Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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05/10/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
5 Oct 2010 by stuart belbin
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Fishing over the weekend was slow with WHITING and DOGFISH the main catch but there are reports of some boats landing COD up to 8lb offshore and numbers of CODLING inshore, The small tides made fishing for THORNBACKS slow , If you anchored on a patch with some on you would get them. With bigger tides this week i think we will see some more THOPRNBACKS caught, These tides should help with the COD fishing as they will move up on to there winter feeding grounds,
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02/10/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
2 Oct 2010 by Ray Martin
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At last the wind has eased off..
Plenty of whiting (nice big ones) and tons of LSD's (Doggies).
I have heard of the first codling in the river .. but have not seen any myself yet..
Caught a nice lot of good skate today, best one 10lb 2oz. View Boats Page
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27/09/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
27 Sep 2010 by stuart belbin
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The weather was against us again last week, with only one trip out it's hard to say how the fishing is, We are starting to get some good numbers of larg WHITING, DOGFISH, DAB'S and i am glad to say most boats are starting to see one or two CODLING, As the tides drop away i think we will see more (if the weather let's us get out) over the next few weeks,
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19/09/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
19 Sep 2010 by Ray Martin
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Another quick update on the recent fishing..
Bit of a mixed bag last few trips.. Dogfish have shown up in large numbers, we are catching about 30 per trip. The hounds have gone, the whiting have started showing and the bass are still about but only a few larger ones the majority are small bait robbers.
Skate are bit thin on the ground, but the ones that are caught are all larger ones.
Cod should show any time now.. cannot wait.
Here's my mate on a nice skate.. just under 10lb..
The wind was blowing hard NW but we hid behind a large sandbank and enjoyed the sunshine and flat calm conditions.. this is the beauty of the Thames Estuary. View Boats Page
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30/08/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
30 Aug 2010 by Ray Martin
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Got a few minutes to spare - so time for a quick update on the fishing.
Had a patchy spell last month - August is always a bit quiet. Still managed a nice lot of good bass and hounds.
Had a competition on a wet and windy Friday a couple of weeks ago we had a good mix of fish, bass, hounds, tope, whiting, dogs, pouting and an eel. The following day we struggled to get a bite.. thats fishing !
Plenty of school bass about .. with the odd bigger one if you persevere.
The hounds are disappearing now and the cod will start to show any time soon, the big bass should be about and with the large set of tides this weekend I am expecting a return of the rod benders.. View Boats Page
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18/08/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
18 Aug 2010 by stuart belbin
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With fine weather first stop was to find some MACKEREL then off to the mark to fish, As soon as the anchor was in we were in to fish, First fish was a THORNBACK, Three anglers hired the boat and landed 16 THORNBACKS to 12 lb ,
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12/08/2010
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
12 Aug 2010 by stuart belbin
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Wednesday 12 august;
Bright sunny day and light winds, First stop was to get some MACKEREL as bait ( and for the BBQ later) The first mark we stopped at was not full of fish, in fact we had one bite. So off we went to a deadcert mark.......... well it should have been a deadcert!!! Off we went again, Third time lucky. As soon as the baits were in we started to get bites, DOGFISH to start then the first of a dozen THORNBACKS and some SMOOTHOUNDS, View Boats Page
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22/07/2010
Fishing Report by G Derham
on Eastern Promise 2 (West Mersea, Essex)
22 Jul 2010 by G Derham
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Fished with Derek on 22/7/10 moved 3 times and once again he found the fish. We ended up with a mixed bag, including Bass to 10 pound plus, Thornbacks to 10 pound, Smoothounds, Doggies, a Surprise Cod for July, Mackerel, Pout and whiting The afternoon more than made up for the slow start in the morning. Several fish kept for the pot. A 10 pound 3oz Bass ended up whole on a birthday BBQ another Bass and several doggies went in a smoker. (The smoked doggie was very popular!!!) Another great day out and 7 happy anglers. Thanks Derek. Note In spite of quality rag and hermits onboard the Bass all took fresh Mackerel or whole frozen squid. Smoothounds fell to fresh mackerel or squid. You never can be sure what Bait to use.
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12/07/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
12 Jul 2010 by Ray Martin
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Just a quick update as I am always far too busy to get these done!
Fishing over past month has been superb. Most days we are getting 20-30 hounds mostly around the 5-8lb mark and bass of around 2-3lb.
The last two trips have produced larger bass (due to a change of tactics and trying various baits)... Bass like some wierd combinations!
I have tried to avoid catching Roker (thornback ray) but they still keep coming... They will take anything it seems, Rag and squid cocktail is their favourite at the moment (meant for bass) .. they all seem to be about the same size (about 7LB).
The weed seems to be thining out now, so we should be able to fish the closer marks, so fingers crossed the big bass should start to show from now on... View Boats Page
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10/07/2010
Fishing Report by Martin Hawkins
on Sophie Lea (Brightlingsea, Essex)
10 Jul 2010 by Martin Hawkins
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Thanks to Lee for an excellent day on Saturday.
Excellent weather, flat calm (for most of the day), and some great sport with Smoothhounds to 11.5lb, Tope to 1lb !
As soon as the fishing died after slack tide Lee moved us on to the fish again, with 4 Bass including one for the barbecue.
Al the bike is pictured with one of his smoothies and wearing his best pants.
Martin Hawkins View Boats Page
