Latest Fishing Reports: Vanishing Point-2
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06/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
6 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
We had a full boat yesterday, well I say full, we could have fitted Brad on if he had called back..?? but we went with a party of 9 anglers, after a 17 minute dash from our home port of Bradwell at 22 knots we arrived on a spot I was interested to see if it would produce fish in this big spring tide, ??
It was a bit slow for the first 20 minutes, when I say slow, NOTHING..!! and as I was beginning to think I had got it wrong, the first rod bent double..!! a nice 11 lbs Roker, and as we netted that, the net was being called for at the bow, so off we went..and it was pretty much non stop, until slack water, then as fast as it started it stopped...
But after an hour of sitting round while my lovely wife Nicola cooked up a host of burgers, sausages, bacon, and dished them out to everyone after a hectic mornings fishing, washed down with a nice cup of tea and coffee, the ebb started to get away....!!
Then we were off again, one after the other.... a great day out with great anglers..... sorry you were not on board Brad, but I hope you had a great day wherever you went, I am sure you did..
Well as I said earlier in the week, we wont be out over the weekend as I am playing music in London and we are stating in the Marriott hotel there so back late Sunday..
We have slots available throughout next week, so if you have any time off and you want to go fishing our Clay shooting... Call:
07768306646.. -
04/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
4 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Anyone fancy half day clay shooting from Vanishing Point-2 tomorrow or Saturday.....
A 4 hour charter shoot on the boat would be £180.00 plus cartridges and clays...
07768306646 -
03/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
3 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
We had a cracking day yesterday 3rd May, just four anglers, but what a day.
We landed over 40 fish mostly Rays but some real big ones up to 16 lbs...!!
We are looking for anglers for tomorrow ( Thursday 5th May) so if you want to get in on the action just call me, the weather if going to be fantastic and the fishing is just as good....!!!
Essex based so just an hour from London....... call: 07768306646 -
02/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
2 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Good fishing yesterday.... BUT>>>> we are still looking for 3 to 4 anglers for tomorrow, (Tuesday 3rd May) so if you want to catch lots of good fish into double figures, just call me on ..... 07768306646 and book yourself in, weather is looking good.
We also have the whole boat available on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, if there is a party that would like to go.......... tight lines, we are just off now to go fishing with a full boat...... Call Me
DONT MISS OUT ON THE BEST FISHING IN YEARS !!! -
29/04/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
29 Apr 2016 by TERRY BATT
Forgot to mention...... although we are not allowed to take them, we had the first of the seasons Bass the other day, so you can fish for them as a sport fish, but they must go back....!! until the first of July that is, then you can all have one each...!!
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01/05/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
1 May 2016 by TERRY BATT
Another cracking day yesterday on the Thornback Rays and a nice Hound, so summer is defiantly here...!!
We have spaces on 2nd (tomorrow) and 3rd May Tuesday, if you fancy getting out for fishing and if you want... Clay shooting.. everyone that has done that is loving it.... So it makes for a great day, or a lovely present for someone's birthday...!!
Call : 07768306646 -
23/04/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
23 Apr 2016 by TERRY BATT
Saturday... what a start, wall to wall sunshine a boat buzzing with anglers high expectations, and boy were they rewarded, it was a party made up as usual of different guys from all over, but with one passion..... fishing..!!
Once we slipped the ropes, and jogged out of our berth, the engines were warming up nicely, by the time we got out to the baffle, the tide was flooding hard, but as we pushed the throttles forward to her cruising speed of 20 knots we didn't notice the tide as it has little influence on the Vanishing Point, being so fine at the bow, and in just 20 minutes we were at the fishing spot No1.
It didn't take long before the first fish came to the boat, then it was just a steady stream of fish until the tide started to slow up, so we lifted the anchor and went for deeper water to pick up a bit more tide, I must say, it was running pretty hard, harder than I anticipated..!! there was about an hour of flood tide left, so the tide did slow down fairly quickly and we had just a lovely trickle running passed the boat, just enough to tempt the fish to bite, and they didn't disappoint..!! we had yet another manic hour before the top of the tide.
With the size of the tide being a huge 5.7 metres, I decided to up anchor and move several miles NW, and dropped in shallower water, ready for the ebb tide to rush out of the Blackwater, and it did...lol but we were ready for it, and once again the boys were catching right up to the point the engines were fired up, and Reg had the last 8 lbs fish on.... he does anything to hold me up from going home....lol
It was interesting, as Nicola was gutting one of the Roker, she called me out and said her knife wouldn't cut through, and on inspection, the Roker had swallowed a huge Garfish and Nic's knife was running across it's snout... very hard...!! so that's my new bait if I get any.... Garfish..
