Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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06/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
6 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
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What a day…!! Sunday 6th Sept,
We left Bradwell at 0700 and arrived 25 miles out in just on an hour, but due to a very brisk North West wind some 10 mph more than forecast, it was not fit to fish this mark, so we turned the boat around and headed closer in to the Gunfleet sands, where the water was much calmer, and we began to fish.
We hadn’t been there long and we started getting a few fish, doggies, and a few small Roker… but being a small tide, 5.1m there wasn’t much run on the tide, aaaargh !! I really wanted to be further offshore, but after a couple of hours the wind did ease off, and I took the decision to push back out to my original fishing mark, 6 miles South of our position, and I Am glad I did…!!
Once anchored up lines were cast and within 5 minutes we had two Roker hooked up, both double figure fish…!!! Just as I thought, the fish were thick on the ground, just a shame we couldn’t stop there for the first two hours of the ebb.
So… once we were off the blocks (so to speak) we then had a quadruple hook up, four good Roker on..!! And all my anglers were as happy as could be.
I had a very nice father and son team on today, Neil and son Harvey, such a polite young man, and a very quick learner too, Harvey caught some nice fish which included Thornback Rays to 9 lbs, and Smoothounds, and was casting his own rod like a Pro..!! well done son, you will be welcome any time on VP-2..!
My very good friends Ian and Elaine were on the boat today, lovely to see them again..!! and Ian had a secret weapon in his fishing arsenal.. a fish cent feeder, well Ian was fishing two rods, and the one with the feeder out fished the other rod 4 to 1.. pretty impressive I Must say.
Well the day just flew bye, and we stayed an hour longer as the weather was now settled and the sea was virtually flat calm, but it was time to hit the button for home, and although we caught around 30 Roker, we only kept around 7, so Nicola started to help the guys gut, and skin their fish.
A lovely day had by all, and we do it all again tomorrow, looking forward to it…!!
Tight lines everyone..!!!
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04/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
4 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Lots of fish being caught offshore Roker to 12 lbs and still a good run of Smoothounds, but with the water temperature now dropping, the summer fish will start to leave, and we are already seeing some winter species we had a Codling yesterday, along with some Whiting,so all looking good...!!
Tight lines...!! View Boats Page
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02/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
2 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Well like Ray Martin, I would agree, Saturday was lovely weather for a change and yep, we also had non stop action on the boat, strange as it is Herring is certainly the bait for the Roker, and like Ray said, all we got on Ragworm were doggies, and a few Whiting, Bass seem to be more on the lug-worm at the moment, and squid also a good all-round bait, taking Bass, and Roker. Monday the boys called early at 0630 to see what the weather was doing? so I looked out by window as I live 200 mtrs from the river Crouch and told the organizer it was blowing about 12-15 mph NE and raining, and he decided to cancel, and I didn't argue with him because it certainly would not be a great fishing day, and I didn't want to be seen to be ripping the party off by forcing the issue about going.... But... 10 minutes later I get a call from the other half of the party who were already halfway to Bradwell.??? and were horrified to hear I (apparently) had cancelled it, well I quickly explained I merely told the trip organizer the weather conditions, and he decided no one wanted to go..!!! well the lads on their way did not want to be cancelled and were prepared to pay for the whole boat and bait, even thought they had £90. worth of worm bait already, but were dedicated fishermen and I love em for it, so enthusiastic so we meet on the boat at 0915, I would have gone at 0600,but once again the organizer told me the boys didn't want to go early, and told them it was me who preferred the later start ...huh.. I wanted to get up in the shallows for the first of the flood tide for the Bass, sadly that didn't happen, but we did head out for the Maplin sands and pushing against a hard flooding tide but still made 22 knots and was on our first spot in just under an hour, and after a very wet 20 minutes we got our first bite ... a hound around 12 lbs a nice start, then we got a few more fairly quickly, then with an Easterly wind and a big hard flooding tide both together we slipped anchor, so had to re-position the boat, and it was like throwing a light switch the fish were gone, weather the noise of the anchor dragging, lifting it and dropping it again, disturbed the fish??? but we didn't get another bite so I made a move not far, but far enough on a clean bit of ground, and eventually we started getting a few bites again, Hounds, Roker, Doggies, Whiting... then at the top of the tide around 1400 we went back over the top of the sands to try for some Bass, which was what the guys really w
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08/2015
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Aug 2015 by Scott Belbin
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August has been a good month to us although it may have been wet and windy at times we have managed to get out and as ever the fishing has been great. Our inshore trips have produced a nice variety of fish with many winter species such as cod and whiting showing already which is a good sign for the coming season. We have had a few tub gurnard mixed in which have been showing more frequently over the last 12 months than they have for several years. The smooth-hounds have been here all along and we had another run of big fish as is traditional around this time of year for us. We had several good trips and saw plenty of double figure fish. However one evening trip stands out as the best trip for them. As we had a couple of late arrivals and due to tides and having to steam a fair distance we could only manage just over 3.5hrs fishing as it was just a 7 hour trip but luckily it was a busy 3.5 hours. Things started slowly with one or two hounds coming aboard or being lost. As the tide started running it went with two or three big hounds coming in at a time. These fish fight well enough anyway but in the shallow waters around here I would say they are unbeatable very often jumping, rolling on the surface and dragging our anglers on a lap of the boat. The best fish of the evening fell to hiroshi just as darkness fell. It was clearly a decent fish with a lot of weight behind it and after the obligatory lap of honour around the boat she gave me a shot with the net. Once in the boat and photographed we weighed her in at 23.5lbs which was not only a PB for Hiroshi but for the boat too. needless to say we were all pleased for him. We had several more fish before heading home for the night. I couldn’t tell you an exact number of what we had but I stopped marking them down at over 40 and I know we had several more after that so with at least 50 decent hounds for the night along with the odd small bass and whiting it had been good.
