Charter Boat: Kestrel warrior
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Boat and Skipper Details
Kestrel warrior Eastbourne offers a variety of trips that take in all angling abilities and they include:
3 Hour Fishing Sessions:
These run twice daily during the summer & school holidays (weather permitting) and are ideal for families, or inexperienced anglers who want to try boat angling for the first time.
3 hour trips generally involve jigging within 3 miles off sovereign harbour here are some excellent fishing holding areas close in.
Expect to catch Mackerel, Pouting, Whiting, Gurnards, various flatfish & rays, (over the cleaner ground) Coley, and of course the nations favourite Cod smooth hound tope ells the list goes on
The price for these trips is only £450 which includes all tackle
Summer Evening Trips:
During the summer kestrel warrior also offers 3hr Mackerel Fishing Trips, these are ideal for novice anglers / kids or just if you fancy catching some mackerel for the BBQ
These trips are priced at £450 and include all bait and tackle.
10hour deep sea trip £700 whole boat £120pp
8hour Inshore trips £600 whole boat £80pp
3hour inshore fishing session £400 £55pp
90 minutes mackerel trip £250 £35pp
These trips are bespoke to your needs so if you wish to have a later start and later finish (as long as its before dark) then please let Anthony know
With a vast knowledge of fishing out of Eastbourne for the last 28 years I have had many different types of fish
Fishing has been a life long passion and now being qualified I love to share my knowledge to others so they can enjoy a good days fishing
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Kestrel warrior
Reviews
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Solveig Moore (03/10/2022)
Another amazing trip with kestrel warrior 6! Had a cheeky last minute mackerel trip with my two young sons and what a trip it was. The kids had an amazing time and added to their skills from the last trip. Once again the skipper was patient and kept the boys entertained with his knowledge of the area and all the types of fish they can catch. We caught lots of different weird and wonderful fish and the boys where astonished when we caught a squid. Will definitely be booking again
Skippers Reponse: Thank you it was a pleasure ��
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Richard Babb (31/05/2022)
Just back from a Brilliant days fishing on the Kestrel Warrior VI with Captain Anthony. He really knew is stuff and used his vast fishing experience to take us to some great marks where we as a family got firsts in several species including Place, Black bream, conger and dab. My youngest even managed to land a spider crab! As inexperienced anglers Anthony was always at hand to provide guidance and advice. We will be coming back and I would have no hesitation in recommending a trip with Anthony and Kestrel Warrior VI to any family for an excellent day out, even those who haven been sea angling before.
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Dick Bradley (26/06/2021)
Great day had by all, Anthony got us straight to the mark quickly and right on to the fish. Best charter for a long time.
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Solveig Moore (23/04/2021)
a month ago
As a complete novice at fishing I wasnt convinced I was going to catch any fish. Thanks to all the advice and help from the skipper I was catching fish in no time and had a fantastic day! I also bought along my 6 year old Autistic son who wasnt sure at first but after the gentle guidence of the skipper, soon got stuck in catching fish. My son can't stop talking about his fishing trip. we Will definitely be booking again -
Dennis Wellman (07/05/2021)
Outstanding days fishing the skipper promised fish and delivered. We started looking for bait but landed a beautiful cod. The second cod appeared but it was too small. We shot off to the next target and the action continued with 4 rods baited the fishing continued in a relaxed mode. The first Thornback was hooked and it was not long before the second and third ray appeared. We had to go back in because of the weather but more action outside the harbour. Great day on the water.
Skippers Reponse: Thank you it was a pleasure see you soon
Location
Bait & Tackle
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Anglers Den
Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, South East, England
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Simpson Marine
Newhaven, East Sussex, South East, England
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Lagoon Bait & Tackle
Hove, East Sussex, South East, England
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Anglers Den
Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, South East, England
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Nimpopo
Polegate, East Sussex, South East, England
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Peacehaven Angler
Peacehaven, East Sussex, South East, England
Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 28 Species have been caught onboard Kestrel warrior, including: Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Black Sea Bream | Cod | Conger Eel | Dab | Dragonet | European Squid | Flounder | Garfish | Grey Gurnard | John Dory | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Lesser Weever | Mackerel | Plaice | Pollock | Poor Cod | Red Gurnard | Scad | Smooth-hound (Common) | Sole (Common) | Starry Smooth-hound | Thornback Ray | Tope | Tub Gurnard | Undulate Ray | Whiting
- CBUK Record Breaking Catches: June 2022, 24 lb Undulate Ray
Latest Catches 54 photos uploaded
1 lb Plaice
29-Jan-2023
8 oz Dab
29-Jan-2023
1 lb 5 oz Plaice
25-Jan-2023
2 lb Lesser Spotted Dogfish
Nov-2022
2 lb Bass
Nov-2022
1 lb John Dory
Nov-2022
17 lb Pollock
Oct-2022
3 lb European Squid
Oct-2022
11 lb Bass
Oct-2022
1 lb Scad
Sep-2022Latest Fishing Reports and News
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15/02/2025
Fishing Report by anthony collins
15 Feb 2025 by anthony collins
Catch report Eastbourne
Kestrel warrior fishing trips
So we are now starting to see some plaice. After fishing Newhaven for 3 years. It's a bit of a shock to the system to be back at Eastbourne. But I know it will pay to fish in the better location.
