Charter Boat: Deep Blue
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Boat and Skipper Details
The name 'Deep Blue' comes with an incredible reputation on the south coast. My first boat, an Evolution 38 was originally an Eastbourne boat but was sold a few years ago and was sent to Wales. I have had the privilege of bringing her back to the South East. Deep Blue V1 has now been replaced with a catamaran which has been christened with the same name.
Deep Blue is now one of the approved charter boats for the annual Species League competition.
Fishing trips from Sovereign harbour include reef, rough ground and deep sea wrecking.
We have been provided with brand new top of the range rod and reel setups from Penn Fishing. This equipment is available to use onboard, please ask the skipper about availability.
We are also sponsored by Sidewinder Lures and an ambassador for NAVIONICS. We have a great selection of lures available to use while on your trip.
Whole boat bookings:-
Reef/rough ground trips £560 (8 people max)
Deep water wrecking trips. £640 (8 people max)
Specials/Sand banks for Turbot/Brill (ask about availability) £680 (8 people max)
Evening, shorter or longer trips available at request. Please call for a quote.
Individual spaces:-
Small groups/individuals £70/£80 per head.
*a great way to make new acquaintances*
2 hour Mackerel trips £35 per person
Children’s fishing trips (please contact Simon to discuss)
Equipment & bait can be provided, ask the skipper for details.
Sightseeing/nature trips:-
Royal Sovereign Lighthouse to Beachy Head (2hr round trip) £40 per head - min 6 passengers
Deep Blue has insurance for light workboat duties, and is also available for ashes scattering and filming/photography work.
ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ᴍᴇ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ.
Deposits can be paid via bank transfer or cash. The balance of trips to be paid in cash, card or bank transfer on the day of your trip.
Don’t hesitate to ask for more information.
I'm Simon, owner and skipper of Deep Blue. Originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne, I spent nearly twenty years working in Oxford before relocating to Eastbourne in the summer of 2021. Fishing has been always been a big part of my life. My Grandad and my Dad were both real keen fishermen. My Grandad was also a rod builder, and I loved spending hours in the summer holidays as a kid watching him in his workshop.
I left my career in Mechanical Engineering to take up a life on the waves.
I moonlight as a wedding/event photographer. I am an experienced videographer and drone pilot. I was trained to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) standard to fly drones commercially, and held a PFCO for a number of years.
I hold a valid commercial endorsement from the RYA to skipper chartered motor boats up to 24m in length.
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Deep Blue
| Sun 28/04/2024 | 1 Space | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Tue 30/04/2024 | 1 Space | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Tue 07/05/2024 | 2 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sun 19/05/2024 | 5 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Wed 05/06/2024 | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
Bass / Black Sea Bream / Cod / Mackerel / Pollock.
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| Wed 12/06/2024 | 7 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
Bass / Black Sea Bream / Cod / Mackerel / Pollock.
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| Fri 21/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
Bass / Black Sea Bream / Cod / Mackerel / Pollock.
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| Sun 23/06/2024 | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
Bass / Black Sea Bream / Cod / Mackerel / Pollock.
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| Sat 13/07/2024 | 5 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sun 21/07/2024 | 5 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sun 28/07/2024 | 2 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
Drifting/anchoring reefs for pollack, cod, bass, bream
Bass / Black Sea Bream / Cod / Pollock / Tope.
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| Sat 10/08/2024 | 4 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sun 11/08/2024 | 6 Spaces | 8 Hours | £70.00pp |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sat 07/09/2024 | 3 Spaces | 8 Hours |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sat 21/09/2024 | 5 Spaces | 8 Hours |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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| Sat 26/10/2024 | 3 Spaces | 8 Hours |
£560 Mixed fishing - full boat
£640 Wrecking/Sandbanks - full boat
Equipment and bait available - ask the Skipper.
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Reviews
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Alec Roy (22/05/2022)
Brilliant day out on the deep blue.highly recommended to go fishing with Simon no matter what level of experience you have.will be booking another trip
Skippers Reponse: Thank you Alec, I appreciate that.