Ok guys, that's it for now, we are out tomorrow, just sad we could not get a party for today, so I am sat here writing this report instead of being on the boat catching my anglers a shed-load of fish.....hey that's the way it is i guess ...tight lines ...!!! -
23/04/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
23 Apr 2016 by TERRY BATT
Still got the whole boat available for tomorrow Sunday 24th April if anybody is interested, good weather and good fishing..... Call 07768306646.
Just off fishing and shooting now... so catch yer later..... tight lines -
17/04/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
17 Apr 2016 by TERRY BATT
Sorry it's a little late, but here is the report from Sundays trip....!
We had a bit of a mix and match on the boat, as Troy Botterell usually has a full boat on his own, but for whatever reason 4 of his usual anglers couldn't make the trip on Sunday so troy asked me and Nic if we could get some more anglers, so we called a few of our regulars and they jumped at the chance, and as we have such nice people from all walks of life, we new they would get along just fine, and the banter would fly as usual, and everyone would join in with no offence taken..... although I took a fair bit myself this trip....Grrrrr,,!!! (well deserved though..tee he).
But on with the fishing..... we got of to a flying start with Troy hooking up within the first few minutes of the trip.
We decided to start off on Sunday where we finished the day before, as you might of seen we did well with the Pete Marron Family and friends, and it doesn't always pan out that one day will fish as good as the last, but with no big jump in the tides they were almost the same height, it was worth a try...
As I say Troy hooked up very quick into the trip and fish started to come to the boat from all directions, and although not as manic as the week before, there was a steady stream of fish coming all day...
At slack water most of the guys requested we set up the clay shooting.
Well these guys were the first to try the new Mk-2 clay trap which now is mounted on a sub-frame which oscillates left to right, and has a ram arm at the back to rise and fall, so if you think your good..... think again... this is the Godzilla of clay traps...lol but if you find it too difficult, we can just launch them off the stern port quarter, so a bit easier...
But after a hard fought shoot out, little Paul emerged the winner of the "VANISHING POINT-2 TOP GUN" trophy... well done mate good shooting, I think your score was 19 out of 25 clays?? then there was a shoot off between Tony and Paul Kitley they were both on 11 each, so I got 4 cartridges out enough for two shoots each, this time it was on the oscillating setting...!!! and whoever hit one/two would win the silver medal, and the third place would get the bronze... it turned out Tony hit one clay and missed one, and Paul Kitley sadly missed both clays. so we then had our final result.... outright winner... little Paul centre, second was Tony, and third place was Big Paul.... great shooting, and great fun, I think you all did well coz it aint easy to hit them bad boys from a boat...!! if you think it is... best you come and try and win the trophy ...!!!!
But even though one or two did not shoot, I could hear the net going out along the starboard side as fish were still being landed over slack water... a really good day with a great crowd of guys..
Well done everyone, look forward to next month.... be looking for the Hounds I think then, as one or two are just starting to show up now, peeler crab's and getting going now, and we will soon be harvesting Hermit crab's so lots to look forward to, and of course on the smaller tides we are going well off to hunt the elusive big Tope...!!! we now have quite a few trips lined up for these large predators just hope the Mackerel turn up this year....
(if we are not banned from landing them)
I must say that on Monday, it was like a different stretch of water.. a big jump it the height of the tide, and the fish were much harder to catch, it's as if someone threw a light switch, and they didn't want to know, we had to work very hard to land a dozen..!!! but the boys were pleased with there day, but when you consider we landed 12 fish in the first 2 hours of the trips just days before, you see how when you get a big jump in the tides it has a big affect on the fishing, they haven't gone anywhere, they just wont feed.... funny little creatures....
Ok........................... we find ourselves with a completely empty boat for this coming Sunday... No party.. so if there is a party of anglers who want to go.... just call ... 07768306646 and......... make my day.!! (I love Dirty Harry films) ... Tight lines..!!! -
16/04/2016
Fishing Report by TERRY BATT
16 Apr 2016 by TERRY BATT
Fishing was fearsome once again today, we had NW 25 mph this morning, but once the tide got away the wind dropped to around 16 mph and we sat there flat as your hat, and the weather looks even better for tomorrow, so happy days...!!
We had a few beginners out today the best they had done to date was a couple of Mackerel on a day boat from Cornwall, but brother and sister Woody and Jodie Marron both hooked up on double figure Fish today and boated at least 20 fish between them and Mum Brenda Marron well she was just on fire one after the other, But Dad Pete Marron who used to organise the Blackwater Challenge kick of the proceedings on his first cast a nice double figure Thornback Ray toi 10 lbs, well done mate you still got it....lol lovely to see you all once again.
Well as I say the weather is looking good for tomorrow so doubt anyone will be cancelling, but there might be a space on our boat if any one is stuck.....!!! Tight lines..
