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  • 05/12/2016 Fishing Report by Phil White on Chinook 3 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)

    5 Dec 2016 by Phil White

    Report on-board Chinook 3

    Dabbling with dabs

    Whilst we all wait for the cod to arrive another species has turned up in abundance, that is the humble dab.

    These sweet tasty little flatfish are giving our anglers great sport on light tackle and are close in which gives our anglers security of a day out and longer fishing times.

    Best rigs are a two or three hook flowing trace with a small size 1 hook, best baits are fish strips, squid and worm, best tides are neap tides fishing over the slack water as they don’t like too much tide run.

    There are still plenty of whiting with lots of fish getting on for nearly a 1lb; best baits are squid, worm and mackerel.

    A lot of the thornbacks have moved offshore but quite often come back inshore in the new year depending on water temperature, we are still catching a few but numbers are down.

    There are odd cod around with more reports of fish turning up on the Suffolk coast but it is still quiet in the Thames Estuary with only odd smaller fish showing.

    Offshore has been quiet with a few Thornbacks, whiting and dogfish, we did have a bass this week but that was very much an odd fish as most have moved south by now.

    Prospects very much depend on when the cod show up as things can change quickly in the winter so keep checking the reports and forums.

    The picture shows Jim with three nice dabs caught on Stuart Belbin's boat Razorbill, we had nearly 90 dabs between both boats on sunday.


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