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Kevin King (25/03/2022)
Had great day my first trip out with Simon great skipper all had fish mostly doggies but that's fishing can only get better will definitely go out again plenty of tea coffee ��
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Kevin King (25/03/2022)
A1 skipper Simon great days fishing we all had fish 1st time out but will definitely go out again
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L Mcnally (03/04/2022)
Had a great day out with Simon the skipper. A lovely group of 6 and it was hard fishing but Simon took us to some marks and we all caught. Dogfish, whiting, wrasse, pollock. Very knowledgeable. Lovely boat. Will be back again very soon
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Dean Levy (03/04/2022)
Had a great day out on Deep Blue
Despite difficult conditions with big tides Simon worked hard to find the 6 on board fish.
All caught fish with a mixed bag of dogfish, whiting, pollack, wrasse and pouting caught.
Will definitely be booking for another trip soon
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Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 32 Species have been caught onboard Deep Blue, including: Baillon's Wrasse | Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Black Sea Bream | Bull Huss | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Conger Eel | Cuckoo Wrasse | Dab | Dover Sole | European Squid | Flounder | Goldsinny Wrasse | Greater Weever | John Dory | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Lesser Weever | Mackerel | Plaice | Pollock | Red Gurnard | Red Mullet | Smooth-hound (Common) | Spotted Ray | Starry Smooth-hound | Thornback Ray | Tope | Tub Gurnard | Turbot | Undulate Ray | Whiting
Latest Catches 186 photos uploaded
Latest Fishing Reports and News
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20/03/2024
Fishing Report by Simon Logan
20 Mar 2024 by Simon Logan
Wednesday 20th March:
Day 2 of the Hampshire Police social ��♂️.
We headed out to the sandbanks in the shipping lanes this morning.
The conditions were perfect for it, and it gave the crews on Deep Blue, and Manx Belle a different prospect from yesterday’s inshore trip.
Now, the fabled Turbot & Brill would’ve been a more than welcomed sight, but alas it wasn’t to be. It’s probably still a little bit early for them, but I’ll be keeping my ear to the ground and heading back there to coral some of them into my crews hooks later this spring.
Every whiting in the channel seemed to be on the banks this morning. Every now and then we’d see a greater weaver, or and tub/red gurnard, but the whiting were thick. Lots and lots of birds working the water near us, but not obvious why.
We headed back in to have a look at some wrecks. The water was very clean, with excellent visibility, better than I’ve seen it in a long while. Lots of fish hugging the back end of the first wreck, with a few pollack coming up quick as a flash.
Onto the reefs for slack water saw more fish marking, and again a few pollack for our troubles.
Fishing the last half hour of the day back on the sand where we started yesterday saw plaice, dabs a flounder. There seems to be a good number of plaice this year, which is a vast improvement on the last few years.
A dozen or so species to the boat today, on what was a flat calm, and pretty warm in the sun, trip.
Thanks to John on the Manx Belle for buddying up with me to provide the 16 chaps guiding for their 2 day jolly.
We had Sea Angler magazine onboard today too, so there may well be a little write up in an upcoming issue - cheers Tim.
Last but not least, a big thank you to Shaun Gratton for coming along to assist, and for trying to give me diabetes with all the sweeties ������.
Species:
Dabs
Plaice
Goldsinney Wrasse
Pollack
Flounder
Greater weaver
Red gurnard
Tub gurnard
Mackerel
Dogfish
Pout
Whiting -
21/03/2024
Fishing Report by Simon Logan
21 Mar 2024 by Simon Logan
Thursday 21st March:
First COD(ling) of the year. Our last cod was on the 2nd December, so 3 months and 3 weeks without a rod and line caught cod - and I’m SO GLAD we found this one.
Leaving the harbour and straight onto my new favourite plaice grounds, we got into a good stamp of fish straight away. This was short lived with the tide coming to the end of its flood, so we blitzed out onto the reefs for slack for wrasse, and ready to fish the start of the ebb.
Ballan and Cuckoo wrasse found. Still small tides currently, but they are building in size. The clarity is still improving, with 6m visibility at least at 4miles out.
Moving onto a mark that we fish a lot for multi species over spring and summer, codling and numerous pollack landed on a mixture of lures, including my usual go to Bass lure - the 6” pearl Sidewinder sandeel. More wrasse here too, as well as a small Coalfish - that’s 2 coleys in as many days. Nothing to shout about for some, quite a feat for us this end of the channel.
