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18/07/2021
Fishing Report by Richard Green
on Bluedawn (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
18 Jul 2021 by Richard Green
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Great days fishing yesterday with a good sprinkling of sea Bass to 5.5lb and plenty of large common and starry smoothounds, catching on Squid and mackeral, thoroughly enjoyable fish were fedding as soon as we got to the marks and stayed feeding throughout the whole day
don.t forget to book if you are looking for a trip spaces are filling fast, look forward to seeing you and hopefully let you share a bit of the action
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06/2021
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
Jun 2021 by John Dickens
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I hi there folks as weathers got better more bass and smooth hounds we had another small conger eel that's 2 this year still a few dogs about odd skate mackerel just tired up we will be trying for tope this month had a small one last week .
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02/06/2021
Fishing Report by Sam Thornton
on Plan B (Brightlingsea, Essex)
2 Jun 2021 by Sam Thornton
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another great day out loads is quality fish.
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29/05/2021
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
29 May 2021 by Colin De Block
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A quick update from Lead Us charters covering the last three trips , the fishing has been excellent at the moment with plenty of quality fish coming aboard with a good mixture of Hounds , Rays , Cod , Doggies and Whiting keeping us extremely busy at times. A nice Thornback at 11lbs
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05/2021
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
May 2021 by Scott Belbin
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Although I never rule anything out with sea fishing, it is safe to say our spring season on the spurdogs is now over. Due to the lockdown from Christmas onwards we lost a large chunk of our season this year. However the northerly winds throughout April bought the water temperature down and helped keep them here long enough for us to find a few.
To be honest Stacey and I couldn’t resist heading out on our own during the lockdown. We had a lot of work done to the Galloper while we couldn’t operate. Once she was back in the water we wanted to give her a good run to check everything was ok which was a great excuse to head offshore. As well as finding vast amounts of dogfish and a few roker we located the spurs too. Of course Stacey had the biggest at 17.8lbs shortly before we headed home.
Our next trip was with a group of lads from Norfolk, the lads have all fished with me before various times. Some have been off for spurs with me before and others like Tom were one their first trip. Tom told me he would be happy to catch a 2lb spur as that would be his first and therefore a new personnel best. After a good steam out we arrived at our first mark and the lads sent their first baits out. First cast and Tom had a bite, it was fighting better than a dogfish but wasn’t of any size. As luck would have it he had a spurdog on his first cast! It wasn’t much bigger than that 2lb but it was a start. this wasn’t the only spur around either as one or two others started to come out too. Billy was fishing next to Tom and soon pulled in the first double of the day. this was a lovely fish of 16.8lbs in weight. A couple of other double figure spurs followed for Tom, Dean and Steve but Billy must have trodden in something as he was finding the big girls. We had a move in between but billy had a great run of double figure fish starting with one at 16.8lb followed by a 17.6lb, 18.4lb three at 14lb and a 15 before I stopped counting! A couple of packs of big females passed through after which everybody had double figure fish including Joe and Ian. After Toms modest target of just catching his first spur of any size he went on to crown the day off with a cracking fish of 22.6lbs! this was obviously a PB for him but also a new boat record for me on the Galloper beating Stacey’s long standing fish of 21.3lb from back in 2007/2008 some time.
We finished the day off with 37 spurdog, several roker, hounds a few whiting and plenty of dogfish. our next few spur trips didn’t disappoint either. We had to work harder to find them on some day than we did on others but we still found some good fish. one of our regulars Leon Saville has tried a few trips for spurs over the last couple of years without much luck. However his persistence paid off with a lovely double figure fish on his first trip this year. The same day produced some big for all on board including Neon with a mid-double and Dave with a beast that just broke the 20lb mark. The next trip saw Russells crew boat even more Spurs with several more mid doubles up to 18.8lbs.
Our best trip of the year was when all the ducks seemed to line up. The weather was typically snotty on the way out although it settled a bit during the day. our first mark produced very little appart from a few roker but a short more made all the difference and the fish came steadily throughout the rest of the day. As is often the case when there are numbers we had a lot more smaller ‘pack’ spurs but there were no shortage of big girls out there too. At times I was nothing short of carnage as a pack passed through and several fish went banging away down the tide. once again there were lots of mid doubles mixed in and a couple of upper doubles too including two over 19lb for Steve Hill and Stephen Clarke.
After seeing all these big female spurs It was hardly surprising that our next trip produced a lot of tiny pup spurs. I would wager some of these were not long born. despite struggling between adverse weather and tides we did still find some spurdogs and the biggest fell to Ian Hewett at 15lb. we were now getting very late in the season for spurs and we failed to find any one trip. It wasn’t the last we saw of them though as they had one last hurrah and a few found their way closer inshore before migrating for the summer.
