Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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09/06/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
9 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Ok...... I got several calls yesterday to say that various anglers had been fishing either on their own boats and caught next to ZERO... all day, and were desperate to get something for their fishing buddies.
Me and Nic, were on our way out an 4.pm yesterday afternoon just to attend to our crab pot, as we had it lifted last week, empted and thrown back in again 1/2 a mile from where I put it so it took us over a week to locate it, we thought we had lost it forever, but at least we got it back..... I digress... but it was on our way out late afternoon yesterday some angler saw the Vanishing Point-2 and called me for some help... and we always help any small boat fisherman where we can, as I am sure any of them reading this will endorse, so when we find our crab pot raided and there is nothing left for us it hurts a bit.. but there you go..
Several of our guys were out on charters with others as we were not out yesterday and called me to say it was a mega tough day with very little caught, I am sure it was a hard day as the wind was in the Eastern quarter and as we all know when the wind is in the east the fish bite the least..!!!
So on the way back from attending to our hermit crab pot, Nic and I decided to have a quick fish on a mark for whatever reason seem unaffected by Easterly winds, as we approached the area I found a 14 foot fishing boat right slap bang on one of my marks, it was so close I couldn't help myself I went very close to where he was just to see, I reckon he had his anchor in the last hole I made there at the weekend....lol but I wasn't going to fish there anyway he was too far East and South, so we got to where we wanted to be, Nic shot the anchor away and we were settled, and fished one rod each for 40 minutes as that's all the time we had, but after such abysmal reports I need to know if these fish were still there,
Well Nicola kick off the proceedings within 10 minutes , with a nice 8 lbs female Thornback Ray, then I hit in to a nice male at 9 lbs , and while I was unhooking my fish, Nic was into another Ray so I left my one to net her fish another Ray about 7 lbs, so as we had two fish on deck we tried to take a selfie as there was no one else on board to take a photo of us, just look what that Easterly wind is doing to my hair !!....lol
We do have a great time no matter what we do even down to potting for hermit crabs we turn it into something special... and why not.!!
But on the serious side of things .... we found out what we needed to know.. the fish were still there if we need to fall back on them, but we will leave them alone if we can get out, to get on other species, but it is just a fall back position if we need it, because love em, or not.... it's better to get good bites, with nice size fish, than sitting there all day staring at a rod tip doing NOTHING...!!!
Ok guy ... tight lines...!!
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08/06/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
8 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT
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Well me and Nicola went to Brighton yesterday with a few of our fishing friends, and had a lovely day out on a charter boat called Brighton Diver II.
Skipper was Paul and his crew for the day was James, a very young man and skipper in his own right at just 18 years old but seemed to know what he was doing.
We went for Black bream first thing, and although I didn't personally get one, My lovely wife kicked my butt, and landed two decent Bream, so well done Nic..!
Some of the other lads also caught a few, but the fish were just not really having it, I must say Paul the skipper did his hardest to find the fish, and to be fair we got one or two every where we went, but he was saying at the weekend in was crazy, and I can well believe him as I put on my week report that Thursday and Friday was terrific fishing but the weekend was ok, but the fish had switched off, yes we got ample but not like it had been the last couple of days..
So I did feel for Paul, as I knew what he was going through, but ever the professional, he pressed on, and they guys got some more Bream, but I changed tactics and put on a running ledger and peeler crab to see what else might live here, as it was all new for me out of Brighton.
After 5 minutes or so I got a thumping bite, and landed a nice Pollock, Em,,, different species for me, really enjoyed the way it ran straight for the bottom, then I had a few small hounds, then Paul fired up the engines which meant rods up..!! we are off.
This was just about an hour and a half before high water, and we were going for what I have personally come for, the Plaice fishing, I had never caught a Plaice before, and my good friend
John Rawle gave me some cracking tips on Plaice fishing which turned out to be as usual spot on, I have several over 5lbs and the other guys did well also..