So today saw my regular individuals aboard to go plaice fishing. I'm a bit disappointed in the size of plaice but it's early in the season and plenty of time to catch more . So all the fish were caught on ebbing tide and fell to the usual suspects worm on Spoon's. We managed 30 fish. So not the best of trips but it's a start. Along with a rouge thornback that shocked me. A bit of a different method at Eastbourne. I usually fish for them on the drift but this mark fishes better at anchor. ⚓ Don't ask me why but it just dose. Most fish fell to baits being twitched back towards the boat. That had been cast uptide then left to roll to the back of the boat before being slowly twitched back.
Next booking available is the 26th of February for plaice
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01/08/2023
Fishing Report by anthony collins
1 Aug 2023 by anthony collins
We are proud to announce we have our all new charter boat. This modern starfish 10 is 36 ft overall. With a deck space ample to fish 11 angler's we have all new fishing equipment supply by tackle warehouse in Crawley. With modern electric equipment and a big engine with speeds up to 18 knots
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29/01/2023
Fishing Report by anthony collins
29 Jan 2023 by anthony collins
Catch report for Sunday 29th January newhaven.
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Sunday morning was abit warmer than Saturday
The wether overcast and damp. Wasn't looking nice for the day. So meeting up with Octavian �� and his crew we decided to head to sea. First starting a drift for some plaice heading west we see some signs of bait fish so we stopped and all went down having 3 novice's onboard I knew it wasn't going to be easy.
So after the first couple of hours we ended up with I think 2 dabs 1 plaice and a handful of wighting so we decided to head out ABIT further this didn't work out as we stopped catching the flaties moving back closer to the shore we picked up a flounder a plaice and a few more dabs making it abit more worth while at this point the sea had decided to pick up to 0.7 MTRS so we headed east to seaford bay . Fishing quite close to shore for this effort we ended up with 1more dab
All in all not brilliant but it was a day at sea
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Or call me on 07896471691
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28/01/2023
Fishing Report by anthony collins
28 Jan 2023 by anthony collins
Catch report for newhaven Wednesday 25th January
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When it comes to fishing in the winter knowledge is key
I learnt that from fishy rob out of Brighton.
With the tides being so big and the fishing being hard I knew I had to think out of the box. With that I put a crew together to go plaice fishing.
Not knowing what the outcome was going to be. In the morning I got the lads to meet up at #fortroadcafe for breakfast. Being that it was flat we was quite chilled on the time to set sail so we left at 9am quite a sivolised time. Heading out to sea I decided to tern left and headed out for an hour once we got to the mark what seemed like forever. We decided to anchor up fishing a standerd flatti rig with worm . As soon as we got there within seconds the first rod had gone with a double shot of plaice shortly followed with a few more. As the day went on the fishing started to drop off .
So with that I decided to move eaven closer to the beach .mind you we wasn't fish that far out to start with
After resetting the boat the fishing continued with some flounder's dabs and more plaice being caught
Total tally for the boat 23 plaice 17 keepers 2 Flounder and 15 dabs returned bringing us to over 40 flat fish for the day
On the way back out new team member James gutted all the fish with everyone tired and cold I knew my job was complete till the next time
Captain ant �� -
25/01/2023
Fishing Report by anthony collins
25 Jan 2023 by anthony collins
Catch report for newhaven Wednesday 25th January
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When it comes to fishing in the winter knowledge is key
I learnt that from fishy rob out of Brighton.
With the tides being so big and the fishing being hard I knew I had to think out of the box. With that I put a crew together to go plaice fishing.
Not knowing what the outcome was going to be. In the morning I got the lads to meet up at #fortroadcafe for breakfast. Being that it was flat we was quite chilled on the time to set sail so we left at 9am quite a sivolised time. Heading out to sea I decided to tern left and headed out for an hour once we got to the mark what seemed like forever. We decided to anchor up fishing a standerd flatti rig with worm . As soon as we got there within seconds the first rod had gone with a double shot of plaice shortly followed with a few more. As the day went on the fishing started to drop off .
So with that I decided to move eaven closer to the beach .mind you we wasn't fish that far out to start with
After resetting the boat the fishing continued with some flounder's dabs and more plaice being caught
Total tally for the boat 23 plaice 17 keepers 2 Flounder and 15 dabs returned bringing us to over 40 flat fish for the day
On the way back out new team member James gutted all the fish with everyone tired and cold I knew my job was complete till the next time
Captain ant ��
