Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom

  • 27/08/2023 Fishing Report by Matt Rowe on Piscary (Poole, Dorset)

    27 Aug 2023 by Matt Rowe

    Report on-board Piscary

    Had some reasonable weather for a change, and considering it's August the fishing has been very good indeed.
    3 matches this week Super League on Thursday and Friday
    24 species on Thursday including 15 Thornback Rays! Ray Barron was first on the day with an amazing 20 species and a great score of 324.
    2nd Steve Harder 280
    3rd Luke Allen 242.
    On Friday although we followed the same plan fishing wasn't quite as good, still had 20 species including some very nice Bass and a Couch's Bream. 1st in the points was Paul Hollyoake with 271
    2nd Darren Phillips 233
    3rd Duncan Beck 226.
    This week's Piscary evening league was, due to family commitments fished on Ocean Runner. Ryan did an amazing job with 18 species on the boat including 2 Axillary Bream which is the first for Poole as far as I'm aware.In a very close match
    1st in the points was Paul Hollyoake
    195.
    2nd Gary Rook 194
    3rd Darren Phillips 156.
    On the pleasure fishing side there has been plenty of Conger,Bream plus odd Plaice ,Triggers ,Codling and Turbot to 8lb . Please note on Piscary all Triggers , Codling and rare Bream including Gilthead must be returned if you want to kill any rare or tropical species please book another boat.There are spaces available for individuals on Saturday evening for Triggers and Sole on the 2nd and a day trip on the 4th of September. If you're interested please text or WhatsApp message 0777576269.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Piscary
    Mon 17/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
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    Fri 21/06/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours
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    Tue 25/06/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
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    Fri 05/07/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours
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    Tue 09/07/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
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    Fri 19/07/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours
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    Tue 23/07/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
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    Tue 30/07/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
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    Fri 02/08/2024 3 Spaces 5 Hours
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  • 27/08/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    27 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Regular angler Darryl Machant and his five mates, Mick, Les, Eric, Che and old Stevie chartered the boat today.

    Love it when a smaller group charter the boat for themselves.

    The baited rigs have been out fishing the artificials of late for our lads so we gathered the Mackerel on the rock top before we headed out.

    Whilst we were gathering the bait I noticed a load of birds feeding in a frenzy about a mile South of us, so we decided to give it a go on the inshore shallow marks to start the day. These marks are no deeper than 60ft and often even shallower!!

    Straight into fish!
    First fish on board taken by Darryl. A nice little Pollack.
    Three or four short passes across the ridge giving the lads around 15 fish to keep.
    A nice start to the day.

    A short move further South next, to an area my crewman Fergus likes to work with his mate Ryan on his little boat in the Summertime.

    Again, the lads were hitting the Cod on each drift. A lot of throwbacks, but a steady three or four to keep each pass for four or five drifts.
    Then the black monsters arrived and spoilt the party like yesterday and the fishing went dead.

    We steamed down a few miles further to a small piece of scrap to try escape the pesky seals.
    None to be seen anywhere thank goodness!!

    We stayed on this last mark for the rest of the day where the lads took over 70 fish from it!!
    Best fish falling to Eric. A lovely Cod of 10lb 8oz. Well done to him! Excellent sport in shallow water!!

    Best part about today was, apart from two “Bootlace” Ling and one Pollack, every fish taken was a Codling/Cod.

    Without a doubt, the best day of the year so far with over 120 fish boated!

    Oh, just to say that, because we had seasoned anglers on today, young Fergus and me also had chance to work the rods ourselves too, which is always a bonus.
    I had 15 fish to keep myself, my best going around 8.5lbs.
    Fergus however fished like a handcuffed crab today! Hope you’re reading this Paul Mawson!! ��

    Excellent banter with these lads as always and an extremely pleasurable day with perfect conditions and brilliant sport.

    Cheers lads and see you all soon.

