we will see the first of the tope coming out and hopefully some better numbers of bass too. I keep my last minute bookings and available dates as up-to-date as I can so feel free to take your pick out of them. I will try not to leave it to long before the next report but n the mean time keep an eye on the news page on my website as I update it with reports each week. For further information, available dates and those weekly fishing updates please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk
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29/05/2012
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
29 May 2012 by dave savage
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what a change to get three days out on the bounce in glorious weather the fishing has improved a fair bit in the thames with good mixed bags of hounds roker and bass and the first show of mackerel on sunday looking good at the moment with some large shoals of bait fish showing just waiting for that big spiral of gulls working so we can wet the feathers again
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28/05/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
28 May 2012 by brian poppy
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What a lovely mooring for Jimmy and his mates with plenty of worm bait we ran out to one of our favorate marks it was a bit slow at the start with a 2.1mt tide this was expected then things started to move with some prime cod being landed 11 in total the biggest 9lb, the bass were putting in a show as well 12 today but we put 6 back to get a bit bigger if they can avoid the tramel and set nets that the longshore boys use well done see you all soon,Bp.
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27/05/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
27 May 2012 by brian poppy
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Bit of ground swell when we left the moorings today but the forcast gave decreasing we droped in on wpt 38 with a n/easterly sea coming at us it was a bit rolly but the bass put in a show after 20mins stayed on the same spot all day with fish coming in steady 11 bass in total and 2 nice cod with a few spottys to finish the day for Colin and his mates from Bury,hope you can send the pictures see you all soon, Brian/Paul.
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27/05/2012
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
27 May 2012 by Colin De Block
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out of lowestoft on Lead Us 27/05/12
headed out on a lovely sunny morning with 5 crew on board tried a couple of marks first producing a few spotties and smoothies, second produced 3 cod to 7lb, 1 bass @ 2.75lb a dab and several spotties and smoothies a good day had by all View Boats Page
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25/05/2012
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
25 May 2012 by chris Mole
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spring has been fairly good so far with big numbers of thornbacks fair number of bass
allthough not the bigest of fish, but as the mackrell arrive i am sure we will start seeing more double figger ones, with a sprinkeling of spur dogs and the smoothounds now making
a appearence with one or two tope showing up not bad, makes up for the poor spring run of cod ? View Boats Page
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23/05/2012
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
23 May 2012 by jon old
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Todays trip was first time out after a few days of rough NE winds,headed north today in search of early bass that have been avoiding us lately. Anchored up on the sandbank in 45 ft resulting in a lovely 4lb bass ,few dogfish and whiting, having to move inshore due to increasing winds to a favourite mark that has generally proved itself this time of year. Was very lucky to catch with no visibility a rather large makerel , more smoothhounds and doggies at this mark but again the wind forced us on ending up in the Roads, resulting in a nice thornback ray, more smoothies and doggies, small codling and whiting, no flatfish at all which surprised me. We certainly had our share of species today, many thanks to the lads from Easy Jet especially Matt for organizing the trip, appreciate you making the journey, Rob, Dan,Grant,Ian,Ivan,Billy,Fraiser and Micheal, enjoyed the day was a pl;easure having you all aboard. Hope to see you all soon. Jon.
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