Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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09/10/2016
Fishing Report by mark hall
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
9 Oct 2016 by mark hall
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the day had come for us the canvey lads for our fishing trip on board the" batt cat " vanishing point 2 on Sunday 9th
we set of around 7 am we got to one of terry's fishing spots and within 10 minutes we was catching some good skate and all through the day we didn't really stop even the wind did not effect this boat, in all we had around
40 skate up to 9lb ,countless doggies some whiting and a few smoothies up to 7lb still no cod but I'm sure
the November trip terry will find them. as usual terry and nic really try their best, if they aint netting fish ,or helping
the novice angler or making tea and bacon sandwiches lol .have now booked every mth for 2017 once again cheers guys can't wait till 20th November
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10/10/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
10 Oct 2016 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
The weather has really changed this last week and this has brought the sea temperature down considerably.
Inshore
There are a lot more thornbacks showing up over the last few days in all areas inshore, these smaller rays will be with us through until at least January depending on water temperature, best baits are squid and herring.
The whiting have really pushed in to all areas and there are increasing numbers of better fish showing up, these tasty fish will provide good sport right through the Autumn and Winter, best baits are lug and mackerel.
The piers and Estuaries are producing whiting, thornbacks and schoolies with the occasional oddities like wrasse and gurnards from the piers. Best baits are rag, lug and squid.
Offshore
When the weather has allowed, the fishing has been excellent with a real good mix of fish on the offshore banks throughout September. There have been some good smoothounds up to 10 lb, thornbacks, bass, dabs, small tope, whiting and a few other species.
Prospects are excellent, hopefully we should start to see some cod as we get nearer November, more thornbacks and whiting. View Boats Page
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25/09/2016
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
25 Sep 2016 by Ray Martin
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Having a real treat when the weather is kind.
Friday we got to my favourite hound spot but weed was a problem , we moved a few times and found the weed was not so bad closer in, the hounds bass and skate soon appeared and remained pretty much all day.
Best hound was 18lb loads snapped off.
Sunday was windy but we managed a few hours on the same mark. Hounds again to 14lb and as the tide dropped we saw gulls working so had a go and found bass and mackerel. View Boats Page
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25/09/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
25 Sep 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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To all fellow skippers be aware of another arse that thinks its funny to book up as three individuals and then not bother to show up his name is ( David phone number 07754828930 ) and then to not answer the phone or texts i think people that do this should be taken to court and fined then they would feel how it is to loose money.And apologies to Jay that had his group either not going or having to pay a bit more we did a deal instead of the full amount but he was not happy even to the point he blamed me for the other group.We have a business to run Jay and if we went to work for no money it would not take long to go bust once again the arseholes name is ( David 07754828930 ) you are now in the black book and hopefully not be able to rip other skippers off
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09/2016
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Sep 2016 by Scott Belbin
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Yet again it has been far too long since my last report on here so I must apologise. It has been a busy summer aboard the ‘Galloper’ with some good fishing and weather to match it meaning we had to cancel very few trips. The main target of our summer trips have been the smooth-hounds which were around in good numbers and decent size yet again. the bass were in good numbers in the blackwater estuary its self. This occupied us on many evening trips and provided some great sport on light tackle. There were vast numbers of undersized bass in here and on most occasions a few decent fish too. Once the water had warmed up the rays and dogfish moved further offshore for the summer. We didn’t spend a lot of time fishing for them through out the summer months as the hounds were such good sport. now the summer species are on their way out we have turned our attention back to the thorn-back rays and thankfully they have started to move back in on numbers. Last weekend was quite windy which is when the blackwater comes in to its own. Many of the boats sought shelter in the estuary its self and were rewarded with some respectable catches. My party had 14 aboard the ‘Galloper’ on Sunday but some of the other charter boats had getting on for 30 rays. along with thorn-back rays several other species came out of the estuary over the weekend such as whiting, dogfish, silver eel, bass and gurnard. Ive no doubt over the coming months we will be back in the estuary which (as I often bang on about) is one of our biggest assets. The sheltered fishing it provides often saves a cancelled trip and the fuss of trying to re-organise so if your cancelled else where then it can be worth calling one of the mersea, bradwell or brightlingsea boats. We should see some cod mixed in too over the next few months both in the blackwater and further afield on our usual marks. I write regular reports on my website and Facebook page and the calendar is usually as up to date as It can be. For more information, available dates and reports please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or call 07956411528
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09/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
Sep 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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I have a father and son out on the 29th of september and are looking for a few more just to make up the day i will go with the 2 because its a special but a couple more will ease the costs to on myself , so if you fancy a few hours out give me a call 07930526497 cheers Trev
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22/09/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
22 Sep 2016 by TERRY BATT
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Well with the weather being fantastic all week we have got offshore nearly every day to fish for Bass, lost count how many were landed and returned, and some medium Bass size Bass kept for the table but the sport was brilliant.
I know you all think Nic was kicking my butt earlier this week.. but I landed a cracker yesterday under the watchful eye of my old mate and mentor John Rawle, in this photo John can be seen (under the watchful eye of first mate Nicola..!) getting to grips with how Vanishing Point-2 works and the hope is even though John has officially retired, we will not lose this fishing icon to retirement but may see him out on either Vanishing Point, or Chinook-2, from time to time..??? back to my fish...! and with a quick photo was slipped back to fight another day..!! (I don't like fish to eat....yuck) but with so many fish out there you could be very selective on what one you wanted to keep.
These fish will still be there well into October, weather dependant, but if you want to have a go for these hard fighting fish, mostly for sport I must emphasise..... then call me on 07768306646 to work out dates, as sadly the tides don't always fall on a weekend, more likely it will be week days but it is tide and weather critical to get it right..!!
Tight lines...!! View Boats Page
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19/09/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
19 Sep 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Some big autumn Bass being caught from Blackwater based boats...
We had some good sport yesterday (19/9/16) myself on Vanishing Point-2 and my old mate Chris Mole from West Mersea on Enterprise were well off-shore and both found the fish.
These bass will more than likely be around until October, so if you want to have a c rack at them give us a call, on 07768306646.
Photo is of my wife Nicola and( full time crew/ and second skipper) of Vanishing Point-2 with a nice Autumn Bass one of nine caught, many returned alive...!!! to fight another day... tight lines.....!! View Boats Page
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09/2016
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Sep 2016 by Mark Peters
Report on-board DAWN TIDE II
September
Well fishing aboard the Dawn Tide II is really busy at the moment and only to get better when the COD turn up very soon and the same for most river crouch charters Morgan m , Predator, ECT. hauls of skate coming out at the moment with many double figures. The bass are making there way further off shore had a trip out there last week 20+ bass biggest was 6 lb but there are some really big fish coming up like Tonys on the Morgan M 15.LB bass. Well this time last year we where getting plenty of COD just look back at last years reports well worth getting out and having ago as they are on there way you got to be in it to win it.
Well the River Crouch is proving to be one of the best Venues to be fishing from really up and coming venue has some of the best grounds in the Thames estuary / south east the grounds hold good amounts and sizes of fish like Cod to 34lb Bass to over 15lb Tope to 70+lb Hounds to 24+lb all this within under 1 hours reach and some top skippers and boats that all work together !!! you can't go wrong!!!
see you all out here very soon but book in advance as most boats fully booked now until 2017
thanks skipper mark peters View Boats Page
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08/09/2016
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
8 Sep 2016 by Ray Martin
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Been absolutely fantastic fishing last month with large numbers of hounds,skate and the the occasional bonus bass.
The next few weeks should stay the same and we may see the first of the winter cod. View Boats Page