    Rich
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    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 18/06/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Room for 1 angler. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.5m. Mike McCulley 1. Rob Moore 3. Der W 1. Rich S 2. Paul Brid 1. Al S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Wed 19/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Der W 1. Paul Brid 1. Derek C 3. Bob N 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 21/06/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 2 anglers. Individuals welcome. 5.0m. Carl Gloss 4. Cliff A 2. Ian H 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 09/07/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer Competition. Room for 8 anglers. 5.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Terry C 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Thu 11/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours
    Summer Competition. Room for 6 anglers. Good tide. 4.95m. Dave McSeveny 1. Bryan S 1. Big Andy D 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 15/07/2024 9 Spaces
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer competition. Room for 9 anglers. Individuals welcome. Excellent tide 4.5m. George 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 16/07/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Summer Competition. Room for 1 angler. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.35m. Paul Brid 1. John Webb 2. Mike Brumwell 2. Jim A 1. Joe 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 22/07/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. 6.0am start. Room for 1 angler. Ben A 3. Andy S 3. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 29/07/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 4.8m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Mat Spinks 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 30/07/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Mat Spinks 1. Chris S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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  • 26/08/2023 Fishing Report by Nick Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    26 Aug 2023 by Nick Gough

    Report on-board Skylark

    Our first trip of the day started at 8am What perfect sea conditions with a light easterly breeze

    We ran strait out with fishing been steady away from the start mainly codlings around 2 to 4lb. Not as many ling today biting like the day before but the codling definitely made up for that.

    Best fish of the day unfortunately wasn't landed due to a unexpected visitor which ripped the entire fish off at the surface then circled the boat for a bit. The unexpected visitor was a shark around 6 to 7 meters in length. After this turned up fishing went very quite compared to this morning so took us a while to get back on the fish again.

    Overall the customers had a good amount of fillets to take home

    Heaviest fish was a tight one today between a cod weighing 9lb 2oz and a ling at 9lb 1oz

    As we were about to return we saw mass of bird diving and about 30 to 40 very large seals feeding amount.

    When returning we took a second trip out at 4pm

    As fishing seamed to be better further out we decided to have a good steam out

    Fishing was steady away with plenty of pouting coming over the rails unfortunately the customers lost the bigger fish been inexperienced and over bulling the fish ripping the hooks. But after advising them how to wind them up they did manage to get some cod, and ling up to 7lb

    On the way back we had several sightings of minke whales

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  • 26/08/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    26 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Yesterday’s crew consisted of mainly regular Shy-Torque anglers who always take advantage of the easier neap tides.

    As always we started out on the hunt for the Mackerel which were in good supply at the bouy for the lads. One drift did the job.

    I decided to try a few marks further out for a change as I reckoned on nobody being out there for some time. Also a nice change of scenery!!

    We started on a small piece of scrap just over 8 miles from port and the lads picked around 20 fish from that. A nice start to the day.
    Once the wreck dried up on us we dropped on to one of my favourite little marks. A small ledge rising just a couple of metres which runs West to East around 50 yards.
    A great little mark as you can often pick away at it in different parts.

    The lads were really on the cod, bringing some nice fish up, when 4 huge seals decided to gate crash and spoilt the party instantly!

    Another move then.

    We steamed a bit further out to try and escape from the seals and tried what is normally a good wreck to us but today it proved fruitless with just a handful of fish coming aboard.

    We still had time to run to a couple more bits of ironwork so we ran back in towards a small wreck split into two pieces.
    It fished okay where the lads took another couple of dozen fish from it.
    Cod coming aboard to just a shade under 10lbs.

    My old mate Paul from Bridlington, who normally beats everyone, fished like a handcuffed crab today and lost many more than he landed!!
    Chris Siddle on the other hand had a lovely day with a dozen nice fish to take home.

    Another great day with the lads with Fergus getting the usual ear bashing from them!!
    At least he managed to get out of bed and made it on time!

    Cheers for now,

    Rich
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    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 18/06/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Room for 1 angler. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.5m. Mike McCulley 1. Rob Moore 3. Der W 1. Rich S 2. Paul Brid 1. Al S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Wed 19/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Der W 1. Paul Brid 1. Derek C 3. Bob N 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 21/06/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 2 anglers. Individuals welcome. 5.0m. Carl Gloss 4. Cliff A 2. Ian H 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 09/07/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer Competition. Room for 8 anglers. 5.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Terry C 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Thu 11/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours
    Summer Competition. Room for 6 anglers. Good tide. 4.95m. Dave McSeveny 1. Bryan S 1. Big Andy D 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 15/07/2024 9 Spaces
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer competition. Room for 9 anglers. Individuals welcome. Excellent tide 4.5m. George 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 16/07/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Summer Competition. Room for 1 angler. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.35m. Paul Brid 1. John Webb 2. Mike Brumwell 2. Jim A 1. Joe 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 22/07/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. 6.0am start. Room for 1 angler. Ben A 3. Andy S 3. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 29/07/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 4.8m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Mat Spinks 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 30/07/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Mat Spinks 1. Chris S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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  • 25/08/2023 Fishing Report by Nick Gough on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)

    25 Aug 2023 by Nick Gough

    Report on-board Skylark

    Today we started the day at 8am running out to the inshore wrecks with a lot more wind than what was forecast.

