Latest Fishing Reports: East
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24/05/2012
Fishing Report by Peter Everett
on Amino (Shotley, Suffolk)
24 May 2012 by Peter Everett
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What a cracking day!
Regular customers Derek, Graham and Jim needed an early start so at 6am we met at Shotley and headed straight out and all the rods were fishing by 7.30. A Thornback first cast for Graham and a few Dogfish was an encouraging start and the day just got better from there! :-)
The fog burnt off and the sun came out and so did the fish....we ended the day with near on 20 Thornbacks to 11lb, 13 Cod to 8lb, 7 Smoothounds to 14lb, a couple of Whiting and loadsa Dogs. All we needed to complete things was a Bass but unfortunately they didnt show!
If you are group of upto 5 anglers and are looking for a trip on the East Anglian Coast, give me a call...in the meantime, heres the chaps with some of their catch.....
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20/05/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
20 May 2012 by Mark Peters
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20th may headed out for a mixed bag of rays hounds and bass we had some nice live bait crabs rag lug worm and herring wind was picking up as we droped ancor the skate started coming aboard with a few hounds but the wind got stronger and the anglers wanted to head in shore for shelter and in search of some bass as some didnt have ther sea legs on lol we had some small bass along with some more skate and some eels good trip considering the weather
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19/05/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
19 May 2012 by carl porter
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Saturday morning saw us leaving the mooring at the normal time, with an improving forecast the offshore banks and bass being the quarry. After just over an hour and 20 steam, the pick was set and 8 rods were in the drink quick smart. Half an hour passed and nothing but doggies to grace the deck, had we made the right move? 10 mins later and a bass, not big about 1.5 lb, back it went. Over the next hour and half the fishing was slow managing only 3 or 4 bass, 2 keepers biggest about 4 lb. Decision was made by the crew to try a different bank that fished well earlier in the year. Half an hour steam further out we set the pick again. On the way to this mark there were a lot of mid water marks, mackerel? Down went a set of feathers and within seconds a full string. Baited with fresh mackies the guys set about the fishing again. Plenty of fun ensued with Roker playing there part. The worm produced bass but not in the numbers of the last couple of weeks. End of the day there were about 70 or so mackerel, 10 Roker to about 9 lb and 4 keeper bass.
Sunday saw us implementing plan B. Forecast was not promising but we could find a bit of protection with the wind direction as it was. Not a million miles away from the muddy puddle we set the hook in 20 ft and set about it. Now today we had a full 10 on the boat and they fished 2 rods each. The boat looked like a porcupine, but in fairness for the amount of rods that were out, tangles were fairly minimal. we fished the flood with a couple of moves up the bank to follow the fish, thinking what to do (where to hide) on the ebb. The way it turned out we could of gone banging offshore again.the winds eased as the ebb got going and the thought crossed our mind to push out another couple of miles but as the fishing was ok, not fast and furious, but stay we decided to stick it outin the area. At the end of a fairly tricky day where the crew fished hard, they ended up with about 15 Roker a few doggies, a dab, loads of whiting, 2 starfish, 4 Whelks and one sailors Arsehole. Not a bad day considering the forecast. View Boats Page
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05/2012
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
May 2012 by Ray Martin
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I took out a small party to test out different baits and locations .. end result was 6 bass - best one 7.5 lb, 10 skate to 8lb, loads of dogs and pin whiting. Weather was lovely and fishing superb.. looks like we will be in for a great summer..
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19/05/2012
Fishing Report by Peter Everett
on Amino (Shotley, Suffolk)
19 May 2012 by Peter Everett
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Out today with regulars Cliff,Ernie, Michael and Dave and with the forecast looking okay and winds due to drop we headed out. A rough sea state once out at the mark produced a first Thornback for Dave at 10lb, dogfish and odd hound as well as some vomiting and butt clenching for some of the rest of the crew!LOL!
As conditions eased we had a move to another spot which produced very little in the hour we were there so moved offshore to find more tide and colour in the water and this proved successful as the chaps had 10 more (hornbacks to 13lb, Smoothounds to 8lb, Cod to 6lb and more Dogfish! Also lost a couple of decent hounds and Thornies during the afternoon but that's fishing!!
Cracking day chaps, see you again on 2nd June :-) View Boats Page
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19/05/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
19 May 2012 by brian poppy
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Forecast was wrong again today with conditions a bit on the rough side but we managed to get to one of our favorate marks off LT fishing was very slow to begin with two 2/3lb Bertys and a couple of skinny whiting after 4 hours and the presance of a few spottys no Rooker off this mark today,so i decided to shift a bit north and inside the Holm bank not much showing on the sceen and the wind turned again to N/E we droped in to a mark that i havent been to for some time it was a good call we had a nice lot of fish with another 4 Bertys with the best going to Eugene a plump 3.5lb,Peter had a couple of 2/3lb fish off this mark and some nice sized Hounds(good luck with skinning) i had 3 all about the same 2/3lb fish and the last pull in of the day a 4lb Rook,well done you boys see you all again soon,BP.
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14/05/2012
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
14 May 2012 by Ray Martin
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What a cracking weekend,
the hounds have arrived in good numbers - we managed about a dozen on Saturday with the best around 10lb and a nice lot of good skate.
Sunday less hounds but more skate - a nice first double for one very happy angler.
Cannot wait to get out again this coming weekend, the tides are much bigger.. should see some bass and plenty more hounds. View Boats Page
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13/05/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
13 May 2012 by brian poppy
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The grand children have been asking to go for a fishing trip Sunday was looking good so we decided to take all 4 of them,but the wind picked up and made things a bit unplesant for them,the short time we had with them we put to good use they all caught fish which was good the biggest being a 6.5lb cod plenty of dogs and one 5lb rooker lets hope the weather is a bit better next time,Grandad.
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05/2012
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
May 2012 by dave savage
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managed to get two days out on the bounce this weekend yahoo that makes a change with the last six weeks weather a good all round mixed bag few roker and a lot more hounds now with some nice bass to 11lb to put the icing on the cake
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13/05/2012
Fishing Report by Peter Everett
on Amino (Shotley, Suffolk)
13 May 2012 by Peter Everett
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Out today with Steve, Andy, Ed and Graham some of whom had never fished the East coast before.
The weather was kind to start and the fish soon started to show with Codling, Thornbacks and our Dog friends providing the action before Ed hooked into something more lively and our first Smoothound of the season came on board. The weather deteriorated late afternoon and we ended up heading back and in to the river looking for some Bass.
Ended the day with 9 Thornbacks to 13lb (a personal best for Andy, pictured), 4 Smoothounds to 7lb, 4 Codling to 3.5lb loads of dogs, 3 small Bass and some Whiting so was a good day for the species ;-)
Well done chaps, hope to see you again soon... View Boats Page
