Latest Fishing Reports: England
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07/07/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
7 Jul 2025 by Scott Belbin
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That's a wrap for our tope season. It looks like a bumper year for tope throughout the country and that includes Essex.
Targeting one specific species can often mean it's hit and miss. Particularly when that species is an apex predator (so there's fewer of them) but when it goes well it's hard to beat uptide fishing for tope. These not-so mini sharks are different gravy to anything else you will catch when uptiding.
I often say that the great thing about Essex is the average stamp is 35-45lb and the potential is for much bigger too.
We don't often get huge numbers but the fish we catch are worth the effort.
I was lucky enough to have a few single angler exclusive boat hires for tope this year. I feel even more pressure to find fish and justify their financial investment with me but thankfully it worked out very well for nick and Barry on their trips.
Barry gilders has tope fished the last few seasons (4 year 3 weeks) and often watched others catching fish while he missed the tope but smiled throughout. This year he got his tope, first a small 12-15lb fish, then a 47lb male then crowned it off with a female of 67lb!!
Nicks trip was memorable too with his pb smashed with a fish of 57lb one of 11 he caught that day and lost 6 more!! The previous day John's group had 11 tope as well and lost 8!
There's far too many others to mention but I do want to mention my mate Wayne. He fished on my charter boats for nearly 20 years and loved his tope fished. Last year he sadly passed away although he broke his pb tope just weeks before hand.
He left his tackle to us and I thought it would be fitting to use his rods and reels for tope this year. They accounted for the vast majority of fish this year. I'm sure he was watching over us. Hopefully we did him proud though I wish he could have joined us.
With the tope done we are concentrating on the bass fishing offshore and continue with the general trips inshore. If you want to join us please call 07956411528
Next spaces
08/07- 6 spaces @ £60pp
21/08- 8 spaces @ £60pp
31/07- offshore bass fishing 7 spaces @ £115pp
03/08-offshore bass fishing 4 spaces @ £115pp
Not all dates advertised please call for more information
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 17/07/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Sun 03/08/2025 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore tripView details Sat 16/08/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Mon 18/08/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Thu 21/08/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Clacton air showView details Sat 23/08/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 11/10/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 25/10/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 15/11/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 13/12/2025 4 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details -
06/07/2025
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
6 Jul 2025 by Lee Brown
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well the smorning was lovely flat as i thought then wind started to pick up so we hit the ground for the last few hours cod ling pollock colies wrass taking inbox lee for spaces cheers ������
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05/07/2025
Fishing Report by James Taylor
on Predator (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
5 Jul 2025 by James Taylor
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Today's fishing report
Headed out early, got some fresh mackerel and sand eels for bait a few miles off.
Then headed to our tope mark.
2 tope lost and 1 landed by Danny.
First tope of the year landed.
Came inshore in the afternoon due to wind and tide and Danny into a lovely bass.
Had a couple of smooth-hounds landed and another cracking bass.
Well done everyone
Was a bit lumpy offshore but we all survived.
Thanks everyone for coming.
Great day onboard Predator. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 12/07/2025 8 Spaces 09:00-16:30
£60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. Inshore.View details Sun 13/07/2025 10 Spaces 06:30-16:30
£120.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. Offshore Bass. Bass.View details Mon 14/07/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details Tue 15/07/2025 10 Spaces 06:30-16:30
£100.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Fri 18/07/2025 10 Spaces 06:30-16:30
£100.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Sun 20/07/2025 4 Spaces 06:30-16:30
£100.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Mon 21/07/2025 10 Spaces 06:30-16:30
£100.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Tue 22/07/2025 10 Spaces 06:30-16:30
£100.00pp Need 8 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Wed 23/07/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details Sat 26/07/2025 10 Spaces 09:00-16:30
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06/07/2025
Fishing Report by Richard Green
on Bluedawn (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
6 Jul 2025 by Richard Green
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Good weekend with good smoothounds and Bass coming out we are having to push a bit further off, for the fish at the moment, spaces available for this week, just £50pp includes frozen bait and tackle, call Richard to book your space on 07770 467199 or message through Charterboats Uk
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View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 09/07/2025 7 Spaces 5 Hours Ground Fishing. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Sun 13/07/2025 5 Hours Ground Fishing. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Thu 17/07/2025 10 Spaces £50.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Fri 18/07/2025 10 Spaces £50.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Sat 19/07/2025 4 Spaces 7.5 Hours £60.00pp Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Sun 20/07/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details -
04/07/2025
Fishing Report by Andy Savage
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
4 Jul 2025 by Andy Savage
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We've managed to get out to sea for the last couple of days. The weather conditions have been very changeable and have given the anglers some challenging conditions to fish in. That said; they've fished well and caught some decent fish.