Its not only spurs we see on our offshore trips and we have been lucky enough to catch a few hounds and roker each time. We caught one or two of each into double figures too mixed in with the spurs. There have been lots of dogfish and a few whiting as well as a few other species here and there as we try different marks depending on tides and weather. We had a few bass, a codling and a coalfish, a nice brace of pollock and even a spotted ray. This fishing is not for beginners and to be honest I wont take bookings from just anybody for these trips. The fishing can be challenging, the conditions can be tough (we were offshore on days other boats cancelled) and it can be hit and miss. As long as we are allowed to operate as normal this winter I will be running my first spurdog trips from January next year. For now my offshore trips will concentrate on tope and then from July right through to mid-november my offshore trips will be targeting bass. These are better suited to anglers of most abilities although the sea conditions can be a little testing for those without sea legs.
I don’t really have much availability for tope but I can offer plenty of spaces for offshore bass trips over the coming months. Please remember we encourage catch and release but you are allowed 2 bass per angler in line with the current rules.
NEXT SPACES
I have plenty of midweek availability please contact me to discuss midweek dates.
Weekend spaces as follows
05/06/21- offshore trip 1 spaces @ £90pp max 6 anglers
19/06/21-offshore trip 1 space @ £90pp max 6 anglers
04/07/21-3 spaces offshore trip £90pp max 6 anglers
18/07/21-6 spaces offshore trip £90pp max 6 anglers
25/07/21-6 spaces @ £70pp or boat £400 max 6 anglers
Please call me for more information on 07956411528
Stacey is still operating the ‘lady grace’ on a bookings only basis both mid-week and weekends at the
Moment but and is likely to fall under the same restrictions as me. so please call her on 07791859624
Dad (Stuart) has availability on the ‘Razorbill 3’ please call him on 07850234077
COVID-19 UPDATE
We have now had confirmation that the large deck area on Galloper we have some good news. we are able to accommodate up to 8 anglers plus the skipper as of 17/05/21.
This is great news for anybody planning a full boat booking as they can try and keep the cost per person down a bit.
However we are keeping any existing bookings as 6 anglers plus the skipper for now and I will only take bookings for later in the summer on this basis. I would rather leave the date open for now until we are out of the woods with covid. It wasn’t much fun re-arranging things last year and I hope to avoid it this year if I can help it.
If you wish to book a trip with more than 6 people at short notice and the guidelines are still the same then I will gladly take you. View Boats Page
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05/2021
Fishing Report by Richard Green
on Bluedawn (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
May 2021 by Richard Green
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Hi All
Plenty of fish currently showing on known marks with Thornbacks, large Smoothounds, and occasional Bass, now showing up, best bait seems to be crab, squid and all fish baits, please note that Bluedawn won't be available for charter until the 5th June, but from then it will be all systems go so if you fancy a trip, and a good cup of tea or coffee, please don't hesitate to give me a call, to ensure your place and enjoy a great day at sea, with me, View Boats Page
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07/05/2021
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
7 May 2021 by Colin De Block
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It was great to get back out on a fishing charter boat again yesterday, in particular because I was in the company of good friends both serving and retired RAF. Originally we had Colin De Block's boat Lead Us booked for Sunday, but after looking at the weekend weather forecast and having a cancellation for yesterday, boat skipper Colin prudently decided to alter the booking!
To avoid excess traffic disruption, the road bridge that crosses over the harbour entrance at Lowestoft only opens at set times and it meant an early start for all of us to catch the 7am opening. Once through the bridge, we led a small flotilla of catamaran support and transfer vessels out into the open sea, where Colin turned Lead Us to the north towards his first chosen mark.
After a relatively short passage in a calm sea, with the sun risen nicely in the sky, Colin slowed the boat to find a single-crewed Warrior 16 sat exactly where he wanted to anchor! As Colin anchored Lead Us a safe separation distance to the east, the guy on the Warrior brought aboard a succession of whiting and dogs and appeared to be struggling to keep up with baiting up the three rods he was using, so things were looking promising!
As soon as the boat was nicely settled on the anchor, Colin gave the all clear for lines down. I've been struggling with a bad back, so instead of going flat out for smaller fish in competition mode, I decided to fish just one rod with bigger baits, to try and hook up with something decent and have a relaxing day. Everyone else was using two rods and soon the inevitable dogs, some decent whiting and small hounds started to come aboard. Meanwhile, I tied a Cox and Rawle 5/0 onto a span of 40lb fluorocarbon line, put on a whole large hermit crab (courtesy of Matt Overton of Sukat Fisheries), chucked it across and into the tide, then sat down on my box to relax my back!
