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26/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
26 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
Well, back from holiday now, and looking forward to our charter tomorrow, with such big spring tides that should flush some more Cod in, we were already getting around a dozen per trip before we went on holiday, so we should find a few more out there...??? let you know in a day or two..!!
We have a Bass trip on Monday, so with the big tides we have up until Tuesday we may get lucky with some of the larger fish that swim in our waters before leaving at this time of year, but it's not been the best year for big Bass I have to say, but you have to be in it to win it so to say..!!!
Well as nice as the holiday was, it's also nice to be back to start fishing once again, I have just been down to the boat to check all is well there, and rig all the rods ready for tomorrow...."I think I get as excited as the party"
but all is well and ready for the off in the morning, so until then.........
Tight Lines...!!!! -
12/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
12 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
Well guys, Nic and I are off tomorrow for a nice cruise for 12 days, a welcome rest after 5 years of being away from home and all our friends, and fishing buddies, working bloody hard in the Irish sea to come home with all our dreams fulfilled, and a cracking boat all paid for, house paid off and a little cash in the bank, I can tell you that we endured a lot of sleepless nights, worries ,and faced the unknown as we were entering into a field of work-boat operations we had never been involved it before, but Nicola had total faith in me, and I must admit rightly or wrongly, I don't suffer from self doubt,...!! happily it all turned out fine, and now we are back charter fishing, and that is what we have always enjoyed and couldn't wait to come back to, and we are so grateful to all our fishing parties that have welcomed us back, and are once again sailing with us.... Nicola and I cant thank you all enough.... and now we are taking a well earned break, but looking forward to getting back to it once we return.... so Tight lines to you all.. By the way....."I wear the trousers" just don,t tell Nic....
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10/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
10 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
Just a quickie... Nicola and I will be away for the next two weeks, but wish all you anglers good fishing and calm seas...
tight lines.......... see you in 2 weeks.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
07/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
7 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
We did it again…!!!!!
Monday 7/9/15
I had a group of anglers from Newmarket and they arrived on Vanishing Point-2 at 0730, we were all ready for them, so within a few minutes the ropes were cast off, and we were on our way once again to the prolific offshore mark that fished so well yesterday (although we couldn’t fish it for the first 2 hours yesterday due to conditions) but today we were determined to hit our mark 26 miles out from Bradwell for the first of the ebb..!!
Once we arrived on the mark, it was a little on the swelly side but no problem to our huge cat..!!! So once the anchor went down, lines were cast out, and within 2 minutes Mike had a lovely fish on, so quick in fact some of the others hadn’t even cast in..!!!! What…!!!!!!!!! They had a quid for the first fish, so that fish was null and void.
After about 6 or 7 minutes we had a double hook up, one fish 12 lbs, and another 9 lbs, and it just didn’t stop all day..!! I don’t know exactly how many Skate were caught today??? Somewhere between 55 and 60 really good fish, many around the 10 lbs mark I would say, they kept around 18 fish, and some of the larger dog fish, but returned a lot of fish to the water alive..!!! great fishing, by great fishermen, some for the table, and many returned to fight another day… well done chaps really good day, hope we see you all again soon.. -
06/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
6 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
What a day…!! Sunday 6th Sept,
We left Bradwell at 0700 and arrived 25 miles out in just on an hour, but due to a very brisk North West wind some 10 mph more than forecast, it was not fit to fish this mark, so we turned the boat around and headed closer in to the Gunfleet sands, where the water was much calmer, and we began to fish.
We hadn’t been there long and we started getting a few fish, doggies, and a few small Roker… but being a small tide, 5.1m there wasn’t much run on the tide, aaaargh !! I really wanted to be further offshore, but after a couple of hours the wind did ease off, and I took the decision to push back out to my original fishing mark, 6 miles South of our position, and I Am glad I did…!!
Once anchored up lines were cast and within 5 minutes we had two Roker hooked up, both double figure fish…!!! Just as I thought, the fish were thick on the ground, just a shame we couldn’t stop there for the first two hours of the ebb.
So… once we were off the blocks (so to speak) we then had a quadruple hook up, four good Roker on..!! And all my anglers were as happy as could be.
I had a very nice father and son team on today, Neil and son Harvey, such a polite young man, and a very quick learner too, Harvey caught some nice fish which included Thornback Rays to 9 lbs, and Smoothounds, and was casting his own rod like a Pro..!! well done son, you will be welcome any time on VP-2..!
My very good friends Ian and Elaine were on the boat today, lovely to see them again..!! and Ian had a secret weapon in his fishing arsenal.. a fish cent feeder, well Ian was fishing two rods, and the one with the feeder out fished the other rod 4 to 1.. pretty impressive I Must say.
Well the day just flew bye, and we stayed an hour longer as the weather was now settled and the sea was virtually flat calm, but it was time to hit the button for home, and although we caught around 30 Roker, we only kept around 7, so Nicola started to help the guys gut, and skin their fish.
A lovely day had by all, and we do it all again tomorrow, looking forward to it…!!
Tight lines everyone..!!! -
04/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
4 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
Lots of fish being caught offshore Roker to 12 lbs and still a good run of Smoothounds, but with the water temperature now dropping, the summer fish will start to leave, and we are already seeing some winter species we had a Codling yesterday, along with some Whiting,so all looking good...!!
