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  • 16/10/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT on Vanishing Point-2 (Bradwell Marina, Essex)

    16 Oct 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Report on-board Vanishing Point-2

    Yesterday started out flat as a witches, with the lack of Cod at the moment we have to fish for what we can catch..! Love em or hate em, ( I personally love them) it was on the hunt for
    Thornback Rays,.
    But you can still make it very interesting by seeking out the big Rays…. In that I mean we knew in shore on various marks, the other boats were getting more Thornbacks than we were, but most fish were small, around 2 to 3 lbs, but my lads would rather fish for not so many fish, but better quality and that’s when it gets interesting..!! instead of taking the easy option of dropping on a shed load of small fish, we went to a mark where we know the larger fish go when they start to come in for the winter, (Knowledge is power) .
    We had a fairly slow start with only a few dogs to start, then Steve got a nice Ray of 8.5 lbs then another at 9.lbs, but still slow going.
    We could hear the others inshore getting more fish, but with many under size, but their parties were having a great time catching fish..!!
    So after a bit of head scratching taking into consideration the tide flow, we pulled the anchor and trotted 1.3/4 miles West onto a soft mud patch, and in no time we were pulling Thornback's to the boat into double figures .
    Once the tide reached high water at 12.15, and with the wind picking up from the South we decided to move behind a sand bank, although completely covered by the high tide it still gave a bit of shelter from the beam on swell, even on a big Catamaran like Vanishing Point-2 it was a tad uncomfortable, but well fishable, but once the ebb tie got away we started getting more good size Thornback’s until it was time to go around 2.45pm, then a slow ride back to Bradwell, so the lads could deal with the fish they kept…
    A good day all round, I did speak to Chris Mole on the West Mersea based charter boat Enterprise, who like me was taking the harder option of targeting the larger fish, on the ebb he was a few miles West of my position and had located Bass, so well done to Chris always a great adversary to fish with.
    We did not go out today (Sunday 16th Oct) as the wind was forecast to be worse and going South-easterly so given how rolly it was yesterday I think that fishing should be enjoyed, not endured…!!
    Photo inset is a new comer, and lovely guy Bill with his Trophy winning fish.... Well done mate, see you on the next trip.
    Tight lines and hot guns..!!!

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