Colin soon had the kettle on and took the order for teas or coffees, then passed round the first of many cups, that were most welcome throughout the day. Our group was one short due to one that couldn't make it due to the date change (shame about that Scotty!), so Colin came out of his cabin to fish next to me. He cast a two hook rig uptide and soon his rod was bouncing away with a dog on the worm baited top hook and a small hound on the other peeler baited hook. I was struggling on the hermit baited rig though, missing bouncing hound bites completely, or dropping hounds on the retrieve. But I persisted with the same method, hoping for the one lunker fish that would make my day.
Eventually the tide run died away and Colin decided to move out to a deeper mark that would hopefully offer us some more run. His new boat is a lot faster than the previous Lead Us and we were soon fishing on the new mark, where Colin fired up the cooker to warm up the first batch of sausage rolls for his hungry customers! I had managed just one dogfish on the first mark, that had managed to get its greedy jaws round a whole hermit! But unfortunately the larger fish didn't come out to play for me on the second mark either and the big baits went largely untouched. Although a smattering of dogs, whiting and small hounds continued to come aboard for my mates around the boat.
All too soon the tide run died again and Colin announced a final move inshore again to catch the run after slack water. Once anchored, I changed tactics to a standard up and over clipped shore rig, with a Kamasan B940S and Chinu 2/0 pennell. Once baited with a peeler crab and hermit tail cocktail, I clipped the rig and cast it away from the boat. The result was almost instantaneous, with a half decent hound tripping the lead downtide and after a brief struggle, lifted aboard. Significantly, the hound was hooked neatly on the upper Chinu, with the rest of the bait hanging outside the mouth. A quick wrap of the same bait with crab elastic and the rig was launched to the same area, where a repeat process resulted in another hound of similar size, again hooked on the Chinu. Next cast soon resulted in a dreaded dogfish which destroyed the crab cocktail, so my thoughts of catching hound after hound on the same bait were not realised!
Everyone around the boat was catching, with Wiggy at the back of the boat catching a decent hound of over 8lb, amongst the stream of dogs and whiting. Daz was doing well too at starboard cabin boy position, bringing a couple of 8lb plus hounds to the net, as he edged closer to his target of ten hounds for the day. Nige and his brother Steve were also catching plenty of fish, so it was all most enjoyable. Colin was busy with the kettle and sausage roll production line, so I was watching his rod tip, which was directly in my line of sight. I was calling out bite after bite for him, but he was suffering from my earlier woes, missing bites and losing fish. Then I had a relatively gentle bite on my rod and hooked into a really feisty hound, that gave a good account of itself, taking line against the drag. The way it fought, I could have sworn it was the first double of the day, but was a bit disappointed when it only took the scales round to 8.5lb.
Daz reached his target of ten hounds, then Colin called lines up at 15:10, so we could get back in to catch the next bridge opening at 16:00. His rod had been gently knocking and as he went to pull in, it was obvious there was something decent pulling back on the end. After a short but lively battle, I was on successful netting duty as a cracking 12lb plus female hound surfaced, which was a new PB for Colin. So a perfect end to a really nice day's fishing.
If you fancy a good day out with a hard working skipper on a decent boat, I can highly recommend a trip with Colin and Lead Us charters. View Boats Page
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07/05/2021
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
7 May 2021 by Colin De Block
Report on-board Lead Us
It was great to get back out on a fishing charter boat again yesterday, in particular because I was in the company of good friends both serving and retired RAF. Originally we had Colin De Block's boat Lead Us booked for Sunday, but after looking at the weekend weather forecast and having a cancellation for yesterday, boat skipper Colin prudently decided to alter the booking!
To avoid excess traffic disruption, the road bridge that crosses over the harbour entrance at Lowestoft only opens at set times and it meant an early start for all of us to catch the 7am opening. Once through the bridge, we led a small flotilla of catamaran support and transfer vessels out into the open sea, where Colin turned Lead Us to the north towards his first chosen mark.
After a relatively short passage in a calm sea, with the sun risen nicely in the sky, Colin slowed the boat to find a single-crewed Warrior 16 sat exactly where he wanted to anchor! As Colin anchored Lead Us a safe separation distance to the east, the guy on the Warrior brought aboard a succession of whiting and dogs and appeared to be struggling to keep up with baiting up the three rods he was using, so things were looking promising!
