Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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10/2017
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
Oct 2017 by Trevor Crawley
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Hi people we have had a couple of drop outs for our trip this saturday the 28th oct if you want to get out fishing as a last minute thought please give us a call we will do our best to get you out all the best cheers Trev
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22/10/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
22 Oct 2017 by TERRY BATT
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Now drift fishing for Bass in the Blackwater Eastuary .......
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15/10/2017
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
15 Oct 2017 by Trevor Crawley
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Whiting have moved in big time both days this weekend over 200 a trip with a good amount taken home, dabs dogs and skate to 8 lb being also still some hounds popping up to 7 lb caught plus the odd sole thats if you can get through the whiting there are codling around but only showing in the trawl gear so heres hoping it will get better as it couldnt get any worse than last year.until next report tight lines and calm seas
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17/10/2017
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
17 Oct 2017 by Phil White
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The weather over the last fortnight has been quite lovely with some warm days and sunny skies. This has allowed our anglers to get out and enjoy some excellent sport with a variety of species.
Offshore
The Bass fishing has been superb with some cracking fish showing, we have had quite a few fish around
6-7lb and a lot around 3-4 lb, these fish are further off on the banks and will move off soon.
There are plenty of Thornbacks around with some really lovely fish up to 10lb reported, these fish will stay around for most of the winter depending on water temperature and food.
There are lots of Whiting showing up in all areas, some of these fish are a decent size, best baits are fish and lug.
Inshore
There are lots more Thornbacks showing in most areas and these are very welcome with the absence of cod at the moment, best baits are squid and herring.
The whiting are pushing into all the Estuaries in good numbers and this is good news when the weather does not allow us to get further out. The dabs are starting to feed on the small tides.
The piers and shore marks are producing Whiting, Thornbacks and Dabs with the odd codling, best tides are springs mid flood to mid ebb.
Prospects are excellent but this depends on weather the cod show up, there are reports of a few more than last winter so fingers crossed.
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14/10/2017
Fishing Report by John Dickens
on Lisa Jane (Canvey Island, Essex)
14 Oct 2017 by John Dickens
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Got out yesterday had skate up to 9lbs lots of whiting lots of dogs dabs and the odd pout too many whiting but some of the party love them still waiting for the cod to show .
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14/10/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
14 Oct 2017 by TERRY BATT
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Hi guys... sorry it's been a while but been busy with late season Bass fishing which I have to say has been as good as it's ever been, despite what the doom and gloomers would have you believe...!!!
There are a few Cod being reported close in now, I have not had any on my boat yet but in fairness we have not really tried in earnest for them, but a pal of mine on another charter boat told me of a 16lbs Cod caught just two days ago right where we were fishing yesterday, I am not at all surprised, as there are large shoals of Whiting in the area now, so it might be worth putting out a live bait to tempt a large Cod to the hook..!!
There quite a lot of Thornback Rays moving in now we had over 20 yesterday along with Doggies and Whiting all the lads were happy filleting on a slow ride home back to Bradwell..... well done everyone great day, and good company...... see you all again soon.
The Vanishing Point-2 has been out of the water for a good spruce up polished anti-fouled a few cosmetic repairs and it looking like new again....
If you want to get out during the week, as we have very little space on weekends, then give us a call on: 07768306646 View Boats Page
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24/09/2017
Fishing Report by Robert Squirrell
on Eastern Promise 2 (West Mersea, Essex)
24 Sep 2017 by Robert Squirrell
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Sunday 24th September, and we headed out.. and out .. and out. Anyway it was worth it, as first mark saw us catching Smoothhound, few doggies and odd skate for luck, then a move not too far and we found the Bass! Not huge ones, but 15 Caught between 5 of us. Great days fishing. Great Skipper.
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09/2017
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
Sep 2017 by Trevor Crawley
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Just a few lines to let the other skippers know an angler named Stewart phone number 07815588657 had a trip booked with us this Sunday after several calls and texts he said he will send a deposit but no word and refuses to answer the phone. I will not stop naming anglers who give it the big I am and then turn completely deaf when you try to contact them, they affect my business and my faith in the general public so till the next report tight lines and calm waters
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23/09/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
23 Sep 2017 by TERRY BATT
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With the water temperature now starting to fall, and the whiting have arrived in large numbers, and there have been reports of a few Codling caught on the night tides from the Clacton area and a few have been netted in the trawl nets.... so do we dare to hope we may well have a showing of Cod this year... well the signs are looking quite good...!!
