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10/2019
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Oct 2019 by Mark Peters
Report on-board DAWN TIDE II
Well what can i say been a very busy summer for Dawn Tide II Charters i am really great-full for all your custom glad to see many returning anglers and groups along with the new guys too.
Fishing has been great this season!!
plenty of lovely size Bass around this year and very good numbers too worm was the best bait by far followed by the lures.
The hound fishing was bonkers at times average fish 8-10lb putting up a good scrap in the shallows plenty of double figure fish being boated most trips too!
The skate are back in huge numbers again been around all year as usual but moved back closer in again now.
Been good tope fishing about this year again lost plenty to the unsuspected angler with the wrong traces on even lost 2 rods over the stern as they ripped of with the squid baits again unprepared anglers but did boat a few in the end the run started alot earlier this year with lots of pups about now so looking good for the future.
Mackerel fishing has been up and down some weeks stacks of them others nothing but when they where in filling boxes was easy.
Had a handfull of offshore plaice and turbot trips booked in but the whether and tides didn't line up for us to make the distance but reports of good fishing out there always next time!
Well now we are just living in hope that them COD turn up this year you never know but i will say the only way to catch one is to get out and try !! Thanks again everyone see you all soon
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09/2019
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Sep 2019 by Scott Belbin
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although there are still a few summer fish around most have moved off now and the best of the summer fish have gone. We had a great summer here on the blackwater with good numbers of bass and smooth-hounds. often these fish were close to home which maximised our fishing time and minimised cancellations. With the one bass per angler regulations there were often times when the lads could stop of bass on the way out or way in and concentrate on the hounds and general fishing for the rest of the day. fishing for hounds in shallow water is one of my favourites and many of our anglers look forwards to their arrival each year. We had good numbers of double figure fish through out most of the summer. there were often fish mid doubles but we couldn’t seem to get over 17.2lbs as the big girls always seemed to get away. luckily for us they tend to show for one last set of tides before moving off and we got amongst them.
One of the days Dave had ended up hiring the boat by himself. Dave has just got back into sea angling and is very keen to learn. He has picked up loads over the last few months and with the boat to himself could build his confidence in casting ect. We had to work hard to avoid the weed which come loose from further up river and on the mud flats as it started to die off. We moved a couple of times and found a nice clear mark with a few fish. he lost a nice size bass just short of the net and was re-casting when his other rod nearly left the boat! After a good scrap he soon had a new PB smooth-hound and the biggest of the year on board the ‘Galloper’. It was a fine fish of 22.13lbs which went very well in little more than 4ft of water! We had a few more bass and hounds that day but nothing to match this fish.
The majority of the hounds have moved off now, there are still a few small ones mixed in with our general trips. These are mostly producing thorn-back rays, dogfish and whiting with the odd hound or bass mixed in. further offshore we will still see better numbers of bass and I still have a few spaces on the banks in October. I also have plenty of space up until Christmas and into next year I cant promise any cod but I can promise you will have more chance of catching one if you wet a line than if you stay at home.
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20/09/2019
Fishing Report by Ian Scott
on Plan B (Brightlingsea, Essex)
20 Sep 2019 by Ian Scott
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Another nice bass, had quite a few this trip, everyone on the boat had a keeper and plenty of smaller one for a good days sport.
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16/09/2019
Fishing Report by Ian Scott
on Plan B (Brightlingsea, Essex)
16 Sep 2019 by Ian Scott
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Last of the hounds for this year.
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09/2019
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
Sep 2019 by Trevor Crawley
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Hi just a few lines to say goodbye we are now leaving cbuk many thanks for all your custom ladies children and of course the men it has been a great pleasure over the last 40/50 years. But i had high hopes of my son Matt taking over but hes not really interested and has moved to Stowmarket, so after some deep thought we will be winding down over the next 12 to 14 months but our own website Girl mandy charters will still be running with the help of tony our admin owner i have had a good run but my health is now starting to be a pain along with the early starts and long days plus only having my wife and daughter Jennifer helping with paint ups and any other maintenance work which has been a godsend since Matt went up to Stowmarket.I will keep going until it stops me so please keep looking on our own site for any info and pictures once again thank you all very very much but alas its time to go all the best and tight lines cheers Trev
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14/09/2019
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
14 Sep 2019 by Ray Martin
Report on-board PLAN B
Been a while since I posted a report.
Boat suffered a starter motor breakdown and lost a couple of weekends as a result.
Back out last weekend and found plenty of bass, Thornback Rays and smoothounds. Also a few whiting have appeared.
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09/2019
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
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03/09/2019
Fishing Report by stuart belbin
on Razorbill 3 (West Mersea, Essex)
3 Sep 2019 by stuart belbin
Report on-board Razorbill 3
Hi Well it's been a long time since I put a report on here but I thought a review of the summer fishing would make a good report, After a poor winter fishing season the spring arrived and yes we were fishing for Thornbacks with good numbers of fish up to 16lb then when the weather warmed up we started to see good numbers of Bass , there were lots of fish from 30 to 40cm and a good number fish over 42 cm and at least the anglers could keep a fish each unlike last year when it was catch and release, but that's another story, So with the late spring Bass and Thornback fishing, the better weather arrived and so did the Smoothounds with good numbers of double figure fish caught up to22lb, So fishing was close inshore with good mixed bags of Bass, Smoothounds and Thornback rays , Oh yes, there might have been a number of Dogfish as well..... well you can't have everything. I have downloaded the best pictures of the fishing over the spring and summer.
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08/2019
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Aug 2019 by Scott Belbin
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summer 2019 keeps marching on, as I write it doesn’t look much like summer out side my window but we will be back out fishing again very soon. Our run of good weather may have come to an end but the good fishing has continued. The larger hounds moved further afield towards to end of last month. There is still some good fishing to be had within the sheltered areas but the direction of wind and size of the tide need to be right to make it worth while. We have snuck a few days in when these work in our favour and of course the weather has been pleasant on several days in between. when we have got out we have found some nice mixed fishing. the average size of smooth-hound has been down on the earlier part of the year but there are still good numbers and a few double figure fish showing among them. The thorn-back rays have been showing in numbers too. these are a smaller stamp of fish than we tend to see in the spring or autumn but there are still a few better fish in there and they will be bigger as time goes on. We are still seeing plenty of bass on most trips. The lads have had some lovely chunky fish and sometimes in very shallow water. The other day we were fishing in such shallow clear water I could see the anchor! Its hard to beat catching a 3-4lb bass on light gear in water like this. Watching them dart around all over the place as they have nowhere else to go. The bass should hang around until the end of October in places and I have offered some offshore bass trips up accordingly. Hopefully we are due an Indian summer. The highlight of last month for me was a ‘nearly’ fish. this area isn’t known for its variety of species, I have seen several on the boat over the years (we’re up to 32 on CBUK) so something different is always nice. I got a surprise when we were packing up the other day. I was hauling the anchor and the last few lads were winding in when Dave’s reached the surface and there was a red mullet hanging off of his 4/0 hook! Although these fish show regularly in nets in the autumn around here its not what we were expecting while fishing for hounds. I shut the capstan down and darted for the net but as dave lifted it in it fell off, sat on the surface a few moments then swam off.
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24/07/2019
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
24 Jul 2019 by John Dickens
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Out yesaday hounds bass one or two dogs and a common sting ray also a few whiting already .
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