Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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05/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
May 2017 by TERRY BATT
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loads of fish coming in at the moment, up to 80 per day call if you want a great fishing experience.
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26/05/2017
Fishing Report by Terry Bolingbroke
on Gloria B11 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
26 May 2017 by Terry Bolingbroke
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Great day yesterday a variety of fish including a total of 35 thornback rays plenty of dogfish big whiting and the odd bass which were all released and the party were fantastic people with a catch and release policy well done fellas thank you
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12/05/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
12 May 2017 by TERRY BATT
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We had a great day on Friday 12th May with our very dear friends
Nigel Farage, Dave Barham , John Rawle, Nicola, and myself Terry Batt, on board our super charter boat Vanishing Point-2.
we were fishing for Thornback Rays and general fishing and had the most wonderful day.... with up to 50 Rays caught and most returned, we were mainly fishing for sport, good mates enjoying a day off from the hustle and bustle of every day life “especially” poor old Nigel... the paparazzi cant get to him out at sea...!! so a lovely day was had by all..!! the talk was of cricket, football, boxing, fishing , and general day to day ordinary chit chat no politics a day off......
At slack water we all had a go at shooting some clay's and Nigel was pretty good..!! John couldn't get used to my Berretta , but Dave Barham shot out of his skin hardly missing a clay ( crafty dog) but I don't wish to brag I didn't miss a single clay...!! so Dave and I have a grudge match....lol
After the days fishing and shooting we retired to the Green Man Pub just around the corner from Bradwell Marina, courtesy of Arthur T who owns the marina and a great supporter of
Nigel Farage, and we thank Arthur for arranging Michael to receive us out of normal hours...! but Michael does get something out of it for himself and notoriety for his pub....
(you owe me a pint....lol) but we would like to thank all the staff at the green man which include Vicky the best barmaid in Essex..! who treats everyone the same no special favours, and Nigel loved it... just one of the guys..!!..
Well next time we have Nigel down with us it is quite possible he may be "accompanied” by his good friend and comedian
Jim Davidson ... not definite but possible ..! so we will have to see where we go for after the trip drinks on that day... ????
I would like to thank John Rawle for basically running the trip, expert as ever at the helm and his expert advice on baiting and casting which Nigel found very helpful and rewarding..!!, and also to Bob Cox who sadly couldn't make the trip on Friday but did join us in the Green Man for a drink, so nice to see the legendary Cox & Rawle among our other guest,
Nigel Farage, and Dave Barham, sitting at one table, I felt most privileged to be sitting at the table with my wife Nicola and able to call all of these people my friends ..... it don't get much better.
If any of you fancy a days fishing and Clay Pigeon shooting as do our Celebrities please call on...... 07768 30 66 46 to make a booking makes for a great corporate day out and team building event.... 100% tax deductible...!!!
All the best
Terry & Nicola.... (Vanishing Point-2) View Boats Page
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05/2017
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
May 2017 by Trevor Crawley
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HI due to a last minute cancellation we have sunday the 14th of may empty thanks and tight lines
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20/04/2017
Fishing Report by Terry Bolingbroke
on Gloria B11 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
20 Apr 2017 by Terry Bolingbroke
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Great day last sunday loads of thornbacks and some decent bass which were caught and released alive brilliant day with good company
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04/2017
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Apr 2017 by Scott Belbin
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Yet again its been too long since my last report on here. As ever we’ve been busy aboard the ‘Galloper’ with lots of people wanting to get out and enjoy the great weather we’ve been experiencing this spring. Nowadays spring time primarily means thorn-back rays (also known as roker) in the thames estuary. As is well publicised we are fortunate enough to have a well managed local population at the moment. Although we now catch them through out the year the thorn-backs are in their best numbers now with lots of big females coming inshore to breed and feed along with their smaller male counterparts. Although the weather doesn’t cost us many trips throughout the year we particularly benefit at this time of year when the thorn-backs can often be found in good numbers right into the sheltered waters of the black water estuary. We have been seeing great numbers of fish come aboard with 30-40 rays commonplace nowadays. There have been some good fish amongst them too with lots of heavily laden females being caught and of course always returned aboard the ‘Galloper’. Mixed in with the thorn-backs there are numbers of dogfish and whiting along with the odd pouting. The first few bass and smooth-hounds have shown in the last few weeks which is a sure sign that summers rapidly approaching.
