Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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22/07/2019
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
22 Jul 2019 by Ray Martin
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Fishing is superb at the moment. Plenty of smoothounds and bass. The Thornback Rays have disappeared at the moment and dogfish numbers have dropped.
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07/2019
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Jul 2019 by Mark Peters
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Been very busy settled weather now finally !
the fishing is good plenty of Bass and Hounds around crab and worm is needed 100%
Phone 07523488290 for availability
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10/06/2019
Fishing Report by Ian Scott
on Plan B (Brightlingsea, Essex)
10 Jun 2019 by Ian Scott
Report on-board Plan B
Another great day out with Sam the skipper putting us on the fish again. Plenty of smooth hounds a few large skate and some reasonable size bass.
Very happy with this beast just getting it ready for a family BBQ. View Boats Page
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07/2019
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jul 2019 by Scott Belbin
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Yet again I have neglected to put a report on here for a while so I thought it was time for a quick update on the fishing here in the blackwater. So far the summer has been kind to us here at mersea island. Although the weather may not have been as settled as last year we have still had loads of nice days and lost very few trips. The smooth-hounds have been in good numbers and size so far this year. Most trips are seeing plenty of hounds with the odd double figure fish thrown in. some trips have seen good numbers of doubles and the biggest that has made it onto the boat so far was 15.10lbs although several others have been close behind and with the numbers of decent fish around there’s plenty of time for the first 20lber to come out.
The bass fishing has been great so far this year, there have been great numbers coming out at times on our general inshore trips with most falling to worm baits or when conditions suit we have been catching several at a time on feathers. We might have a go for them offshore soon and will offer offshore trips for bass until the end of October.
The thorn-backs have thinned out a little now and moved further offshore. We should still see one or two on our general trips and numbers offshore at times but we should see them return in numbers in the late summer early autumn.
There have been a few tope around again this year, they showed early (probably due to the early spring we had) and our first trips saw good numbers of mackerel too. unfortunately the unsettle weather seems to have dispersed the mackerel inshore so we had to source bait from else where on our last trips. We should get another trip or two in before they move off.
We have also seen a few other bits and bobs mixed in such as the odd stingray or gurnard to brighten up our trips. Altogether it seems to be shaping up to be a good summer here in the blackwater.
I have a few dates left over the summer and I am taking bookings for the autumn too. hopefully we will see the summer weather continue long into the autumn and allow us to get offshore and target the bass.
I keep my availability up to date on here along with regular reports on my facebook page and website. For more information please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk find us on facebook under essex sea fishing, subscribe to our youtube channel or call on 07956411528 View Boats Page
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09/06/2019
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
9 Jun 2019 by John Dickens
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Lots of smoothounds about and still a few skate
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26/05/2019
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
26 May 2019 by Ray Martin
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Crazy few weeks of fishing, bass in large numbers along with hounds and skate.
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16/05/2019
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
16 May 2019 by Trevor Crawley
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Hi folks lots of fish around skate hounds and bass Also we have a last minute booking available for Saturday 18th may so come on down and get your tackle wet all the best tight lines
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15/05/2019
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
15 May 2019 by Trevor Crawley
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Sorry for this, just another party that lets us skippers down His name is PETER from south MIMMS coaches he booked a trip on the 30th of April and since then I have been trying to get a deposit sent down bearing in mind it only covers the bait I have never heard so many excuses why it was not paid right up till noon today when he texted to cancel me for this Saturday coming , but as I said before I will name and shame them so his name is Peter from South Mimms coaches phone number ( 07941070796 ) so be aware my fellow skippers don't get shit on from people who are not prepared to either go fishing or give a decent excuse for letting people down .Sorry for the rant but I can bear losing a days work but not loose bait money in the way of a deposit
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05/2019
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
May 2019 by Scott Belbin
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Its been a while since my last report on here so I will try to give an over view of the spring so far from mersea aboard the ‘Galloper’. The early arrival of mild weather meant that the thorn-back rays and dogfish started to move inshore far earlier this year. This was great news for us as we hadn’t seen any codling to speak of so we were greatful of some decent fish to target. The numbers of rays have been steady since then although we have had to work a bit harder at times to find them. This should remind us not to take them for granted as they provide some great sport for us along with a few nice fish for the table too. the rays were joined by the usual dogfish and whiting along with the occasional bass from early in the spring.
We did head offshore when conditions allowed us to, we didnt get off as much as I would have liked to though and cancelled more than went ahead due to strong winds. When we did get offshore there were good numbers of rays, plenty of dogfish and a few spurdogs to be had. We only managed two trips off here while the spurs were about and had a couple of doubles first trip and 11 on the second. The second trip was very busy with bites but we lost at least as many as we landed. We had several multiple hook ups as a pack when through but lost the majority. At one point the lads had 4 fish on and lost all of them under the boat! We couldn’t work out why but the ones we did land had lots of fresh scratch marks on so perhaps they were pre-occupied with mating? Our biggest was just under 15lbs and there were plenty of big females mixed in.
We managed two more days offshore in the beautiful weather at the end of march. This time we planned to mix it up a bit and tried some lure fishing to start each day. we didn’t get our intended quarry but we stumbled across some early bass on one mark and had a dozen the first day. the next day was just as nice so after a couple of hours bait fishing we headed back to find some bass. There we weren’t disappointed and spent over 2 hours bringing bass of all sizes in. there were several in the 3-4lbs range and lots more smaller. The top rods managed 30-50 bass each and we must have had around 150 in total. This is by far the best days bass fishing I have had in march!
This seemed to be a sign of things to come and sure enough over the past few weeks we have seen several bass mixed in with our general trips in shore. Most of these are coming on worm, I like both lug and rag for bass but must admit ragworm can be better for other species. You may even be lucky enough to pick up a bonus stingray. The ragworm along with crab baits will help to pick up smooth-hounds too. this have showed early too this year, we had our first hounds offshore at the start of march and they are in places inshore now. I haven’t seen a double yet this year but it is still early and hopefully the first will come this month.
Prospects look good for the summer as it approaches, with many of the summer species already here we hope to see the arrival of the first tope by the end of this month. i will offer trips for them until july some time and hope that its as good as last year when we had fish up to 55lbs. After that we will concentrate on the smooth-hounds and bass along with offering some offshore bass trips. Some of these trips require certain tides so its best to book as early as you can to avoid disappointment.
I put regular reports on my website and facebook pages along with keeping CBUK as up to date as I can.
For more information please call 07956411528
Or visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk
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05/2019
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
May 2019 by Mark Peters
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Lots of fish about Bass Hounds Skate mackerel and tope just around the corner time to get out it truly is very busy fish wise ! booking in advance is recommended diary gets very busy now see my website and social media for regular reports picures videos and updates on avaliable dates !!
Phone 07523488290
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