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05/2022
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
May 2022 by Ray Martin
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Fishing has gone crazy with hounds and bass
Plenty of double figure hounds all coming on crab .
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19/05/2022
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
19 May 2022 by jon old
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Just to update you had few nice smoothounds show up mixed in with some thornbacks weather been keeping in the eastern quarter alot so still slightly colder water for the time of year. hoping to see a spurt in numbers shortly as they do, not alot on the bass front for us at present they all seem to be hugging the beach and not on the banks but that will change. Got a few tope days with places here on website dont miss out as only can fish certain tides for them. High flyer had a revamp last week so dont wear your stilletoses on my newly painted deck!!! You can use the new toilet if you can figure it out. Looking forward to seeing you soon the weather can only get better. Fingers crossed.
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05/2022
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
May 2022 by Mark Peters
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Quick report
Theres Plenty bass about now !!
Most fish between 2-4lb some better ones here & there among them these are Good eating size & good sport they keep everyones rods busy!!
There Better hounds numbers & size wise showing now
First tope have been report locally
& the lures will kick off soon
Diary is busy not much availability but give me a shout with the dates you are after & we can sort something out
Thanks everyone
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09/05/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
9 May 2022 by Scott Belbin
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Our general trips are keeping us busy at the moment. There is certainly plenty of action out there at the moment with bites one after the other. dogfish are in plague proportions still and there are still unseasonable amounts of whiting and even pouting showing too in places. These keep the rods going in between the other species like thorn-backs and hounds. It makes for some impressive numbers on some groups matches. The Suffolk lads had a busy trip the other day with Andy having the winning catch once again. I cant tell you how many points he scored but I know he was on 99 fish after around 7 hours of fishing. Adam wasn’t far behind him either with another impressive score. Clive had two of the biggest fish with a decent ray around double figures and a hound of over 11lbs too.
The summer species are really moving in now. We have seen a marked increase in numbers of smooth-hounds on our trips. There are lots of small hounds around and they are pretty widespread too. We have also seen some bigger fish in places too. The other day Started off well for Stephen Clarke with a couple of nice double figure hounds in quick succession. We had steady fishing throughout the day on hounds of all sizes, lots of dogfish, whiting and bass too. The biggest hound fell to young Grayson who was out giving his grandad John a much needed fishing lesson. Grayson played the big female hound to the boat like a professional and was a natural at holding them too. I took some pictures and headed off for the weigh sling and scales as Grayson promptly released the fish! we have no accurate weight but she was definitely over 15lbs. Grayson was very happy with his first ever hound although I did remind him that one or two of the other lads on the trip had fished for many years and never had one that big! I have a few spaces on some smooth-hound trips coming up. Including this Saturday 14/05 and an evening trip on 28/05. I can also offer spaces and boat bookings for smooth-hounds throughout the summer if you fancy catching these hard fighting fish.
Please take note, I have listed below my current individual availability until the end of June. As you can see weekend Dates are limited.
I do have availability mid-week for individuals and groups if you fancy a trip out.
Not all dates are advertised, please contact me on 07956411528 to discuss midweek dates.
14/05/22-2 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
21/05/22-1 space @ £100pp offshore trip max 7 anglers
28/05/22- evening trip (16.30-midnight) 4 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
18/06-22-2 spaces @ £100pp offshore trip max 7 anglers
19/06/22-4 spaces @ £100pp offshore trip max 6 anglers
26/06/22-1 space @ £70pp max 7 anglers
Please call me for more information on 07956411528
Dad (Stuart) has availability on the ‘Razorbill 3’ please call him on 07850234077
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06/05/2022
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
6 May 2022 by jon old
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Up to date report nice to see start of smoothounds not in great numbers but that will come. Water temp still needs to climb bring more thornbacks closer in, noticed crab life on the bottom starting to be a nuisance so summers on its way. Plenty of spotty dogs of all sizes and still catching whiting! The wind has been bit testing as late so not really had a chance to nip out for bass but hopefully after next week we will get to have a go. We are out water 9th May to 13th may for usual maintenance antifoul etc so no trips next week still ring me will find you a vessel if i can. Tope trips are filling up dont lose out only got certain tides dont forget . Due to fuel hike now running at £60 a day per person everything supplied or trying to do shorter day midweek £45 to help out with those on a budget. Will keep you all posted what happens this weekend follow us on Facebook under Jon Old or High Flyer Sea Fishing. Until then tight lines people. Cheers Jon.
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05/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
May 2022 by Scott Belbin
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A quick update on our offshore trips so far this year aboard the Galloper. We have been lucky enough to get lots of trips offshore so far this year. Unfortunately many were cancelled or changed to inshore trips due to weather but that is the nature of this kind of trip. We started off well with numbers of spurs and hounds from our very first trips. Although most of the hounds were small to start with they make a welcome change from the whiting and dogfish that eagerly robbed our baits throughout each trip. We had spurs on all but two trips and they varied in size and numbers from trip to trip. I often say that I am relieved when the first spur comes aboard the boat each trip as I know many other local boats don’t catch them at all or have just happened upon one or two here and there. So once the first one is aboard I can breath a sigh of relief. With consistent numbers showing early in the season and seeming to built it was a good reminder not to take them for granted when we had a couple of blanks on them. This is why I call them offshore trips rather than specifically spur trips. thankfully there were smooth-hounds, bass and thorn-back rays off there too to keep us busy. There were several ‘Spurgins’ who joined us this year and broke their ‘spurginity’ aboard the Galloper. Their new personnel bests are something to try and beat next year now. As ever there were lots of big pregnant female spurs showing. The biggest of which fell to Wayne Bennet at 18.8lbs and was one of 30 spurs we had that day. we were kept busy in between with lots of dogfish and whiting as well as a few thorn-back rays and smooth-hounds too.
