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• 25/07/2023 Fishing Report by Scott Belbin on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
  

  25 Jul 2023 by Scott Belbin

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  As I'm sure you have noticed the weather has been quite unsettled of late. It's not what we have come to expect from summer the last few years. To be honest this weather can be better for the fishing than blasing heat and endless calm weather. Fortunately we have remained busy and haven't had to cancel a single trip aboard Galloper. We have used the shelter of the river blackwater and surrounding areas to our advantage. Luckily the fishing has been great with lots of small bass inshore as well as some keepers. At times there have been some cracking smooth-hounds as well which really pull our strings. It's been nice to see a few eels making an appearance too. These much moligned fish used to be a pain when I was younger before being overfished. We have had some nice Dover sole too along with several other odds and sods. Thornback ray numbers might be down on a few years ago but they have been making up our catches too. They come in all sizes though from postage stamp to double figure fish. I often say that I enjoy the challenge of finding a few fish in adverse conditions. it means that I fish marks that I fish marks I would otherwise Steam straight past on calmer days. It also means we are fishing in stingray territory which again I would usually be fishing outside of. I fish these marks in constant anticipation that the next fish could be a stinger. With a run of windy trips it was inevitable that we would get one and Alex was the lucky angler who caught our latest one. It's nice to have seen several this year already and hopefully there's more to come.
  I have several days with full boat bookings and individual spaces available over the coming weeks so please get in touch if you want to join us.
  Please bear in mind that I am often working out of signal range or could be on deck helping people when you call but I will get back to you asap.
  Next spaces are as follows
  02/08-3 spaces @ £60pp
  03/08-boat available from £499
  04/08-boat available from £490
  05/08-offshore trip 1 space @ £100pp
  07/08-offshore bass @ £100pp
  08/08-boat available for offshore trips
  09/08-boat available for offshore trips
  10/08-land of no fish 4 spaces @ £110pp
  11/08-land of no fish 7 spaces @ £110pp
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