Chinook III Charter Fishing Report – December

This entry was posted on 6th December, 2016

Dabbling with dabs

Whilst we all wait for the cod to arrive another species has turned up in abundance, that is the humble dab.

These sweet tasty little flatfish are giving our anglers great sport on light tackle and are close in which gives our anglers security of a day out and longer fishing times.

Best rigs are a two or three hook flowing trace with a small size 1 hook, best baits are fish strips, squid and worm, best tides are neap tides fishing over the slack water as they don’t like too much tide run.

There are still plenty of whiting with lots of fish getting on for nearly a 1lb; best baits are squid, worm and mackerel.

A lot of the thornbacks have moved offshore but quite often come back inshore in the new year depending on water temperature, we are still catching a few but numbers are down.

There are odd cod around with more reports of fish turning up on the Suffolk coast but it is still quiet in the Thames Estuary with only odd smaller fish showing.

Offshore has been quiet with a few Thornbacks, whiting and dogfish, we did have a bass this week but that was very much an odd fish as most have moved south by now.

Prospects very much depend on when the cod show up as things can change quickly in the winter so keep checking the reports and forums.