Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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10/06/2012
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
10 Jun 2012 by Ray Martin
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After another week of diabolical weather we had a small break promised by the met office. For once they got the prediction spot on.. We left at 0600 on a flat calm sunny Sunday morning - Heaven.
The angling party were on their annual competition and expectations were running high as the Thames is fishing brilliant at the moment.. I agreed to keep the scores and at around 0730 the fishing started.. From the off they hit smoothounds and bass, the best one came when the tide slackened and we moved to a small wreck, this weighed in at just under 18lb and was a personal best ever fish for Alan Tidd.
I decided to have a go as I had promised a friend a skate for his tea, I almost immediately caught the second double figure hound of the day.
We had a short play over low water trying to catch bass in the wrecks and had one about 3lb and my first mackerel of the year.. a surprise dab and loads of dogs were also caught. The wind got up as the day went on, so we moved into the shallows for the flood and were rewarded with more hounds and a couple of skate.
The winning angler had 5 hounds and a dog fish. Total hounds caught was 26 , 4 Bass to 5lb , 2 skate, 8 dogs, a dab , 30 whiting and a mackerel.. all in all a great day.
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02/06/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
2 Jun 2012 by carl porter
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With the forecast again not looking promising, we headed offshore in search of bass, hoping to nick the morning out there before conditions forced us from the offshore marks. In a little over an hour from leaving the marina we were fishing and although the seas were choppy, the fish were obliging. As the morning progressed the sea state worsened and at high tide we pulled the pick and punched our way back in through 6 to 8 ft breaking seas, to find some shelter.
We anchored a mark on the mouth of the river and again the fish were biting but only small hounds and the weed was becoming a problem. The decision was made to try something a little different for the last hour rather than tie her up early. so up came the anchor and off we went.
This time we set anchor in about 14ft on a dropping tide, with not a great deal of expectation from the mark, but from the off the bass were feeding. They were not big fish but there was plenty of them and mixed in were some keepers up to 3lb ish.
When we finally settled her on the moorings a good day was had by all, final tally was 40 plus bass, a lot of which came from the final mark, about 12 of which were kept, lots of small hounds to 6.5lb ish from the offshore mark, the ever present lsd, a few dabs and a solitary flounder. View Boats Page
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30/05/2012
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
30 May 2012 by Scott Belbin
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I know its been a while since my last report on CBUK so I thought I’d best put one in while I have the time. The fishing has been good around Mersea this year with January being one of the best months for cod which surprised many of our anglers as January has a bit of a bad name at times. the fishing continued through February and as we went into march and the sprats moved off we had expected a bumper spring run of cod. however as so often with fishing it surprised us again with a mass of herring moving in through out the east coast. The fish were so thick that they were even giving us false bites as they hit the lines. Most of the cod seemed to be up in the water chasing the herring but thankfully we could still find good numbers of thornbacks in places and it wasn’t too long before the herring started to thin out. Once they left the cod came back on the chew and we are still seeing the odd one mixed in even now. the thornbacks are still showing in steady numbers with an average of 15-30 a day if you target them.
We have had the odd day after bass and seen a few nice fish to boot. There aren’t many anglers who can catch a bass without raising a smile. There’s even been the odd sole mixed in amongst them again with a nice fish of 1.12lbs falling to one of our regulars Steve.
Coming right up to date and last weekend produced some nice fishing. We had a stag party aboard Saturday and the lads behaviour was faultless saving the drinking until the evening so they could enjoy their day afloat. They opted for a late start which is unusual for me but makes no difference. We left at 11.30 and just a short ride out and we were on the thornbacks. We fished until just gone three and I was kept busy casting and re-baiting for them between netting, unhooking and making the odd cup of tea too. Needless to say the trip flew by and they were more than happy with 16 thornbacks and two dogfish.
The next day saw me with a party who jump aboard a couple of times a year. The lads had booked a drifting trip which I do every now and then and by some miracle the conditions were near perfect. A couple of the lads had never caught plaice before nor bad they drift fished so it was a new experience for them. We didn’t fill up but everybody caught plaice and all seemed happy with the 10 we had between the 6 lads. The first couple were only about 5-6inches ling but the rest were a nicer size with the biggest 1.9lbs for Neil. We also saw a couple of launce ,several weavers, a nice dab loads of doggies and a bass. It was nice for me as well as them to be doing something a bit different.
