Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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21/10/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
21 Oct 2012 by Mark Peters
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3 erd week in october
thornback fishing is still strong alot more bigger ones showing cod fishing is picking up nicely avarage around 6lb had a 9lb cod saturday we saw 2 nice size hounds this weekend about 8 lb and bigest skate was 11lb 10 0z plentey of whiting and dogfish too fishing is good latley
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06/10/2012
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Lady Grace (Brightlingsea, Essex)
6 Oct 2012 by Scott Belbin
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I had my first winter beginners fishing trip booked this weekend. I wouldnt usually take bookings quite yet as sometimes the codling can be slow coming in but I had heard of few being caught and was persuaded by the person wanting to go fishing, Daniel Cooper, to take my first booking this early in the season. He specifically wanted to go on 6th October as it was his girlfriend, Hannah's, birthday on the Friday and he booked it as a surprise as she had always wanted to go fishing. He hired the whole boat for 3hours. Saturday morning arrived and the pouring rain in the night had eased to light drizzle. By the time I had got my boat in ready and set the rods up it had dried out and the sun emerged through the clouds as we headed out through the moorings. Hannah was so excited. It was so different from their normal lifestyle of living in London. They are both medical students working towards becoming doctors next year which will then take a further 5-7 years to qualify as a doctor in the area they choose to specialise in. Hannah hopes to become an accident and emergency hospital doctor whereas Daniel is keen to be a physciatric doctor. On the way out the tide was down far enough I could show Hannah the wading birds, something I take for granted but she hasnt seen before. As we dropped the anchored and cast out waiting eagerly for our first fish we admired the view. Its not often I get a chance to stop and look at the beauty around me and really appreciate it, Im always on the go and never seem to stop. The view was breath-taking as we looked back on Mersea. Mersea seems to have its own weather system, above our heads was cloudy but Mersea was clear blue cloudless skies, but as the morning progressed the clouds disappeared above us as well. We started catching a few whiting which really pleased Hannah and Daniel as they had arrived later than expected and this limited their fishing time which always puts pressure on you as a skipper as it also limits their chances of catching anything. While we sat waiting and hoping for a codling the seal popped his head up in the distance which made Hannah's day, she wanted to see more of the seal and as we sat fishing the seal got closer and closer which really pleased her. After this we had a couple of nice plate sized whiting which Hannah and Daniel were keen to take home for their dinner so watched eagerly as I measured to make sure they were big enough to keep which fortunately they were. Unfortunately Mr Cod didnt come to play before it was time to haul the anchor but that didnt matter to Hannah and Daniel as they had enjoyed being out in the fresh country air with the glorious sunshine beaming down on them while out on a boat in the River Blackwater. When they left they were aiming for the Company Shed for a spot of lunch but before they had lunch there was something Daniel had planned to do. They headed off to the beach that they had ben looking back on from the boat earlier and Daniel proposed to Hannah and she said 'yes'. So it was a celebration lunch in the Company Shed for them and I had an email from Daniel later to thank me for helping them kick the day off so nicely. It is so nice to think I played a part in their special day of engagement, Daniel had told me he had looked at hiring so many different boats around the coast so to think he chose mine is a real credit to Lady Grace.
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07/10/2012
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Lady Grace (Brightlingsea, Essex)
7 Oct 2012 by Scott Belbin
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I was disappointed we hadnt caught a cod yesterday so I headed out early Sunday morning on my own for a few hours, no cod but I was extremely pleased to catch a sized bass this late in the season in the River so my bass made up for no cod. Maybe on my next trip the cod will come out to play.
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13/10/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
13 Oct 2012 by Mark Peters
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second week of october
this week we have seen plenty of thornbacks plenty of whiting doggys few small bass and some very nice COD seeing codling every trip now new boat will be ready in couple of weeks very big deck ready for cod season View Boats Page
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08/10/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
8 Oct 2012 by Mark Peters
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Reports and pictures will be updated soon the cod are in and my new boat will be ready in a couple of weeks 32ft south cat ready for the season
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07/10/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
7 Oct 2012 by carl porter
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Challenging fishing this weekend, but we still managed to winkle a few out. Sat produced Roker,whiting the ever present dogfish and codling to a little over 6lb. Sunday was much the same story with similar fishing and codling upto 7lb 4oz. The weather was perfect this weeknd which allowed us to get to the offshore cod grounds and although there are a few showing it is still a bit early for our run of cod. However if this is a sign of things to come with the fish being in the 6 to 7lb range, we could be in for a good winter season
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02/10/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
2 Oct 2012 by Mark Peters
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September
Thornback fishing has picked up very well seeing plenty every trip along with the odd codling here and there plenty of whiting and dogfish cod fishing will be under way very soon got plenty of pictures to upload just haven't had time due to investing in a new bigger better boat will upload soon
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24/09/2012
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
24 Sep 2012 by chris Mole
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coming to the end of september and the smoothounds are leaving us but the cod are just starting to show
with some smaller ones inshore and better stamp of fish ofshore, still some nice bass coming out and thornbacks increasing in numbers as are the whiting ,got good signs for a good cod season lets wait and see, tight lines chris . View Boats Page
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22/09/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
22 Sep 2012 by carl porter
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well forecast for today was spot on, shite this morning and improving as the day progressed. 0645 and the crew for the day turned up, a tad earlier than expected but not a problem. Kettle on, tea made and off the moorings by 0700. Just under an hour later we set the pick in a fairly brisk F4-5 NE wind, in 30ft of muddy coloured water.
15 minutes of being tossed around and the first of the target species graced our deck. A roker, all be it a little on the small side, so back over the side it went. Fishing was patchy down to low tide, but the fish were there.
As the flood started we picked up more fish, again in little runs of a couple of fish then nothing for half hour, then another couple would come on etc.
So ended the day, final tally 22 roker, 15 of which the guys kept, 20 or so doggies which i didnt think was too bad, thankfully. The fish came on both squid and herring today, worms were mauled by the whiting and dogs. All in a pretty good day and the guys that were on the boat were a good laugh especially portugese tony ( Absolutely cuckoo). View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Hard Labour
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 15/03/2025 del x 4View details Sun 23/03/2025 J Banks x 3 Clayton x 2View details Sat 12/04/2025 Del x 3 Mike Goodwin x 2View details Fri 18/04/2025 Marc x4View details Sun 20/04/2025 Clayton x 2 ian Starmer x 2 Graham BaylissView details Sat 03/05/2025 Del x 3 Mike Goodwin x 2 ian Starmer x 2View details Sat 07/06/2025 Del x 3 Mike Goodwin x 2 ian Starmer x2View details Sun 06/07/2025 Del x 3 Mike Goodwin x2 ian StarmerView details Sun 13/07/2025 J Banks x 3 Clayton x 2 ian Starmer Graham BaylissView details Sat 09/08/2025 Del x 3 Mike Goodwin x 2 ian Starmer x 2View details -
15/09/2012
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
15 Sep 2012 by Ray Martin
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Not great tides this weekend- could only do single tides. Fished up river mark for a couple of hours but only had a skate and few dogs and whiting so moved down river and had a nice lot of hounds to 6.5 lb and small bass. Ended up with a reasonable amount of fish given the length of time fishing, as usual fresh peeler and hermit were the killer baits .
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