Latest Fishing Reports: PLAN B
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05/03/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
5 Mar 2011 by Ray Martin
The fish are back- Had only a short single tide trip on Saturday and got on the skate more or less straight away.
Best one 10lb but lost one that looked bigger.
Got next Sat and Sun (weather permitting) so should be good !! -
27/02/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
27 Feb 2011 by Ray Martin
Finally got a trip in - having cancelled last week and yesterday due to high winds. Loads a small and medium whiting and after a lot of searching finally found the skate.
Next trip will be easier as I now have the knowledge... -
30/01/2011
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
30 Jan 2011 by Ray Martin
January has been a non event as far as the fishing has gone.. The sprat and snow melt have just about killed it. I have tried the last 2 weeks but it has been a waste of time. Just dabs the odd whiting and this tiny codling .. Lets hope the skate season is like it was last year..
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21/12/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
21 Dec 2010 by Ray Martin
December has been a tough month. The snow and spratts in the river have just about killed it at the moment.. We have had to scale down and try for the less targetted species such as Dabs.
I will start looking for skate next month and hopefully the cod will return to normal feeding when the spratts disappear. Best bait to use at the moment is black lug - the older and smellier the better.. don't know why but the Dabs love it... -
27/11/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
27 Nov 2010 by Ray Martin
Another weekend has passed with mixed results.. Cod are showing but still patchy. We got a few each trip last week, but they are not in the numbers we had last year.
Still plenty of whiting and dogs keeping the rods nodding but the skate seem to have disappeared again.
This cold snap will either make or break the autumn / Winter season.. only time will tell.
Looking forward to the weekend, with two regular groups, just hope the weather is kind. -
14/11/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
14 Nov 2010 by Ray Martin
After all the wind during the past week, I thought the river would be alive with cod... It is alive, but with Skate and whiting and dogs.
Codling are about but still not the large numbers we are hoping to see...
The lovely flat calm conditions have made it a pleasure to be out on the river this weekend..
Best fish we had was this 10.8 Skate (one of 6 caught on Sunday) plus some codling and god knows how many whiting and dogs, plus a few welcome dabs. -
27/10/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
27 Oct 2010 by Ray Martin
The cod have finally made an appearance, but they are very patchy. The dogs are still around in big number along with loads of Whitings (quite big ones) All the cod have come on Squid ..
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02/10/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
2 Oct 2010 by Ray Martin
At last the wind has eased off..
Plenty of whiting (nice big ones) and tons of LSD's (Doggies).
I have heard of the first codling in the river .. but have not seen any myself yet..
Caught a nice lot of good skate today, best one 10lb 2oz. -
19/09/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
19 Sep 2010 by Ray Martin
Another quick update on the recent fishing..
Bit of a mixed bag last few trips.. Dogfish have shown up in large numbers, we are catching about 30 per trip. The hounds have gone, the whiting have started showing and the bass are still about but only a few larger ones the majority are small bait robbers.
Skate are bit thin on the ground, but the ones that are caught are all larger ones.
Cod should show any time now.. cannot wait.
Here's my mate on a nice skate.. just under 10lb..
The wind was blowing hard NW but we hid behind a large sandbank and enjoyed the sunshine and flat calm conditions.. this is the beauty of the Thames Estuary. -
30/08/2010
Fishing Report by Ray Martin
30 Aug 2010 by Ray Martin
Got a few minutes to spare - so time for a quick update on the fishing.
Had a patchy spell last month - August is always a bit quiet. Still managed a nice lot of good bass and hounds.
Had a competition on a wet and windy Friday a couple of weeks ago we had a good mix of fish, bass, hounds, tope, whiting, dogs, pouting and an eel. The following day we struggled to get a bite.. thats fishing !
Plenty of school bass about .. with the odd bigger one if you persevere.
The hounds are disappearing now and the cod will start to show any time soon, the big bass should be about and with the large set of tides this weekend I am expecting a return of the rod benders..