As I mentioned earlier although it’s great to catch them, its not just about the spur dogs. These trips can produce all sorts of surprises and that’s what keeps it interesting. One set of tides they were off the feed so we had a look around to see what else was about. We tried one of our offshore bass marks and could see loads of fish showing on the fish finder. We only hoped they were feeding. We sent down an array of lures although feathers seemed to be the most productive as it turned out most of the marks were herring. We had several long drifts here and filled two buckets with them. We didn’t just catch herring though as several bass did show as well as some launce, whiting and pouting and least expected were the 15 or so mackerel that were either very early for this year or late for last year! We did manage to get some fish at anchor too towards the end of the day. Dave had a nice sizable bass, a few small smooth-hounds and a roker showed too. Wayne also pulled a spur out on the last cast too. Happily the next time we got off there the spurs were playing ball again. Stephen Clarke started us off nicely with one of 17.8lbs. several more spurs came out as the day went on. Barry Wood stole the lime light that trip though with a lovely blonde ray of 14.8lbs. these are pretty rare off of the Essex coast so it was notable that this was the second blonde Barry has caught aboard the ‘Galloper’ in the last two years. he must be doing something right! This set of tides also produced some more nice bass too. These are always a welcome sight and hopefully a sign of things to come. I am currently arranging and offshore bass trip for this week (06/05) if you fancy joining us please get in touch.
That’s about it for the spur dog trips this year. We will have to look forwards to next years trips. If you fancy joining us then please get in touch and I will put you on the list for next years trips.
As I mentioned I am running an offshore bass trip this week but after that we are looking forwards to the tope fishing for our next run of offshore trips. These are for experienced anglers only and I don’t offer hire rods for this fishing. I only have a few suitable tides left for tope fishing this year. Spaces as follows
21/05/22-2 spaces @ £100pp
23/05/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
25/05/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
18/06/22 2 spaces @ £100pp
19/06/22-4 spaces @ £100pp
22/06/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
05/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
06/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
07/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
18/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
19/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
20/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
22/07/22-7 spaces @ £100pp or full boat hire from £700
23/07/22-4 spaces @ £100pp
Please call Scott on 07956411528 if you fancy an offshore or a general trip
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15/04/2022
Fishing Report by Richard Green
on Bluedawn (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
15 Apr 2022 by Richard Green
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Great Yarmouth fishing great day on Saturday with a great variety of fish, to include Thornback Rays to 6lb,Smoothounds are now starting to show, we also had lots of large Whiting and Spotted dogs, also had our first Sea Bass
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08/04/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
8 Apr 2022 by Scott Belbin
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It looks as though the weather will improve for sunny Essex over the next few days. Fishing has been great of late with the spring run of rays well under way. There have been some big females showing regularly as well as plenty of scrappy males to keep us busy. Chris Bull has caught the biggest so far this season at over 16lbs. The dogfish and whiting have been in biblical proportions with some unseasonably large whiting mixed in. there have been several around 40cm long and the biggest at 43cm (17inches) long. As If large whiting aren’t exciting enough on their own we have still been seeing the odd baby codling too.
Prior to this cold snap things were warming up nicely so we were catching increasing numbers of smooth-hounds and bass on our trips. Worm certainly seemed to help attract the bass and there have been some decent fish coming out already so hopefully this bodes well for the coming weeks and months. Barry Wood had the largest of several bass the other day with a fish of 4.12lbs that made his day.
Over the coming weeks I expect to see plenty of rays on our general trips. Hopefully the short blip in the weather wont affect the Bass and hounds too much. We will see plenty more mixed in on our general trips until all of a sudden they will be here in force marking the start of our summer fishing.
If you fancy getting out aboard the Galloper then please keep your eyes open for spaces that come up. I have a few individual spaces as well as availability for full boat bookings (mainly mid-week) as well as the occasional evening.
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18/03/2022
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
18 Mar 2022 by Ray Martin
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Fishing improving with plenty of Thornback Rays about
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24/03/2022
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
24 Mar 2022 by jon old
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Few thornbacks now showing off the Norfolk coast bit on the small side always are to start nice to see spring making a start now. Spotty dogs coming in as well still getting some decent whiting which seem to be all year round now. Picture today was off Rafal and son Jacob with first thornback and first trip on High Flyer 2.
One issue we have to address is the hike in fuel costs affects all businesses in every aspect so unfortunately us included will be asking £60 everything supplied a trip from April 1st 2022 those who find this difficult we are going to get round this by using our second vessel Seaquest and do a shorter day which might suit some especially with children and ask £45 everything supplied.
Our tope trips will be £75 per head this year everything supplied due to distance /fuel etc.
Looking forward to being of service this year despite the situation lets hope we get less wind this summer for a change!!! Get your date booked in if your coming to visit us saves any disappointment . Many thanks
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