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06/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
on Braveheart II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Jun 2025 by phillip browning
Report on-board Braveheart II
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
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Braveheart II
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 07/07/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Tue 08/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 09/07/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Thu 10/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Mon 14/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Mackerel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Tue 15/07/2025 3 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Mon 28/07/2025 6 Spaces £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Tue 29/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Thu 31/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Fri 01/08/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Bass / Stingray (Common) / Dover Sole / Mackerel / Smooth-hound.View details -
06/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
on Braveheart II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
Jun 2025 by phillip browning
Report on-board Braveheart II
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
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Braveheart II
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 07/07/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Tue 08/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 09/07/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Thu 10/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Mon 14/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Mackerel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Tue 15/07/2025 3 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Mon 28/07/2025 6 Spaces £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Tue 29/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Thu 31/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Fri 01/08/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Bass / Stingray (Common) / Dover Sole / Mackerel / Smooth-hound.View details -
05/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
5 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
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We've been catching some lovely bass in between the hounds and rays ect lately. Both bait and lures are working depending on the conditions. We are mixing in some lure fishing for now but will be doing far more from next month onwards as we concentrate on our offshore bass fishing.
For now the general trips are producing plenty with numbers varying day to day.
The hounds have stepped up a gear over the last couple of weeks and I am looking forward to getting amongst them again as soon as possible.
We are fortunate enough to have lots of sheltered marks for these fish and looking at the current forecast we will be taking advantage of them this weekend!
I have a space remaining this Saturday and the boat available Sunday for groups and individuals.
Next spaces
07/06- 1 space @ £60pp
08/06- boat available for individuals and groups
15/06- 5 spaces @ £60pp
19/06- plaice and bass £110pp
22/06- 5 spaces @ £60pp
Not all dates advertised please call 07956411528 for more information View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 27/06/2025 1 Space 10 Hours £60.00pp Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 02/07/2025 4 Spaces £100.00pp tope fishing Tope.View details Fri 04/07/2025 6 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Sat 05/07/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Tue 08/07/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Thu 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 Sun 10/08/2025 6 Spaces £60.00pp View 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 -
02/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
2 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
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I thought it was probably about time to put out my annual spurdog report. As many of my regulars know by now, I like to keep some of this stuff under my hat for various reasons.
In reality at times it would be better to put these up as we're catching them but It's not going to happen so if you want to join us you'll have to get booked in and take your chance with the rest of them next year.
Our season started better than last year but after that it was hard to get enough trips in to have a good look around offshore and locate these fish. There's no other boat in the area willing to put in the time, effort and miles that we do so it can be hard to locate them at times. Eventually the mother load of fish turned up (along with everything else). When there's that many fish offshore then a certain amount will overspill to the inshore grounds too occasionally. We had some mixed in inshore as well which is always nice to see.
I noticed lots of other boats happened upon a few too. One or two seemed to dine out on a hand full of fish lucked out over one or two days which was cute.
We had a several hard days and lots of successful days on spurs over the course of 6 months. Dad always said it's harder when targeting one specific species on a trip as you might have a good trip for other stuff and miss the target species which still feels disappointing. However it does feel great when we do find them by design and put the lads on some special fishing.
Our best day was truly remarkable. The weather was perfect and the fishing was chaotic to say the least. The lads were on multiple hook ups throughout most of the day as packs of spurs and hounds came through. There were loads of double figure fish and PBs for most anglers. Admittedly it was hard to keep an accurate tall but we finished with 82 spurs and 54 hounds. We also had 8 rays, loads of dogfish and a few whiting. There were some serious amounts of fish there that day and hopefully it's one we will all remember. Not quite matching our biggest ever day of 88 but getting close.
We had lots of other days with great numbers and double figure fish. On a quieter day I even managed to sneak out a double shot of small ones.
Although we experienced some great fishing I am a bit concerned that the general stamp seems to have dropped significantly and some areas just aren't producing at all. Hopefully it's just a lul and not due to commercial pressure since the reintroduction of commercial quota for spurs. Only time will tell.