On Wednesday I had a mixed group of regulars aboard, most of them had fished together before, so there was a great atmosphere and loads of banter. I was hoping to run off to try a wreck to two in the 20 mile stream, but as soon as we cleared the pier ends I knew it just wasn't an option. The sea breeze and sea conditions were not good enough, so we went with Plan B......running North and trying a few inshore wrecks.
We the tide flooding, we just hopped between three wrecks for most of the morning. The fishing was steady with a couple of fish a drift, but at least there was life on the wrecks. Charlie Hewitt tried hard with the Shads, but they just didn't seem to be any interest. Muppet bait traces with Squid and/or fresh Mackerel did the business. The third wreck was quiet and it wasn't until we hooked a fish (which was bitten in half on the way up), that we realised there was a seal looking for its dinner.
With that in mind and the wind easing a bit, I opted to run out to a wreck in the nine mile stream, which as far as I knew had been left alone for a couple of weeks. We had an hour to go before slack water, so the tide was beginning to ease off. Pleasingly, there were quite a few fish at home and we had a good ninety minutes taking a nice stamp of 3-4lb Codling and a few Ling mixed in. Stan Matthews and Bod were the stars of the show, catching a box of fish apiece. I was really please for them, as I have had to cancel most of their trips this year for bad weather. Stan took the biggest fish of the day with a 10lb 5oz Ling, which also won him the daily prize in the WCSA Summer Festival.
Today I had the pleasure of Gordon Blyth and his mates aboard. We had a bit of a wobbly sea again this morning, but it was forecast to fall away by midday. We had a real struggle finding Mackerel and after an hour, we gave up with around 25 between everyone. With the forecast as it was, I opted to put Plan A from yesterday into action. We ran out to fish a wreck in the 20 mile stream. All the way out there I was hoping that the wind would drop away, as we had a bit of wind behind the Flood Tide. As I set up the first drift the Navigator would not drop below a drift speed of 1.5 knots, which is fairly rapid for trying the wrecks!
I'd briefed the lads and advised them to go in with a single muppet trace (to reduce drag) baited with the usual suspects of Squid and Mackerel and a 16oz lead. Once I'd worked out where we needed to set up the drift, surprisingly, we caught Codling every drift for the next couple of hours. They were a really nice stamp as well with almost all of them in the 4-5lb range.
Surprisingly, the quicker drift speed was more productive than slack water as it turned out. We never caught any Ling with the tide running, but once we got into slack, a couple of Ling did decide to feed, with Gary Grantham taking the biggest at 11lb 6oz. We also lost three really decent fish to the wreck throughout the day, but we will never know how big..... All I can say is that they certainly made a 30-50 Class rod buckle over!
It was a really enjoyable day in fantastic company. Thanks lads. See you again in a few weeks. View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 10/07/2025 Summer Festival 1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.04m Peter Burton - x 2 Shane Broadley - x 1 Ian Purdom - x 1 Steve Storey - x 1 Martin Clarke - x 2 Tom Allen - x 1 Diana Lincoln-Price - x 1View details Mon 06/10/2025 6 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.58m Volker Bartlau - x 4View details Tue 07/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.86m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2 Dave Sharp - x 1View details Sun 19/10/2025 4 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.31m Aaron Soloman - x 5 Jamie Ping - x 1View details Sat 25/10/2025 3 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.21m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dave Pickup - x 3 Calvin Dipper - x 3View details Sun 26/10/2025 5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Trip - 5.01m Derek Hopkinson - x 4 Jason Shields - x 1View details Fri 31/10/2025 7 Spaces Available Wrecking Trip - 4.40m Will sail with 4 anglers. Iga Krawczenko - x 3View details Sat 01/11/2025 2 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.68m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Dmitrijs Lobanovs - x 1 Greg Ince - x 1 Paweł Rojek - x 3View details Tue 04/11/2025 6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.57m Will sail with 4 anglers. Dave & Del - x 2View details Sun 09/11/2025 5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.60m Will sail with 4 anglers. Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Jamie Ping - x 1 Jason Shields - x 1View details -
03/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
3 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
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8 hour trip today
As we left the harbour we passed a small Minke feeding.
