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31/12/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
31 Dec 2015 by TERRY BATT
Hi guys.... we have 4/5 spaces for this coming Sunday 3rd Jan on Vanishing Point, as we have 3 newbies desperate to go boat fishing, but it is still very tough fishing at the moment, more Roker than Cod most days along with dogs and Whiting, but if anyone fancies going give us a call on 07768306646..
Happy new year chaps, see you in 2016... when I hope this blooming wind subsides -
23/12/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
23 Dec 2015 by TERRY BATT
Hi guys, this Christmas greeting goes out to all my fellow professional charter boat skippers, that I have had not only the pleasure to work with out in the Thames Estuary, from the Blackwater, Mersea, Brightlingsea, River Crouch, Two Tree Island, Canvey, and those I speak too from Ramsgate... Hi Tony, and to the many who share our love of Sea Fishing, in what ever form you choose.. be it, Pier, boat, shore fishing, Have a fantastic Christmas and lets all hope (weather wise...) a better new year, Merry Christmas too you all..... just a few photos to remind us all at this time of year, some poor people are much worse off than we are.
These were taken a few years ago in Furness Golf club,
in Barrow in Furness, where the committee asked me and Nicola could help raise some money for a local school with special needs that had serve wind and flood damage, as they had no funding..!!, and as Nicola worked for years with special needs children, it was a no brainier, with
C winds help, we raised a staggering £1,500.00 for the kids in one evening... so Merry Christmas to all our friends in Barrow in Furness,,!!
and all out fishing friends.... From Terry & Nicola..... Vanishing Point-2 -
22/12/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
22 Dec 2015 by TERRY BATT
Merry Christmas to everyone who follows Terry Batt Fishing
From Terry & Nicola, and to thank all of you for your continued support... looking forward to 2016...!!! Tight Lines..!!! -
17/12/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
17 Dec 2015 by TERRY BATT
Fishing is tough but perseverance does bring results as our guys have been showing over the last couple of weeks..!!
Vanishing Point is available this Saturday 19th Dec due to a cancellation, but as there is a £100.00 deposit rolling on this trip we are offering this to anyone who would like to take over the booking, so instead of £450.00 for the day hire, it is just £350.00 for the day... early Christmas present.....lol
If you are interested call me on .... 07768 30 66 46.
Tight lines...!! -
07/12/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
7 Dec 2015 by TERRY BATT
After what seems like forever, storm after storm...!!! it looks as if we may get out tomorrow??.
Not sure what we are going to find, as we were out on Friday and it was blowing 36 mph SW conditions far from good, there was a few of us out there mostly Cats I must say, myself and John Rawle from our port Bradwell, and in the distance I could see a couple of white cats from the river Crouch I think, Hard Labour (Carl, or Shane,) at the helm, hope they did better than we did..??not sure who the other one was, I was too far away..
At the time of writing this, BBC breakfast news and weather is on, and it don't look good from Wednesday onward, so I am not expecting to get many trips in this week again...Arrgh..!!
I do sometimes get customers ask..." why are you cancelling? I thought you boat could handle the weather??"
Well the short answer is... yes the boat can take the weather, as can we, and we have worked in seas up to 3 meters in the Irish sea, but I don't think you would be happy trying to fish in those conditions, so like all responsible skippers even those with big Catamarans vessels we only have your best interest at heart, and not seen as just trying to extract cash out of you what ever the weather..!!
OK Guys n gals, that's it for now.if we do manage our trip tomorrow I will let you know how we got on..
photo of target species... Tight lines..!!
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20/11/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
20 Nov 2015 by TERRY BATT
Went fishing yesterday, after what seems an eternity of cancelled trips..!!.
But we set off at 0600 so we had the maximum of wind and tide together...!! (the boy is a genius) Emm!! may be not..!!
We got down to one of our usual fishing marks off of Clacton, with all rods baited and cast in we waited... not long... dog fish, dog fish....ect ect Getting the idea..? then Whiting after whiting, but no Cod..!! we fished on boldly and tried every trick in the book, but to no avail, they were just having none of it.
After 3 hour of much the same, we pulled the anchor and headed 2 miles west and tried our luck there, well after about 25 minutes one of our anglers finally got a Codling 3lbs then more dogs and Whiting, so we decided to move back to the mouth of the river Blackwater, where two weeks ago we had some decent skate, so I thought, well it's not what we came for, but Thorn backs are better than just Whiting, and doggies???
We fished the mark for the first two hours of flood tide and boated 8 Thornback Rays, all but one went back..!! so after speaking to some of the other charter boats, one boat had 3 Codling, of which two were caught in the river, and one off of Clacton, and the other charter boat fishing off Clacton had no Codling, but fished up in the area where I was fishing and bagged a few Rays also.
I am sure this is just a glitch caused by inclement weather and the fish shoals are just broken up, and after a few days of calmer weather they will come together again as they did before this big storm "Barney" hit our shores..
Well we decided on the boat this morning not to go... so we had a nice cup of tea, and a chat with the boys who re-booked for the Christmas period.
We are out tomorrow (Sunday) so lets hope the fishing improves then...!!! but until then ........ Tight Lines -
12/11/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
12 Nov 2015 by TERRY BATT
Not much fishing done this week due to the weather.
But we are due to sail on Saturday, as we have quite a few Thornback Ray's in the river at the moment, and some reasonable Codling, along with quite a lot of Whiting and some very nice Dabs..!! nice to see them making a come back.