As soon as the boat was nicely settled on the anchor, Colin gave the all clear for lines down. I've been struggling with a bad back, so instead of going flat out for smaller fish in competition mode, I decided to fish just one rod with bigger baits, to try and hook up with something decent and have a relaxing day. Everyone else was using two rods and soon the inevitable dogs, some decent whiting and small hounds started to come aboard. Meanwhile, I tied a Cox and Rawle 5/0 onto a span of 40lb fluorocarbon line, put on a whole large hermit crab (courtesy of Matt Overton of Sukat Fisheries), chucked it across and into the tide, then sat down on my box to relax my back!
Colin soon had the kettle on and took the order for teas or coffees, then passed round the first of many cups, that were most welcome throughout the day. Our group was one short due to one that couldn't make it due to the date change (shame about that Scotty!), so Colin came out of his cabin to fish next to me. He cast a two hook rig uptide and soon his rod was bouncing away with a dog on the worm baited top hook and a small hound on the other peeler baited hook. I was struggling on the hermit baited rig though, missing bouncing hound bites completely, or dropping hounds on the retrieve. But I persisted with the same method, hoping for the one lunker fish that would make my day.
Eventually the tide run died away and Colin decided to move out to a deeper mark that would hopefully offer us some more run. His new boat is a lot faster than the previous Lead Us and we were soon fishing on the new mark, where Colin fired up the cooker to warm up the first batch of sausage rolls for his hungry customers! I had managed just one dogfish on the first mark, that had managed to get its greedy jaws round a whole hermit! But unfortunately the larger fish didn't come out to play for me on the second mark either and the big baits went largely untouched. Although a smattering of dogs, whiting and small hounds continued to come aboard for my mates around the boat.
All too soon the tide run died again and Colin announced a final move inshore again to catch the run after slack water. Once anchored, I changed tactics to a standard up and over clipped shore rig, with a Kamasan B940S and Chinu 2/0 pennell. Once baited with a peeler crab and hermit tail cocktail, I clipped the rig and cast it away from the boat. The result was almost instantaneous, with a half decent hound tripping the lead downtide and after a brief struggle, lifted aboard. Significantly, the hound was hooked neatly on the upper Chinu, with the rest of the bait hanging outside the mouth. A quick wrap of the same bait with crab elastic and the rig was launched to the same area, where a repeat process resulted in another hound of similar size, again hooked on the Chinu. Next cast soon resulted in a dreaded dogfish which destroyed the crab cocktail, so my thoughts of catching hound after hound on the same bait were not realised!
Everyone around the boat was catching, with Wiggy at the back of the boat catching a decent hound of over 8lb, amongst the stream of dogs and whiting. Daz was doing well too at starboard cabin boy position, bringing a couple of 8lb plus hounds to the net, as he edged closer to his target of ten hounds for the day. Nige and his brother Steve were also catching plenty of fish, so it was all most enjoyable. Colin was busy with the kettle and sausage roll production line, so I was watching his rod tip, which was directly in my line of sight. I was calling out bite after bite for him, but he was suffering from my earlier woes, missing bites and losing fish. Then I had a relatively gentle bite on my rod and hooked into a really feisty hound, that gave a good account of itself, taking line against the drag. The way it fought, I could have sworn it was the first double of the day, but was a bit disappointed when it only took the scales round to 8.5lb.
Daz reached his target of ten hounds, then Colin called lines up at 15:10, so we could get back in to catch the next bridge opening at 16:00. His rod had been gently knocking and as he went to pull in, it was obvious there was something decent pulling back on the end. After a short but lively battle, I was on successful netting duty as a cracking 12lb plus female hound surfaced, which was a new PB for Colin. So a perfect end to a really nice day's fishing.
If you fancy a good day out with a hard working skipper on a decent boat, I can highly recommend a trip with Colin and Lead Us charters. View Boats Page
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07/05/2021
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
7 May 2021 by Colin De Block
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A great day chasing the hounds for the boys from the RAF and a PB for myself out of Lowestoft on Lead Us.
We fished three different marks which all produced fish the last being the most productive, fresh peeler crab being the most productive bait 30+ being landed and a lot lost , plenty of them were in the 6 to 8.5lb bracket and a PB for myself at 12lb
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24/04/2021
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
24 Apr 2021 by Colin De Block
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Beginners luck for Ian on Lead Us a new boat record 24-04-21
What an introduction to angling for Ian first cast bang straight into this lovely 12lb Blonde Ray a PB for him and a new boat record. Well done Ian View Boats Page
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