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  • 05/2015 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)

    May 2015 by TERRY BATT

    Report on-board Vanishing Point-2

    Well, Saturday didn't disappoint...!!! the wind was blowing at over 30 mph all day, but fortunately we had wind and tide together for half the day and the afternoon session OK as we managed to get some shelter from a lovely sand bank exposed by low water..! We had a fair few Thornback's heaps of Doggies, the odd Codling still about, and one of the boats fishing close by had a few Smoothounds, so that was good to hear.

    On Sunday, we got up to be greeted with very little wind..!!! and when we got to the boat the sea was virtually flat,..!! hah ha,,!! I thought as I scrambled through my little black book to see where we were going to go on these relatively small dropping tides..? well I had a plan already in my mind, and God I wish I had gone with my gut feeling, but no, I went with notes I had made over the years, and after stopping on the mark which was my gut feeling, then decided to push on another 3,5 mile East with big expectations...... DISASTER I fell flat on my face, after two and a half hour fishing all we had to show for it was 1 skate and a shed load of Doggies.

    So with a sinking feeling I asked the lads, who I must say were fantastic..!!! to pull in their lines and went back 3.5 miles to the West, to the original mark I was going to stop on at first..!! and within 5 minutes we had the first of many Skate on the boat, so I am glad to report we went from Zero to hero in one move..!!

    So sometimes it doesn't matter how good you are, or you think you are..? I think it right to be honest and sometimes say...hey..!! I got it wrong, then go about digging deep and try you best to put things right.

    We had a Romanian chap out on the boat, who last month brought a beach caster with him, and I politely told him the rod was too big for the boat, and needed to bring a smaller one next time...!! well yesterday he did, it was overall 18" inches long.....lol but he had a regular size boat rod as well, but still put out his little rod for a laugh, and bugger me, he had two lovely Skate on it, he was so funny.

    Another chap on the boat was Mark, a man after my own heart, likes to try new and different methods to try and catch fish, and this was never more evident than yesterday he tried some fish pellets with a special cent and again he caught a couple of Skate on them..!!! well done Mark good result.

    Ok guys with the hounds starting to show now, and we have had the first of the Bass now things are looking up for hopefully a good summer of fishing.

    As Nicola and I only started fishing with our new large Catamaran and opened our bookings diary a few weeks ago, we still have quite a few dates to fill, so if you read our reviews kind customers have posted, and fancy a trip on this amazing vessel, please call and have a chat......

    Tight lines ...!!!!

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