Still a lot of Bass at the moment off-shore these wont be there for much longer and before the weather takes a turn for the worse .....
But the good mainstay of Thornback Rays are there in good numbers, so you could in fact get 5 species in a single trip..!!!
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25/09/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
25 Sep 2017 by TERRY BATT
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Report from Friday and Saturday.... Friday saw Dave Barham with one of his superb..............
(Fishing tutorial adventures with Dave Barham) and we set out quite early from Bradwell to be at an off-shore mark that normally fishes it's pants off... but I was a little worried at the lack of bird life, well I say lack..!! it was devoid to be honest.
We tried several marks in the same stretch of water for only a couple of very small school Bass.
Then I took a gamble based on last year when the same thing happened according to my little red book.. and steamed NW for 30 minutes to another favourite Bass Mark of mine.
Once we were settled and everything was quiet after about 15 minutes Dave hit into the first Bass nice fish about 5lbs and this was followed for the next 2 hours with a string of good Bass with some slightly smaller and some bigger around 27 Bass landed and even Dave missed some crashing bites..... but that's Bass fishing for you.... you don't get them all, no matter how great you are, I was lucky not to have lost my rod over the side, I just had to go into the wheelhouse to get more bait from the fridge when my hermit crab (which has been working really well for Bass) it didn't enter my mind I was going to get a large Smoothound attack...lol luckily Mark was on hand to catch my rod before it went over the side, so it only seemed right to let him land the fish... the way it stripped line off the reel at first I thought.. dam this is going to be a big Bass... then on the 3rd run it was clearly not a Bass but a big old Hound good double in shallow water..!! great fun.
So Saturday.... with my 6 anglers mustered on Vanishing Point-2 confidence was high for their specialised Bassing trip that they had been waiting so long for, some had never caught a proper Bass, like our dear fried Paul Charlesworth .
The only thing as you will see from the photos is that Friday was perfect conditions, but a little breeze from the SE just made it a little harder to get the boat positioned right, as this is critical if you are going to get it right.
But once we arrived and settled down, it wasn't as fast as the day before, in fact it was slow to start with, just as I was going to move, Alistair got the first one, nice fish around 5 lbs ... but being the great fisherman he is, a quick photo and back it went.
But undeterred I got Nicola to pull the anchor and repositioned the boat, and we had a few nice fish but still wasn't happy I repositioned a second time (the wind was just slightly wrong)
but once I was happy with the boat's position the bites came thick and fast, with many bites being missed, due to basically a little inexperience..! good Bass are not the easiest fish to catch, but once you have enough bites and learned how to react...... bingo there is your first real Bass in the net...
(Eh Paul....).
WE had 30+ chances with crashing bites but only converted that into 15 Good Bass landed, and only 6 fish kept all the rest returned, not just because that is the law now only 1 Bass per angler, but all the guys mostly like to fish for the sport...!! (aint that right Tom)..
Sunday, saw a stronger wind again from the SE but we were on general fishing so we went for a ride off-shore and conditions were better off-shore than closer in..!!
Once anchored up fish started coming almost right away, the out of the blue, we were astounded...!!!! we have seen Porpoises many times, but in nearly 30 years of being out there, we had a Dolphin surface right along side the boat, scared the crap out of Tony who was fishing in the corner...lol he called me and said a bloody great fish just surfaced right by the side of him, and although I didn't see it I could see the swirl of disturbed water it had left behind...?? then it surfaced again bloody hell...!! it was a Dolphin...!! it continued to swim all around the boat for and hour, at one point most of the party were on the bow watching the Dolphin going back and forth over the anchor rope ... he was just playing... and as we move out of the deeper water because to tide had started running to hard, the Dolphin swam right along side us as though he was giving us an escort, then as we parted company the lads saw a second smaller Dolphin swimming with the bigger one..... so may be we will run Dolphin spotting trips now...lol but what a real treat and a privilege it was to have them as company for an hour... we got some video of them as did some of the guys who have promised to send it over, I will see if I can up-load it later...
(Just a few of the Bass caught in the last few days
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