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02/12/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
2 Dec 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Hi guys,
well with the absence of Cod we still have to keep going..!! we appreciate all our customers for their unprecedented support.
I know the Thornbacks have been the mainstay of our catches just of late, but now the water temperature is falling fast, it mat still not be to late to see some Cod..!! I did here several boats during the week from the Blackwater had landed 6 between them so who knows may be this might be the start of a little showing..??? we can only hope so.
We will be leaving early tomorrow and get the last 2 hours of ebb tide in and be ready for the first of the flood.... and with all baits firmly on the bottom, all we need is Mr Cod to come along and start feeding..... Sounds simple doesn't it...lol speak to you all soon remember what one of these looks like....!!
Tight lines...!!
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02/12/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
2 Dec 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Hi guys,
well with the absence of Cod we still have to keep going..!! we appreciate all our customers for their unprecedented support.
I know the Thornbacks have been the mainstay of our catches just of late, but now the water temperature is falling fast, it mat still not be to late to see some Cod..!! I did here several boats during the week from the Blackwater had landed 6 between them so who knows may be this might be the start of a little showing..??? we can only hope so.
We will be leaving early tomorrow and get the last 2 hours of ebb tide in and be ready for the first of the flood.... and with all baits firmly on the bottom, all we need is Mr Cod to come along and start feeding..... Sounds simple doesn't it...lol speak to you all soon remember what one of these looks like....!!
Tight lines...!! View Boats Page
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11/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
Nov 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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To the so called professional skipper Matt Barns of the Seiont A if you persist in slagging me of on Facebook i will take matters further and as of this day you are now being monitored and the police are being informed and from there court proceedings will be forthcoming. And if you so wish you can report me to any government department you wish we are fully accounted and if you wish the name of my accountant will be provided but be very careful as people like you should not throw stones in a greenhouse. As for me hiding do you know thats the most stupid thing i have heard my number is 07930526497, you have now made three remarks about me and all three are being collated to form a case for slander perhaps if you stop hiding behind face book and speak to me direct then you will get the facts direct A vessel your size should be reporting in to london vts and you also must have a listening watch via vhf and if you ever get round to reading the back of your vhf / Dsc license any thing you mention to third parties is a broken law of the home office. Again i dont know your number mine is 07930526497 and i dont have facebook as that site is for trolls and losers so the next move is in your court but before you yet again call me a prick of a charter skipper be aware the articles will go direct to the police. Just a foot note, before you put the panels in you were complaining of the lost shrimp being squashed by skate so dont play the poor hard done by owner and call me. I have been working this river before you were ever born so dont quote rules and regs to me as a lot of the time my job was sole fishing with my own commercial vessel many years ago
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19/11/2016
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
19 Nov 2016 by Ray Martin
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Been waiting for expected Autumn cod run, but none so far.
Luckily the Thornback Ray are still in abundance and plenty of whiting and dogfish to keep us busy.
Best Rays are around double figures View Boats Page
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19/11/2016
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
19 Nov 2016 by jon old
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Todays trip first for two weekends due to the bad weather we been having typical for our busiest period! Headed down with the other boats down to the Roads due to south west wind for a bit of shelter as wind against tide to start catching start of the flood . Straight away into whiting as i predicted of all sizes , only different species today was a large pouting sort you get round the summer wrecks and a plump dab both returned. Rest of the day was whiting few nice keepers among them but no cod for anyone today and none for any of the other vessels from speaking to various skippers but one good thing water is turning colder for our cod as no skate or doggies so good sign. Big thanks to Daron who owns Walnut Tree Pub in Deeping St James who organised the trip everyone pictured here , was a brilliant day weather wise , fishing was busy with the constant whiting and of course pub banter. Many thanks guys looking forward to our next one appreciate you making the journey. All the best . Jon (High Flyer)
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11/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
Nov 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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Here we go on putting to sea sat 5th Nov another charter boat called me up to complain about a big red beam trawler going up and down where he was fishing also where we were heading due to to bad weather, i already know of this clown he was shrimp fishing but at the same time killing lots of skate on trying to call the said vessel there was a radio silence on going through several other channels of which he should have been monitoring he still didnt answer not only was he working up where we were sheltering due to severe weather but failing to show what he was doing. We all have to work together in this river but it seams he could not give a toss the boats name is Seiont A run by the Barns family after failing to speak to me via the vhf we asked Vts London were they aware of the trawler they said no i then informed them of his details and also not transmitting a Ais signal i thought that was the point of monitoring our fish stocks not if they dont turn their systems on. Further to this instance i was informed i had been slagged off on farce book or some other such waste of space site where idiots put up remarks if you wish to slag me off do it over the radio or phone i dont hide myself behind stupid sites where people can slander other people off,and one remark made by his son was that i reported him to fisheries this is not the case it was port control who want to be aware of all traffic in the Thames if said vessel persists in slagging me off then i will take matters further
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10/11/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
10 Nov 2016 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
A fortnight can be a long time in fishing and when it looked like the cod were on their way it seems to have stalled. There are a few around but we are still waiting for the main run to start, the water temperature is still around 12-13 degrees and needs to fall further before the cod will come into the Estuaries.