Tight lines...!! -
02/09/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
2 Sep 2015 by TERRY BATT
Well like Ray Martin, I would agree, Saturday was lovely weather for a change and yep, we also had non stop action on the boat, strange as it is Herring is certainly the bait for the Roker, and like Ray said, all we got on Ragworm were doggies, and a few Whiting, Bass seem to be more on the lug-worm at the moment, and squid also a good all-round bait, taking Bass, and Roker. Monday the boys called early at 0630 to see what the weather was doing? so I looked out by window as I live 200 mtrs from the river Crouch and told the organizer it was blowing about 12-15 mph NE and raining, and he decided to cancel, and I didn't argue with him because it certainly would not be a great fishing day, and I didn't want to be seen to be ripping the party off by forcing the issue about going.... But... 10 minutes later I get a call from the other half of the party who were already halfway to Bradwell.??? and were horrified to hear I (apparently) had cancelled it, well I quickly explained I merely told the trip organizer the weather conditions, and he decided no one wanted to go..!!! well the lads on their way did not want to be cancelled and were prepared to pay for the whole boat and bait, even thought they had £90. worth of worm bait already, but were dedicated fishermen and I love em for it, so enthusiastic so we meet on the boat at 0915, I would have gone at 0600,but once again the organizer told me the boys didn't want to go early, and told them it was me who preferred the later start ...huh.. I wanted to get up in the shallows for the first of the flood tide for the Bass, sadly that didn't happen, but we did head out for the Maplin sands and pushing against a hard flooding tide but still made 22 knots and was on our first spot in just under an hour, and after a very wet 20 minutes we got our first bite ... a hound around 12 lbs a nice start, then we got a few more fairly quickly, then with an Easterly wind and a big hard flooding tide both together we slipped anchor, so had to re-position the boat, and it was like throwing a light switch the fish were gone, weather the noise of the anchor dragging, lifting it and dropping it again, disturbed the fish??? but we didn't get another bite so I made a move not far, but far enough on a clean bit of ground, and eventually we started getting a few bites again, Hounds, Roker, Doggies, Whiting... then at the top of the tide around 1400 we went back over the top of the sands to try for some Bass, which was what the guys really w
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25/08/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
25 Aug 2015 by TERRY BATT
Well we have been so busy over the last few weeks guys, I have had very little time to catch up with fishing reports.
But I will give you an overall summery of how the Thames Estuary has been fishing..!!
There has been plenty of good Smoothound action, with fish into the high end doubles, most of the professional boats from both the river Blackwater, and our friends in the river Crouch, have been hitting them with huge susses, and all are encouraged to put the vast majority back alive to fight another day, and this has been the case I am glad to report..!!
It the right places further off-shore you can still have big hits of Thornback Rays, and there are lots of big double figure females amongst them, and again we go there on the understanding that most of the fish are returned alive, and only take enough for a feed at the table, as we do not endorse the old ways of years gone by, of wholesale slaughter...!! them days I am glad to say are long gone, and I am pleased to report, that most anglers now all read from the same hymn book...! now we have a sustainable fishery, and we didn't need some erk in Brussels to tell us how to do it, we have managed it, with the co-operation of our sensible anglers by our-self's, and we have great fishing nearly all year round.
There are huge amounts of juvenile fish in the shallows, right on top of the sands, in 3 foot, we fish up there for Bass on the incoming big spring tides, but we get to see all the small Tope, Thornbacks, LSD, Smoothhounds
and whiting.... just about every species you could imagine, even a little Place, was caught the other day.. so all in the garden is coming up roses so to speak, and that my friends is largely due to the fact, love em or hate them ... the wind turbines affords these little fish huge amounts of protection, and stops them being swept out to sea on the big tides, they just hide up behind the wind turbines, out of the tide nice and safe..!!!
Well this wind is relentless, and with the rain pouring down, not a great summer, but it is heart warming as I am sitting here writing this report, on TV the "big Blue UK live", Huge, one of the presenters, has just said what I have have been banging on about!!!, years ago he said he is ashamed to say, that he is sad to say years ago he was responsible 40 years ago to have killed a Blue Shark, and now wants to help conserve our marine life, so once again education, and understanding has been victorious and this is a good thing, and with most things, with the exposure of television it gets out to the masses..!!
Ok guys we will see what the weather does tomorrow, and see weather the ropes come off and head out to sea, or weather the wind is going to blow again, driving the rain and washing yet another trip out..!!
until next time........ Tight lines.. -
29/07/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
29 Jul 2015 by TERRY BATT
Just a quick up-date, the big hounds have arrived in one of our not so distant marks, within about 35 mins from port... (well it is around 35 mins on the Vanishing Point-2). a little longer on other vessels, but the action is really good at the moment....!!!
After some of our female anglers asking the question if we could run one day a week just as a ladies day..!!
I did say yes, but sadly virtually none of you have called????? so on that basis I would have to say unless we get some interest soon we will take that option off the menu....
Well dads...!!!! as its school holiday time, why not bring your children out fishing, if they are over 10 years, and well behaved, they would be welcome..
Tight lines.......!! -
28/07/2015
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
28 Jul 2015 by TERRY BATT
We have just been told, that one of our dearest and long time fisherman "Jack" of the (Mick & Jack dynamic duo) team from Wickford, has very sadly passed away yesterday 27/7/15
Jack has fished with us for as long as I can remember, with his dearest friend Mick, it just will not seem the same without this lovely , English Gentleman.....
Good night our dear friend, sleep well, and we will surly here you whistling in the rigging when the wind blows..!!! R.I.P...
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