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  • 07/05/2021 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    7 May 2021 by Colin De Block

    It was great to get back out on a fishing charter boat again yesterday, in particular because I was in the company of good friends both serving and retired RAF. Originally we had Colin De Block's boat Lead Us booked for Sunday, but after looking at the weekend weather forecast and having a cancellation for yesterday, boat skipper Colin prudently decided to alter the booking!
    To avoid excess traffic disruption, the road bridge that crosses over the harbour entrance at Lowestoft only opens at set times and it meant an early start for all of us to catch the 7am opening. Once through the bridge, we led a small flotilla of catamaran support and transfer vessels out into the open sea, where Colin turned Lead Us to the north towards his first chosen mark.
    After a relatively short passage in a calm sea, with the sun risen nicely in the sky, Colin slowed the boat to find a single-crewed Warrior 16 sat exactly where he wanted to anchor! As Colin anchored Lead Us a safe separation distance to the east, the guy on the Warrior brought aboard a succession of whiting and dogs and appeared to be struggling to keep up with baiting up the three rods he was using, so things were looking promising!
    As soon as the boat was nicely settled on the anchor, Colin gave the all clear for lines down. I've been struggling with a bad back, so instead of going flat out for smaller fish in competition mode, I decided to fish just one rod with bigger baits, to try and hook up with something decent and have a relaxing day. Everyone else was using two rods and soon the inevitable dogs, some decent whiting and small hounds started to come aboard. Meanwhile, I tied a Cox and Rawle 5/0 onto a span of 40lb fluorocarbon line, put on a whole large hermit crab (courtesy of Matt Overton of Sukat Fisheries), chucked it across and into the tide, then sat down on my box to relax my back!
    Colin soon had the kettle on and took the order for teas or coffees, then passed round the first of many cups, that were most welcome throughout the day. Our group was one short due to one that couldn't make it due to the date change (shame about that Scotty!), so Colin came out of his cabin to fish next to me. He cast a two hook rig uptide and soon his rod was bouncing away with a dog on the worm baited top hook and a small hound on the other peeler baited hook. I was struggling on the hermit baited rig though, missing bouncing hound bites completely, or dropping hounds on the retrieve. But I persisted with the same method, hoping for the one lunker fish that would make my day.
    Eventually the tide run died away and Colin decided to move out to a deeper mark that would hopefully offer us some more run. His new boat is a lot faster than the previous Lead Us and we were soon fishing on the new mark, where Colin fired up the cooker to warm up the first batch of sausage rolls for his hungry customers! I had managed just one dogfish on the first mark, that had managed to get its greedy jaws round a whole hermit! But unfortunately the larger fish didn't come out to play for me on the second mark either and the big baits went largely untouched. Although a smattering of dogs, whiting and small hounds continued to come aboard for my mates around the boat.
    All too soon the tide run died again and Colin announced a final move inshore again to catch the run after slack water. Once anchored, I changed tactics to a standard up and over clipped shore rig, with a Kamasan B940S and Chinu 2/0 pennell. Once baited with a peeler crab and hermit tail cocktail, I clipped the rig and cast it away from the boat. The result was almost instantaneous, with a half decent hound tripping the lead downtide and after a brief struggle, lifted aboard. Significantly, the hound was hooked neatly on the upper Chinu, with the rest of the bait hanging outside the mouth. A quick wrap of the same bait with crab elastic and the rig was launched to the same area, where a repeat process resulted in another hound of similar size, again hooked on the Chinu. Next cast soon resulted in a dreaded dogfish which destroyed the crab cocktail, so my thoughts of catching hound after hound on the same bait were not realised!
    Everyone around the boat was catching, with Wiggy at the back of the boat catching a decent hound of over 8lb, amongst the stream of dogs and whiting. Daz was doing well too at starboard cabin boy position, bringing a couple of 8lb plus hounds to the net, as he edged closer to his target of ten hounds for the day. Nige and his brother Steve were also catching plenty of fish, so it was all most enjoyable. Colin was busy with the kettle and sausage roll production line, so I was watching his rod tip, which was directly in my line of sight. I was calling out bite after bite for him, but he was suffering from my earlier woes, missing bites and losing fish. Then I had a relatively gentle bite on my rod and hooked into a really feisty hound, that gave a good account of itself, taking line against the drag. The way it fought, I could have sworn it was the first double of the day, but was a bit disappointed when it only took the scales round to 8.5lb.
    Daz reached his target of ten hounds, then Colin called lines up at 15:10, so we could get back in to catch the next bridge opening at 16:00. His rod had been gently knocking and as he went to pull in, it was obvious there was something decent pulling back on the end. After a short but lively battle, I was on successful netting duty as a cracking 12lb plus female hound surfaced, which was a new PB for Colin. So a perfect end to a really nice day's fishing.
    If you fancy a good day out with a hard working skipper on a decent boat, I can highly recommend a trip with Colin and Lead Us charters.