Inshore
There are good numbers of Thornbacks of all sizes showing, best baits are herring and mackerel but if you want to try for a cod then stick to lug and squid.
There are some cracking whiting starting to show with plenty of fish around 1 lb mark, best baits are lug, squid and mackerel.
There are a few codling along the shoreline at Jaywick and down to Walton pier, these codling will soon be joined by more fish as the water temperature drops, best baits are squid and lug.
The Rivers are fishing well for whiting, odd codling and thornbacks, these fish will stay in the rivers for a few more weeks.
Offshore
There are plenty of thornbacks of all sizes showing with some fish over 12 lb reported, these fish will stay with us most of the winter unless it gets really cold and then they will move further offshore and stop feeding.
There are odd better cod showing, plenty of whiting and a few dogfish.
Prospects are excellent, once the cod turn up in numbers they should be with us all winter.
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10/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Oct 2016 by brian poppy
Report on-board Cleveland Princess
Had a few Herring Yesterday then went after some Rooker we only found Two the best going 8lb there are so many Whiting feeding at the moment its hard work going for other species,with this cold air coming down from the north and the sea temperature dropping away i am sure it will bring the better fish inside for us to have a go at,only3 weeks ago we had 3 Cod at the weekend the best coming in at 7lb.plus a nice 4lb Bass,BP.
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10/2016
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
Oct 2016 by brian poppy
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Had a few Herring Yesterday then went after some Rooker we only found Two the best going 8lb there are so many Whiting feeding at the moment its hard work going for other species,with this cold air coming down from the north and the sea temperature dropping away i am sure it will bring the better fish inside for us to have a go at,only two weeks ago we had 3 Cod at the weekend the best coming in at 7lb.BP.
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07/11/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
7 Nov 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
What a weekend…. Cold, Windy, raining, lovely combination..!
The fishing was incredibly hard since Friday, but the boys fished on in true blue fashion..
It did help that while fishing on Friday, there were three professional charter boats out, and all in the same location, give or take a few hundred yards between us … Chris Mole on Enterprise, Phil White on Chinook-II, and me and Nicola on our boat Vanishing Point-2. When a red trawler from West Mersea trawled right down Chris’s line, turned slightly North and went down the port side of Enterprise, then turned to the Southwest and towed right across the front of our boat Vanishing Point-2, the worked his way across to Phil White’s boat Chinook-II…. What a total idiot..!!! not satisfied he has the whole of the Estuary to tow around, but no…!!! he has seen a few charter boats fishing the same area for a day or two, and is obvious we are catching a few fish, so he takes the easy option that after we have found the fish, he will take what he can, and scare what’s left so we had no chance of catching any more once he came through and decimated the area….. Pratt.
Well after that, we on the Vanishing Point-2 steamed East to a spot where we know it’s not possible for the trawlers to tow through, as it is quite rocky and old flag stones have been dumped, so would smash their gear up….!!! While we realise we all have to make a living, but you have to temper that with respect for one and another, I mean we would not dream of dropping our anchor in front of a man trawling on his tow line, and we think these cowboy trawler skipper should not feel they can ride rough shot over everyone else, like we don’t matter…. Well it does, we are trying to make a living too… but there are many highly respectable trawler skippers out there, as usual it is the small minority that give the rest a bad name, but we know the good ones and are happy to work with them…
Well, we did back among the fish on the fish on Friday afternoon, and got a few more, nice Thornback’s to double figures.
Saturday was a tough day for just about everyone, it was like a light switch had been thrown, the fish just seemed to turn off…?? We caught just one Roker, plenty of Whiting dogs and stuff, and ended back in the river near the radio Caroline vessel looking for one or two more Roker, but alas, the tide died, the boat headed into the 24 mph Northerly wind, with only Whiting coming in… and not many at this Point, I said to Mark ..”think it’s time to go” so all agreed we fired the engines and we were on our way, but the guys never complained, they could see we tried everything in the book to catch them fish, but I think due to the sudden 2 degree drop in water temperature the fish as they always do switch off…!
We didn’t go on Sunday, we could have done, but after some consultation with the group with even smaller tides, increasing winds against the tide and no real chance of getting off-shore, we all agreed to try another day… we believe… “ JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DON’T MEAN YOU SHOULD…!!!”
Well we will be out tomorrow Tuesday 8th, with the wind forecast to be dropping to 8 mph Westerly we will be out trying to find the fish once again, and hoping that idiot form West Mersea don’t decide to hunt us down and ruin our fishing once again…!!!
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