For now, with our spur season wrapped up we will be targeting big tope as well as turning our attention to the offshore bass fishing as it improves. I have a few spaces left for tope and loads of availability for bass between now and December. We target them in various areas from shallow banks to deep water. On lures, static baits and live baits. Please get in touch if you fancy in offshore trip or even a general trip.
Next spaces
08/06- boat available for individuals and groups
15/06- 5 spaces @ £60pp
19/06- plaice and bass trip £115pp
22/06- 6 spaces @ £60pp
28/06- boat available for individuals and groups
Not all dates advertised please call 07956411528 for more information View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 27/06/2025 1 Space 10 Hours £60.00pp Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 02/07/2025 4 Spaces £100.00pp tope fishing Tope.View details Fri 04/07/2025 6 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Sat 05/07/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Tue 08/07/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Thu 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 Sun 10/08/2025 6 Spaces £60.00pp View 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 -
01/06/2025
Fishing Report by James Taylor
on Predator (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
1 Jun 2025 by James Taylor
Report on-board Predator
Headed out today with stronger than forecast Westly winds ����and straight into some cracking smooth hounds��
Half way rod steamed off and it was a cracking bass��
Probably had between 20 to 30 smoothhounds onboard. Mostly pregnant females all returned back unharmed.
Cracking group of people onboard. ��
Thanks again all for coming and nice to see regular faces onboard and travelling from a far.
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See you all again soon.
Cheers
James View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityThu 26/06/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details Fri 27/06/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details Sat 28/06/2025 7 Spaces £60.00pp View details Sun 29/06/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details Fri 04/07/2025 10 Spaces £100.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Sat 05/07/2025 7 Spaces £100.00pp Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Sun 06/07/2025 10 Spaces £100.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Mon 07/07/2025 10 Spaces £100.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead. TOPE.View details Sat 12/07/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details Sun 13/07/2025 10 Spaces £60.00pp Need 6 more for trip go-ahead.View details -
31/05/2025
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
31 May 2025 by jon old
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Sat 31st may fished inside not a bad day in all weather was good coming down of big tides best smoothound fell to matt of about 12lb returned female well done mate. No thornbacks today just usual spottys whiting and pouting. Thanks to all was a really enjoyable day especially with the youngsters getting involved great to see. See u all on the tope in a month or two. Cheers guys
Jon. High flyer 2 Gt Yarmouth View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 30/06/2025 4 Spaces 6 Hours £45.00pp shorter day.View details Tue 01/07/2025 4 Spaces £75.00pp tope trip. Tope.View details Thu 03/07/2025 8 Spaces Tope £75. Tope.View details Fri 04/07/2025 7 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Sun 06/07/2025 5 Spaces £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Tue 08/07/2025 2 Spaces View details Fri 18/07/2025 8 Spaces £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Sun 20/07/2025 5 Spaces £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Tue 22/07/2025 3 Spaces View details Sat 26/07/2025 4 Spaces View details -
05/2025
Fishing Report by phillip browning
on Braveheart II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
May 2025 by phillip browning
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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 View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Braveheart II
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 07/07/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Tue 08/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 09/07/2025 4 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Thu 10/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Thornback Ray / Tope / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Mon 14/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Mackerel / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray.View details Tue 15/07/2025 3 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Mon 28/07/2025 6 Spaces £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Tue 29/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Thu 31/07/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Need 5 more for trip go-ahead. Hounds, rays, bass. Bass / Stingray (Common) / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Tope.View details Fri 01/08/2025 6 Spaces 9 Hours £70.00pp Bass / Stingray (Common) / Dover Sole / Mackerel / Smooth-hound.View details -
