Latest Fishing Reports: East
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27/05/2010
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
27 May 2010 by brian poppy
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27/05/2010 what a great day conditions were near perfect we put the pick down about 4mile off town on a mark that somtimes comes up with the goods as you can see the fishing was very good with a good assortment,cod,rooker.bass,whiting,dabs,and a bus load of smothes&dogs, sarah had the biggest cod of the day weighing 7lb,paul&mick had a nice pair of rookers weighing 18lb the two,we finished up with 60lb of gutted fish great company great fishing look forward to seeing you all again,brian/paul.
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05/2010
Fishing Report by Paul Fitch
on She Likes It Rough 2 (Shotley, Suffolk)
May 2010 by Paul Fitch
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Our first wrecking trip for a while mainly due to the baccy weed and excellent ground fishing recently. Today saw five of us push out in search of Cod and Pollock. Some of the wrecks are still not producing but a favourite uncharted wreck did us proud again. Water has improved dramatically with water visibility well over 10m and no sign of the baccy weed. Fishing was outstanding with fish of real good quality coming aboard. The biggest cod of the day fell to David Woolnough with a fine fish of 18lb. Closely followed with a cod of 16lb 8oz for Chris Woods. I got among the fish and landed a cod of 14lb 8oz. Nearly twenty double figure cod were caught today out of a haul of over 80 fish. The rest of the catch was made up of a lot of cod 8lb plus. We did get among the Pollock with fish up to 9lb being caught.
The quantity and quality of the fish we had today I have not seen personally for six years! View Boats Page
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23/05/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
23 May 2010 by Ray Martin
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Took group of quality anglers from Southend out to a distant mark . Weather was fantastic. Bait was fresh peeler and hermits and quickly hounds started to show, not big about 5lb average. after a couple of hours the sport died along with the tide so we moved further down river and tried our luck again, a few small dogs and whiting on feathers meant for mackerel and then a nice 13.5 hound (see picture) arrived. The tide turned and along with it came rafts of weed, so another move to the spot in the shallows where we caught all the skate the previous day (another secret spot - only 4 other boats there already!)
Some nice skate caught up to around 7lb about 6 or 7 until the weed became unbearable, so we opted for a bit of mackerel bashing for the last half hour which resulted in about a dozen.. View Boats Page
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22/05/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
22 May 2010 by Ray Martin
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Saturday 22nd May.
Took a group of total novices out, what they lacked in skill they made up in enthusiasm. The weather was supposed to be hot but it started off very overcast and gray.
We went to a secret lower river mark (only 2 boats already on it!) and got on the hounds straight away..all falling to large hermit baits, strangely none took squid. We had about 10 but as the tide sacked off I decided to move off to deeper water to try to get a few skate. No bites at all, so moved into shallows for first of flood and caught about 15 skate, best one 10lb (all returned to play another day) a few more hounds plus dogs taking the fish baits intended for skate.
Photo's to follow, my camera ran out of memory, only got one picture of a 7lb hound (the best one was 9.5) View Boats Page
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20/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
20 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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The weather was sunny and flat calm, just what we need, after an hour run to the mark the first fish was a BASS of 3lb, another two smaller BASS and we moved,
The first fish was a DOGFISH....... not what we wanted but you can't pick what fish you want to catch, The next fish was a bit better, A COD of 10lb, then another of 16lb 8oz, we only had 6 COD but the smallest was the 10lb,With 10 Bass and some big WHITINGS it wasn't such a bad day! View Boats Page
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19/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
19 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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This was a short afternoon/evening trip with only three anglers so it was an inshore trip, we did get 4 THORNBACKS to 14lb 8oz and two COD of 4lb, WHITING and ..... yes DOGFISH.
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17/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
17 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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Another fine start to the day so a trip to see if we could get some BASS and SMOOTOUNDS. We arrived at the mark just at low water, The fishing was slow and with only one small THORNBACK,Then John had a bite, a fine 6lb 4oz BASS, two other anglers had another two BASS of 4lb and small THORNBACK, Fishing was slow so we moved to another mark, As soon as we cast out we were in to fish, a THORNBACK of 8 1/2lb. Fishing was steady with THORNBACKS and DOGFISH, Total for the day 9 THORNBACKS, 3 BASS, 1 SMOOTHOUND and DOGFISH.
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14/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
14 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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The weather was fine with a S West wind and bright sunshine but the fish had other ideas, The fishing was hard with only 9 THORNBACKS to 10lb 12oz but it was better than work!!!!!
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13/05/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
13 May 2010 by stuart belbin
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It was good to see that the weather was on the change, The wind has been stuck in the N East for two weeks, We can still get out but it restricts where you can go it's just as well that we can still get some good fishing close inshore,
The day started with the wind in the N East about 3/4 and by the end of the day it was in a warmer South and decreased,The fishing was not fast but steady with 18 THORNBACKS to 8 1/2lb around 25 SMOOTHHOUNDS but they were all small ( i would think that the bigger ones are just offshore) and about a MILLION DOGFISH, Well maby not a million but more than enough, It kept the anglers busy all day. View Boats Page
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08/05/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
8 May 2010 by Ray Martin
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Fished Saturday 8th May , poor conditions but keen to get out and give the boat a good run.
went to a mark on the maplin sands and caught skate sporadically during the day, the anglers mostly freshwater carp men all managed at least a skate each, best fish was an 11lb skate with about 10-15 being released to fight another day.
A few doggies and a couple on tiny hounds made the total haul, but considering the weather and lack of experience a good days fishing was had by all.
Ray Martin. View Boats Page
