Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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06/03/2018
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
6 Mar 2018 by Trevor Crawley
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After a 4 week lay up with a major refurbish of the engine room and engine boat is back on mooring so lets hope the gods are starting to give as better weather than what we have just been through so till our next report good luck and tight lines
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03/2018
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Mar 2018 by Scott Belbin
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Following on from my last report on here the fishing has been quite good to start off the year here at mersea. The weather has been pretty favourable until this week and we have managed to get most trips in. what we are hatching has varied quite a bit depending on the tides and where we can get to. As many others boats in the area have reported there have been far better numbers of codling than the last couple of seasons. Most trips are producing a few codling and thorn-back rays with 6-12 codling an average sort of trip. Our best trip so far this year has been 23 codling along with a few rays, pouting, a dogfish, a bass and lots of whiting up to 43cm! this cold snap seems to have slowed some of the fish up since then but I would expect it to improve as we approach the end of the season.
The dogfish and thorn-backs don’t tend to like the cold weather much but when we do get a couple of weeks of warmer weather they will soon push into our shallow coastal waters which warm up first. With any luck we will still have codling mixed in too which along with the other bits and bobs makes for some nice spring sport.
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02/2018
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
Feb 2018 by TERRY BATT
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well fishing continues to improve with some nice spring Cod showing on nearly all trips now up to 11-15 per trip on a good day along with the spring appearance of the Thornback Rays up to 13 lbs so although a bit cold out there as you may know on our vessel Vanishing Point-2 the huge wheelhouse is kept to around 68 degrees all day long as we never turn the heating system off while out at sea, so you can either sit outside in the cold.... or watch your rod from the comfort of your seat in the warm inside.....
If you fancy a trip call me on : 07768 30 66 46 a few weekend dates still available (not many) but plenty of mid-week dates still available View Boats Page
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02/2018
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Feb 2018 by Mark Peters
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Hopfully the Spring run is kicking off ! pictured below todays catch the Thames Estuary is back to life don't leave it untill they go take advantage hopfully they hang around a while but the skate numbers are also building too !!
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02/2018
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
Feb 2018 by TERRY BATT
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With some half decent Codling showing up on most trips might be time to get to Bradwell on Sea where it's happening at the moment and have a go...
We have 4 spaces on this coming Thursday 15th Feb so if your interested call me on ... 07768306646 View Boats Page
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09/02/2018
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
9 Feb 2018 by TERRY BATT
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At last we are starting to see a few Codling....!!! not loads but usually 5 to 10 most trips along with some good size Thornback Rays, and some of the biggest Whiting I have seen this season.
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01/2018
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jan 2018 by Scott Belbin
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As im sure you may have gathered by now 2018 has started off well for the blackwater estuary boats. The fishing isn’t exactly ‘on fire’ but it is a vast improvement on what we have seen of late. The rise in temperature has made the thorn-back rays start to move. We seem to get a few decent fish amongst them throughout January and February and so far 2018 hasn’t disappointed with the biggest so far falling to Graham at 15.5lbs.
there have been a few more codling showing too and a better stamp. Many of these fish are fresh in and still taking our baits despite a large influx of sprats and herring. Bites are finicky and easily missed so the key is small baits, keep them fresh by changing regularly and allow bites to develop (sit on your hands a while). There arnt hoards crawling up the lines but our best trip so far is 11 codling and the top rod landing 5 of those. We would usually expect numbers to increase as the bait fish leave and the cod get back on the bottom over the course of the next few weeks so fingers crossed.
Alongside the codling and rays we have seen plenty of whiting at times and some are a decent size (for this area) as well as the odd dab, pouting and even a couple of highly sought after dogfish!
I have plenty of spaces over the coming weeks for individuals and groups, remember we can often get out when others cant due to the shelter offered locally.
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21/01/2018
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
21 Jan 2018 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
We have had every kind of weather you can imagine over this last fortnight and lost a lot of trips. However we have managed to get the last two weekends in and i'm pleased to report that there are some cod here.
There has been a definite increase in numbers and size of cod this week with all the boats reporting a few more fish this weekend with quite a few between 2-3lb. There are a few more sprats in the water now but this is actually helping to bring the cod in providing we don't get a glut of them. We did miss some good bites and dropped a couple of fish as well. When the bites are shy you need to cut the squid down and use elastic cotton and keep the bait up the hook with nothing hanging off.
There are some cracking whiting to be caught with several fish over the 1lb mark on Sunday, generally though there are a lot less whiting and this is also giving the cod a chance to get to the baits.
There are a few nice Thornbacks showing, some of them are getting on for double figures, these female fish have eggs and should be returned alive.
The Estuaries and shore marks are always hard in the new year but with less whiting now there could be a chance of a cod from the piers and it won't be long before more Thornbacks show up.
Prospects as always depend on lots of factors this time of year but signs are encouraging and things can change overnight so don't give up, the winter fishing changes every year and none of us know what might turn up, keep trying. View Boats Page
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01/2018
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Jan 2018 by Mark Peters
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Thers a little run of codling at the moment we are getting them most trips best trip last week was 14 fish to only 3lb but its better than nothing along with thornbacks and whiting! now is the chance to get a few codling after waiting all winter dont know how long it will last just letting you all know whats happening in the thames !!
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14/01/2018
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
14 Jan 2018 by John Dickens
Report on-board Lisa Jane
Got out great weather lots of whiting and some nice size dabs as well as a rocking not bad for the he time of year as normal years the whiting have moved out still no cod .the best dab just over 9oz .
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