Charter Boat: Galloper
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Boat and Skipper Details
We have recently purchased a blyth 33 catamaran powered by two 8.2litre doosan engines capable of cruising 16-18knts with a flat out speed over 23knts. the blyth catamaran is a fast modern boat comfortable both at anchor and under steam. She has some indoor seating a toilet accessible at deck level and spray cover to keep you drier and more comfortable. we have a live well on deck and seating for more than 10 people on deck.
with a beam of 5 meters there is loads of deck room even with 10 anglers on board.
WE ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE BOOKINGS 7 DAYS A WEEKS 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR
most trips run from 6.30-7.30am untill 16.30-17.30 at night although if you book the boat we can arrange times around you. we also offer night trips from 17.30-12.30am at night and evening trips in the river from 17.30-21.30 in the estuary. these are available upon request and we can arrange trips to suit your requirements.
we have hire tackle available with penn fixed spool reels at £10 per rod per day.
for further information available dates, gallery, weekly reports and more please visit my website www.essexseafishing.co.uk
I have fished since I could hold a rod and grew up aboard my dads charter boats in the 90's. as I got older I took my Orkney longliner out and my dads boats when I got the chance. I am obsessed with fishing I have no other real hobbies and just about any free time I have is devoted to fishing related activities. This may sound abit sad but as I enjoy all kinds of fishing I have little time for anything else. My real passion is for sea angling but if I had more time I would like to spend a little more time fresh water fishing aswell.the first 'galloper' was bought by myself and my dad back in 2007.she was a brinkliner 28 and kept me busy for a couple of years. My wife stacey and i bought the second 'Galloper' back in march 2009 she was an aquastar 33 and we ran her untill 2013 when we bought our evolution 33 also named 'galloper' and the evolution did very well over the next six and a half years.
early in 2019 we bought a blyth 33 and spent 10 months completely overhauling her to bring her up to the standard we like to give our customers. the bltyh catamaran is a vary stable and spacios platform which is very popular with the anglers for her speed, room and stability.
i look forward to many good trips aboard her over the coming years. Although I'm only in my 30'sI have plenty of experience as a skipper as before all of this i was running my dads boats since I got my Yachtmasters Offshore licence when I was 17. before that I was taking his boat out with my grandad or brothers or friends whenever I could. I like to think that all of this along with many holidays spent fishing other venues has helped to give me a large amount of experience and knowledge for my age.
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Galloper
| Thu 31/10/2024 | 7 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 02/11/2024 | 9 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 09/11/2024 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
Offshore bass fishing
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Reviews
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Aaron Stevens (24/04/2021)
First time out with scot and had an amazing day ! Very professional and aware or everything happening throughout the day,
Ready to help and assisted at a secondary notice!
The boat was spotless and he had no problems finding the fish ! 5 starts well earnt ! Will be back !Skippers Reponse: cheers Aaron, glad you had a nice day. look forwards to seeing you again.
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Nick Hills (24/11/2019)
Another great days fishing aboard Galloper with Thornbacks and whiting plus a pb for Kaz! Cheers Scott see you next week (don’t forget my worms)
Skippers Reponse: glad you enjoyed it nick. see you at the weekend.
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Nick Hills (03/11/2019)
Thanks Scott fantastic days fishing on your new boat. Can’t wait for the next trip out with the boys.
Skippers Reponse: glad you enjoyed it nick, nice to see you getting back into it. see you next time.
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Greg Mallia (07/04/2019)
Excellent Skipper went with two non fisherman friends and he could not do enough to help them, which let me get on with my fishing. Mind you think I should have got some help as they caught more than me.
Skippers Reponse: i'm glad you enjoyed your day Greg. thank you for taking the time to review your experience. best leave the others behind next time!!
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Simon Lewis (11/11/2018)
We had a fantastic day out fishing with Scott. Very friendly and extremely helpful to us novices. Coffee and tea served regularly throughout the day. All in all, one brilliant day and will definitely be going again.
Cheers Scott, you made my mates 60th birthday present a memorable one
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Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 42 Species have been caught onboard Galloper, including: Anchovy | Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Black Goby | Black Sea Bream | Blonde Ray | Bluefin Tuna | Brill | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Conger Eel | Dab | Dover Sole | European Eel | Five bearded rockling | Garfish | Greater Weever | Grey Gurnard | Haddock | Herring | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Lesser Weever | Lobster | Mackerel | Pilchard | Plaice | Pollock | Red Gurnard | Scad | Shore Rockling | Smooth-hound (Common) | Sole (Common) | Spotted Ray | Spurdog | Starry Smooth-hound | Stingray (Common) | Thornback Ray | Tompot Blenny | Tope | Tub Gurnard | Turbot | Whiting
Latest Catches 1,373 photos uploaded
2 oz Bluefin Tuna
23-Sep-2024
2 oz Bluefin Tuna
23-Sep-2024
2 oz Bluefin Tuna
22-Sep-2024
2 oz Bluefin Tuna
22-Sep-2024
2 oz Bluefin Tuna
22-Sep-2024
2 oz Bluefin Tuna
19-Sep-2024
2 oz Bass
2-Aug-2024
2 oz Bass
30-Aug-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
Aug-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
30-Aug-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
30-Aug-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
12-Jul-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
10-Jul-2024
2 oz Conger Eel
10-Jul-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
10-Jul-2024
2 oz Stingray (Common)
10-Jul-2024Latest Fishing Reports and News
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16/10/2024
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
16 Oct 2024 by Scott Belbin
That's us finished at Plymouth now. It's been great fun down here the last few weeks. The weather has been kind to us, the fish have been amazing and the people have made it. Thanks to those who joined us this year for your support. You will get first refusal on next year's dates. Thanks to those who helped me set the boat up, and cart everything around. Stephen Charles particularly as well as Steve canham, Martin and dad.