05/2025
Fishing Report by Mark Peters
on DAWN TIDE II (Wallasea Island, Essex)
May 2025 by Mark Peters
Report on-board DAWN TIDE II
Sorry for lack of reports on here been super super busy
The Fishing has been great as of late nice &
Steady on the Hounds, Tope & Bass on the bottom baits
The Lure fishing is absolutely on fire at the moment with the bulk of our trip’s targeting Bass on the lures. To be honest Its not very hard to get the 2 fish limit within a few casts great sport & a good average
We Had the first strings of mackerel the other day too
My offshore exploration trips start now along with the Tope trips
My Evening lure & hound trips have started they prove to be very popular as I haven’t much availability until august now hence putting on the evening trips these give everyone a chance to get out while the fishing is good
Contact 07523 488290 for availability
Follow my socials @dawntidecharters for regular updates
Thanks guys View Boats Page
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View Full Charter AvailabilityWed 06/08/2025 2 Spaces £85.00pp View details Mon 11/08/2025 4 Spaces £85.00pp View details Thu 14/08/2025 5 Spaces £85.00pp View details Thu 11/09/2025 4 Spaces £110.00pp Offshore bass.View details Mon 15/09/2025 5 Spaces £110.00pp Offshore bass.View details Thu 18/09/2025 5 Spaces £110.00pp Offshore bass.View details Thu 25/09/2025 4 Spaces £110.00pp Offshore bass.View details Thu 02/10/2025 5 Spaces View details Mon 06/10/2025 5 Spaces View details Wed 15/10/2025 6 Spaces View details -
28/05/2025
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
28 May 2025 by jon old
Report on-board High Flyer 2
Not the greatest of days today wind was 180 degrees out well done met office ! started off with few doggies etc no bass even in strong tides tried various places no seagulls no seals quite a strange day. Ended up 5 miles off not a sniff unbelievable headed back inside for more doggies smoothys pouting etc was a tough day to be honest. Big thanks to Chris for organising lads much appreciated also putting up with the rain here and there had better days but i spose we cant have great days every time. todays pic of chris with a smoothy catch up soon guys many thanks
Jon High Flyer 2 View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD High Flyer 2
View Full Charter AvailabilityMon 30/06/2025 4 Spaces 6 Hours £45.00pp shorter day.View details Tue 01/07/2025 4 Spaces £75.00pp tope trip. Tope.View details Thu 03/07/2025 8 Spaces Tope £75. Tope.View details Fri 04/07/2025 7 Spaces 10 Hours £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Sun 06/07/2025 5 Spaces £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Tue 08/07/2025 2 Spaces View details Fri 18/07/2025 8 Spaces £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Sun 20/07/2025 5 Spaces £75.00pp Tope £75. Tope.View details Tue 22/07/2025 3 Spaces View details Sat 26/07/2025 4 Spaces View details -
28/05/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)
28 May 2025 by Scott Belbin
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Tony and the lads joined me the other day for a blustery smooth-hound trip. Armed with loads of crabs for bait and a great attitude as always we headed out to one of our many sheltered marks. Fishing was good from the first cast with screaming reels and bending rods as well as the usual chaos big hounds cause in shallow water. We knew there were some decent fish around as I'd seen several caught and more lost recently but tonight the lads were on form, drags were set and they had decent tackle. The biggest one of the trip went over 19lbs and there were lots more mid doubles too. This was just what we hoped for and very similar to last year's trip at this time when they had hounds to 17lbs. It's almost as if they know what they are doing!
We are so fortunate that we can offer fishing of this quality even in conditions like these. Hopefully the weather will improve soon but we can't complain about what we have been getting regardless of the weather.
I have spaces this weekend and the following week for groups and individuals.
Next spaces
01/06- tope fishing 1 space @ £100pp
07/06- 2 spaces @ £60pp
08/06- boat available for individuals and groups
15/06- 6 spaces @ £60pp
22/06- 5 spaces @ £60pp
Please call 07956411528 for more information
Not all dates advertised View Boats Page
UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
View Full Charter AvailabilityFri 27/06/2025 1 Space 10 Hours £60.00pp Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.View details Wed 02/07/2025 4 Spaces £100.00pp tope fishing Tope.View details Fri 04/07/2025 6 Spaces 12 Hours £115.00pp Offshore bass trip Bass.View details Sat 05/07/2025 1 Space 12 Hours £100.00pp View details Tue 08/07/2025 6 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp View details Thu 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 Sun 10/08/2025 6 Spaces £60.00pp View 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
