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22/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
22 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Another great day out with the boys from Canvey and surrounding areas with a good mornings sport on big Smoothounds, and the afternoon on big Thornbacks the boys were kept busy...
40 hounds to 13.5 lbs and 31 skate to 12.5 lbs gave these boys a good work out.
We were so busy on the boat we didn't have time to make tea or coffee ... small price to pay for 5 star fishing.
See you guys on Thursday at the Islander fish restaurant on Canvey, where Phil & Bruno will perpair some of the finest Fish and chips you will ever taste ...
Tight lines guys.... great day..... Terry & Nicola -
22/05/2016
Fishing Report by andy donaldson
22 May 2016 by andy donaldson
Went out today with terry and his wife .........I have to say they do go that bit extra to give you a great day .....I love the boat ...I have my spot on the the boat which seems to find the fish... Highly recommend thank you Andy
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19/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
19 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Well now that the big Smoothounds and Bass have arrived, it been like long awaited rains that fall in the desert...finally life again..!!! well different from the Thornback Rays we have been thankfully catching for the last
6 months, and although anglers were quite understandably voicing that they are now getting a little tried of them and looking forward to something different ...... Well they are here..!!!! we have had over 60 hounds in two trips this week many many double figure fish, and we have had a few bass, not many as I was not fishing in an area know for Bass, but my good friend Lee Bolingbroke has had about 20 decent Bass up to 8 lbs, and apparently lost a Bass about 14 lbs right at the back of his boat...(tough luck mate).
We are having to travel quite a distance at the moment to get these fish, so hence we are giving our parties the choice, if they want to travel the distance we can do it in super quick time, but it cost a bit more in diesel so we are asking for extra money to run these trips, and everyone has jumped at the chance to catch something different , and have not been disappointed...!!
We do have a couple of days strangely, for this coming May bank holiday Sunday 29th and Bank holiday 30th,,, so if you fancy a trip please call ... 07768306646.
Don't forget we are really getting busy on the clay pigeon shooting last Saturday the party booking 300 Clays and Barry (the nurse) emerged as the champion..!! he was on fire, he hit 23 out of 25 clays, and after 16 clays he asked for the trap to start oscillating, and even then he didn't miss...!!!
Next time we will attach the vertical rise and fall arm and see how Barry copes with that,,,, But I am thinking he will smash it..(no pun intended)....
Ok I will leave it there for now ,,, So tight lines and hot guns..!!! -
17/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
17 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
We had another cracking day on the hard fighting Smoothounds today Tuesday (17th/5/16) .
With the sun beating down on us and not another boat in sight, we set off to try to not only get big hounds, but Tope in the mix.
Well we got to the mark just at high water, so we got rigged for both species.... and after about 15 minutes the tide just started trickling out, and as the anchor rope tightened the first hound hit a rod, sending it into a frenzy and the first fish was on, this was a decent fish of around 7 lbs, then Paul Nichols responded with a real rod bending, reel screaming, take....well Paul is a seasoned angler, and he was his cool self, and just let the fish tire itself out, until she came to the net then it was game over... the fish was on the deck..!! after photos and weighing the fish it was released as was every fish boated today, great angler, great guys we always look forward to seeing Paul and the crew.
Sadly the two rods fishing for Tope, didn't get a single run... but hey ..!! that's fishing...
I will post a photo of Paul's 17 lbs fish......enjoy..
If you would like to get in on the action just call: 07768306646
Tight lines.....!! -
17/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
17 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Ok so I am up early..... it's just even after 30 years of doing this job I cant sleep in..!!! I am all excited with the weather so good zero wind at the moment, and not much expected, the sun shinning brightly, all bait ready to go, all that remains now is to drive to Bradwell. engines run up, drop the lines and go fishing.....
(Dough... I can her a Ron Angel moment coming) lol I know Ron as I wrote it I though.. Perfect Storm...lol
But seriously, I hope the Tope are there, it is a really good tide today so I reckon we have a fair chance... but this is called fishing...!!
My good friend Lee Bollingbrock had a good day yesterday he was on the Bass and although we know we cant keep them at the moment they are still great sport fish, as are the Smoothies so well done Lee,
Ok guy must get my backside into gear now as it's time to go... oh yeah... I nearly forgot my Tope net.... see it does pay to sit and write a line or two, it makes you think as you write.....
See you later guy, and from where ever your fishing from today have a great day and catch up later....tight Lines.....!!
Photo of Tope from my beloved Vicky Emma.... Laters..! -
16/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
16 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Well after not finding very big Smoothounds yesterday the hunt was on in earnest today...
We set sail at 0700 hrs and a new course set to try a bit of ground not often fished by our boats,
After and hour and ten minutes we reached our destination..!! I took one look at the water and said to Nicola.... today we hit the big ones... and as the tide got away the first fish up was a ......... doggie, not what I planed for, but all rods were baited and holding bottom when Bob's rod bent hard over in the rod holder, and the fight was on, the first real hound of the day, we had around 30 hound in various sizes from 5- 14lbs ..
As the tide eased away and the hounds went off, I suggested the lads use squid to see if there were any Thornback Rays living .here, and after 20 minutes, terry landed a 9 lbs Ray followed by a 10 lbs Ray then several more before the tide finally stopped... then it was time to hit the road , pick up our pot to replenish out hermit crab stock that got hit real hard today, ready to do it all again tomorrow, we are also putting two Tope rods out tomorrow as the big Tope usually run along side the big Hounds... so we will see in the morning, with a good weather forecast, and great tide confidence is high.....!!!