On the offshore trips we’ve been concentrating on bass which haven’t been bad although maybe not as good as previous years. We have always found a few fish and some nice ones too. these too fight very well in the shallow clear water where they can be caught on nice light gear too. sizes vary from trip to trip but most have been 2-5lbs so far.
As I mentioned earlier there have been the odd codling showing for a while now and they are pushing closer in shore too. they could well show up in numbers on one of the next sets of tides as they move in for the autumn run along with the rays.
Over the next month we should see a mixed bag as the summer species and winter species overlap for a while. Anything could be on the cards and most will show on squid bait although worm can help for some species. For more information, available dates and weekly updates please visit my website www.essexseafishing.co.uk or call 07956411528 View Boats Page
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25/08/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
25 Aug 2015 by TERRY BATT
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Well we have been so busy over the last few weeks guys, I have had very little time to catch up with fishing reports.
But I will give you an overall summery of how the Thames Estuary has been fishing..!!
There has been plenty of good Smoothound action, with fish into the high end doubles, most of the professional boats from both the river Blackwater, and our friends in the river Crouch, have been hitting them with huge susses, and all are encouraged to put the vast majority back alive to fight another day, and this has been the case I am glad to report..!!
It the right places further off-shore you can still have big hits of Thornback Rays, and there are lots of big double figure females amongst them, and again we go there on the understanding that most of the fish are returned alive, and only take enough for a feed at the table, as we do not endorse the old ways of years gone by, of wholesale slaughter...!! them days I am glad to say are long gone, and I am pleased to report, that most anglers now all read from the same hymn book...! now we have a sustainable fishery, and we didn't need some erk in Brussels to tell us how to do it, we have managed it, with the co-operation of our sensible anglers by our-self's, and we have great fishing nearly all year round.
There are huge amounts of juvenile fish in the shallows, right on top of the sands, in 3 foot, we fish up there for Bass on the incoming big spring tides, but we get to see all the small Tope, Thornbacks, LSD, Smoothhounds
and whiting.... just about every species you could imagine, even a little Place, was caught the other day.. so all in the garden is coming up roses so to speak, and that my friends is largely due to the fact, love em or hate them ... the wind turbines affords these little fish huge amounts of protection, and stops them being swept out to sea on the big tides, they just hide up behind the wind turbines, out of the tide nice and safe..!!!
Well this wind is relentless, and with the rain pouring down, not a great summer, but it is heart warming as I am sitting here writing this report, on TV the "big Blue UK live", Huge, one of the presenters, has just said what I have have been banging on about!!!, years ago he said he is ashamed to say, that he is sad to say years ago he was responsible 40 years ago to have killed a Blue Shark, and now wants to help conserve our marine life, so once again education, and understanding has been victorious and this is a good thing, and with most things, with the exposure of television it gets out to the masses..!!
Ok guys we will see what the weather does tomorrow, and see weather the ropes come off and head out to sea, or weather the wind is going to blow again, driving the rain and washing yet another trip out..!!
until next time........ Tight lines.. View Boats Page
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08/2015
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Aug 2015 by Mark Peters
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Quick report been very busy hardly any days off untill this little front of wether very good numbers of fish about at the moment most of my partys wanting to fish for the bass recently with plenty of action for all most fish well over the new legal size limit with the better ones kept for the pot rest all reasled most fish over the 2lb mark at the moment biggest last week was just over 5lb nice eating size. Still loads hounds about little run of bigger fish 22lb the biggest. Rays are building in good numbers as they always do this time of year. The odd cod turning up still so it a good sign for the wither season. Hit the mackrele the other day had about 70 odd but still not loads about never really turned up. Gurnad sole flounders dabs and whiting doggys showing up too book early to secure a space or date dont leave it to late and be disappointed when im full
Mark peters
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08/2015
Fishing Report by LESTER BAKER
on Seawatch1 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Aug 2015 by LESTER BAKER
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It's been a busy summer on Seawatch in the Thames estuary and I didn't realise how long ago I wrote my last report so here is a quick update.June continued to give us some good bass and thornback catches and some great days on the Smoothhounds which turned up in great numbers and as usual became the main species in our summer fishing.Although we tried several times for mackerel they failed to show in any numbers in our area and like most boats we gave up looking for them,from reports I have seen they appear to be in short supply all round the coast this year.
After a couple of quieter weeks in late July and early August fishing has improved again with some really big hounds showing again and the return of some better size rays on the grounds,the last week has also seen some good bass being caught with the best on Seawatch at 9.8ozs to Mike McHale
Most boats have been catching the odd cod throughout the summer and I'm sure next month will see a sharp increase in the numbers ,which can only add to the mixed bags of fish we are enjoying at the moment View Boats Page
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23/08/2015
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
23 Aug 2015 by Phil White
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This last week has seen the best smoothound fishing all summer with plenty of big fish showing, Erin caught his first ever hound with me on Monday at 19 lb !, best reported at nearly 24lb, several more bass and plenty of thornbacks.
Prospects are excellent. Tight lines !. View Boats Page
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16/08/2015
Fishing Report by Phil White
on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)
16 Aug 2015 by Phil White
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Fantastic sport on the big hounds today, 40 plus with most over 10lb, best at 14lb. Last 2 dates this week on good tides and settled weather tuesday and thursday.
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15/08/2015
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
15 Aug 2015 by Ray Martin
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Been a brilliant couple of weeks, lots of green weed making marks tricky to fish but rewards are great
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