Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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11/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
11 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Well the weekend saw lots of east NEast wind..!! but most boats got out, on Saturday we went and although fishing was quite hard, most managed to turn in reasonable catches..
We made a very quick start on Saturday, with a Roker and a Codling coming to the boat in the first 10
minutes, I thought yes...! here we go, then not a lot for another hour, just doggies and whiting, which if I'm totally honest. I look around the boat, and see the guys pulling these, almost unwanted fish in, but with an air of subdued excitement, and think to myself some times, just some times when things are a little slow, these smaller fish do keep the rod tips nodding, and fill a very important gap while waiting for the bigger to come on.... well that's just my take on it.
But things did pick up, and we had some lovely Codling and Skate, and all went home happy, so much so, that my Sunday party which I was NOT HAPPY WITH....!!!!!! they put the phone down on me on Friday night, but got hold of the organizer on Saturday and came out with all the excuses in the world, but the truth was he forgot he made the booking and they just were not coming.....Aaaarrgh..! but..... every cloud has a silver lining?? the lovely guys I had out on Saturday, when they heard me talking to another skipper on the VHF radio, say I will not now be out tomorrow (Sunday) said to me... "is the Vanishing Point available tomorrow???" I said yes due to some plonker letting me down at the last minute..!! they said well we will take over the booking and come again tomorrow, and they did.
On Sunday the boy's from the day before, arrived rearing to go once again bringing with them £70.00 worht of prime Rib eyed steaks....yum yum..!!, and there was more wind on Sunday, and we were the only vessel to push on out, but in fairness all those that opted to stay in the River Blackwater were doing better than we were
so after a couple of hours trying different marks we also , to return to the Blackwater, and once the Codling started, it was really good fishing, lovely size Codling, and once again the boys went home very happy, and very full up after Nicola grilled their steaks for them...... see you next monthe guys, and thank you so much for saving our Sunday booking.... bless you...
Tight lines....!!!!
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11/10/2015
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
11 Oct 2015 by Ray Martin
Report on-board PLAN B
The cod have started , not huge numbers but next set of big tides should push them up river.
Plenty of skate around and still the odd smoothound and bass.
The river is alive with small fish that frustrate as they strip baits meant for the larger ones... View Boats Page
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06/10/2015
Fishing Report by chris Mole
on Enterprise (West Mersea, Essex)
6 Oct 2015 by chris Mole
Report on-board Enterprise
well the cod fishing is improving week by week ,had half a day fishing
river blackwater sunday and ended up with 21 cods between 3 and 5lb
so looking good ,skate still about in numbers with plenty of whiting and spottys
and odd nice bass, tight lines View Boats Page
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05/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
5 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Just a quick notice on my page to Skipper Trev who runs Girl Mandy, a highly respected charter boat, one of which I hear good things all the time, but after being badly let down on Sunday, by some arse who after saying on Saturday night he would be on the boat just didn't turn up...!!! God knows we have all had that, then you try to call them, and either they dont answer, or just press ignore, then you text, and no reply...
This is no joke people.... it's our living you are playing with, and I take my hat off to Trevor for not only naming and shaming this person, but has put his phone number out there so the rest of us don't get taken in by this individual.........
