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  • 12/05/2017 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    12 May 2017 by TERRY BATT

    We had a great day on Friday 12th May with our very dear friends
    Nigel Farage, Dave Barham , John Rawle, Nicola, and myself Terry Batt, on board our super charter boat Vanishing Point-2.
    we were fishing for Thornback Rays and general fishing and had the most wonderful day.... with up to 50 Rays caught and most returned, we were mainly fishing for sport, good mates enjoying a day off from the hustle and bustle of every day life “especially” poor old Nigel... the paparazzi cant get to him out at sea...!! so a lovely day was had by all..!! the talk was of cricket, football, boxing, fishing , and general day to day ordinary chit chat no politics a day off......
    At slack water we all had a go at shooting some clay's and Nigel was pretty good..!! John couldn't get used to my Berretta , but Dave Barham shot out of his skin hardly missing a clay ( crafty dog) but I don't wish to brag I didn't miss a single clay...!! so Dave and I have a grudge match....lol
    After the days fishing and shooting we retired to the Green Man Pub just around the corner from Bradwell Marina, courtesy of Arthur T who owns the marina and a great supporter of
    Nigel Farage, and we thank Arthur for arranging Michael to receive us out of normal hours...! but Michael does get something out of it for himself and notoriety for his pub....
    (you owe me a pint....lol) but we would like to thank all the staff at the green man which include Vicky the best barmaid in Essex..! who treats everyone the same no special favours, and Nigel loved it... just one of the guys..!!..
    Well next time we have Nigel down with us it is quite possible he may be "accompanied” by his good friend and comedian
    Jim Davidson ... not definite but possible ..! so we will have to see where we go for after the trip drinks on that day... ????
    I would like to thank John Rawle for basically running the trip, expert as ever at the helm and his expert advice on baiting and casting which Nigel found very helpful and rewarding..!!, and also to Bob Cox who sadly couldn't make the trip on Friday but did join us in the Green Man for a drink, so nice to see the legendary Cox & Rawle among our other guest,
    Nigel Farage, and Dave Barham, sitting at one table, I felt most privileged to be sitting at the table with my wife Nicola and able to call all of these people my friends ..... it don't get much better.
    If any of you fancy a days fishing and Clay Pigeon shooting as do our Celebrities please call on...... 07768 30 66 46 to make a booking makes for a great corporate day out and team building event.... 100% tax deductible...!!!
    All the best
    Terry & Nicola.... (Vanishing Point-2)

  • 18/04/2017 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    18 Apr 2017 by TERRY BATT

    Hi Guys
    Fishing is great , plenty of double figure skate coming out at the moment, the biggest this week is 18.5 Lb, lovely fish and pleased to say the guy that caught it said "this fish deserves to go back" so we took some photos and it went back, well done mate. If you want to have a go in catching some of these lovely fish give us a call.

  • 09/03/2017 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    9 Mar 2017 by TERRY BATT

    With lots of Thornback Rays coming in now and fishing is good.......!!
    We find ourselves with a completely empty boat for this coming Saturday 11th due to a late cancellation.

    So if you have a fishing party that want to go fishing call ..... 07768306646

  • 08/03/2017 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    8 Mar 2017 by TERRY BATT

    With fishing picking up nicely now, and the finest charter boat in the fleet that gets out when most other cannot due to wind....!
    There are some really nice big Thornbacks Rays coming out at the moment, so well worth a trip to put a good bend back in those rods that have been put away all winter.

    Not forgetting on the Vanishing Point-2 we do clay pigeon shooting for those more competitive groups, and is also a lot of fun.
    Call Terry or Nicola on : 07768306646

  • 05/03/2017 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    5 Mar 2017 by TERRY BATT

    Yes Troy as far as I am aware The Vanishing Point-2 was the only boat to sail yesterday morning Mate.
    The advantage of such a big catamaran like Vanishing Point is at 51 foot long you have the water line length, and of course her pedigree as a wind farm service vessel saw her working in 3 meter sea’s in the Irish sea so the weather yesterday was never going to be a problem to us .
    It was nice to see you boys join up with Mark Smith, his party are very much like yours Troy good anglers easy going, and fish for what’s there, and you certainly pulled out some nice Thornbacks yesterday, and the usual banter to go with it.
    It was never going to be 60 mph which is what some people were doom and glooming about, I blame XC weather forecast I don’t know why anyone bothers to look at it I think they only have one colour….RED, for most of the day as my forecast predicted the wind was 18 to 20 mph SW and on rare occasions tipped the wind machine gauge to 40 mph during the sort squall’s that came through with a brief shower then settled down again even then the boat was still comfortable and we carried on catching nice fish..!! well done lads you all fished well and nice to hear you boys saying if one or the other were short on numbers in the future to let each other know and you would team up once again, great comradery, that’s what me and Nicola try to promote on the boat….. See you next month Troy & Tony…….tight Lines..!!

  • 26/02/2017 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    26 Feb 2017 by TERRY BATT

    On Saturday Feb 25th we had a very good day with fish up to 13lbs caught by John Alexander along with 4 other nice fish caught by John, and the other lads all caught and we totalled 13 good fish.
    Sunday Started well but with a stronger tide and much higher winds up to 42 mph we only managed around 6 good fish and one or two smaller fish , but Richard did manage the best fish of the weekend... a nice 14 lbs fish so well done mate (that has set the target for Rob..) lol at last we are seeing some decent fish again so come on guys lets go fishing...!!!