Fishing was steady away with a good amount of cod coming aboard.
We even had a triple hookup weighing around 14lb in total.
As the tide turned unfortunately the winds picked up and we had wind with tide increasing the drift speed which slowed the fishing right off unfortunately.
As well as the cod the customers also caught a ling, a Pollock many pouting, whiting, and mackerel View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilitySat 12/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Sun 13/07/2025 3 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Wed 16/07/2025 3 Spaces 09:00-17:00
8hr.View details Wed 16/07/2025 17:00-20:00
3hr.View details Sat 19/07/2025 1 Space 16:00-19:00
3hr.View details Sun 20/07/2025 2 Spaces 16:00-19:00
3 hr.View details Tue 22/07/2025 4 Spaces 15:00-18:00
3 hour trip.View details Wed 23/07/2025 5 Spaces 08:00-14:00
6hr.View details Fri 25/07/2025 7 Spaces 08:00-16:00
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03/07/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
3 Jul 2025 by Scott Belbin
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There's certainly some lovely bass coming out this year and Gordon managed to sneak out this one yesterday.
I'm offshore today with no signal but I do still have spaces tomorrow on an offshore bass trip departing at 7 from brightlingsea Essex.
Please call or message 07956411528 for more information and I'll get back to you as soon as I have signal.
Next spaces
04/07- £100pp offshore bass trip
05/07- tope fishing 1 space @ £100pp
08/07- general trip 6 spaces @ £60pp
Not all dates advertised please call for more information #essexseafishing #galloper View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 17/07/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Sun 03/08/2025 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore tripView details Sat 16/08/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Mon 18/08/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Thu 21/08/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Clacton air showView details Sat 23/08/2025 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Sat 11/10/2025 3 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 25/10/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 15/11/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Sat 13/12/2025 4 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp View details -
02/07/2025
Fishing Report by Sam Thornton
on Plan B (Brightlingsea, Essex)
2 Jul 2025 by Sam Thornton
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Sun's gone but the hounds haven't. Another good days fishing using prawn.
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01/07/2025
Fishing Report by Matt Rowe
on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)
1 Jul 2025 by Matt Rowe
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This week the weather has been rubbish and so is the fishing. Luckily we have managed to find some rare species for the anglers that need them for their yearly total, Including Shannys, Scorpion Fish, Flounders, Gilthead Bream and Silver Eels. Had 2 matches on the boat this week first it was the IBAC species hunt practice day, it was awful weather but we made the best of it and had a reasonable day considering.15 species in total. Top 3 on the day
1st Ray Barron 108
2nd Kim Bowden
3rd Uwe Brown 76
Next it was the Big one, the Poole 4 man species hunt !! unfortunately once again the winds were a bit stronger than the forecast which made fishing very difficult, however 15 teams on 7 boats managed to catch a total of 29 species .Top teams
1 Christchurch Angling centre 32 points £800 price Money.
Joint second on 28 points and same number of species
Blue zone
IBAC
Isle of Wight A team
£130 and tackle prizes for each team.
Top 3 boat scores
1st Ocean Runner 54
2nd Piscary 51
3rd Silver Spray 2 50 .
Big thanks to Sarah and Louis Medley of Boney M charters for organising the comp again this year .Date is already set for next year Friday the 5th June 2026. It really is the most exciting competition and would recommend it to any boat angler who is interested in species fishing and fishing against some of the countries best anglers.
If you are interested in booking in for any trips the only way to contact me is by TEXT.
Thanks Mat Piscary
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 10/07/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Fri 11/07/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces on for individuals to make up the numbers for evening leagueView details Mon 14/07/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 22/07/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Fri 25/07/2025 3 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the evening leagueView details Fri 01/08/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours Spaces on an individuals trip offshore anchoringView details Tue 05/08/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Fri 08/08/2025 4 Spaces 5 Hours Spaces for individuals to make up the numbers for the evening leagueView details Sat 09/08/2025 6 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details Tue 12/08/2025 4 Spaces 8 Hours Spaces on an individuals tripView details -
29/06/2025
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
29 Jun 2025 by Lee Brown
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sundays trip on the morning none stop ling all over some nice pollock and coddling plenty fish about inbox lee cheers ������
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