Charter Boat: Galloper
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We have recently purchased a blyth 33 catamaran powered by two 8.2litre doosan engines capable of cruising 16-18knts with a flat out speed over 23knts. the blyth catamaran is a fast modern boat comfortable both at anchor and under steam. She has some indoor seating a toilet accessible at deck level and spray cover to keep you drier and more comfortable. we have a live well on deck and seating for more than 10 people on deck.
with a beam of 5 meters there is loads of deck room even with 10 anglers on board.
WE ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE BOOKINGS 7 DAYS A WEEKS 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR
most trips run from 6-7.30am untill 16.00-17.00 at night although if you book the boat we can arrange times around you. we also offer night trips from 1600-12.30am at night and evening trips in the river from 1600-2000hrs in the estuary. these are available upon request and we can arrange trips to suit your requirements.
we have hire tackle available with penn fixed spool reels at £10 per rod per day.
for further information available dates, gallery, weekly reports and more please visit my website www.essexseafishing.co.uk
I have fished since I could hold a rod and grew up aboard my dads charter boats in the 90's. as I got older I took my Orkney longliner out and my dads boats when I got the chance. I am obsessed with fishing I have no other real hobbies and just about any free time I have is devoted to fishing related activities. This may sound a bit sad but as I enjoy all kinds of fishing I have little time for anything else. My real passion is for sea angling but if I had more time I would like to spend a little more time fresh water fishing aswell. the first 'Galloper' was bought by myself and my dad back in 2007.she was a brinkliner 28 and kept me busy for a couple of years. My wife stacey and i bought the second 'Galloper' back in march 2009 she was an aquastar 33 and we ran her untill 2013 when we bought our evolution 33 also named 'galloper' and the evolution did very well over the next six and a half years.
early in 2019 we bought a blyth 33 and spent 10 months completely overhauling her to bring her up to the standard we like to give our customers. the bltyh catamaran is a vary stable and spacious platform which is very popular with the anglers for her speed, room and stability.
i look forward to many good trips aboard her over the coming years. Although I'm only in my 30'sI have plenty of experience as a skipper as before all of this i was running my dads boats since I got my Yachtmasters Offshore licence when I was 17 so I HAVE NOW BEEN A QUALIFIED CHARTER SKIPPER FOR OVER 20 YEARS before that I was taking his boat out with my grandad or brothers or friends whenever I could. I like to think that all of this along with many holidays spent fishing other venues has helped make me one of the most experienced skippers around.
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Galloper
| Sun 04/05/2025 | 9 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Mon 05/05/2025 | 8 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
8 spaces @ £60pp
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| Sat 10/05/2025 | 4 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 17/05/2025 | 4 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sun 01/06/2025 | 7 Spaces | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sat 07/06/2025 | 6 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 14/06/2025 | 1 Space | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sun 22/06/2025 | 7 Spaces | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 05/07/2025 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sat 12/07/2025 | £60.00pp |
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| Thu 17/07/2025 | 12 Hours | £115.00pp |
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| Sat 19/07/2025 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sun 20/07/2025 | 7 Spaces | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sun 27/07/2025 | 1 Space | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 02/08/2025 | 2 Spaces | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sat 16/08/2025 | 4 Spaces | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Mon 18/08/2025 | 12 Hours | £115.00pp |
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| Sat 11/10/2025 | 3 Spaces | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sat 25/10/2025 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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Reviews
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Aaron Stevens (24/04/2021)
First time out with scot and had an amazing day ! Very professional and aware or everything happening throughout the day,
Ready to help and assisted at a secondary notice!
The boat was spotless and he had no problems finding the fish ! 5 starts well earnt ! Will be back !Skippers Reponse: cheers Aaron, glad you had a nice day. look forwards to seeing you again.
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Nick Hills (24/11/2019)
Another great days fishing aboard Galloper with Thornbacks and whiting plus a pb for Kaz! Cheers Scott see you next week (don’t forget my worms)
Skippers Reponse: glad you enjoyed it nick. see you at the weekend.
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Nick Hills (03/11/2019)
Thanks Scott fantastic days fishing on your new boat. Can’t wait for the next trip out with the boys.
Skippers Reponse: glad you enjoyed it nick, nice to see you getting back into it. see you next time.
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Greg Mallia (07/04/2019)
Excellent Skipper went with two non fisherman friends and he could not do enough to help them, which let me get on with my fishing. Mind you think I should have got some help as they caught more than me.
Skippers Reponse: i'm glad you enjoyed your day Greg. thank you for taking the time to review your experience. best leave the others behind next time!!
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Simon Lewis (11/11/2018)
We had a fantastic day out fishing with Scott. Very friendly and extremely helpful to us novices. Coffee and tea served regularly throughout the day. All in all, one brilliant day and will definitely be going again.