To mix things up for my self as well as my anglers I still put the odd offshore trip in this time of year to target the brief run of spurdogs we have off here. I was lucky enough to happen upon a couple of marks for these getting on for 10 years ago now and have seen some decent fish come aboard over the years. On a recent trip off there with a group of regulars we found a few spurs, no monsters but some nice fish none the less with the biggest just shy of 12lbs. there was room for me to fish that trip which I always jump at the chance of being an obsessive angler my self. after getting the lads started in the morning with the first spurdog, I was lucky enough to realise a long awaited ambition of catching a blonde ray on my home grounds. She was no giant at just over 12lbs but I was very pleased to catch her . my luck really was in that day. We managed around 20 thorn-backs, a nice bass of 5-6lbs and a couple of pouting and whiting to go along with the constant stream of dogfish for the day.
Over the coming weeks we should continue to see good numbers of thorn-back rays as they start to creep further afield. We will see increasing numbers of smooth-hounds and bass mixed in with them until we make our first trips to target the smooth-hounds.
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21/04/2017
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
21 Apr 2017 by Ray Martin
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Skate skate and more skate.
First hounds and small bass , plenty of life in river. View Boats Page
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24/04/2017
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
24 Apr 2017 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
Here come the summer fish !
The weather has been lovely over the last fortnight and this has allowed the charter boats to get out regularly where we have enjoyed some excellent sport on the thornbacks.
Inshore
The fishing inshore has been superb with big numbers of thornbacks showing, best reported at around 16 lb, these bigger female rays are full of eggs and should be returned alive to protect stocks. There are also lots of the smaller male thornbacks around and numbers seem to be increasing every year. Best baits are herring, mackerel, squid and any other fish baits available. Don't forget to use a big strong hook and strong trace of at least 40 lb breaking strain.
There are a few bass starting to show with quite a few caught over this weekend, best reported at around 8 lb, again best baits are the same as for the thornbacks but the bass also love crab and worm baits.
There are a few small smoothounds starting to show, these early male fish will take squid baits but their favourite is hermit and peeler crab, the bigger female hounds will start to show around mid May.
There are a few dogfish and good whiting still around although the whiting will soon move off.
There have been some big stingrays caught from the beach marks, these hard fighting rays should be handled with care, their stinger under the tail can be deadly, best baits are ragworm, squid and crab, these fish taste horrible and should be returned alive.
Offshore
The offshore marks have been producing good numbers of thornbacks and dogfish, however as the water starts to warm there are increasing numbers of small smoothies and bass showing, all these species can be caught on squid baits this time of year but when the bigger smoothies turn up they will prefer crab baits.
There have been some cracking spurdogs showing with reports of fish up to 20 lb, these hard fighting mini sharks tend to stay well offshore outside of the sandbanks but can be caught in big numbers if found, best baits are squid and mackerel, tackle needs to be strong as if you are tope fishing, watch out for the spikes behind their fins.
Prospects are excellent, it's that time of year when you never know what you might catch, very exciting.
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18/04/2017
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
18 Apr 2017 by TERRY BATT
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Hi Guys
Fishing is great , plenty of double figure skate coming out at the moment, the biggest this week is 18.5 Lb, lovely fish and pleased to say the guy that caught it said "this fish deserves to go back" so we took some photos and it went back, well done mate. If you want to have a go in catching some of these lovely fish give us a call. View Boats Page
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17/04/2017
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
17 Apr 2017 by Ray Martin
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Fishing is superb at the moment with monumental amounts of skate.
We are now starting to see bass and had lots of whiting and dogs plus a bonus large gurnard.
Best skate this weekend was at 15lb plus loads over 10lb. View Boats Page