  • 07/05/2021 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    7 May 2021 by Colin De Block

    A great day chasing the hounds for the boys from the RAF and a PB for myself out of Lowestoft on Lead Us.
    We fished three different marks which all produced fish the last being the most productive, fresh peeler crab being the most productive bait 30+ being landed and a lot lost , plenty of them were in the 6 to 8.5lb bracket and a PB for myself at 12lb
    A great days fishing for all

  • 24/04/2021 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    24 Apr 2021 by Colin De Block

    Beginners luck for Ian on Lead Us a new boat record 24-04-21

    What an introduction to angling for Ian first cast bang straight into this lovely 12lb Blonde Ray a PB for him and a new boat record. Well done Ian

  • 14/04/2021 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    14 Apr 2021 by Colin De Block

    Lead Us charters, Lowestoft fishing trips
    14 April at 10:18 ·
    Mission accomplished eventually
    After a 20 mile steam to the grounds that had been producing some nice Spurdogs we settled into fishing which was hard going due to the strength of the tide, at slack water with only a few spotties and whiting being landed we upped sticks and headed to a mark that was producing by this time with the ebb running hard and wind picking up making fishing really difficult, as tide tide eased Kevin Southey landed a lovely fish of 18lb and a new PB for him shortly followed by another of 14lb. After a short time I was into a good fish another Spurdog approx 12lb which was unfortunately lost at the net. A hard day on Lead Us but some nice fish in the end

  • 04/04/2021 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    4 Apr 2021 by Colin De Block

    A great start back this week for Lead Us 05-04-2021, with plenty of fish on all three days . The first two days lots of Doggies , Whiting and Dabs keeping the crews busy all day . And yesterday 4th topping all three with 5 species, Doggies, Whiting , Bass , Codling and Thornback Ray

  • 02/2021 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    Feb 2021 by Colin De Block

    It is with great pleasure after last nights government announcement we can take bookings for groups of 6 people again from the 29th March 2021. With this coinciding with our most productive season expect spaces to be in high demand
    I look forward to greeting customers old and new , thanks for your continuing support.
    Cheers Colin
    For enquiries or to book call 07803270798

  • 12/2020 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    Dec 2020 by Colin De Block

    Just a quick note to let everyone we are taking bookings again following all guidelines , weekends are filling up so get in quick to avoid disappointment plenty of spaces on weekdays. Nice to see a few more Codling showing up along with the abundant Whiting and still 1 or 2 rays showing .
    Don't forget gift vouchers are available the perfect post lockdown Christmas or Birthday present sent out in a presentation tube. These are open ended so can be used whenever you like.
    Looking forward to hearing from customers old and new
    Regards Colin

  • 24/08/2020 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    24 Aug 2020 by Colin De Block

    Some nice Bass on Lead Us again today , nice to see when the weather allows us to get offshore

  • 14/08/2020 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    14 Aug 2020 by Colin De Block

    A nice Bass for Graham

  • 08/02/2020 Fishing Report by Colin De Block

    8 Feb 2020 by Colin De Block

    Some nice catches on Lead Us
    When the weather has been allowing us to get out we've been find some nice fish with codling to 4lb and rays to7lb , Make the most of the weather windows to get out and catch some fish
    Cheers Colin

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