Cheers Scott, you made my mates 60th birthday present a memorable one
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Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 46 Species have been caught onboard Galloper, including: Anchovy | Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Black Goby | Black Sea Bream | Blonde Ray | Blue Shark | Blue Skate | Bluefin Tuna | Brill | Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) | Cod | Common Skate | Conger Eel | Dab | Dover Sole | European Eel | Five bearded rockling | Garfish | Greater Weever | Grey Gurnard | Haddock | Herring | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | Lesser Weever | Lobster | Mackerel | Pilchard | Plaice | Pollock | Porbeagle | Red Gurnard | Scad | Shore Rockling | Smooth-hound | Sole (Common) | Spotted Ray | Spurdog | Starry Smooth-hound | Stingray (Common) | Thornback Ray | Tompot Blenny | Tope | Tub Gurnard | Turbot | Whiting
Latest Catches 1,393 photos uploaded
2 oz Thornback Ray
29-Apr-2025
2 oz Starry Smooth-hound
29-Apr-2025
2 oz Porbeagle
26-Apr-2025
2 oz Blue Skate
26-Apr-2025
2 oz Common Skate
26-Apr-2025
2 oz Bass
Apr-2025
2 oz Bass
25-Apr-2025
2 oz Thornback Ray
24-Apr-2025
2 oz Starry Smooth-hound
24-Apr-2025
2 oz Bass
17-Apr-2025
2 oz Smooth-hound
16-Apr-2025
2 oz Smooth-hound
16-Apr-2025
2 oz Thornback Ray
26-Mar-2025
2 oz Dab
19-Feb-2025
2 oz Dab
Feb-2025Latest Fishing Reports and News
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30/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
30 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
The lads from Norfolk police were down the other day for one of their boat matches. we went for some mixed fishing with the hope of some rays, hounds and bass. Thankfully they all made an appearance and despite a slower start than the expected we had a busy afternoon with a good few rays but current standards. Dick would have easily won if his third one hadn't snapped the trace at the net. Instead Graham took the money and deservedly so with a nice bass and roker helping with his points.
Fishing has been great the last few weeks with an abundance of fish from hounds, bass and dogs through to rays, whiting and other species.
I have spaces for groups and individuals over the weekend and coming weeks aboard Galloper from brightlingsea Essex please call 07956411528 for more information.
Next spaces
04/05- 9 spaces @ £60pp
05/05- 7 spaces @ £60pp
10/05- 2 spaces @ £60pp
11/05- boat available for individuals and groups
17/05- 5 spaces @ £60pp
22/05- plaice fishing offshore £110pp
26/05- boat available for individuals and groups
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28/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
28 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
The smooth-hounds continue to show in fantastic numbers from brightlingsea. Saturdays trip saw Barry, mark and Steve have the boat to themselves. I gave them options of targeting rays, bass or hounds. The lads chose to go back on the hounds as they enjoy the sport and there's plenty of time to target bass in the coming months.
Our first mark produced a few hounds of a reasonable size but I wasn't happy so we had a short move and the next mark was busy from the first cast. The tide turned and numbers just improved throughout the day. There were still plenty of dogfish, a few whiting and a couple of pouting. Barry hooked a lovely ray which snapped his trace at the net and mark caught her boyfriend a short while later. I managed to get a couple of rods out too although things were a little hectic to say the least between making tea, netting and unhooking fish and the occasional tangle as a better fish made a mess of things. We fished two rods each although it was hard to keep both in the water at the same time. As the tide eased off we called it a day guessing we had around 20 hounds each. I was surprised when I counted up on the way home that we had 93! Not bad between 4 anglers! If I'd known then I would have been tempted to stay and go for 100! In all honesty it was hard to keep tabs amongst the chaos so there's every likelihood we had a few more than I marked down. We didn't have any double figure fish but a nice sporting stamp and busy fishing.
We have seen some fantastic numbers of fish lately in places but I am fortunate enough to have some great crews, a great boat and have far more experience than most skippers in the area.
I have spaces for groups and individuals over the next few weeks both midweek and weekends. Please contact me to check availability
Next spaces on
03/05- offshore trip 1 space @ £100pp
04/05- 9 spaces @ £60pp
10/05-3 spaces @ £60pp
11/05- available for individuals and groups
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25/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
25 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
The fishing has been very good lately. Baits aren't lasting long at all before something gets hold of them. Smooth-hounds have been making up most of our catches. The last few trips we have averaged over 30 per day with our best days producing over 50. We haven't seen any monsters but loads of scrappy little hounds to put a bend in the rods. I'm between there have been a few rays and bass, absolutely loads of dogfish with a few whiting and pouting too.
It's a great time to get out and get a bend in the rod with the bass numbers picking up now for those who want something for the table.
I have spaces this weekend and over the coming weeks if you want to join us please call 07956411528
Next spaces
26/04- 7 spaces @ £60pp
27/04- boat available for individuals and groups
03/05-1 space @ £100pp
04/05- 9 spaces @ £60pp
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23/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
23 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
It's been great to see a few rays showing at last. Unfortunately no huge numbers compared to a few years ago but enough to give us hope. We've seen a few each day over most of our last trips. The most being 8 in a day.
The smooth-hounds have been very numerous though. There's loads of small stuff with the biggest going 8lbs or so but all of them big enough to put a bend in the rods. To give you an idea of numbers we had 3 days in a row with over 30 each day, another day with over 50 and another with closer to 100 hounds ( I haven't had time to count up yet) .
The bass are here now and as these tides build I expect to see a few more sizable ones grace the net.
I have spaces this weekend so please get in touch if you want to join us aboard Galloper.
Next spaces
26/04- 9 spaces @ £60pp
27/04- boat available for individuals and groups
03/05- 2 spaces @ £100pp
04/05- 9 spaces @ £60pp
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21/04/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
21 Apr 2025 by Scott Belbin
The Easter break has seen us joined by plenty of young guns aboard Galloper. The weather even played ball at times. There's been loads of fish to be caught with dogfish queueing for our baits but thankfully plenty of smooth-hounds and even one or two rays and bass in between.
I always enjoy seeing the youngsters getting involved and it's great to see families sharing the angling experience together as I am fortunate enough to do with mine.
I'm sure there will be plenty more trips like this in the months to come.
We have spaces over this weekend for groups and individuals. Next spaces on
26/04- 9 spaces @ £60pp
27/04- boat available for individuals and groups
03/05- 2 spaces @ £100pp
04/05- 9 spaces @ £60pp
Please call 07956411628 for more information