Also thanks to the locals who made us feel very welcome you were all very approachable and friendly.
I've got dropped the hammers on The Galloper and we're currently heading back to Essex to make the most of the autumn bass fishing.
Stacey and the boys have gone ahead of me so I can't wait to see them soon.
I also owe Stacey a big thanks for letting us spend a fortune, drag her and the boys across the country to satisfy my obsession with fish.
Now for the long steam home. Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast! -
30/09/2024
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
30 Sep 2024 by Scott Belbin
Just a quick update, the tuna fishing continues to be great down here in Plymouth. We have fished a variety of conditions over the last week to put it lightly but the tuna have been obliging regardless. Everyone who has fished for tuna aboard galloper has now caught a tuna if not several which is all I can ask for. With the amount of fish showing we should be able to keep this up too.
I have individual spaces and possibly room for a boat booking this week aboard galloper from Plymouth yacht haven marina.
Next spaces
01/10- spaces @ £250pp
02/10- spaces @ £250pp
03/10- spaces @ £250pp or full boat booking
08/10- 1 spaces @ £250pp
10/10- 1 spaces @ £250pp
Please call 07956411528 for more information -
24/09/2024
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
24 Sep 2024 by Scott Belbin
It's hard to believe that we could just casually pop out for a few hours in the afternoon and get Stacey our first tuna from Plymouth this year. It was also our first in the chair which works a treat. Fishing has been good so far with everyone catching at least one tuna each if not two or three in a day. Theres been quiet spells and mad spells with multiple hook ups (no matter how hard we tried to avoid them). We have caught them on stand up gear as well as the chair and lots of the lads prefer the chair.
I have a single angler booked the boat for himself for the next few days so Stacey and the boys are coming to help me. I think I can boast the best looking crew in the fleet at least! I have spaces for individuals and boat bookings next week for tuna ideally though we can mix it up if you want.
Currently the boat is available for groups or individuals on 30/09-04/10 from Plymouth. Please call 07956411528 for more information -
19/09/2024
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
19 Sep 2024 by Scott Belbin
We have been really enjoying our time down here in Falmouth. It's been everything we hoped for and in general the weather has been kind to us. After several years of bad weather on our south coast adventures it's been very welcome. We even managed to sneak offshore for a long trip which requires a lot of ducks to line up. The conditions were far from perfect but they were good enough and the fishing was amazing. From the first drop we were catching decent fish and getting bites non stop. While we were still getting settled there were double and treble shots of spurs dogs coming out as well as a cracking haddock for Steve hill. One of the big rods took us by surprise as it arched over having been down just minutes. The one unrolled and spat the hook which was a shame but as it turned out not the end of the world. We quickly discovered that blue sharks were very plentiful despite having no chum out! We nicked a couple here and there but only put a rod over as pest control every now and then when they were becoming a nuisance. Steve hill posed for a picture of the smallest against his will but there were several 50-80lb fish there too. The k were on the baits pretty quickly to be honest and for a while it was a fish or bite or dropped fish every drop. They varied in size a fair bit and we only measured the wingspan of biggest which was 48 inches and pretty deep too. Nick had this one as one of many firsts for him on the trip. As darkness fell the sea was alive with saury on the surface which would scatter as a shark passed by. We also had a saury jump in the boat. We managed a porgie pup to finish the trip too. We had 8 skate to the boat and lost another 4/5 probably skate or maybe bigger fish. This was well worth the trip, far more life than I expected and I can't wait to head back when I can.
I was surprised that we didn't see any tuna, that's probably because most of them are back inshore where we have been catching them! In fairness we tried lives for them while we were offshore but we couldn't get through the blues. I wish I had that problem at home!
Please call 07956411528 for tuna availability over the next few weeks from Plymouth -
11/09/2024
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
11 Sep 2024 by Scott Belbin
The rest of the lads joined us for their first day in Falmouth today. The weather wasn't amazing so we planned an easy day inshore.
We started off looking for mackerel and reef fish. After a few Pollock, poor cod, cuckoo wrasse, scad, mackerel and a john dory we could see birds and tuna working very close in and couldn't resist having a go for them. Luckily we put some basic gear aboard just in case.
So we had a quick tidy up of the deck and got things organised. I wasn't long before the first tuna was making the accurate scream. This was a powerful fish and a handful on stand up gear and a rocking boat. After leading us on a pretty good dance we had it alongside the galloper to be measured, photographed and released. It was a nice fish of 75 inches and pretty plump too. Not bad for Steve's first one.
The fish had gathered again and we had another run through hooking up straight away. This fish was determined to empty most of the reel as we got the other gear out of the way. Unfortunately this one didn't want to hang around and so Stephen had to bring several hundred yards of line back in with no fish attached. He did say this was probably easier than having a tuna attached though. The fish broke up a bit after this and we decided not to get distracted by tuna and concentrate on the other species. We anchored a wreck and had a nice long to start with, some congers, whiting and pouting before heading home. We are meant to be general fishing the next few days but the tuna fishing is pretty hot at the moment so we might try and sneak one or two more out before starting our proper tuna trips.
We have the following availability for tuna fishing from Plymouth currently
20/09- full boat available
24/09- 2 spaces
30/09- boat available
01/10- boat available
02/10- boat available
03/10- boat available
08/10- boat available
10/10- 2 spaces
11/10- 1 space
14/10- boat available
Boat bookings £1000 and individual spaces £250pp please call 07956411528