I think as Paul the skipper said, the fish were more than likely off the feed for a while due to a big weather system going through, we had thunder and lightning, rain, then it all cleared up and the fishing as usual, started getting good towards the end of our day, but being a true professional, he gave us an extra half hour and we all caught very well.... But I kicked Nicolas butt well and truly on the Plaice fishing, and that's what I really wanted... so full marks to skipper Paul, and the Brighton Diver, we will certainly be back for more very soon.
Well we are out on Friday so will be reporting on our catches of the Vanishing point-2......... Tight lines
Ps: just look at Nic's handy work with a filleting knife...!! View Boats Page
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06/2016
Fishing Report by Terry Bolingbroke
on Gloria B11 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jun 2016 by Terry Bolingbroke
Report on-board Gloria B11
Sunday brought some highs winds from the east which made fishing difficult but we still managed to get the punters on the fish which returned 11 thornback rays and a few small bass which were returned alive and some small dog fish but in all it was a good day with what weather conditions we had
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05/06/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
5 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT
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Fishing at the weekend was a fair bit slower that the previous three days.
Saturday Were a fine bunch of lads, with some squadies and ex Army personnel, a right laugh, and everyone enjoyed their day as it was a stag do for one of their mates Ail don't want to think how that ended up later that night in Colchester near the barracks..
But the boys fished well and shot well and Hugh won the "Vanishing Point-2 Top Gun" trophy these boys served in Iraqi so well done lads, and they enjoyed the DVD of Jim Davidson in Iraqi entertaining our troops, on their way back to Bradwell.
Sunday....... the strong breeze from the East did take it's toll on the fishing as usual, but the boys fished on and did ok.
The hound fishing was not great in the shallows we had a 9lbs hound on the first cast, and |I thought here we go...!! but that was it for 20 mins, then we had some small hounds around the 3 to 4lbs bracket so we moved into 32 foot just off the edge, and it was fairly busy for the last hour before the high water at 1300.
We then cut across the top of the sands, back into the Blackwater , and once the tide got away we had a quadruple hook up of Skate, this went on for a while until the tide started to ease back, and the wind started blow the boat up the anchor rope...!!! but the day was just about done by then, so we decided to up anchor and start processing the catch,
Me and Nicola are fishing out of Brighton tomorrow not sure which boat we are on???, but the target species is Plaice and Black Bream.... so fingers crossed, it will make a nice change to just fish ourselves and let another skipper do the work....lol
Ok guys catch you later............ Tight lines & Hot Guns...!! View Boats Page
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05/2016
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
May 2016 by Scott Belbin
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its been a while since my last report on here so i thought i'd update you all. as ive no doubt you've gathered from the other reports on here we have had a great run of thorn-back rays again this spring. these fish can provide great sport and a decent feed so they are always a welcome. over the last few weeks we have seen the arrival of the summer species with a few bass and smooth-hounds mixed in too which makes things a little more interesting. we had our first try for some decent hounds the other week and weren't disappointing. it was a steady mornings fishing with some nice fish in the 8-10lbs range showing. there were a few smaller than this and one or two bigger at 12lbs for stephen and 15.3lbs for martin. we moved closer to home for some thorn-back rays for the afternoon and had a mixture of bass and hounds too. we finished the day up with 30 odd hounds as well as several bass and a few roker so were all happy. when this weather abates (which it will) then we will be targeting the hounds again and at some point targeting tope too. even if it doesn't though there's some good fishing to be had in the more sheltered waters for the rays.
this weekend i hope to target the smooth-hounds at some point along with the rays and maybe find a bass or two. i happen to have spaces saturday and possible sunday too if your interested please call me.
i update my website and facebook pages regularly so for more information, available dates and reports please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or call 07956411528 View Boats Page
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01/06/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
1 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
With the wind blowing Northerly at 30 mph most of the day, we took our charter party along the coast to a place just off of Clacton on sea, and stayed within half a mile of the beach.
