Although fishing is our main focus a trip on a boat is about more than fish. Being at sea can be a an exciting experience in its self. We see lots of wildlife on our trips too and I think it is an important part of angling. Some people enjoy seeing their first seal, others are pleased to see some elegant gannets feeding when we head offshore or a line of fulmars squabbling behind the boat. Were often see harbour porpoises on our trips. More often than not this is just a fleeting glimpse as I try to point out where they have surfaced.
We were lucky enough to be visited by a pod of dolphins on a recent trip. Any kind of whale or dolphin is a pleasure to see but it feels even more special knowing how rare this site is off of the Essex coast. I first spotted them off of our port side heading for us and knew they were too big to be porpoises straight away. We were then lucky enough to have a whole pod hang around off of our bows for several minutes. Stacey had joined us on this trip and managed to get some snaps on her phone for us.
She contacted some people university professors she knows that specialise in cetaceans and after some discussion and disbelief they decided we were lucky enough to see some white beaked dolphins. There were around 8-12 in the group, mostly adults with a couple of calf’s surfacing too. At first it was thought they may be white sides dolphins (equally as rare) but after studying the photos and questioning us they decided on white beaked dolphins. What a great experience, probably once in a lifetime and something to remember.
I cant promise you sighting like this on every trip but you never know your luck. If you fancy getting afloat then please get in touch.
COVID-19 UPDATE
We have now had confirmation that the large deck area on Galloper we have some good news. we are able to accommodate up to 6 anglers plus the skipper as of 29/03/21.
I understand this could be due to change after 17th of May but I am not willing to take bookings for larger groups until the rules have actually been relaxed on this.
That means that until further notice I will taking bookings on the basis of groups of up to 6 people.
NEXT SPACES
I have plenty of midweek availability please contact me to discuss midweek dates.
Weekend spaces as follows
30/05/21-3 spaces @ £70pp max 6 anglers
31/05/21-4 spaces @ £90pp max 6 anglers
27/06/21-4 spaces @ £70pp max 6 anglers
04/07/21-5 spaces offshore trip £90pp max 6 anglers
18/07/21-6 spaces offshore trip £90pp max 6 anglers
24/07/21-6 spaces @ £70pp or boat £400 max 6 anglers
25/07/21-6 spaces @ £70pp or boat £400 max 6 anglers
Please call me for more information on 07956411528
Stacey is still operating the ‘lady grace’ on a bookings only basis both mid-week and weekends at the
Moment but and is likely to fall under the same restrictions as me. so please call her on 07791859624
Dad (Stuart) has availability on the ‘Razorbill 3’ please call him on 07850234077
