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06/08/2011
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
6 Aug 2011 by Scott Belbin
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i thought i'd put in a quick update on how the summers going from west mersea so far. to be honest the tope fishing throughout june and july was near enough non-existant but i few fish showed to remind us what great sport fish they are.however the bass fishing this year has more than made up for it. After a good start in the spring we have seen good numbers of bass on many days this summer. our general fishing has been better than last summer with good numbers of thornbacks in places and some numbers of bigger smoothounds starting to show over the past few weeks. as with the rest of the country we have suffered from the poor weather this summer. although we can often find shelter, it often means we cant get off to where the fish are on that day. with a break in the weather last weekend we managed to get a days bass fishing in offshore.despite conditions not being perfect it was a pleasure to be out as the last couple of offshore trips had to be changed to inshore trips due to the wind. as usual we fished the last of the ebb with three bass around the 2-3lbs mark to show for our efforts before the tide died. we then re-psitioned the boat ready for the flood. there was a fair breeze blowing which held us off the bank for the first 45minutes but once the tide got up we were on the mark and saw our first couple of bass for the flood. we fished here untill about 12.30 when after a busy hour we had totalled 18 bass to with most in the 2-4lbs range and a couple of undersized fish. the fishing slowed so we moved to our next mark which was 6-7 miles closer to home. here we anchored with the hope of a mixed bag including some bigger bass and we werent disapionted. the first fish was another bass which was just under size and it wasnt long before we had our first thornback of the day. we fished here for another couple of hours before we had to head for home. by the time we had finished we had a nice mixed bag to add to the 18 bass, dogfish and weaver fish we had caught in the morning. the lads had managed 10 thornbacks with a couple pushing doubles, 12 more bass around the same stamp as earlyer. we had a smooth-hound about 5lbs and a sole and of course several dogfish too. we also managed 2 codling shortly before we left which was good to see. several other boats have caught some too over the last week. thats a great sign for the coming cod season! after last years poor show it seems that those little ones we were catching in the spring are returning with a bit of added wieght.
over the next month or so we should see good numbers of smooth-hounds, bass should be good especially if we can get offshore for another crack at them the thornbacks will start to move back inshore in a few weeks time and sometime in september we should see the first run of codling. keep an eye on the 'last minute bookings' as we get the odd drop out although we are fully booked untill october at the minute. for more information,available dates and a weekly fishing update please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or phone 07956411528
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23/07/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
23 Jul 2011 by Ray Martin
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Lost another weekend due to strong winds, but got out last weekend, still a lot more wind than predicted but got amongst the fish again..
Biggest hound 11.7 well done Dan..
Lots of mackerel and the bass proved a bit elusive .. View Boats Page
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11/07/2011
Fishing Report by robert matthews
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
11 Jul 2011 by robert matthews
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Went out with phil on the 11 july had a lovely days fishing the weather was perfect the compeny was good and phil put us on a good mark with tope bass and roker a good day was had by one and all thanks phil.
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03/07/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
3 Jul 2011 by Ray Martin
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What a week of fishing.. Last Sunday saw us down at the Knock John tower doing a bit of hound bashing and my crew managed to loose the best hound any of us had ever seen.. To be fair I was netting a good bass at the time and the net could not be in two places at once.. believe it or not his hook snapped - the fish was a 25-30lb hound.. He is still crying about it..
Wednesday we tried again and caught in the region of 200 mackerel about 50 hounds up to 9lb and not a single bass and today Sunday 3rd July we hit the jackpot..
Started with a bass of around 7lb followed by dozens of hounds and the odd dog, more bass to 7lb were taken and then we spotted gulls working along a distant bank.. a variety of lures, baits and feathers resulted in well over 100 bass. View Boats Page
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30/06/2011
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
30 Jun 2011 by dave savage
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a fine day to be out on the water took a party out from the bar monico on canvey the boss and sons all had a great day with hounds to 12lb plenty of mackerel and a few bass to top off the day and a personal best hound for ross see photo
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11/06/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
11 Jun 2011 by Ray Martin
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Been so busy havent had a chance to update..
The fishing has been very good, however the weather has been unkind.
We managed a trip down the river on Friday with a fishing club group. They bagged around 40-50 hounds most around the 5-7lb mark best tipping the scales at 10.6 also 6 bass to 5lb and a few skate and loads of dogs.
Saturday proved a slower day, with plenty of dogs, no bass about 10-15 hounds and only 1 skate. The weather turned nasty later in the day and maybe the sudden drop in temperature effected the fishing. View Boats Page
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06/2011
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
Jun 2011 by dave savage
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had another good day out with some of the lads from canvey sea angling club we tried for hounds first fishing hermits and peeler and ended up with 19 to 12 andhalf pound then tried another mark for a few bass and they had 7 keepers and 2 roker all in all not a bad days sport well done guys
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06/06/2011
Fishing Report by andy donaldson
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
6 Jun 2011 by andy donaldson
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went out with dave again today..............weather was rotten but fishing was great lots of hounds on the boat plus skate and bass ....well done dave .......cheers andy
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22/04/2011
Fishing Report by Mark Burman
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
22 Apr 2011 by Mark Burman
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After 15 years absent from sea fishing, I was worried that I wouldn't remember what to do. I didn't need to worry as the Skipper (Phil) supported me in every way. I didn't need to ask him to help he was at my side when I needed advice on how, where and when to catch the fish. We had a great day's fishing, caught every fish that Phil had mentioned. Phil is an excellent tutor, enjoys his work very much and I would recommend him to novices and experienced fishermen alike. I can't wait to go again.
Mark Burman
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27/05/2011
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
27 May 2011 by Scott Belbin
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The fishing from Mersea has been great over the past few weeks. At first we had a good run of bass which we are still catching. These fish were schoolie sized fish and most falling to worm baits. The first trip we saw them we had 16 bass with a lot of keepers and the biggest falling to lee Johnson with a fish of 7.2lbs. the next week saw a fair bit of wind and we only got out on the Friday and could venture too far. However we still found a few thornbacks. We totalled 13 for the day with a couple of doubles and plenty of dogs to keep us busy. The next three days were too windy so we weren’t out. The next week the tides were just right for the bass so we tried again with 54 bass to 5lbs on the first day and 53 on the second. We have also seen a few soles mixed in where we are using worm baits. However this is only occasionally but they must be pretty hungry to take a 4/0 hook!
The next week saw another low pressure and more wind, however this time it was in the west so we had loads of shelter. We had hire rods out each day and managed 15 thornbacks on the Saturday and 11 on the Sunday with a few other odds and sods mixed in too. The next week we had some fine weather again, we were in search of a mixed bag with the hopes of the first double figure hound of the season. We didn’t find the big hound and had just 7 up to 5-6lbs. We did find a few bass in the morning which kept us busy for a couple of hours. We had around 50-60 schoolies up to about 2.8lbs with most of them under sized. It was great fun though with the feathers taking 3 at a time and red gills pulling them out too.
the next few weeks we will turn our attension to the tope on some trips and on others we should find good numbers of thornbacks and smoothounds aswell as bass mixed in here and there.
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