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  • 15/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    15 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    We have been out just about every day this week, and for the most part the fishing has been electric...!!
    Many, many Smoothounds over 10lbs and the better ones hitting the scales at 17 lbs.
    Well on Wednesday, some good old mates of mine, Albie, Terry Les Terry, and a few of their mate that have fished with me since the Vicky Emma days, booked to come out after a 3 year absence as we were away wind farming, but now we are back they booked up their first trip, and what a trip it was, non stop action..!! from the time we dropped the anchor until the time it was time to go home..
    At one point we had two landing nets on the go, me at the bow, and Nicola at the stern, and we couldn't keep up, with 5 rods hooked up on big hounds of which two snapped up purely because we couldn't get to them in time, !! but it is difficult when that happens because most were hire rods, we didn't have time to re-tackle the rods but after a sort lull in proceeding, Nicola shot back into the wheelhouse and quickly re-tackled the destroyed terminal rigs that had been involved in what can only be described, hound carnage ....lol
    After a few hours, the bites did subside, and I said to the guys, we need to move from this spot and go about half a mile east to catch up with these fish, and get back into it again, but they said they were fairly tired out, and as much fun as it was could we now go for Thornbacks...!!!! (see Ron, some people still like them ..lol)
    So we mover around 3.5 miles to the South West a bit of ground I have not fished for 10 years, but I was banking on the fact things usually stay the same, and we were not disappointed, first fish up was a lovely 13 lbs Roker, the a string of Thornback's followed in a nice constant flow giving me and Nicola a well earned rest, from the manic onslaught the Smoothound attack...lol it was like a scene form Zulu Dawn...lol.
    Right.... now down to the hero to zero story...!!
    Yesterday our party wanted to have a serious go for the big Tope, boy did we have the right conditions for it.
    We departed Bradwell at 0700 and headed out a very long way, even by our standards, we had a tide just on the verge, of the start of the ebb, fresh baits blue skies zero wind, the water was like tap water, and confidence was high.
    Once the tide started to flow properly, we were further encouraged by seeing a lot of Cuttlefish bones floating past, with small triangular teeth marks in, so we knew we were in the right area, so just a matter of time..... Time...... more time.... but nothing, with the tide now pushing through quite hard, I decided to make a move a couple of miles NW to a know hot spot..!!! this'll do it I thought, after 15 mins with nice fresh baits on we had a pick up..!!! we got ready for the first run... but the fish just dropped the bait, and that was it... we didn't see a Tope all day, we had some hounds on another rod we put out while waiting for the main event, and some Thornback Rays, plenty of Doggies... but sadly no Tope.
    It just goes to show you can have everything just right good bait evidence these large predators are right in the area, but they just wont play..... and that' Tope fishing For you, but the boys fish right on till the end with no complaints they new the score before we went, but I take my hat off the specimen hunters who stick it out, fish or no fish ...!!! I think it helped that England were victorious over Wales which the match was on our 32 inch flat screen tv so they didn't have to miss the footie....lol
    Ok guys, a day off today to catch up on life before tomorrow, when it all starts again..... So there you have it we don't always have startling days, sometimes it just don't happen, and I think you should tell of the days when it all goes pear-shaped and not always bells and whistles ..... Hero to Zero, .. it happens...
    Tight lines....

  • 14/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    14 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Today (Tuesday 14th June) we steamed for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 22 knots and arrived at our destination where we have had some really good sport on Hounds..

    We had four anglers book the entire boat, there were three generations of a lovely family all fishing together, from Grandsons Robert and Richard, a real credit to their Dad and their granddad how were fishing along side the boys..

    But..... Granddad Hugh was on fire today, he caught 20 Smoothounds on his own, showing the young whipper snappers experience wins out over youth....lol but all the family members did very well and it was an absolute pleasure to have them on board once again.

    The boys had a not suck a good trip at the weekend, not solely down to the skipper, but by the sounds of it he had a bit of bad luck against him, so the catch rate was quite poor, and the boys requested an action packed day PLEASE...!! so I took them well off-shore to a very special place where they filled their boots so to say,,,
    and I believe some of the lads had personal best's, so that's was good.