So not much to report this week, but hopefully report back after Saturday's charter.. ... Tight lines..!!! -
07/11/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
7 Nov 2015 by TERRY BATT
Well yesterday (Saturday 7th Nov) was challenging to say the least...! when we left Bradwell at 0800 we had about 40 minutes of a dying if not dead 5.0 metre tide, so we took a slow ride down to the mouth of the river Blackwater, and breaking cover from the Dengie Peninsular,and started to feel the full force of the 26 mph Southerly wind that was relentless, but we dropped the anchor to see how we were going to lay, and of course we lay to wind, so not to bad,.....
The boys started to fish, and to be honest it was quite comfortable and quite warm 18 degrees..!!, and within 10 minutes the first Thornback was netted.then another , then another..... once again it was like a spring Roker trip, I think our glob trotting Ron (Florida Ron...lol) would have been proud. well after 3 hours of the ebb done and the Southerly wind had now picked up to a max of 47 mph we were beam on by now, and although a little roly, even on our big cat, wasn't too bad, but we had 6 decent Thornback Rays, some big Whiting, doggies, and some lovely Dabs, but no Cod, so we decided to up stumps and head back inside the river.
Stuart Belbin on Razorbill out of West Mersea came down to where we were Roker fishing, and I told him on the radio we were getting some nice Skate, and he dropped in behind us, but he was only there for about 30 minutes, then he went back to join Scott his son on Galloper, in the river, but we were still catching so we stayed for a while longer, but for once the forecast was right..!! and the wind did pick up all the time until it maxed out to 47 mph on my wind monitor, so that's when we went back into the river, plenty of decent Whiting, and Doggies in the river, but not really what my party wanted, so we decided to knock it on the head and hour early and put an extra hour on their next trip on the 5th December, when hopefully the weather will be kinder to us and they can have their extra hours fishing caching Cod..!!!!
Well not out today (Sunday 8th Dec) by choice, we are going to Norfolk to see my Daughter Michelle for a great show in the afternoon, and a massive fireworks display in the evening at Potters leisure where she works, then a lovely meal at the Black Rock restaurant, and probably stay over and return tomorrow.
I have ... rightly or wrongly.... (i think rightly) cancelled Monday's trip looking at the weather, so we are putting it back to Thursday or Friday when the weather looks much better......!!
Well that's it for now, hope you all have good fishing wherever you are fishing from today, and looks much better out there today so..... tight lines...!! -
28/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
28 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
Hi everyone..... well Vanishing Point-2 departed Bradwell marina at 0800, with the rain teaming down and the sea was as flat as glass...!!! nothing could dampen the spirit of our new party...!! they were right up for it.
With experienced and novice anglers on board, we (Nicola) helped set up the rods, and pre-pair for what was to be a really good days fishing.
Once we picked our spot, we dropped the anchor, and within 5 minutes we had the first fish on... a nice 5 lbs Roker, the followed by another, and another, blimey you would have thought it was spring Roker session..!!! then once we got settled, we had the first of the Codling on board.
By the time we got to lunch time, and the tide was about to turn, we moved North into 18 foot of water, as the tide was about to hump out of the Blackwater, and I knew that the fish would have pushed up near the shore line, and we positioned ourselves in a place where we could catch them as they came off the beach line as the tide started to drop..!! and we were there to nab them..!! and we did ..
We finished the day with around 20 Codling to 6.5 lbs and 5 Roker to 6 lbs .
Well on the way back to Bradwell, as usual, Nicola did all the filleting and skinning and the boys were very grateful, but all those who know Nicola know she is a wizard with a knife...!!! (I sleep with one eye open...lol)
but once back in our berth the lads thanked us both for our baiting up,casting, and prepossessing their fish and said that was the best fishing trip they have had in many, many years.. which is always nice to see happy and satisfied customers leaving the boat....
Look forward to seeing you guys next trip..!!! tight lines..!!!!
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28/10/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
28 Oct 2015 by TERRY BATT
Hi everyone..... well Vanishing Point-2 departed Bradwell marina at 0800, with the rain teaming down and the sea was as flat as glass...!!! nothing could dampen the spirit of our new party...!! they were right up for it.
With experienced and novice anglers on board, we (Nicola) helped set up the rods, and pre-pair for what was to be a really good days fishing.
Once we picked our spot, we dropped the anchor, and within 5 minutes we had the first fish on... a nice 5 lbs Roker, the followed by another, and another, blimey you would have thought it was spring Roker session..!!! then once we got settled, we had the first of the Codling on board.
By the time we got to lunch time, and the tide was about to turn, we moved North into 18 foot of water, as the tide was about to hump out of the Blackwater, and I knew that the fish would have pushed up near the shore line, and we positioned ourselves in a place where we could catch them as they came off the beach line as the tide started to drop..!! and we were there to nab them..!! and we did ..
We finished the day with around 20 Codling to 6.5 lbs and 5 Roker to 6 lbs .
Well on the way back to Bradwell, as usual, Nicola did all the filleting and skinning and the boys were very grateful, but all those who know Nicola know she is a wizard with a knife...!!! (I sleep with one eye open...lol)
but once back in our berth the lads thanked us both for our baiting up,casting, and prepossessing their fish and said that was the best fishing trip they have had in many, many years.. which is always nice to see happy and satisfied customers leaving the boat....
Look forward to seeing you guys next trip..!!! tight lines..!!!!
