Charter Boat: Galloper
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Boat and Skipper Details
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
| Wed 18/06/2025 | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
offshore bass or tope individual spaces @ £100pp
Bass / Tope.
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| Fri 27/06/2025 | 9 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
Bass / Smooth-hound / Thornback Ray / Starry Smooth-hound.
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| Wed 02/07/2025 | 4 Spaces | £100.00pp |
tope fishing
Tope.
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| Sat 05/07/2025 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Thu 17/07/2025 | 5 Spaces | 12 Hours | £115.00pp |
Offshore bass trip
Bass.
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| Sat 19/07/2025 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
Bass.
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| Sun 20/07/2025 | 5 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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| Sun 10/08/2025 | 6 Spaces | £60.00pp |
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| Sat 16/08/2025 | 4 Spaces | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Mon 18/08/2025 | 3 Spaces | 12 Hours | £115.00pp |
Offshore bass trip
Bass.
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| Thu 21/08/2025 | 10 Spaces | £60.00pp |
Clacton air show
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| Sat 23/08/2025 | 9 Spaces | 10 Hours | £60.00pp |
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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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| Sat 15/11/2025 | 1 Space | 12 Hours | £100.00pp |
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| Sat 13/12/2025 | 4 Spaces | 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
Location
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St Osyth, Essex, East, England
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Brian Deans Tackle Shop
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Robertsons Fishing Tackle
Dagenham, Essex, East, England
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Alfie's Angling
St.Osyth, Essex, East, England
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Clacton Angling Centre
Clacton-on-sea, Essex, East, England
Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 47 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) | Spider Crab | Spotted Ray | Spurdog | Starry Smooth-hound | Stingray (Common) | Thornback Ray | Tompot Blenny | Tope | Tub Gurnard | Turbot | Whiting
Latest Catches 1,410 photos uploaded
2 oz Spider Crab
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Spurdog
15-Jun-2025
2 oz Bass
25-May-2025
2 oz Bass
15-May-2025
2 oz Thornback Ray
14-May-2025
2 oz Bass
13-May-2025
2 oz Bass
9-May-2025
2 oz Bass
9-May-2025Latest Fishing Reports and News
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15/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
15 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
We had a lovely trip of mixed fishing the other day. The smooth-hounds kept us busy throughout the day with a few to low doubles. There were some whiting and dogfish too, one or two small tope and a run of sizeable bass to end the day. We finished the day with 50+ hounds and kept 4 of the bass for the table. Sorry for the lack of pictures but I was a busy boy so thankfully Blake sent me these.
I have spaces this Wednesday for tope and bass then my next availability is the following week.
Next spaces
18/06- tope/bass trip 4 spaces @ £100pp
23rd-27th boat available for individuals and groups
02/07- tope fishing 1 space @ £100pp
05/07- tope fishing 1 space @ £100pp
17/07- bass trip 5 spaces @ £100pp
20/07- bass trip 5 spaces @ £100pp
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11/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
11 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
We had a great day chasing bass with lures last week. It certainly didn't disappoint with stacks of fish there taking most things we could chuck at them. They were a nice stamp with lots of keepers and great fun on light tackle. For some time it was a bit hectic with basically a fish every cast. As they tailed off we had some on bait too before changing tack and spending a few hours bait fishing at anchor elsewhere as we were bassed out!
We will be offering more and more bass trips over the coming months and right through into December.
I have spaces for full boat bookings and individuals so please contact me to join us.
There's plenty of space on other types of trip too.
Next spaces
15/06- 1 space @ £60pp
19/06- plaice and bass £110pp
22/06- 1 space @ £60pp
27/06- 7 spaces @ £60pp
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09/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
9 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
It's been a blustery week aboard Galloper with sunshine and showers but thankfully there's been loads of fish to put smiles on faces.
Hounds have made up the majority of our catches and they have been great sport fish mainly 7-10lb with a few doubles thrown in.
Most trips producing 50-60 or more and causing carnage as a pack comes through.
Aside from the hounds we're catching loads of other stuff, dogfish, whiting, bass, dabs, small tope and more to keep the rods nodding.
Alice enjoyed catching her first smooth-hounds and must have had 20 odd throughout her trip though I'm sure Barney's tuition helped.
There's plenty of fish around at the moment and should be for some time yet. If you want to join us please contact me
Next spaces
15/06- 5 spaces @ £60pp
19/06- plaice and bass £110pp
22/06- 1 space @ £60pp
02/07- tope fishing 5 spaces @ £100pp
05/07- tope fishing 1 space @ £100pp
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05/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
5 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
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
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02/06/2025
Fishing Report by Scott Belbin
2 Jun 2025 by Scott Belbin
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
