Young Stanley has been out slaying the bass with us again. I think he was even top rod the other day. Its always great spending time with him and even better that he’s so keen on catching fish. He did let the lads catch a few bass too and of course there’s still been plenty…
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more offshore bass
It’s always nice to see Tony and the lads and they had a great day on the bass the other day. There was a mixed stamp of fish coming out but some decent ones among them. The lads had 10-15 each and a few other bits and bobs too such as whiting and dogfish in…
November offshore bass fishing
We’ve been making the most of the weather and getting lots of offshore bass fishing in. The fishing hasn’t disappointed at all with plenty of mackerel for lives when we need them. Lots of tub gurnard showing and of course the bass too. There were some decent fish on lives and then a really hectic…
I'm back!!
sorry its been a while but its been a hectic few months with a broken laptop, virus, relocating to Devon and Cornwall temporarily for tuna and more. anyway we are back now, back in Essex and back on the fish. as expected there’s loads of fish around at the moment. inshore is loaded with whiting…
more big smooth-hounds
It’s not just bass coming out at the moment. The hound fishing has been good at times too. We had a great evening with Tony and the lads the other night. Hounds were our main aim and they were feeding well from the first cast. Kevin started us off and Neil wasn’t far behind. There…
plenty of bass showing
The bass have been showing in good numbers lately. Often 30-40 or more per trip with several kept for the table and the majority returned. With numbers of hounds, Dogfish, rays, whiting, dabs and pouting to name most of the species making up our general trips. We have had the first bass of the year…
big hounds and bass
There were some great hounds and bass showing over the last few trips. The other day the lads had good numbers of each with several decent bass for the table and some nice hounds too. The biggest hound fell to Steve on the last cast of the day and went 18.5lbs which is a great…
flatfish fishing plaice, turbot, dabs
For a change to the recent pictures of hounds, bass and rays I thought I would put some flatfish on from our recent trips. We had a nice few hours drifting for plaice the other day with good numbers of plaice and dabs. We did a few drifts over the course of 2-3hrs and with…
appologies
sorry for the lack of updates on here lately. there have been a few glitches on the website which hopefully are sorted now. as for the fishing things are going well at the moment. although the weather might not have been particularly spring like the fish don’t seem to have noticed and spring is now…
springtime bass
It’s been great to see some nice bass and hounds coming out lately. These fish are some of the stockiest bass you will see as they are ready to spawn. The biggest fell to Barry wood and is a new pb for him at just over 10.8lbs. we normally try to release these big females…
March
It was great to see the lads from Suffolk police the other day. The doggies kept them busy between the rays, whiting, pouting, a bass and a dab. There were certainly no shortage of bites and the lads fished hard as they always do. It’s nice to see plenty of life out there as things…
its ok i am still alive! February 2024
Apologies for the lack of reports lately. We have had the boats out of the water and have been moving house so I haven’t had time to deal with too many calls and messages. However now things are coming together and spring isn’t far away looking at the daffodils that already flowering. With the weather…
if you are a sea angler beach or boat either fanatical or occasional and you have fished around the greater Thames Estuary then it is likely you have fished for thornback rays. if you have fished here the last few years you will undoubtedly noticed the steep decline in their numbers. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE…
christmas period
There are still one or two rays hanging around inshore to be caught. These are a welcome break from the whiting which are a little smaller in places than they were a few weeks ago. The arrival of sprats has distracted many of the larger whiting and codling inshore. Even the dogfish have slowed with…