    One of our regulars Dave has been struggling to out-fish other anglers for quite some time. Today was definitely his day bagging the better and most fish

    Overall Dave caught 6 cod and 14 ling as well as many pouting

    Another angler on the trip first time with us on the skylark. James caught 14 ling, 3 cod, 2 pollack, loads of whiting and pout too

    The rest of the other anglers had a good day as well but Dave and James were consistent all day getting a fish nearly every single drift.

    Nice to ride home with plenty of tubs of fish and a really good stamp showing

    Once we returned we set off with our 3 hour trip at 4pm. Unfortunately the weather wasn't kind for these either with a very downpour as soon as we left the harbour.

    we steamed through it to a inshore wreck which instantly produced a nice codling then nothing else. So we ran out into deeper water and was rewarded with some nice size ling, plenty of pouting and a few mackerel and whiting.

    Great to see the kids getting stuck in and reaping the rewards.

    What a fantastic day for us and the customers hopefully the weather is kind for the next few weeks now

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  • 25/08/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    25 Aug 2023 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    What a bunch of Campanologist’s I had on board today……….it was a Ding-a-Ling-Ling type of session!!

    With a group of very experienced anglers on board, I was looking forward to the day. A great wrecking tide and light winds (allegedly) would surely see us get amongst a few fish. We headed out early to make the best use of the tide. We got the fresh Mackerel we needed from the Bell Buoy and as slack water approached, we dropped onto a nearby wreck.

    First run through, there was only one fish landed, but Dave Sharp didn’t complain with it being a 10lb Ling! The remainder of the slack water period saw us get some decent Ling up to 7lb and Bryan Stanton also had a nice clean 6lb Codling. After a great start we had agreed to run south to fish some wrecks in an area which doesn’t see regular pressure. I was optimistic we would find a good stamp of fish and maybe an odd biggun’.

    As we ran down to the first wreck, the wind speed continued to lift. Instead of the forecast SW 6-8mph wind we were up in the 12-14mph zone. As a consequence, the next two hours were purgatory on the four wrecks we fished. We took one strap Ling and that was it….oh dear! The wrecks were marking fish, but instead of us drifting along with the small tide, the fresh SW wind was pushing us straight across the tide. That gave us an unnatural drift and clearly the fish didn’t like it. The only way I could see to improve prospects was to run in a bit closer to land, where there would be more tide.

    We nudged back in a couple of miles and the wreck we stopped on, gave two fish first drift. This coincided with the wind finally backing off a bit. This seemed to be the catalyst to get the fish taking the baits. For the next two hours I struggled to keep up. The net was continually being shouted for and I ran around like a “Tit in a Trance” with mainly Ling up to 8lb coming up in numbers every drift. Ian Kellock sneaked a 10lb 4oz Ling which was the biggest we landed, but it was great sport. Mackerel on muppet bait traces dominated, the Shads didn’t get much of a look in today.

    Thanks to everyone for a brilliant day out. Top, top angling lads

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    Tue 06/08/2024
    1 Space Available Sea Urchin - Lure Fishing Competition Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Chris Wells - x 1 Ken Wood - 1 Tony Barrett - x 1 Tony Firman - x 1 Peter Astill - x 1
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    Fri 09/08/2024
    2 Spaces Available Species Hunt Comp Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Ken Wood - x 1 Tony Barrett - x 1 Neil Fell-Edwards - x 1 Simon West - x 1 Joyce Townley - x 2
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    Sun 11/08/2024
    1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.99m Will Freeman - x 3 Mark Heavey - x 2 Aaron, Andy, Brad - x 3 Brad Martin - x 1
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    Thu 05/09/2024
    9 Spaces Available Autumn Festival Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.56m Will sail with 5 anglers. Jeff Turner - x 1
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    Tue 10/09/2024
    2 Spaces Available Autumn Festival Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.79m Peter Burton - x 2 Nic Morris - x 2 Ian Carter - x 1 Stan Matthews - x 1 Paul Andrews - x 2
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    Mon 16/09/2024
    7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.14m Will sail with 5 anglers. Volker - x 3
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    Tue 24/09/2024
    5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.08m David Craine - x 2 Richard Stubbs - x 1 Jane - x 1 Richard Horner - x 1
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    Thu 26/09/2024
    2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.39m Dave & Del - x 2 Stan Matthews - x 1 Mick Spencer - x 2 Igors Fortuna - x 3
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    Fri 27/09/2024
    2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.43m Jamie Britton - x 1 Chris Doran - x 7
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    Sun 29/09/2024
    7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.89m Will sail with 5 anglers. Peter Burton - x 2 Neil Fell-Edwards - x 1
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  • 25/08/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    25 Aug 2023 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Old customers, new customers, customers who I haven’t seen for 10 years and a
    m/cycling mate aboard the boat yesterday.