Well done Trev, I have his number in my phone as Twat, to remind me not to accept a call from his number... and I hope all skippers will do the same....Mr Michael Jacks 07851879733 is not welcome on Vanishing Point-2.......!!! View Boats Page
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04/10/2015
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
4 Oct 2015 by Trevor Crawley
Report on-board Girl Mandy
Good morning to all our loyal and happy anglers I do apologise for this report but it needs to be said. ( Tosser ) of the week goes to a ( Mr Michael Jacks phone number 07851879733 ) thank you very much for letting the rest of the group that were fishing with me on Sunday 4/10/2015 down even to the point of speaking with you on Saturday evening and you were all up for it, you did not bother to show on the morning and also ignored texts and when calling you switched your phone off all you had to do was let us know either by phone text email or whats app it wont offend but by saying nothing does. The rest of the party voiced the fact that you are a pain in the backside. But the most annoying thing was I had to turn down two other anglers that were desperate to go so again thank you just to remind other skippers the name is ( MICHAEL JACKS contact number 07851879733 ) watch out for this comedian On a positive note fishing has been great so come out with us for a days fishing there are still the odd weekend dates left this year you can find all the news and pics on our web site girl mandy fishing charters until our next report good fishing and tight lines
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04/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
4 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Many congratulations to Ron with a lovely 17 lbs Cod, a real character who catches real fish..!! well we stayed inside yesterday, and had a cracking day, first we dropped about 1 mile from the shore line, but realised even with 3 hours of ebb tide left, it just was not running hard enough to catch fish..so we pulled the anchor and move 1,75 miles South, into deeper water of the Wallet and we found the run we needed to fish properly...! it wasn't long before the first decent Roker came up and that started the trend, Nicola warned the guys not to keep to many unless they were able to deal with them, which none of them could, so I think they kept around 4 or 5 which Nic kindly gutted and skinned for them. We found as Ron accurately reported, the Codling were tightly bunched, and you were either on them or you weren't..!! and we found most bites were very shy, so Nicola got out her Rod baited with a whole Squid, and I said to the guys... I know who I am putting my money on...!!!! and within 7 or 8 minutes she popped a lovely Codling on the deck, and said to the boys.... "now that's the way to do it" and kindly gave the fish to one guy who was struggling a bit, so that made his day... ( bet he told his wife he caught it) but we did well enough, but around 11.20 am when the tide was on the turn, we did go back inside a mile off the shore line for the flood ,(we passed "Hard Labour" just getting ready for the flood so hopefully they did well, always nice to see the lads from the Crouch) ...! and yeah nice bit of run on the tide, and more Rokers and more decent Codling to 9.5 lbs... well after such a blinding weekend of weather, after all those Easterly winds of last week, looks as though we have some doggy weather to look forward to this week, but the saving grace is there are some good Codling in the river Blackwater now, fair bit of weed to unfortunately but hey... that goes with the territory ..we are out as from Wednesday onwards so will report in as the week unfolds.
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09/2015
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Sep 2015 by Scott Belbin
Report on-board Galloper
September has come and gone very quickly for me. This may have been aided by a short break away but mostly as I was busy as ever. We started off with roker making up the majority of our catches. These varied from little maids (as is common this time of year) up to double figures. As well as these we had several smooth-hounds and the odd bass mixed in. we also saw several codling showing which is no surprise given the smattering of them we have seen throughout the summer. As the month went on the numbers smooth-hounds and bass decreased quickly which signals the end of summer for us. Luckily the weather is still very much like summer at the moment and despite this the numbers of cod have been picking up nicely. the stamp of fish is great at the moment with many fish in the 3-7lbs range and this is likely to increase as the season goes on. Fish are still pretty spread out but if you are lucky enough to get on them 10-20 a day is common. This makes for some good fishing along with the roker and hordes of whiting and dogfish that are about. Its likely that as these monster tides back off we will see some better numbers of cod and these will build over the coming month and as we get further into the season. As you will gather from most of the reports we expect to see some decent fish this year so watch this space. For more information, available dates and a weekly update please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or call 07956411528
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01/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
1 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
Report on-board Vanishing Point-2
Hi guys n gals.... well the wind continues to blow hard from the East making conditions very hard for our anglers.
But the die hard angler, not to be deterred still wanted to go out and have a go... ( Bless em) and to be fair they all fished hard and turned in a few Codling around 5 lbs and some Thornback rays Whiting and doggies so not a total disaster..!!!
Hoping for calmer weather for the weekend and see if we cant get some decent Cod over the gunnals...!!
Tight lines.... View Boats Page
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30/09/2015
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
30 Sep 2015 by Phil White
Report on-board Chinook 3
The last week has seen a steady influx of cod with some fish reported at over 8 lb. There are more skate showing in all areas and plenty of whiting .
Prospects are superb with our best winter coming up in over 20 years.
Tight lines. View Boats Page
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09/2015
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Sep 2015 by Mark Peters
Report on-board DAWN TIDE II
COD!!!
Well as you can see in the picture the cod have arrived in force good stamp of fish most either side of 5lb biggest so far is 9lb the fish are very early so take advantage of them. The big tides this week should push more and more fish inn its going to be one of those mega seasons View Boats Page
