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  • 05/2015 Fishing Report by Scott Belbin on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)

    May 2015 by Scott Belbin

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    May was yet another busy month aboard the ‘Galloper’. The weather wasn’t always fantastic but we managed to get all of our trips in making the most of the shelter the area around west Mersea has to offer. Even on the days when the weather was a disappointment the sport made up for it with the varied and productive fishing we have to offer at this time of year. Our main target species through out may were the thornback rays. these are around in great numbers due to successful management over the past few years which is great to see. They average 4-8lbs with double figure fish common place now a days and with average days of 20-40 on the boat they are great to have around. Our best trip last month was 68 to toms party who were a group of hire rods who were very pleased with their day. these fish are often over looked in favour of cod or bass but on light gear, in our shallow waters without too much tide they can put up a great scrap along with the odd male being kept for a tasty feed. We have seen a few bass mixed in on trips and a couple of trips with a few more numbers of them. These fish will show through out the summer in various numbers and never fail to put a smile on an anglers face. There are still the odd cod showing here and there as the last stragglers often hang around after a good season. Many of these are nice fish too with lots of trips picking up one or two fish around the 3-4lbs mark still. The smooth-hounds have been around for a while now but have come on the feed a bit more over the last couple of weeks. we’ve seen some lovely fish coming out with several doubles mixed in. these handsome sport fish are all returned but put up a fantastic fight particularly when hooked in very shallow water. It was nice to see one of our regulars beat his PB the other day and catch a new record for the ‘Galloper’. Joe has fished with us since a very young age and smashed his old PB of 16lbs with a lovely fish of 21lbs! this was a big fish too as she had no pubs in her at the time I would have loved to have seen her come aboard in full pup. We had an early try for tope the other day with no joy but things are a little behind what we have become accustomed to over the last few years. We will have a go again at the first chance we get and I’m sure we’ll find something with a few mackerel starting to show to provide us with fresh bait.
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