    I think we had something around 45 Smoothounds up to 14lbs so I think we restored their faith in the fishing from Essex....

    Well we are out all of this week, and Thursday we are hunting the elusive big Tope.. we shall see if they are there and report back later in the week.

    We have most of next week available during the week ... Monday to Friday if any of you want a chance to get on the hounds...

    Call: 07768306646

    Tight lines, and Smoking guns..!!

  • 09/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    9 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Stop press...!!!

    The clay pigeon shooting is going very well now we have shooting clubs enquiring now just too book up either a whole day, or half a days shooting, as people who like clay shooting are finding, shooting from a floating platform and a moving clay trap is quite challenging.....

    This is proving very popular with the corporate market as team building events, (which is tax deductible)

    So if you fancy trying you hand at clay pigeon shooting either as part of you fishing trip, or as a corporate day
    just call ...07768306646 for more details

  • 09/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    9 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Ok...... I got several calls yesterday to say that various anglers had been fishing either on their own boats and caught next to ZERO... all day, and were desperate to get something for their fishing buddies.

    Me and Nic, were on our way out an 4.pm yesterday afternoon just to attend to our crab pot, as we had it lifted last week, empted and thrown back in again 1/2 a mile from where I put it so it took us over a week to locate it, we thought we had lost it forever, but at least we got it back..... I digress... but it was on our way out late afternoon yesterday some angler saw the Vanishing Point-2 and called me for some help... and we always help any small boat fisherman where we can, as I am sure any of them reading this will endorse, so when we find our crab pot raided and there is nothing left for us it hurts a bit.. but there you go..

    Several of our guys were out on charters with others as we were not out yesterday and called me to say it was a mega tough day with very little caught, I am sure it was a hard day as the wind was in the Eastern quarter and as we all know when the wind is in the east the fish bite the least..!!!

    So on the way back from attending to our hermit crab pot, Nic and I decided to have a quick fish on a mark for whatever reason seem unaffected by Easterly winds, as we approached the area I found a 14 foot fishing boat right slap bang on one of my marks, it was so close I couldn't help myself I went very close to where he was just to see, I reckon he had his anchor in the last hole I made there at the weekend....lol but I wasn't going to fish there anyway he was too far East and South, so we got to where we wanted to be, Nic shot the anchor away and we were settled, and fished one rod each for 40 minutes as that's all the time we had, but after such abysmal reports I need to know if these fish were still there,

    Well Nicola kick off the proceedings within 10 minutes , with a nice 8 lbs female Thornback Ray, then I hit in to a nice male at 9 lbs , and while I was unhooking my fish, Nic was into another Ray so I left my one to net her fish another Ray about 7 lbs, so as we had two fish on deck we tried to take a selfie as there was no one else on board to take a photo of us, just look what that Easterly wind is doing to my hair !!....lol

    We do have a great time no matter what we do even down to potting for hermit crabs we turn it into something special... and why not.!!

    But on the serious side of things .... we found out what we needed to know.. the fish were still there if we need to fall back on them, but we will leave them alone if we can get out, to get on other species, but it is just a fall back position if we need it, because love em, or not.... it's better to get good bites, with nice size fish, than sitting there all day staring at a rod tip doing NOTHING...!!!

    Ok guy ... tight lines...!!