  • 29/12/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    29 Dec 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Well Vanishing Point-2 has been busy over the Christmas period after boxing day we have been out every day, and we took a chance and went right up river further than we have ever fished before..!! and with some good results.
    We found some good Thornback Rays, Barry who was on the boat 27th Dec had a PB a nice 14 lbs Thornback and his son Justin also caught some nice Rays.
    Over the last couple of days we split the trips between fishing for Rays and Dab’s and Whiting, and while fishing for Dabs yesterday Allen hooked a 5lbs Thornback Ray on a size 2 hook, but eased it up gently to the net…. Well done mate, 4 of the guys done Clay pigeon shooting and it was a titanic battle for the silver and bronze medals with a dead tie at 14 clays each, it was sudden death and ended up 18 to 17, I thought they were doing it on purpose, as the tie break cartridges are free of charge…..lol
    Still no Cod showing at the moment, well not on the bottom where we need them, the trawlers are seeing some high up in the nets and coughing up Herring.
    With the weather forecast to start freezing into January that will no doubt trigger the sprat run to join the Herring spawning that are already here let’s just hope those spring run Codling follow the sprat’s and we get a spring Cod run, the water temperature is now down to 5 degrees now so it’s in the lap of the God’s now..!
    Happy new years to all angler everywhere and we hope for a productive 2017.
    Tight lines …….

  • 27/12/2016 Fishing Report by bob franks

    27 Dec 2016 by bob franks

    Hi terry and nic just want to say thanks for another great day on the 27/12/16 it was a little bit slow but you did it again and put us on the fish yet again and with me beating my personal best on the thornback that made my day.Will be booking another trip soon happy new year to you and nic from me and Justin

  • 19/12/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    19 Dec 2016 by TERRY BATT

    It would seem I have made been given the wrong info of the Big Bass landed over the weekend.at Eastbourne..
    It was not the Charter vessel called Deep Blue out of Eastbourne ... it was a commercial vessel with apparently the same name..??

    But after a colourful chat with the skipper of the commercial vessel that was responsible for the catch it seems it was me that got the wrong end if the stick... so to that end I do publically apologise you him and if because of what I wrote has caused him any unjustified criticism I am sorry.

    But I just wondered why anyone would post this on social media..???

  • 19/12/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    19 Dec 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Well with not a lot to report over the last couple weeks even the Thornback Rays seem to have done a disappearing act...!!

    But I know these are not our beloved Cod, but the Dab has made a welcome return to the river Backwater in large numbers.

    It is only 6 or 7 minutes away from our marina, and as the tide backs off the Whiting subside from biblical numbers to sensible amounts and give way for the Dabs to come on and give some excellent sport , and to be fair, love em or not, they are a nice size of fish and on light tackle are good sport, and without them in the absence of Cod, they are a most welcome sight.....!

    I took a gamble yesterday and went to a place I have never had the courage to take a charter party too, as it was unknown to me as a fishing mark, but taking into consideration the water temperature, the type of sea bed I was targeting, and the fact they have disappeared for all of the known marks, it was a huge step into the unknown.
    But..... after an hour of fishing for Thornback Rays once again, we had landed 5 lovely Thornback Rays, putting a real bend back into the rods, something we have not seen for several weeks, and two were tipping the scales at nearly 10 lbs so I think I may have un-locked the secret of where these fish go when they just seem to disappear off of the radar, but I will only go there as and when necessary when fishing is pants everywhere else, I will not rip the ass out of this mark just because I can, and a lot of our fish are returned to spawn, and give great sport another day...!!!

    I must say I saw a report on fb the other day from Eastbourne about a boat that had caught and landed a fantastic catch of big, big Bass.... several at 16 lbs, 15 lbs. 14 lbs, and many doubles and while I congratulate the skipper of the charter boat (I think it was called Deep Blue) but cant be sure, I am appalled that this skipper not only allowed the party to kill these superb mature breeding fish, but wants to gloat about it.....!!!! has the world gone completely bloody mad, not only was it quite possibly illegal, but reasonable skippers should be promoting catch and release like they do in America, not only do the have a minimum size fish limit, they also have an upper size limit so anglers do NOT destroy their prime breeding stock, so you cant wonder why they have fish coming out of their ears...!! it's called responsible fish management... something this counties fishing guardians, ie: Skippers of fishing boats, commercial and pleasure, our fisheries ministers, licencing authorities seem to have forgotten ...

    Sorry to get on my soap box, but I know after 30 years of being a very successful professional charter boat skipper, and have seen the good times as well as the bad, we need to look after our fish, and if you put reports up of wholesale slaughter of a days fishing all you are going to do is feed even more information to various regulation authorities that want to shut us down wherever possible , and all you do is give these people who never go out and do some real research just have scientist to come up with wild uneducated guesses, a cricket bat to beat us with...

    Well lets hope the Cod arrive soon in good numbers, they are not to far away so I am told by the commercial boys there are some in our local waters but high in the water feeding ferociously on Herring, which they can see in daylight hours, with bright daylight above them, and they see a big dark mass moving and get on them so the chances of catching Cod in the daylight hours are much reduced, so tonight we have a party that want to try a night trip, from 1700 hrs until 0200 hrs and see if we can get one or two when the Cod cant see the Herring shoals under the cover of darkness, and start feeding by sent trail again.....!!!

    Tight lines and merry Christmas, and a big thank you to all our loyal customers who not only fish with us, but Clay pigeon shoot from the Vanishing Point-2 and have won many TROPHIES AND MEDALS ..!!!!

    Here is to a great 2017....!!!!!

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