We are very fortunate to have a lot of protection from most prevailing winds so we don't have to cancel too many trips to the weather.
Well we got to our fishing mark in just over 25 minutes, travelling at 22 knots ,once Nicola shot the anchor away and we settled we had the first Thornback Ray hooked up, a nice fish at just over 9 lbs.
As we were landing the first fish and taking out the hook, a second fish was wrenching the rod hard over..!! a nice fish again at 12 lbs, so the competition was on...lol
The wind was relentless and kept at a steady 28-30 mph all day, but the fish just kept on coming, by the end of the day, between the 6 anglers on board, they managed to land around 30 Thornback Rays, we didn't see anything else, but we really didn't have bait for anything else, but a good friend of mine, and skipper of the Chinook 3 Phil White wisely took some Hermit crabs, and he called me to say they had just landed an 8lbs Smoothound, and he was fishing just a short distance from me.... then he had another hound, so nice to see hounds this far inshore.... Well done Phil, good job...!!
It looks as if the winds are stuck in this North sector for the time being, but with a good run of fish to be had close in I doubt we will lose any trips.
We have a group of gentlemen on the boat Saturday, on a Pre-wedding event...(Stag Do) and they want fishing and clay pigeon shooting, so even if the wind blows, we will still be catching fish, and busting clays.
Bass are all around at the moment, we had one take a piece of Herring the other day, a decent little fellow, at around 4 lbs, but as you all know, we cant keep them so back it had to go....!! but as of the 1st July you will be allowed to take one each...... I know, tough isn't it... but rules is rules even if we don't agree with them, but make no mistake about it.... if you do sneak one in your box without the skippers knowledge, and you get caught, it will be a £9,000.00 fine, so best don't do it..!!!!
Ok I will leave it there for now, and report back after Fridays charter, you can go to my Face Book page terry batt fishing and see all photos....... Tight lines...!! View Boats Page
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01/06/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
1 Jun 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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Hello yet again bad rumours, i m just about getting cheesed off regarding the slagging off by petty idiots from the crouch if they read this they will know who i am talking about. Our vessel is one of the easiest to get aboard there is no climbing ladders rails or long walks from car parks if i tell you that it is easy to get on then i dont have to lie but when i get feedback regarding my business then whoever it is will get a rude awakening we are not the fastest boat in the fleet but thats the way we like it iam sure 49 years in the job speak for itself as for comfort we can shelter our anglers in our cabin and wheelhouse but when the question of disabled anglers are concerned then please speak to me first as i can then let you have contacts that fish with us (of which some are disabled) tell you how easy it is to go for a days fishing with us, sorry for a report like this but Matt and myself have had enough and harsh words will follow if we do find the culprit Trev / Matt View Boats Page
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28/05/2016
Fishing Report by carl rix
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
28 May 2016 by carl rix
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
28 july first time out with terry and nicola on vanishing point 2,what a great day the boat is fantastic loads off space.we had 50+ thornbacks on board in the 8 to 10lb range with most going back.,lots of help and advice if needed from both terry and nicola.will definitely be booking another trip , carl
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29/05/2016
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
29 May 2016 by Trevor Crawley
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Amazing fishing despite the weather blowing North east 25 mph Friday and much the same Saturday but a slight change to the north north east Sunday plenty of skate Friday close to home with a crowd from London complete novices but they managed to get the hang of it by the end of the day , Saturday a trip down river produced 20 smooth hounds to 10 lb plus a good amount of skate to 11 lb but they brought their own squid and it was as pink as a girls blouse lol. Sunday a far better day 30 hounds to 14.11 lbs and 6 skate to 13 lb that we did manage to coax on herring as yet again the squid was dire lucky we had some hermits that saved the day well done lads hope to see you again in the future
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27/05/2016
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
27 May 2016 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
Great news, the mackerel have arrived and with calm and clear water fishing is really taking off.
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