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  • 10/2014 Fishing Report by Scott Belbin on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)

    Oct 2014 by Scott Belbin

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    Im sure you don’t need me to tell you that autumn is here now even if summer does keep showing its face on the odd day.we can have some great autumnal fishing around essex for a variety of fish with cod and thornback rays our main target. The fishing this year looks promising with good numbers of early codling showing at the moment. To be honest in some places they didn’t seem to go away all summer and we have just watched them grow. Inshore most fish are 8-18 inches long with the average fish around 15-16 inches. These are a bit small to keep right now but another few weeks and we should have some great sport. Although its not too bad right now with good numbers about. On a short evening trip in the estuary we had a dozen last week. Not bad less than 3 hours fishing. Further off the bigger fish have just started to show in numbers and this set of tides is likely to push more of them up. The thornback rays have been in good numbers through September and into October. Most fish are 4-8lbs at the moment and the stamp of these is likely to go up in the coming weeks. Some trips have seen over 30 rays amongst the odd dogfish or two.
    There are still a few bass and smooth-hounds kicking about as the left overs of our summer. These fish can pop up as late as December as a nice addition to the catch. Over the coming weeks we will be targeting some mixed bags of cod and rays both inshore and further afield. This time of year can be one of the best for a decent cod and things look good so far. Pictured is john with one of the best so far at 8.12lbs. i wouldn’t expect one every cast but they are definitely out there and to a much greater size too. i update my website very regularly with dates and reports. so for more information, available dates and reports please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk or follow us on facebook on the essexseafishing page. or call on 07956411528

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