Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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01/08/2014
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
1 Aug 2014 by Mark Peters
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August 2014
More bass are showing up and numbers of hounds are increasing too
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28/07/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
28 Jul 2014 by Ray Martin
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The fishing is brilliant at the moment with plenty of large hounds to keep me busy.
Bass are less prolific and skate have disappeared but the hounds really are worth catching.
We are averaging about 30 hounds per trip and over half are double figures. View Boats Page
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07/2014
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jul 2014 by Scott Belbin
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Thought I’d best do a report for june/july as ive been so busy I missed last months report for CBUK. As I mentioned its been busy with good weather for the most part and plenty of fish about. June saw us targeting tope, smooth-hounds, bass and thorn-backs .
As is often the case this time of year, there was a lot of variety about and a few less common species coming aboard. We managed to get most trips out with very few cancellations. although the weather has stopped us getting right off on some occasions we have still been able to find some good sheltered fishing.
The tope fishing seemed busier this year than it has the last couple with good numbers of smaller fish about. There weren’t loads of big fish caught here but one or two came out on other boats.
The smooth-hounds have been steady in numbers and the odd double has been mixed in here and there with a few more showing the past couple of weeks.
the bass fishing has been ok, don’t expect loads on every general trip but were seeing the odd good fish here and there along with a few smaller ones.
We have done a few bass trips over the last few weeks with mixed results, some lovely fish have come out. Pictured is Glenn who has done several bass trips over the years. He had a lovely brace of fish in two consecutive casts, the first went 7.8lbs and the next went 8.13lbs! don’t expect this every trip but as this proves it can and does happen.
There are still numbers or thornbacks in places, many are small fish which we generally find this time of year but some are a good size and the males make good eating.
We had a bass trip booked last week, unfortunately there had been a storm over night which hadn’t completely cleared by the morning. So we stopped inshore for a couple of hours to let it clear before we headed off. We started well with a few hounds and rays to start the day. Martin hooked a screamer of a hound that fought like a fish twice its weight. It was still a decent hound at just over 10lbs. we had a nice stamp of rays too for the time of year before heading off to catch the flood tide. The first mark started with the odd fish coming through from most parts of the boat. As the tide got going Barry and Lindsey hit a shoal which were taking their baits as fast as I could cast them back out! Another 10 minutes and it was over with just the odd fish coming through again. We made a quick dash to another mark for the rest of the day and this time it was martins turn. He had a bite a cast for most of the rest of the day here. It has to be said that most of his catch were small codling but he started with a few nice bass. He had a couple of bass around the 4lbs mark at the same time with one on each rod. We had a few more rays, some dogfish and a couple of dabs here too. We finished the day off with 21 bass, 8 smooth-hounds, 11 rays, loads of codling, a few dogfish, a couple of dabs and a pouting too. Not too bad following a breezy start to the day.
Over the coming weeks we’ll be doing a few more bass trips but on the general trips we should see the odd bass mixed in too. The smooth-hounds should still be showing and we hope to find some decent girls amongst them. For the bass I’d try worm and the hounds I’d use crab but as ever squid will pick most things up.
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13/07/2014
Fishing Report by Trevor Crawley
on Girl Mandy (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
13 Jul 2014 by Trevor Crawley
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Hi this is not a report as such but a warning to other skippers about a bad group of anglers the organisers name is ( JIM TAYLOR ) phone number( 07949322341) he gave me the impression that he and is group were very eager but as we were due to sail his group never showed up and wont answer my calls so not only do I loose my days work but also it costs me money for bait that was ordered so please make sure you take a deposit as anglers like this are not worth the effort as it gives other anglers that do want to fish a bad name, again his name is ( JIM TAYLOR 07949322341 ) BE VARY WARY TAKE A DEPOSIT many thanks skipper of the Girl Mandy
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07/2014
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Jul 2014 by carl porter
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Well June has seen the hounds arrive in force. Catches of 30 plus fish a day are the norm with the average fish size being 6 to 10 lb. So far this year we have had a lot of good double figure fish, lots of 15lbers a fair few in the 16lb bracket, a nice 17lb fish and the biggest of the year so far a cracking 19lb 9oz fish. With july now under way and traditionally our best month for the smoothounds, im expecting great things for the coming month. Usually the numbers of fish landed increases but the average size reduces slightly as the girls pup out. Catches of 70 plus fish in a single tide are not uncommon through july and august.
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29/06/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
29 Jun 2014 by Ray Martin
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Another great weekends fishing, loads of smoothound but none of the larger ones we have been getting. Some skate mackerel and a few bass keeping us going.
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21/06/2014
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
21 Jun 2014 by Ray Martin
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Had the best weekend so far this year for smoothounds
40 on Friday best one 14lb and several smash ups
60+ on sat with one around 20lb
20 Sunday until the easterly wind ruined it,
A few bass plus skate and a sprinkle of mackerel, made a brilliant weekend View Boats Page
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06/2014
Fishing Report by LESTER BAKER
on Seawatch1 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jun 2014 by LESTER BAKER
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Just back from a fantastic carp fishing holiday in France so I thought I'd give you a quick update on the first couple of trips since getting back.Smooth hounds making up the bulk of our catches with fish to fourteen pounds hopefully the bigger females should be putting in an appearance in the near future ,still several rays and bass being caught on most trips.The Mackerel fishing has taken a turn for the worse since the water coloured up a bit after a few days of northerly winds but should improve as the water clears up again. Special summer deals to get you fishing with us on Seawatch at www.seawatchcharters.co.uk
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16/06/2014
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
16 Jun 2014 by Mark Peters
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JUNE 2014
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16/06/2014
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
16 Jun 2014 by Mark Peters
Report on-board DAWN TIDE II
JUNE 2014
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