By the way we still have Sunday 29th May (Bank Holiday) whole boat available if anyone is interested, today's party booked the Saturday 28th on the strength of today's fantastic fishing... first come, first served..!! Tight lines !!...... -
15/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
15 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Sunday 15th May..... really excited as we had our good friend Troy Botterell on the boat with his crew... always a great laugh. we started off picking up our pot for hermit crabs so we would have our Smoothound bait for the day...... so once the crabs had been lifted and stowed we set off to our first stop the tide was just starting to turn for the ebb tide, and with expectations high we had a few dogfish to kick off with, then I caught our first Hound of the season... well I say hound.. pup really then Peter had a hound about the same stamp... then Paul Kitley had a tremendous take, a real rod bender..!! he wound down on to the fish, had the thing on for a few seconds.... then bang, it was off, the hook came in stripped of bait... so we fished on for an hour or so but very little came up so I decide to make a move Eastward by quite a few miles into deep water, and again we had dogs some hounds, and \Barry was catching Roker, so after a good while we spent the last hour South of where we were and fish the tide out a better stamp of Smoothound fell to Peters rod, and more Skate... so we came to slack water when we decided to set up for the Clay Pigeon shooting.... well what a hot shoot-out it was, Troy started the proceedings, with a respectable score,
(always hard when you go first) but still a good score, then the pace got hotter as Peter, Paul, then Tony took their turn... but then Barry took the shot gun and showed us all how to do it, he was on fire...!!! half way through we even for the first time used the oscillating table, well Paul didn't miss one, once we made it harder... he is an awesome clay shooter cant wait to see how the next trip turns out..!!!
After the Shooting we made our way back 10 miles or there about's, the tide was now flooding, so as it was such a lovely day we decided to stop and fish for another hour and a bit, and I know some call then BAG |FISH but yes we fished for Roker, but this time the bigger variety we had several at 10 lbs, but Peter had a real stonker on and half way into the fight .... Bang..!! it was gone, when he wound in his hook had snapped in half in the curve... oh no cheap hooks...lol but as the guys were fishing for one of our lovely fishing trophies for the biggest fish of the day, I reckon that would have been it.
Oh well, that's fishing the trophy went to Tony, (Photo inset) and everyone had just a great day with fantastic weather...
Look forward to seeing you all next time guys,
Terry & Nicola.... Tight lines...!!! -
14/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
14 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Had a cracking day out there today, and fish showing in the most unusual places, and we only found that out because the boys order 300 clays for their Clay shooting for to days trip, and we went to a stretch of water just for flat calm conditions so ended up in 12 feet of water and while the boy that had already shot waited for the others to finish they chucked a few rods over the side, and well....!!! boom..!! double figure fish one after the other I tell you after 30 years of fishing I still get surprises like that, they threw them all back as they had enough from earlier, but still a nice surprise...
The photos are of the medal and trophy winners.. the fish trophy was won with a 12 lbs Thornback Ray...!!
Off Hounding tomorrow, lets hope they wanna play, but I do have a fall back position if it don't happen . Tight lines...!!! -
05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Well we are heading out on Friday to try to get on the mighty Smoothounds, with a mix of Thornback Rays and perhaps a Bass or two.
We have now put our pot out again to start to harvest hermit crabs, which we all know is the favourite bait for those hard fighting Hounds, so as it's the first drop, we will see how many we get, as it can sometimes take a drop or two to locate these little wandering pieces of gold...lol
Well with squid just about impossible to obtain, due to the world shortage due to the El Nino we have very limited stocks left in our own freezers, so the days of fishing two Rods each with Squid bait is out of the question at the moment, if you have to fish two rods only one can be fished with Squid while we have some,the other one will have to be fished with an alternative bait and might involve an additional cost for a second rod.
A funny situation occurred the other day on Vanishing Point-2.... a group of anglers came on the boat really nice guys, some had our hire rods and equipment, and some had there own, but with a really hard tide running even the guys with there own gear didn't have the right lead weights and asked if they could borrow one of ours,,,,?
well that is no problem, all I ask is at the end of the day they put them back ready for someone else to use.!! but unfortunately one of the guys snapped off on the cast and asked for another 200 gram weight, which we gave him..!!! BUT...!! this is the thing...... when we came to the end of a very successful days fishing with over 50 fish caught, and it was time to settle up, I told matey he owed us another £2.00 for his lost weight, and he didn't agree???? well I said you lost the weight, which was one of ours, if it had been one of your own it means you would have go to a tackle shop like we do and purchase the tackle so if you borrow weights off of us and you lose it, we have to replace it, and the bigger heavier weights are around £2.00 each it's not rocket science, you lose it ... you pay for it..... or am I missing something here???????. but I must say that is a rare thing to happen most offer to pay for lost equipment, and sometimes if I don't consider it was the fault of the angler we don't charge them.....
OK well I will leave it there and let you all know how we do on Friday....
PS: I want to try to arrange a half days Clay shooting only for the boat..!! if there is anyone interested please call 07768306646 with the new all singing a;ll dancing trap now fitted if you think your good best think again.... Medals and trophies for the top Guns.........!! -
09/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
9 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Just a quick one......
The Vanishing Point-2 is available for either Clay shooting for half a day/ full day of fishing... or you could split the day......
Half day fishing the half day Clay shooting, it makes for a cracking day out and good team building day..
Call : 07768306646
