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22/02/2019
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
22 Feb 2019 by brian poppy
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Two half day trips this week only fishing in very shallow water off the ministry had 42 Dabs in the two trip and loads of under sized Whiting,fishing fresh or frozen lug and herring or sprat tip small hooks and small baits dont miss out as these Dabs make lovely eating and with the shortage of Cod these can give you a bit of sport on light gear,call 07771926590 for a trip.BP.
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02/2019
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Feb 2019 by Scott Belbin
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Im sorry for the lack of reports on here lately but to be honest there wasn’t much to shout about around here at the start of the year. After the Christmas period we saw the return of the cold weather and vast amounts of sprats and herring inshore. These combined ruined the inshore fishing for a few weeks. I ventured out a few times with the odd hardy and keen anglers just to see what was about but things were grim in places. We turned our attention to the flatties on a couple of trips and scratched out a few dabs and flounders along with the occasional pin whiting. Thankfully the lads were often happy just to be afloat and still had an enjoyable day. I am pleased to say that with the mild weather over the last couple of weeks and a lot of the sprats having moved out the fishing has greatly improved inshore. The thorn-backs are back on the move and there are some good fish amongst them. We often have some our biggest rays in this early part of the season and so far the biggest has been caught by one of our regulars Martin Ryan, it went 13-14lbs and was returned swiftly (as we do with all of our females). We havnt seen any codling as yet but you will be pleased to know the warmer weather will get the dogfish feeding again. As the bait fish move off we are often left with one or two decent whiting that have fattened up on the sprats. Offshore is much of the same along with a few spurdogs on the right tides.
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I have plenty of spaces over the next few weeks including some this weeked with nice tides and a decent forecast. If you wish to join us or for more information please call 07956411528,
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02/2019
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
Feb 2019 by chris Mole
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Whent in search of some spurdogs this weekend, little early but we managed to find 14 Friday upto 18lb but only manage 2 sunday upto 13lb but plenty of rays to keep us busy,
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This fisherie should improved over the next few weeks but we must sort the correct tides out for this,
Makes for a change of species as the cod fishing is very slow this year.
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18/02/2019
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
18 Feb 2019 by jon old
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Well weird weekend of Feb 16/17th 2019 to be honest the weather was fine bit lumpy sunday to start but no rain at least! Tides were great mid range, perfect water colour and 5.5 degrees on the sounder but all we could manage were few whitting and flatties both days with sunday worst day. No seagulls to speak of and only a couple of seals was bit like a ghost town being the only boat out on Sunday. Got a midweek trip this wednesday 20th few places left will look to go off if weather allows at this rate i will be glad to see some spotty dogs in to keep us busy . As always big thanks to everyone for the weekend good banter as usual i cant afford all these cherry bakewells and mars bars you lot keep eating cos im not keeping you busy reeling in! Will report back midweek with better news hopefully till then tight lines .
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08/02/2019
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
8 Feb 2019 by jon old
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Well been a testing start to febuary coping with the strong winds which only seem to be the weekend and calm during the week! The water temperature has dropped to 5 degrees no excuse now for codling to show. we have had a few small ones nothing worth a picture , still hoping we are going to get a spring codling run soon. The whiting still about odd decent one among them not as prolific as they were but they seem to do that this time of year then return. Dabs making up the sport at slack water of all sizes to be honest i cant wait till return of the spottys and skate wont be long! Wishing my life away again. Going to lose this weekend of 10/11th feb due to the weather bit disappointing but least were safe on dry land. Website up to date with availability or if you have a certain day will try make a trip up for you. Soon as were out again will report back. tight Lines. Jon (High flyer2)
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02/2019
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
Feb 2019 by chris Mole
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well the weather and fishing hasn't been in our favour since Christmas but ive managed a few trips out and manage to find a few fish ,
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lots of sprats about and put the herring net in on occasion to get some bait and a feed for the anglers,
very few whitings now showing also on the small or slack tide a few dabs coming to the smelly baits ,
#most trips consisting of 10/20 thornbacks mainly on herring fresher the better ,
soon be off targeting other species lets hope .
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27/01/2019
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
27 Jan 2019 by jon old
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Nearly end of the month in this new year of 2019 been a bit testing with the weather and lack of cod here on the east coast. We still been relying on the whitting not bothered with any pictures as who wants to see strings of them? Bit of a change with some nice dabs turning up all sizes so been bashing them on the bank on slack water for a change . Have only managed one trip offshore on the 12 mile bank could only manage decent size whitting bit of a disappointment but hoping if this cold stays with us the codling could show shortly and we all be back to normal! Looking forward bookings already gone for weekends right through to december website up to date soon as deposits are paid unfortunately insisting on it from now due to so many letdowns in previous years its become ridiculous. Deposits are fully refundable on bad weather or good excuses not ive had too much to drink the night before and wont bother to turn up, you cant run a business like that. Will be doing some special trips this year keep eye for them, plus secured a deal with local commercial vessel fresh supply of hermits and prawns top quality baits for the smoothies and skate looking forward to spring. Lost this weekend of Sat 26th/Sun27th with 55mph winds so cancelled trips as expected will see if we can get out midweek . Until then leaving you with our gift voucher ideal with birthdays presents etc all available here on website. Tight lines to you all. Jon (High Flyer 2)
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24/01/2019
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
24 Jan 2019 by John Dickens
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Boats of the water now until 1st week of March having annual refit paint new injetors cut less bearing etc. Tight lines .
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14/01/2019
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
14 Jan 2019 by brian poppy
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With the lack of Cod in our area we are concetrating on Dabs and Whiting there seem to be an abundence of these fish this year,some of the Dabs that weve had are a good size and the area that has prodused the most is off Pontins and Red House plus we had one nice plaice last Saturday i am sure there are more of these orange spottys about,with the onset of spring i am sure we will be having a run of Cod around March with the Rooker and Hounds following with the big female Bass soon after so until then,BP.
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05/01/2019
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
5 Jan 2019 by brian poppy
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With the lack of Cod in our area we have been targeting Dabs and some lovely big fish have been showing,these fish are now getting fat and ready to spawn so it wont be long before they run out into deeper water so have a go at them know,the party on Saturday5th had 40 plus,Brian.
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