  • 08/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    8 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Well me and Nicola went to Brighton yesterday with a few of our fishing friends, and had a lovely day out on a charter boat called Brighton Diver II.
    Skipper was Paul and his crew for the day was James, a very young man and skipper in his own right at just 18 years old but seemed to know what he was doing.
    We went for Black bream first thing, and although I didn't personally get one, My lovely wife kicked my butt, and landed two decent Bream, so well done Nic..!
    Some of the other lads also caught a few, but the fish were just not really having it, I must say Paul the skipper did his hardest to find the fish, and to be fair we got one or two every where we went, but he was saying at the weekend in was crazy, and I can well believe him as I put on my week report that Thursday and Friday was terrific fishing but the weekend was ok, but the fish had switched off, yes we got ample but not like it had been the last couple of days..
    So I did feel for Paul, as I knew what he was going through, but ever the professional, he pressed on, and they guys got some more Bream, but I changed tactics and put on a running ledger and peeler crab to see what else might live here, as it was all new for me out of Brighton.
    After 5 minutes or so I got a thumping bite, and landed a nice Pollock, Em,,, different species for me, really enjoyed the way it ran straight for the bottom, then I had a few small hounds, then Paul fired up the engines which meant rods up..!! we are off.
    This was just about an hour and a half before high water, and we were going for what I have personally come for, the Plaice fishing, I had never caught a Plaice before, and my good friend
    John Rawle gave me some cracking tips on Plaice fishing which turned out to be as usual spot on, I have several over 5lbs and the other guys did well also..
    I think as Paul the skipper said, the fish were more than likely off the feed for a while due to a big weather system going through, we had thunder and lightning, rain, then it all cleared up and the fishing as usual, started getting good towards the end of our day, but being a true professional, he gave us an extra half hour and we all caught very well.... But I kicked Nicolas butt well and truly on the Plaice fishing, and that's what I really wanted... so full marks to skipper Paul, and the Brighton Diver, we will certainly be back for more very soon.
    Well we are out on Friday so will be reporting on our catches of the Vanishing point-2......... Tight lines
    Ps: just look at Nic's handy work with a filleting knife...!!

  • 05/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    5 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Fishing at the weekend was a fair bit slower that the previous three days.

    Saturday Were a fine bunch of lads, with some squadies and ex Army personnel, a right laugh, and everyone enjoyed their day as it was a stag do for one of their mates Ail don't want to think how that ended up later that night in Colchester near the barracks..

    But the boys fished well and shot well and Hugh won the "Vanishing Point-2 Top Gun" trophy these boys served in Iraqi so well done lads, and they enjoyed the DVD of Jim Davidson in Iraqi entertaining our troops, on their way back to Bradwell.

    Sunday....... the strong breeze from the East did take it's toll on the fishing as usual, but the boys fished on and did ok.

    The hound fishing was not great in the shallows we had a 9lbs hound on the first cast, and |I thought here we go...!! but that was it for 20 mins, then we had some small hounds around the 3 to 4lbs bracket so we moved into 32 foot just off the edge, and it was fairly busy for the last hour before the high water at 1300.

    We then cut across the top of the sands, back into the Blackwater , and once the tide got away we had a quadruple hook up of Skate, this went on for a while until the tide started to ease back, and the wind started blow the boat up the anchor rope...!!! but the day was just about done by then, so we decided to up anchor and start processing the catch,

    Me and Nicola are fishing out of Brighton tomorrow not sure which boat we are on???, but the target species is Plaice and Black Bream.... so fingers crossed, it will make a nice change to just fish ourselves and let another skipper do the work....lol

    Ok guys catch you later............ Tight lines & Hot Guns...!!

  • 01/06/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    1 Jun 2016 by TERRY BATT

    With the wind blowing Northerly at 30 mph most of the day, we took our charter party along the coast to a place just off of Clacton on sea, and stayed within half a mile of the beach.

    We are very fortunate to have a lot of protection from most prevailing winds so we don't have to cancel too many trips to the weather.

    Well we got to our fishing mark in just over 25 minutes, travelling at 22 knots ,once Nicola shot the anchor away and we settled we had the first Thornback Ray hooked up, a nice fish at just over 9 lbs.

    As we were landing the first fish and taking out the hook, a second fish was wrenching the rod hard over..!! a nice fish again at 12 lbs, so the competition was on...lol

    The wind was relentless and kept at a steady 28-30 mph all day, but the fish just kept on coming, by the end of the day, between the 6 anglers on board, they managed to land around 30 Thornback Rays, we didn't see anything else, but we really didn't have bait for anything else, but a good friend of mine, and skipper of the Chinook 3 Phil White wisely took some Hermit crabs, and he called me to say they had just landed an 8lbs Smoothound, and he was fishing just a short distance from me.... then he had another hound, so nice to see hounds this far inshore.... Well done Phil, good job...!!