Back onto the plaice mark as the tide eased and the wind picked up. Wind against tide pinning us to the spot for about an hour, a few fish caught.
We had a very good year with cod last year, even though no fish managed to break the magic proper COD threshold of 10lb, which make them codling to me, we still had a lot of them from March - December. According to some commercial friends, this winter has produced a good number of them, but they have been moving around a lot.
Hopefully this year is as good, if not better than last for this species. Given the number of pollack we’re seeing inshore, the commercial ban along the SW may allow Eastbourne to have a better year than usual on them too. Still no bass, but I can feel it in me bones that they aren’t far away, and you can trust we’ll be right at the front of the queue for them when they do finally arrive. -
22/03/2024
Fishing Report by Simon Logan
22 Mar 2024 by Simon Logan
FRIDAY 22ND MARCH:
Species League UK trip with 15 anglers on 2 boats.
Catch list: 8 anglers on Deep Blue
53 Wrasse (5 different species of kelp donkey)
78 Whiting
47 Lesser spotted catsharks
15 Pouting
6 Dabs
5 Pollack
2 Plaice
1 Smooth-hound
1 Coalfish
Don’t let the number of fish fool you. Today was a struggle. It was pretty lumpy out there, certainly not for the feint hearted, and conditions that would make me cancel 99% of my charter trips. But, the crews on the boats today were made up of very well seasoned species hunters, that have seen it, and been in it all.
No two days are ever the same. Yesterday was flat calm but overcast, with a small crew with differing abilities catching some decent fish. Today, the fish switched off at lunch time and that was that.
Not many photos of actual fish today. I’m always far too busy scoring and netting fish on these trips, and the anglers just want to get back on with fishing.
Good fun as always, but the fishing was tough.
Also worth noting, only myself and the Manx Belle were brave (stupid) enough to go out in these conditions. This kind of weather is no place for small recreational boats and amateur anglers.
The photos and videos don’t show the true scale of the big rolling waves and howling winds that were swirling around us. -
30/03/2024
Fishing Report by Simon Logan
30 Mar 2024 by Simon Logan
Saturday 30th March:
Bank holiday weekend started off with a windy Good Friday, and the outlook for Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday isn’t looking all that fishable either.....
So, with a little weather window today we headed out to see what’s what with 8 willing crew. Some say - that fishing is good after storm. I say BO***CKS. Especially after having the dredger in the harbour for the last week kicking up a load of silt into the inshore marks.
As expected, the water was murky, even several miles out. Anchor fishing with baits hasn't been all that good this winter, so that wasn't plan A. The plaice have all buggered off (for a now at least) with the dredger's presence too. Drifting the reefs was sloooooow during the flood tide, with only a handful of fish being seen.
Anchoring (plan �� produced more fish, just not the ones we were after. So, a tough days fishing, until the tide turned this afternoon and the wrasse started to play. Lots of these toothy beasts landed in the last hour.
Species:
Pollack
Ballan wrasse
Goldsinney wrasse
Smooth-hound
Bass
Dogs, whiting etc etc... -
25/06/2023
Fishing Report by Simon Logan
25 Jun 2023 by Simon Logan
��TODAY: Sunday 25th June��
COD! COD! COD! (CODLING)
Wow, well that wasn’t expected in all honesty. After yesterdays tricky trip (which was fish filled, just not the most desirable type) I had everything crossed for an improved trip today.
The flood tide has made for some tough fishing recently, so I was pretty glad to get the chance to fish the ebbing tide for a couple of hours this morning.
Mackerel was first on the list as usual, and we found them straight away.
Black Bream were next up, getting to the anchor spot in time before the tide started to drop being crucial, and bream were found in some good numbers.
COD! Being not a million miles away from my cod mark when the tide finally switched off was also stage 3 on the list…… And we most definitely found them. All but one angler landed cod, with most of them landing more than one, and most of them losing BIGGER fish too.
Today was definitely the most prolific day on the cod we’ve had. The tide widow for them is small, so being in the right place at the right time is key.
Species today - Cod, Mackerel, Smooth-hound, Ballan & Cuckoo Wrasse, Pollack.
Great day out on the sea.
I even had a little dip cutting some braid off my port engine, it was quite refreshing ��
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