Latest Fishing Reports: Essex
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19/05/2013
Fishing Report by dave savage
on in-t-net (Canvey Island, Essex)
19 May 2013 by dave savage
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summers well and truly on the way had a bunch of lads out on sunday from canvey for 30 odd hounds to low doubles good days sport had by all
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10/05/2013
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
10 May 2013 by Mark Peters
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May bank holiday week
We are having good numbers of skate most trips few slower days on small tide but we make up for it on the bass we found some nice marks holding some nice early bass getting them al most every time we fish them had a nice 8lb beauty along with lots of smaller ones and had a few around 3-4 lb last week also a few hounds creeping in around 5-7 lb so not long till the flood the ground in big numbers
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10/05/2013
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
10 May 2013 by Ray Martin
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This weekends fishing all cancelled due to high winds :( will be re-loading all boat reels with new line and replacing all terminal tackle.. it will be getting tested by the hounds / bass very shortly. The boat engine is getting a service and the new cabin / wheelhouse upholstery should be arriving.. so not all bad.
Skiff has had an overhall as well, shot blasted and about to be painted View Boats Page
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06/05/2013
Fishing Report by ian curtis
on Why Worry (Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex)
6 May 2013 by ian curtis
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had a trip out on bankholiday monday 06/05/13 was arranged to leave port at 5am for a 1.5-2hr steam for a offshore bash for the skate on board was skipper ron his lad dan ,ian darren mark time went very quick as we had a few laughs,as we came to our spot darren and mark were shocked to see clear water they only fish inshore where the water is very dirty ,from the start we had skate dogfish you could see the fish come up from the deeper water swiming towards you ,the sun was out beating the warm air on us ron made a cup of tea for us which is a very rare thing ,it was fishing at a steady pace for some of us but a few people were not getting any bites which i think was down to them not fishing on the bottom ,around 12pm ron heated a curry for us that i made which kept every one very quite for 10 min then it was back down to fishing catching more skate and dogfish in the end we packed up around 5pm for the trip home ,we had around 28 skate loads of dogfish dan mark and darren got to work in skining the skate which didnt take to long when you have got a production line like that ,a great day out with ron and the boys cant wait for the next trip ,if any one wants a great day out give ron a ring he will put him self out just to find you the fish well done mate
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06/05/2013
Fishing Report by carl porter
on Hard Labour (Wallasea Island, Essex)
6 May 2013 by carl porter
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May bank holiday weekend was a mixed bag.
Saturdays forecast wasn't the greatest and considering it was predicted to blow 20mph, it was actually blowing 35mph. We still managed to find some fish, but the weather cut our day short.
Sunday was a better forecast and the offshore banks were the target. fishing wasn't fast and furious but steady and over the course of the day the species and numbers of fish racked up. schoolie bass, dabs, skate, codling, pouting and the ever present thames tiger shark (LSD).
Monday was a local trip and by far the best day for numbers of fish although the species list was down. Plenty of skate was the order of the day mainly good sized fish too in the 8 to 10 lb bracket, with the biggest of the day going 11.5lb. Most of the maids went back, but the boys were not so lucky. The crew went home with a good feed of fish View Boats Page
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05/05/2013
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
5 May 2013 by Ray Martin
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Nice lot of skate over the weekend, sadly weather on Saturday was not what we were expecting. Had a few live hermits and they got hit , possibly by hounds but did not connect with the fish so not sure.. I expect the first hounds to show any day now..
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01/05/2013
Fishing Report by LESTER BAKER
on Seawatch1 (Brightlingsea, Essex)
1 May 2013 by LESTER BAKER
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Hi there, my first report - a little bit later getting started with the new venture than I expected ( the boat was damaged by a coaster which ran amok in Brightlingsea then due to the bad weather repairs were delayed )
Never mind we are now up and running and catching fish.
Seawatch had her first party out on Sunday and Tony's party managed 19 cracking Thornbacks with the best at 17 lbs 6 ozs , pretty good going as only one of them had been sea fishing before!
Fishing can only get better now with the Bass and Smoothounds joining the increasing numbers of Thornbacks on the grounds - So for some arm aching fun give us a ring and join us on Seawatch 1.
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27/04/2013
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Lady Grace (Brightlingsea, Essex)
27 Apr 2013 by Scott Belbin
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Today I had 7 onboard, 3 adults and 4 children and we had 6 rods. We headed out and fished up to high water. It started off slow with a few bites and Tom was the first to catch, he had the Lady Graces' first ever Dogfish! One of the other men then had a whiting and then Matt decided to show them how to do it by catching the first skate. We quickly got his bait back in the water and weighed the skate, it was 5.2lb male and Matt decided he wanted to take that one home for his mum and dad. Almost straight away Matt was into his second skate weighing 5.11lb which was another male so he kept this one for his uncle Dean who had brought him to Mersea. Uncle Dean then caught a whiting and the gentleman opposite caught a dogfish then Matt eas into his third skate, this one weighed 5.4lb but was a female just giving birth so she went back to live another day. Shortly after Tom caught his first skate and had a helping hand by his dad Stewart , it was another female weighing 8.12lband soon after Dean had his first female skate too at 7.4lb. Then Matt was onto another fish, by now thry were all thinking of throwing him overboard, this time he had a 2.13lb cod. It then quietened down towards high water and we headed home just before the rain threw it down. We finished with 5 skate, 1 cod, 2 dogfish and 2 whiting. A nice mixture of fish for beginners to see and I am glad we didn't catch anymore as I was certainly kept busy enough with this group of children reeling in needing baiting up and casting out very frequently. All the female skate went back to live another day.
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27/04/2013
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
on PLAN B (Southend-On-Sea, Essex)
27 Apr 2013 by Ray Martin
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Had a short trip on Saturday with a group of novice sea anglers.... Luckily one of them is a Diesel fitter and got the niggling air issue with my engine sorted. The fishing was slow with a few skate and dogfish on a lower river mark, we tried an old favourite and caught a few more, and sadly lost a big one when the line snapped.. thats fishing..
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21/04/2013
Fishing Report by neon ling
on Eastern Promise 2 (West Mersea, Essex)
21 Apr 2013 by neon ling
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Well another brilliant trip out with Derek.6 of us Rob Alan Mark Dan Brian and myself we started off by the wind farm gave it an hour up to nearly high tide never had a bite between us so we pulled the hook and blasted off down to a spot about 8miles off Felixtowe anchored up in about 80 foot and as the tide started to ebb we started to catch some clonking cod ended up with 24 cod between 6 and 12 and half pound I think we had 6or7 doubles only 2 roker 1 dog and 3whiting PBs for Brian 10lb 8oz Rob 11lb 2 oz Mark 9lb Alan 9lb 8oz and myself 12 lb 8oz have to feel sorry for poor old Dan he tried everything but blanked . But with Derek's new boat I'm sure it won't be long before he puts us on some more good fish great day thanks Derek
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