Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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23/07/2022
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
23 Jul 2022 by Nick Gough
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A few of the fish from today's 6 hour trip
Not ideal conditions today with a good easterly ground swell still there so we did have a few passengers suffering today with sea sickness but they kept fishing regardless and ended up with a few nice fish.
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22/07/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
22 Jul 2022 by Andy Savage
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Sorry boys, I got that completely wrong…….
Today looked like being a great day for a run off to a few wrecks around the 20 mile range. With light winds and the recent Spring Tides meaning the wrecks had received little pressure; I hoped they had ample time to fill up with plenty of plump Codling.
Unfortunately this wasn’t the case. We arrived just as the flood tide started to get away and I thought the drift was bang on for a few bites. A good few drifts later we moved on with only a handful of small Codling to show for our efforts. Frustratingly, we got a similar result from the next wreck and even less from the third! I must point out that it was no fault of the anglers. We had some very experienced boys on today. It just seemed that they weren’t feeding.
I decided we should run back inside and try to salvage something from the day. Arriving at our first wreck on slack, we had a couple of fish first drift, which really lifted morale. And then just as the Ebb started to move, we had a good few decent fish. 3-4 rods playing fish each drift. Dave Guest taking the biggest Codling of the day at 8lb 8oz. The feeding window wasn’t huge, but at least we got a few.
Credit to everyone who came for the trip today. No heads dropped, everyone just kept at it. What a great bunch of boys. It was far from a productive day, but the boys on board were brilliant company. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 19/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1View details Tue 26/11/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2View details Tue 03/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1View details Fri 06/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3View details Sat 07/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1View details Mon 09/12/2024 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details Sat 14/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1View details Tue 17/12/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1View details Sat 21/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.71m Pawel Rojek - x 4 Tim Albright - x 2 Jimmy Yeung - x 1View details -
21/07/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
21 Jul 2022 by Andy Savage
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Great to be back out at sea today, after what I can only describe as a period of wobbly weather and Spring Tides.
The tides are finally falling away and it should be back to a bit of wreck fishing again for a few days. With slack water only 30 minutes after we left the harbour this morning; instead of looking for the Mackerel, we dropped straight on a big wreck, using Squid on bait traces for hookbaits.
The conditions were far from easy to start with, we had a Northerly wind whipping up a few troughs, which made bait presentation difficult. Despite the sea conditions, it turned out to be the right choice, as there were plenty of Codling waiting below, and they took the baits with merry abandon for a couple of hours. Most drifts saw 3-5 Codling and an odd strap Ling.
Nobody took anything of any size, but there were plenty of fish in the 3-5lb bracket. Ian Steadman and Simon West took a fish almost every drift and showed what is achievable with good tackle control.
We picked away on the next couple of wrecks, as the flood tide got away properly. Unfortunately, once the tide was at full speed, the bites really started to slow down.
We kept on the move and took fish here and there, but the morning action was certainly better than the afternoon for us.
A big thanks to all the boys for being great company. Hopefully see you all again soon. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 19/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1View details Tue 26/11/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2View details Tue 03/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1View details Fri 06/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3View details Sat 07/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1View details Mon 09/12/2024 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details Sat 14/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1View details Tue 17/12/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1View details Sat 21/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.71m Pawel Rojek - x 4 Tim Albright - x 2 Jimmy Yeung - x 1View details -
19/07/2022
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
19 Jul 2022 by Allan Skinner
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19th july
had a trip out last night was still a little northerly swell still rolling but was a really warm night. on the hottest day of the year. the best place to be.
picked away with both cod and ling coming aboard. taking cod to 5lbs and ling to 12lbs
then chris hooked into this lovely ling at 19lbs a pesonal best
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07/2022
Fishing Report by Steve Coates
on Wandering Star (Brighton, East Sussex)
Jul 2022 by Steve Coates
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Hi everybody lovely weather for fishing nice fish coming up at the moment plenty of nice plaice and breams rays baby sharks mackerel still plenty of 4hr trips available so if you fancy a trip with me please message or ring me cheers steve
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Wandering Star
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 19/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Wed 20/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Thu 21/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Fri 22/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Sat 23/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Sun 24/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Mon 25/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Tue 26/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Wed 27/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details Thu 28/11/2024 8 Spaces £65.00pp Boat available for 4-8-10 hour fishing trips groups or individuals wreck and ground fishing , novices welcome rods and tackle available. Call Steve 07530061722 or email stevecoates1967@gmail.comView details -
07/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jul 2022 by Scott Belbin
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This week I thought I would put together some pictures of some of the ladies who have joined us lately. I love the fact that angling can be so inclusive and try my best to encourage everybody to come out and enjoy it. its great to see ladies, gentlemen, young children and those of you in later years getting stuck in. it doesn’t matter if you are a complete novice or an international angler, as long as you have a bait in the water you are in with a chance. Of course I will do my best to guide beginners as do many of our friendly regulars.