Over the next couple of weeks we will see the first of the tope coming out and hopefully some better numbers of bass too. I keep my last minute bookings and available dates as up-to-date as I can so feel free to take your pick out of them. I will try not to leave it to long before the next report but n the mean time keep an eye on the news page on my website as I update it with reports each week. For further information, available dates and those weekly fishing updates please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk
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29/05/2012
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
29 May 2012 by dave savage
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what a change to get three days out on the bounce in glorious weather the fishing has improved a fair bit in the thames with good mixed bags of hounds roker and bass and the first show of mackerel on sunday looking good at the moment with some large shoals of bait fish showing just waiting for that big spiral of gulls working so we can wet the feathers again
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25/05/2012
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
25 May 2012 by chris Mole
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spring has been fairly good so far with big numbers of thornbacks fair number of bass
allthough not the bigest of fish, but as the mackrell arrive i am sure we will start seeing more double figger ones, with a sprinkeling of spur dogs and the smoothounds now making
a appearence with one or two tope showing up not bad, makes up for the poor spring run of cod ? View Boats Page
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20/05/2012
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
20 May 2012 by Mark Peters
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20th may headed out for a mixed bag of rays hounds and bass we had some nice live bait crabs rag lug worm and herring wind was picking up as we droped ancor the skate started coming aboard with a few hounds but the wind got stronger and the anglers wanted to head in shore for shelter and in search of some bass as some didnt have ther sea legs on lol we had some small bass along with some more skate and some eels good trip considering the weather
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19/05/2012
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
19 May 2012 by carl porter
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Saturday morning saw us leaving the mooring at the normal time, with an improving forecast the offshore banks and bass being the quarry. After just over an hour and 20 steam, the pick was set and 8 rods were in the drink quick smart. Half an hour passed and nothing but doggies to grace the deck, had we made the right move? 10 mins later and a bass, not big about 1.5 lb, back it went. Over the next hour and half the fishing was slow managing only 3 or 4 bass, 2 keepers biggest about 4 lb. Decision was made by the crew to try a different bank that fished well earlier in the year. Half an hour steam further out we set the pick again. On the way to this mark there were a lot of mid water marks, mackerel? Down went a set of feathers and within seconds a full string. Baited with fresh mackies the guys set about the fishing again. Plenty of fun ensued with Roker playing there part. The worm produced bass but not in the numbers of the last couple of weeks. End of the day there were about 70 or so mackerel, 10 Roker to about 9 lb and 4 keeper bass.
Sunday saw us implementing plan B. Forecast was not promising but we could find a bit of protection with the wind direction as it was. Not a million miles away from the muddy puddle we set the hook in 20 ft and set about it. Now today we had a full 10 on the boat and they fished 2 rods each. The boat looked like a porcupine, but in fairness for the amount of rods that were out, tangles were fairly minimal. we fished the flood with a couple of moves up the bank to follow the fish, thinking what to do (where to hide) on the ebb. The way it turned out we could of gone banging offshore again.the winds eased as the ebb got going and the thought crossed our mind to push out another couple of miles but as the fishing was ok, not fast and furious, but stay we decided to stick it outin the area. At the end of a fairly tricky day where the crew fished hard, they ended up with about 15 Roker a few doggies, a dab, loads of whiting, 2 starfish, 4 Whelks and one sailors Arsehole. Not a bad day considering the forecast. View Boats Page
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05/2012
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
May 2012 by Ray Martin
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I took out a small party to test out different baits and locations .. end result was 6 bass - best one 7.5 lb, 10 skate to 8lb, loads of dogs and pin whiting. Weather was lovely and fishing superb.. looks like we will be in for a great summer..
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14/05/2012
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
14 May 2012 by Ray Martin
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What a cracking weekend,
the hounds have arrived in good numbers - we managed about a dozen on Saturday with the best around 10lb and a nice lot of good skate.
Sunday less hounds but more skate - a nice first double for one very happy angler.
Cannot wait to get out again this coming weekend, the tides are much bigger.. should see some bass and plenty more hounds. View Boats Page
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05/2012
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
May 2012 by dave savage
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managed to get two days out on the bounce this weekend yahoo that makes a change with the last six weeks weather a good all round mixed bag few roker and a lot more hounds now with some nice bass to 11lb to put the icing on the cake
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