Latest Fishing Reports: Braveheart II
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08/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
Aug 2025 by phillip browning
The weather this year has been kind to us, getting out and enjoying more days at sea doing what we love... fishing.
We've had some great sport with big smoothounds in the shallows and bass both on baits and lures, with thornback rays for those fishing for them using squid and herring/mackerel baits. Eel's have started to make a comback after a good few years of absence... we had 6 in one trip the other day.
With the warm settled weather we are starting to see a few stingrays which are amoungst my favourite fish, and we've had 5 so far on the last few weeks and it's always a thrill when an angler catches one of these magnificent fish, especially as some of the angler's have been fishing for in excess of 50 years and never caught one until they stepped on BRAVEHEARTII, and in 2023 we had 25 to the boat in that season.
I look forward to welcoming anglers old and new aboard BRAVEHEARTII.
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil browning -
07/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
Jul 2025 by phillip browning
The weather this last few weeks has been awesome, settled and good fishing, we've caught smoothound, bass, thornback ray, tope, eel's, lsd's, mackerel, Scad, and even our 1st conger eel which norw seems to be appearing more frequently around the essex and north Essex coast, and recently we added yer another species aboard BRAVEHEARTII.... the Bluetooth Rockfish! A beautiful little brightly coloured fish that wouldn't look out of place in the red sea or Caribbean!
We had no less than 5 that morning and I was more excited about them than the nice tope i caught on the 1st cast in the morning.
That's the beauty of sea fishing, as you never know what the next trip will produce.
Many thanks And tight lines
Phil browning 07970 728707 -
29/06/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
29 Jun 2025 by phillip browning
Out of 200+ anglers and 80 odd boats.. Alan Smith on BRAVEHEARTII wins the crouch open boat competition smoothound with a stomper estimated at 18+ pounds and 121 cm
4th year and a podium position in ALL 4 comps.
Remember its the skipper that finds the fish not the boat....... bookings & enquiries 07970 728707
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil Browning -
06/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
Jun 2025 by phillip browning
The Bass catches aboard BRAVEHEARTII continue to provide good sport and fish for the table. Here's Rocky and crew from essex/ London, and although complete novices and using the hire tackle aboard BRAVEHEARTII, managed to land a constant stream of bass through the day. Coaching them throughout the day saw their bite to hook up ratio drastically improve as I'm always happy to provide tuition for those that want to learn.
Great company and weather... the guys really enjoyed themselves and have booked additional trips throughout the rest of the year.
Every day is booked in June and only a few days left in July, so get booking if you want to go fishing.
Families and kids welcome, although check with me personally on age limits.
**Whole boat 6 angler's £390 inc frozen bait***
**additional angler + £60 to cover extra fuel/bait*
** individuals £70 based on 6***
** individuals £97 based on 4***
** rod/ tackle hire £5 ea...... ***
** free tea/coffee onboard microwave ***
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil Browning 07970 728707 -
06/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
Jun 2025 by phillip browning
As i predicted the last set of spring tides pushed the big female smoothounds in and we've had some big lumps aboard BRAVEHEARTII This last week or so with the best fish going to Dave Potter..a colossal 22lb which smashed his pb by a country mile ... and it wasn't even in pup!!! Which would easily add another 3-4lbs it was huge but unfortunately I never pressed the screen on my phone properly so no video was recorded, which we didn't discover until we had released it unharmed.....I was gutted. Fortunately one of the other angler's got a couple of snaps on his phone, but they really didn't do it justice. There are bigger ones down there and it's my mission to break the British record as it has come from this area in the past.... its where the monsters live.
If you fancy a day targeting these powerful fish, check my availability calendar and get booking..... HIRE TACKLE AVAILABLE.
many thanks & tight lines
Phil Browning
Braveheartcharters.com -
05/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
May 2025 by phillip browning
We are seeing plenty of good bass over the rails of BRAVEHEARTII on the right tides, along with smoothounds, thornback rays and the smaller species, dabs, eels, sole, whiting, lsd's etc. And the first of the mackerel have started to show. We landed our first tope of the season last week, a small male around 9lb and had 2 dropped runs from much bigger fish, we will definitely be targeting them again in the near future.
The wind has been relentless in may but the beauty of our location is that we can always get you out in the sheltered waters of the river crouch which offers great fishing this time of year.
For booking please check out my schedule and calendar.
Braveheartcharters.com
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil -
05/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
May 2025 by phillip browning
There has been a nice break in the weather this last 10 days which has allowed BRAVEHEARTII to get amoungst the fish and there has been plenty of life out there. I predict the big female hounds will start to move in on the next set of spring tides and we started to see them yesterday in perfect conditions . We've also had Some great days on the bass with fish between 44 & 62cm with the odd bigger one. My main objective is to make sure everyone enjoys themselves wether experience angler's, families or complete novices.
Please check out my CBUK calender for upcoming availability and get in contact if you would like to book a day's fishing aboard BRAVEHEARTII
Many thanks And tight lines
Phil Browning 07970 728707 -
05/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
May 2025 by phillip browning
Some nice Bass coming over the rails on BRAVEHEARTII, the majority falling to worm baits, but for those who persevere with live whiting some bigger fish can be caught. A nice bass of around 8lb took a live whiting three other day but unfortunately the hook came out before it was close enough to net! That's why it's crucial to keep tight ....especially on bass. The tope have just moved onto the sands and even if we aren't specifically targeting them , I will put a sleeper rod out... and then wait!!!!
Thank you to all my customers for your continued support as always, and look forward to getting you all out, to enjoy a day's fishing and banter aboard BRAVEHEARTII
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil Browning 07970 728707 -
05/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
May 2025 by phillip browning
We have been blessed with some fantastic weather and fishing aboard BRAVEHEARTII these last few weeks with good numbers of bass & smoothounds along with a few descend ,thornback rays and the smaller species like dab's, soles ,eels,pouting & lsd's etc. Here's ollie with a nice brace of bass caught withing half an hour of fishing!
The weather for the next few days looks a tad breezy so this gives me time to keep BRAVEHEARTII in tip top condition.
I am receiving great feedback from families who charter the whole boat and i am more than happy to assist novice anglers to enjoy and get the most out of the day
All booking enquiries 07970 728707
Or check out my cbuk calendar and website for availability....
Many thanks & tight lines
Phil Browning -
05/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
May 2025 by phillip browning
Here's young kai with his first Bass caught aboard BRAVEHEARTII on Saturday a nice chunky 54cm with several others he had along with smoothounds, dabs, whiting & lsd's !
At 6 years old he was even calling the species at the end of the day just by looking at the bite...... and 90% of the time he was right and had me in hysterics. Families are always welcome aboard BRAVEHEARTII and I have plenty of time and patience to ensure you have a good days fishing!
So why not get booked up for the summer and summer holidays and give them an experience they'll never forget.
Many thanks And tight lines
Phil Browning 07970 728707
