Author: essexseafishing

There have been plenty of dabs about lately. These little flat fish are a welcome sight on a winters day. We decided to have the afternoon targeting them the other day and sure enough there were plenty caught and some over a foot long too. At times there were double and triple shots which made…

Look out for my latest article in sea angler magazine this month. Hopefully some useful information on uptide fishing for cod. It was nice to look back at an enjoyable day with Jon and the lads earlier this year. Also looks like another article in next months magazine about our last trip to Shetland. It’s…

The Braintree sea anglers had a nice general trip the other day. There were plenty of bites throughout the day. Mostly whiting and dogfish but a few pouting and dabs showed too. There were a few rays caught throughout the day although no monsters but always welcome. It was a pleasant day out in the…

We took advantage of a brief weather window the other day and enjoyed a fantastic day on the bass. Traditionally we would have written off bass fishing by the end of November but who could ignore fishing like this? Lures were the order of the day and with some fish pushing double figures this really…

The inshore fishing is still steady with loads of fish on our sheltered marks meaning little reason to cancel. Of course there are still hoards of whiting and dogfish with a few dabs and pouting in between. There are a few rays, codling and surprisingly still bass to showing to put a bend in the…

The lads from the Braintree sea anglers had a busy trip the other day. We were on an inshore trip so of course there were lots of dogfish and whiting to be caught. The day started well with 4 rays in the first hour along with double shots of dogfish, whiting and some dabs. We…

It has been great to see one or two small codling mixed in with our inshore trips lately. Only small so far but nice to see and positive signs for the coming weeks. Ian was pleased to get the first one of the autumn. autumn is definitely running a little late this year so hopefully…

The bass fishing continues to be good even in some pretty rough conditions. It was great to see Phil join the other lunatics despite some gnarly conditions. He had some quality bass too, let’s hope the weather is better next time he’s out. The bass will be around for a while yet and the good…

There is certainly no shortage of life inshore on our general trips at the moment. Of course there are hoards of whiting and dogfish to work through. These are on our baits very quickly but if baits are changed very regularly then we can work through these fish. There is a real variety of species…

As you might expect the offshore bass fishing is in full swing at the moment. Given the right conditions and if you can afford it we can bass fish most of the time. They have varied in size and numbers from day to day and place to place. They are pretty widespread at the moment…

The autumn bass fishing is in full swing now and pretty hot too right now. It was a pleasure to meet young William the other day and see him show the old boys how to catch them. Depending on conditions we are catching on bait and lures. He was lucky enough to experience both as…

Keep your eye out for my latest article in this month’s Sea angler magazine. I had the pleasure of meeting fellow skipper Shaun pedley when he joined a party that fish with a party that use both of our boats. Read more about our day in this month’s mag as well as lots. I have…

We have continued to see some cracking hound’s lately. There have been good numbers and a great average when we get among them. Although we catch them in various sizes and amounts throughout the year nowadays the main run of decent fish will draw to a close soon. I would say that this set of…