The only problem is these ladies have a tendency to outfit the rest of us on a regular basis! Honey currently has the biggest bass on the year so far, Laura beat Sam’s PB hound, Abby pulled out a smooth-hound on her first cast in the estuary on an evening trip and the list goes on. As skipper I don’t care who catches them I just want to see fish on the boat though I have had my fair share of egg on my face with Stacey out fishing me on a regular basis. Lets hope Stacey is the one teaching Stanley to fish! I am fairly well booked up but I do happen to have spaces on this Sunday (24th) x 4 @ £60pp, Monday (25th) x 2 @ £70pp and the following Monday (01/08) x 8 @ £60pp as well as a few mid week boat bookings available.
I have availability mid-week throughout the summer so please get in touch if you want to get booked in. its also worth keeping an eye out for last minute spaces with groups or where people drop out. I will list my current list of spaces but there are likely to be other dates so its always worth giving me a call. If I am out of signal range I will get back to you asap
Not all dates advertised, other spaces available for full boat bookings upon request please call 07956411528 for more information View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 23/11/2024 12 Hours £115.00pp Bass.View details Sat 07/12/2024 12 Hours £100.00pp Bass.View details Sat 14/12/2024 View details Sat 21/12/2024 View details -
07/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jul 2022 by Scott Belbin
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The weather has been pretty barmy here in Essex lately. Luckily we have been out on the Galloper a lot and making the most of conditions. There have been a mix of species such as smooth-hounds, dogfish, thorn-back rays, mackerel and numbers of bass in places.
Pictured are Jono and his Dad had a nice brace of bass which came aboard at the same time. There were several more caught that day too.
I am fairly well booked up but I do happen to have this Monday and Tuesday available for full boat bookings. These look like the hottest days of the year so far so if you fancy getting afloat please get in touch.
I have spaces next Sunday (24/07) and Monday (25/07) too if its too hot for you this week.
I have availability mid-week throughout the summer so please get in touch if you want to get booked in. its also worth keeping an eye out for last minute spaces with groups or where people drop out. I will list my current list of spaces but there are likely to be other dates so its always worth giving me a call. If I am out of signal range I will get back to you asap
Spaces as follows
24/07/22-general trip 4 spaces @ £60pp
25/07/22-4 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
01/08/22-5 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
06/08/22- offshore trip 3 spaces @ £100pp max 7 anglers
20/08/22-offshore trip 3 spaces @ £100pp max 7 anglers
25/08/22 Clacton air show trip fish while they fly 10 spaces @ £60pp
26/08/22- Clacton air show trip fish while they fly 2 spaces @ £60pp
28/08/22-2 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
Not all dates advertised, other spaces available for full boat bookings upon request please call 07956411528 for more information View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 23/11/2024 12 Hours £115.00pp Bass.View details Sat 07/12/2024 12 Hours £100.00pp Bass.View details Sat 14/12/2024 View details Sat 21/12/2024 View details -
11/07/2022
Fishing Report by Warren Scott
on Flamer 11 (Chichester, West Sussex)
11 Jul 2022 by Warren Scott
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Busy full weekend, good fun with smoothies on Friday had 15 also good size Thorney back Ray. Makeral and Bream bit slow fits and starts, with conger in for good measure. Fantastic weather
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07/2022
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
Jul 2022 by Scott Belbin
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Thought I would do an update of the last couple of months fishing excluding the tope which I will update separately in a few weeks.
The north-easterly winds and low temperatures in April affected some of our fishing this spring. It seemed to hold things up a little. The algal bloom (may weed/rot/tobacco juice) was late in comparison to recent years and consequently the water didn’t clear until later. This combined with successive north-easterly winds stopped us from catching bass on lures until quite late. Despite having had some mackerel back in March they too were delayed in their proper arrival by these conditions. The roker (thorn-back rays) kept us busy for a while along with the occasional bass on baits and the smooth-hounds were here around their usual time. Some were even early and always gratefully received. There were some decent fish on the first run as we would expect and young Grayson’s big female is still the biggest so far this season. I cant say what weight as he put her back before I could weigh her! The hounds continue to show in varying numbers and sizes from day to day. we have been seeing double figure fish mixed in regularly though. they will be here in numbers until September and are the main target of our general trips along with bass.