    It looks as if the winds are stuck in this North sector for the time being, but with a good run of fish to be had close in I doubt we will lose any trips.

    We have a group of gentlemen on the boat Saturday, on a Pre-wedding event...(Stag Do) and they want fishing and clay pigeon shooting, so even if the wind blows, we will still be catching fish, and busting clays.

    Bass are all around at the moment, we had one take a piece of Herring the other day, a decent little fellow, at around 4 lbs, but as you all know, we cant keep them so back it had to go....!! but as of the 1st July you will be allowed to take one each...... I know, tough isn't it... but rules is rules even if we don't agree with them, but make no mistake about it.... if you do sneak one in your box without the skippers knowledge, and you get caught, it will be a £9,000.00 fine, so best don't do it..!!!!

    Ok I will leave it there for now, and report back after Fridays charter, you can go to my Face Book page terry batt fishing and see all photos....... Tight lines...!!

  • 28/05/2016 Fishing Report by carl rix

    28 May 2016 by carl rix

    28 july first time out with terry and nicola on vanishing point 2,what a great day the boat is fantastic loads off space.we had 50+ thornbacks on board in the 8 to 10lb range with most going back.,lots of help and advice if needed from both terry and nicola.will definitely be booking another trip , carl

  • 05/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    May 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Oh by the way..... I forgot to mention we are now running evening or day Bird watching trips, and trips to see our seal colony which is growing year on year, we sometimes have them come right up to the diving platform and feed them with herring, it's lovely to get up close and personal to these lovely mammals..

    As the day starts to settle down and the sea birds are coming in for the evening roost we have had bird enthusiast so excited at some of the species they have spotted as we come in for a days fishing charter, and it was suggest to us that we have a resource on our doorstep that we are not making use of.

    So if you are someone who has a love of wildlife and birds, Seals, and are interested in viewing these amazing creatures from this amazing $ 1 million dollar vessel with every facility you could want on a boat seating 14 persons in suspension aircraft seats, heated passenger accommodation in the colder months to 70 degrees, charging facilities for you cameras and video recorders, aircraft type toilet and wash room, tea coffee, and Hot chocolate, available and a viewing area on calm days aloft on the fly-bridge..

    If you or if you are part of a club are interested please call for prices and availability..

    Call: 07768306646.

  • 24/05/2016 Fishing Report by TERRY BATT

    24 May 2016 by TERRY BATT

    Well we had a good friend of our on the boat Tuesday, James R Hearn, not only is James a great fisherman, he is a fantastic singer regularly seen at Potters leisure in Hopton on Sea, but sometimes on tour with the European Rat Pack show as Dean Martin... fabulous..!!

    But back to fishing, James brought a lovely bunch of guys with him on Tuesday, it was his birthday treat ..!!
    ans we didn't stop laughing from start to finish and with the wind blowing at 23 mph Northerly we couldn't get to the Smoothounds sadly, but love em or not we had a splendid day on the Thornback Rays many into double figures, we had over 30 fish boated, and a select few were kept for the table and others returned to have their young and fight another day.

    A few Bass are showing up now, even though we are not allowed to keep any so they all go back alive, but they still make great sport and I think personal satisfaction when you land one of the hardest fish to land, because if you, or your tackle are not up to it, chances are you will come second and lose it, so yeah... I think Bass even though at the moment are not keep-able, they still are well worth fishing for, and it will hone your fishing skills. so when the 1st July comes, and you are allowed to keep one Bass each, you will be ready for
    them.

    As you can see if you have looked at the videos, the Clay shooting is picking up pace now, and we are seeing some real talent on the gun, but it does not have to be serious, it's a goon social addition to the day out, you don't have to be at Olympic standard...lol if you hit 11 or 12 clays most times that will be in the running for the TOP GUN trophy or a silver or bronze medal, but take a look and see for yourself.

    We do have bank holiday Monday available if anyone want to come out and try out the facilities, so if you call us on ...07768306646 we will get you in the diary....... Tight lines..!! .

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