    The weather was certainly on our side today with very light breezes.

    The Mackerel were still playing at the Bouy too so we took just enough for what we needed for the group and headed off to start our day.
    Rough ground to start off which was rubbish to be fair!

    Onwards then to a few bits of scrap which only produced a few fish each.

    The fresh Mackerel certainly played its part with the Shads and artificials struggling to attract much at all.

    Waldek and his mate Bruce (two of our new customers) fished the best out of the group, taking around a dozen fish between them. Valdek also taking the heaviest of the day with a nice Ling a shade over 10lbs.

    Not the best of days for numbers of fish boated but a very pleasant day at sea for one and all.
    Tally for the day around 40 fish.

    Cheers
    Rich
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    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 18/06/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Room for 1 angler. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.5m. Mike McCulley 1. Rob Moore 3. Der W 1. Rich S 2. Paul Brid 1. Al S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Wed 19/06/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 3 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Der W 1. Paul Brid 1. Derek C 3. Bob N 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Fri 21/06/2024 2 Spaces 10 Hours
    Room for 2 anglers. Individuals welcome. 5.0m. Carl Gloss 4. Cliff A 2. Ian H 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 09/07/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer Competition. Room for 8 anglers. 5.2m tide. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Terry C 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Thu 11/07/2024 6 Spaces 10 Hours
    Summer Competition. Room for 6 anglers. Good tide. 4.95m. Dave McSeveny 1. Bryan S 1. Big Andy D 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 15/07/2024 9 Spaces
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Summer competition. Room for 9 anglers. Individuals welcome. Excellent tide 4.5m. George 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 16/07/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Summer Competition. Room for 1 angler. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.35m. Paul Brid 1. John Webb 2. Mike Brumwell 2. Jim A 1. Joe 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 22/07/2024 1 Space 10 Hours
    Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Wall run. 6.0am start. Room for 1 angler. Ben A 3. Andy S 3. Bryan S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Mon 29/07/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 9 anglers. Reasonable tide. 4.8m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Mat Spinks 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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    Tue 30/07/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours
    Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 8 anglers. Good wrecking tide. 4.7m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Mat Spinks 1. Chris S 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Mackerel / Pollock.
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  • 24/08/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    24 Aug 2023 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    We’ve seen the back of the Spring tides for now and today we were back in wrecking mode with a nice 4.8m tide and light winds. A lovely mixed group aboard, some more experienced than others, but everyone got on well, which always makes for a good day out.

    The Mackerel bash didn’t go too well, with just random single Mackerel coming up. I didn’t want to waste too much time, so we got cracking. Everyone brought Squid with them, so those who were short on Mackerel, still had bait. The first few wrecks weren’t brilliant. Just odd fish here and there. There were a lot of tangles to sort out every drift, as the boat twisted in the very light wind and tide, which cost us fishing time.

    After a couple of hours, everyone had got off the mark with a few fish and then the tide just started to ease on the run into slack water. Jamie Britton switched over from bait to a red Shad and got one or two nice Codling a drift. He was top rod today by some margin, giving a very solid display of angling. Reading the tide and wind situations well.

    Allan Knaggs is part of the furniture on Sea Urchin, having crewed many times over the years and today had a days fishing. He took half a dozen Ling to 8lb and the same of Codling. He rang the changes between muppet bait traces and shads and caught consistently.

    We fished another three wrecks for the day and there was a picking off each of them. Whilst we didn’t manage to catch anything huge, the biggest Cod of the day fell to Simon at 8lb 4oz, who fished mainly with the Slow-Pitch Jigs all day.

