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12/05/2012
Fishing Report by Nigel Storey
on Sunbeam III (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk)
12 May 2012 by Nigel Storey
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First Mackerel of the season caught Sat 12th May, Sunday lots of them
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12/05/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
12 May 2012 by carl porter
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This weekend the bass came out to play. With an improving forecast right through until Sunday, Saturday saw us on one of the offshore banks with the intention of finding a few bass and they did not disappoint. Although the majority of fish were schoolies there were some bigger fish mixed in. Bait of the day was lug worm for the bass and from here on into the summer when we are looking for bass we will be using a lot of lug. Final tally was about 20 bass with 5 fish retained for the pot. Amongst the rest of the catch were hounds upto 5lb, roker, whiting, doggies and a bucket full of dabs.
Sunday again saw us on the offshore banks but with a different quarry in mind, as our party of anglers wanted to catch roker. Bait today was mainly herring. After a slow start and a move to find a bit more tide, the fish started to come on. slowly at first, but as the tide started to die double and triple hook ups were fairly common. Again we had a few bass on this bank on the worm baits, going a shade over 4lb, Also the ever abundent dogfish and plenty of dabs again putting in a show, with a few more hounds to boot. All said and done the guys took home about 18 roker, biggest was 9lb10oz, with at least 10 more released, a dozen dabs and 4 bass. View Boats Page
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13/05/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
13 May 2012 by Mark Peters
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started of a cracking day sun was shining with plenty of skate and dog fish but the tide was weak and small the tide turned and fishing slowed moved to a new spot got a few more skate and 1 angler nearly lost a rod to a skate LUCKY then towards the end of the trip just dog fish biting total fish count was 16 skate and about 20 doggys each angler took 1 home for dinner the rest wher relased along with the femails grate day
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12/05/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
12 May 2012 by brian poppy
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A last minute booking proved to be a great success for Martin and Steve allthough Steve did not see much of the action,bit squally today with a forcast that was not up to the mark the conditions were far from good with a strong north westerly wind it was a bit rock and roll but after anchoring up on wpt 30, 10 mins later the first rooker of the day came aboard a nice 8 lb male Martin then produced a spotty followed by 2 nice 2/3lb bass i got into another rooker of 5lb then a 2lb whiting followed by a few moor spottys then a typicle uptide bite produced a cod of 4lb the boys decided that they had caught enough fish and we called it a day what a great trip see you all again soon,Brian
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07/05/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
7 May 2012 by carl porter
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big tides and an easterly wind did not help this bank holiday weekend however we managed to get offshore monday with asmall group of regulars bass being our quarry and bass we got 25 in total mostly schoolies but with a few keepers amongst them loads of dabs small hounds and the lovely doggies
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02/05/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
2 May 2012 by Mark Peters
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wether was not grate the wind was up so headed to one of my sheltered marks droped ancor and with in 5 min the first skate come aboard then every 10 min after that throgh out the day skate after skate total catch of the days was 28 thornbacks and of couse a few doggys and whiting and 1 snap of always the one that got away kept 8 fish 1 each for dinner all others released
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21/04/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
21 Apr 2012 by brian poppy
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21/04/2012 First time out for 10 days and we did not get let down plenty of fish to keep every one happy with the first rooker of the season coming in at 12lb and a nice bass of 4lb with plenty of whiting still, a few cod are now starting to show on the spring run smooth hounds and spotty dogs are plenty now, also look out for the tell tale bite of the tope if you havent caught one before get ready for some fun, well done you boys see you all again soon,Brian/Paul.
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22/04/2012
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
22 Apr 2012 by Colin De Block
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out of lowestoft on Lead Us 21/22-04-12
two trips out this weekend with some good fishing on both days saturday after a couple of moves ended up with 15 cod to 5.5lb plenty of whiting and dabs 1 undersize bass the first of the year, sunday fished one mark for 20 cod to 4.5lb plenty of whiting and some good spotties and two happy crews View Boats Page
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21/04/2012
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
21 Apr 2012 by jon old
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Today was spent drifting for herring, the fastest drift of 20 minutes resulted in this catch pictured. Water was coloured ,offshore breeze , perfect morning with the clouds keeping the sun hidden, ideal conditions.We never made slack water as the nets sunk. The sounder was constant fish, the end result was over five boxes of herring and one mackerel! Thanks to the lads , Chalky, Matty, and Andy pictured, and Jeff, nice haul to top up our summer bait for the skate and possibly a bit of smoking for kippers! Thanks men. Jon.
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21/04/2012
Fishing Report by Ron Angel
on Why Worry (Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex)
21 Apr 2012 by Ron Angel
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To be honest today wasn’t planned until Thursday. I had a full boat booking for the guys from Ford Motor Co tomorrow (Sunday) but again, the weather is just not going to let me get the guys Offshore to where I want to take them. I won’t take people’s money to sit them in the River and although they give the weather dropping away throughout the day, the first part of day is going to be not very nice with the wind over the tide so decided to call it off and take them another time.
That meant Saturday could be a goer looking at the forecast.Only one person wanted to join me and Andy and again Dan said he wanted to go.
We were away from the marina at 6am on a flat calm river but by the time we cleared the Whittiker it was a little snotty but not too bad once the tide got going. We ran to the far end of the windfarm and set the hookin 34ft in the hope of a Cod or 2.We waited and we waited. We got a Dogfish and then waited some more. This was bollox and a move was needed. A quick 20 minute dash and we were fishing again. This was better within the first 2 minutes! As I got the food underway Dan and Andy started getting a few Hounds, not big but at 5lb-6lb it was a vast improvement on the last mark. Then the Roker started but only on the Herring baits. It was busy, very busy. Andy stuck to the Squid and carried on getting Hounds. Myself and Dan switched to Herring and managed 28 Roker with some nice doubles amongst them. A good few of the fish were between 9lb and 11lb and they go like stink on the bit we were fishing. The Dogfish and Whiting were present too. Then a surprise, I thought I was into another Roker, albeit a big one….This fish was hanging deep. I started to think it may not be a Roker but 2 hung together. Then I saw it, I thought at first it was a big Hound, as it came closer I then thought it was a small Tope. It went under the boat I was expecting the ‘Bite off’ luckily the hook was in the scissors, Andy slid the net under it,I could now see it wasn’t a Tope, as it came aboard Andy said ‘It’s a Spurdog’ I said you sure? He said yes, then I saw the Spurs!! We got her into the slings and the scales showed 18lb 2oz. excellent result and a fish I haven’t seen in the Thames for a while although they do get them a lot further Offshore but I have never seen one or heard of one where we were today.We let her go. I have to admit for a second, I did think of knocking it on the head but, she was in pup and they are not that common in our area and maybe,just maybe in a couple of years, time if we return them and let them multiply they will be a regular visitor. Who knows? They may even become the ‘New Dogfish’ lol
An excellent day all round and by 3pm we had had enough. We kept 4 Roker and let 24 go. I must be getting soft in my old age… But maybe I just cannot be bothered to skin as many as I used too.
Dan, you’re a great bloke to fish with and I really do enjoy your company. Andy, you again played a blinder and are always there to help. I think we can say that today was another success. Let’s hope there are many more to come this summer. I have to say I am absolutely knackered after that lot but I look forward to next time!! View Boats Page