One bonus of a delayed spring was that the spurdogs hung around quite late. We missed a lot of trips towards the end of the season due to those winds. However those very same winds meant they stayed long enough for one last hurrah from them. I was expecting maybe one or two to show on a mark we were fishing but had a rather hectic 90 minutes with over 30 big spurs showing! They were all good doubles with the biggest falling to Barry wood at just over 20lb. things were so hectic we were able to get some group shots as a pack went through and I found my self not even bothering to net high teen spurdogs as they were so plentiful. By the next day the fish were gone, not even one which is often the way with these late season fish. it was great fun when we were in the right place at the right time though.
The bass have been pretty good again so far this year. As I mentioned earlier there have been some nice fish showing throughout the spring with numbers increasing on our general trips. The stamp has been great lately topped off by Honey Gage with the biggest so far. Some people put Honeys success down to her rather stylish lucky hat but I think its more than that.
Now that the water has cleared we have been catching them on lures too in places. Conditions have to be right for this but there is no shortage of bait fish around and plenty of bass too so things are in our favour. We run our offshore bass trips from now until the end of November, the main focus is bait fishing but when ever we can we will use lures too. They don’t need to be anything too advanced. The humble mackerel feathers are often the most effective though if we can we try to refine our angling a little nowadays and many of the lads bring light spinning rods armed with dexter wedges, soft plastics, diving hard plastics and surface poppers too. This year is shaping up to be another good one for bass so don’t miss out.
I will update you on our tope trips separately in a few weeks as well as any other offshore stuff we get up to this summer.
I have availability mid-week throughout the summer so please get in touch if you want to get booked in. its also worth keeping an eye out for last minute spaces with groups or where people drop out. I will list my current list of spaces but there are likely to be other dates so its always worth giving me a call. If I am out of signal range I will get back to you asap
SPACES THIS FRIDAY 15TH @ £60pp
Spaces as follows
15/07/22-general trip 5 spaces @ £60pp
24/07/22-general trip 5 spaces @ £60pp
25/07/22-4 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
01/08/22-5 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
06/08/22- offshore trip 3 spaces @ £100pp max 7 anglers
20/08/22-offshore trip 4 spaces @ £100pp max 7 anglers
25/08/22 Clacton air show trip fish while they fly 10 spaces @ £60pp
26/08/22- Clacton air show trip fish while they fly 5 spaces @ £60pp
28/08/22-2 spaces @ £70pp max 7 anglers
Not all dates advertised, other spaces available for full boat bookings upon request please call 07956411528 for more information View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
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11/07/2022
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
11 Jul 2022 by Andy Savage
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Speaking meteorologically, today we got caught with our pants down!
Looking at the weather forecast last night, all looked hunky dory for a lovely day in the sun. It didn’t quite turn out to be that way for us. The wind was much stronger than expected and turned the fishing conditions on their head. It was a real struggle.
After once again failing to find any fresh mackerel and with a rising tide, we chose to start the day drifting some rough ground. The lines were streaming away, but the more experienced anglers still managed to find a few fish. Sea Urchin regular Jim Lister got stuck in and after a couple of Codling, landed a nice Ling just into double figures. We spent the morning on rough ground, periodically moving further away from land, to try and lose some tide, to slow down the drift.
We admitted defeat at dinnertime and moved back in closer to try a few wrecks when the wind and tide held up the drift. It was a similar story on the wrecks, with odd fish coming up. The drifts were difficult to set and we didn’t get much time in the strike zone, before the lines were streaming again. Absolute credit to all the boys on board, we kept on the move and picked up a few fish here and there. Most fish falling to muppet bait traces mounted with squid. Mid afternoon we moved off the wrecks, back onto some rough ground for the last few drifts.
Pleasingly, we found a nice spot which produced a good few fish. I’d just set up the third drift and was watching the anglers as normal. I saw Gordon Yates lift into what appeared to be a snag, so went to assist with my breaker. Initially it looked like he was caught in some old fishing gear, as very little happened….., then I saw the rod tip nod! Gordon played the fish to absolute perfection and after a good five minutes we saw a large patch of colour below the surface. With a final shuffle, Gordon pulled a lovely Cod of 16lb 7oz into the waiting net.
A great result in some difficult conditions. Well done mate and thanks to everyone for coming out for a trip. View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
View Full Charter AvailabilityTue 19/11/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1View details Tue 26/11/2024 1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2View details Tue 03/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1View details Fri 06/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3View details Sat 07/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1View details Mon 09/12/2024 7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1View details Sat 14/12/2024 3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1View details Tue 17/12/2024 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2View details Thu 19/12/2024 4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1View details Sat 21/12/2024 1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.71m Pawel Rojek - x 4 Tim Albright - x 2 Jimmy Yeung - x 1View details