    All in all it was a very enjoyable day, thanks to all the lads for a great day out.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Tue 06/08/2024
    1 Space Available Sea Urchin - Lure Fishing Competition Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Chris Wells - x 1 Ken Wood - 1 Tony Barrett - x 1 Tony Firman - x 1 Peter Astill - x 1
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    Fri 09/08/2024
    2 Spaces Available Species Hunt Comp Ian Kellock - x 1 Dave Sharp - x 1 Ken Wood - x 1 Tony Barrett - x 1 Neil Fell-Edwards - x 1 Simon West - x 1 Joyce Townley - x 2
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    Sun 11/08/2024
    1 Space Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.99m Will Freeman - x 3 Mark Heavey - x 2 Aaron, Andy, Brad - x 3 Brad Martin - x 1
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    Thu 05/09/2024
    9 Spaces Available Autumn Festival Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.56m Will sail with 5 anglers. Jeff Turner - x 1
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    Tue 10/09/2024
    2 Spaces Available Autumn Festival Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.79m Peter Burton - x 2 Nic Morris - x 2 Ian Carter - x 1 Stan Matthews - x 1 Paul Andrews - x 2
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    Mon 16/09/2024
    7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.14m Will sail with 5 anglers. Volker - x 3
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    Tue 24/09/2024
    5 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 5.08m David Craine - x 2 Richard Stubbs - x 1 Jane - x 1 Richard Horner - x 1
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    Thu 26/09/2024
    2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.39m Dave & Del - x 2 Stan Matthews - x 1 Mick Spencer - x 2 Igors Fortuna - x 3
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    Fri 27/09/2024
    2 Spaces Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.43m Jamie Britton - x 1 Chris Doran - x 7
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    Sun 29/09/2024
    7 Spaces Available Wreck & Reef Tide - 4.89m Will sail with 5 anglers. Peter Burton - x 2 Neil Fell-Edwards - x 1
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  • 23/08/2023 Fishing Report by Lee Brown on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

    23 Aug 2023 by Lee Brown

    Report on-board Kelsey Leigh charter

    Wednesday 23rd Well cracking day cod to 5.lb ling to 12 lb and a few scotch haddock plenty of sport loads of ling and cod and Maccy inbox lee for spaces ���������� weather was amazing ��������

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  • 23/08/2023 Fishing Report by Scott Belbin on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)

    23 Aug 2023 by Scott Belbin

    Report on-board Galloper

    Sorry my reports have been a little irregular lately but I have been so busy aboard the Galloper and often out of signal range. The weather is great at the moment and the fishing has been pretty hectic at times. We continue to catch great numbers of smooth-hounds and often a really nice stamp too. Often fish of 8-10lb with a few doubles mixed in too. At times it's been a bit chaotic to be honest. The other day Tony's group had 30 odd by 9.45am. These better fish will only be here in numbers for one more set of tides or so before they go so don't miss out.
    Neil had a nice bass of nearly 4lb amongst them too. The lads fancied a few more bass so we had a quick move and spent the rest of the day on them. We finished with over 30 and the lads easily caught their quota of two each with plenty of sport too. Not a bad day between 4 anglers. The bass are building on the offshore banks and I look forward to many more trips on them between now and the end of November.
    Other species such as rays, dogfish and whiting are increasing I. Numbers too ahead of their autumn run.
    I have individual spaces and possibility of full boat bookings over the coming weeks and months if you want to get out.
    Remember it is often worth giving me a shout if you are cancelled else where and still wish to get out, as we have lots of sheltered fishing available and a big catamaran which makes it even more comfortable.
    Spaces as follows
    24/08- Clacton air show 2 spaces @ £60pp
    30/08- full boat available from £490
    31/08-8 spaces @ £60pp
    01/09-8 spaces @ £60pp
    08/09-offshore trip 5 spaces @ £100pp
    15/09-8 spaces @ £60pp
    Not all dates advertised, other spaces available for full boat bookings upon request
    For regular updates, availability and more information please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk find us on social media or call Scott on 07956411528

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
    Fri 21/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp
    8 spaces @ £60pp
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    Sun 23/06/2024 9 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp
    9 spaces @ £60pp
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    Tue 25/06/2024 8 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp
    8 spaces @ £60pp
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    Sat 29/06/2024 6 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp
    offshore trip 6 spaces @ £100pp plus bait
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    Sun 30/06/2024 5 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp
    offshore trip 5 spaces @ £100pp
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    Mon 01/07/2024 7 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp
    offshore trip 7 spaces @ £100pp
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    Sun 14/07/2024 7 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp
    offshore trip 7 spaces @ £100pp
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    Sat 20/07/2024 3 Spaces 10 Hours £60.00pp
    3 spaces @ £60pp
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    Sat 27/07/2024 2 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp
    offshore trip 2 spaces @ £100pp
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    Sun 11/08/2024 4 Spaces 12 Hours £100.00pp
    offshore trip 4 spaces @ £100pp
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