The last fortnight has seen some unsettled weather but the fishing has been excellent.There are a lot more Smoothounds around and plenty of them are over 10lb, sport has been hectic at times with multiple hook ups and screaming reels! These fish are
The last few days have been calm and sunny and this has allowed the charter boats to get offshore and enjoy some cracking sport.There has been a big influx of mackerel to all offshore areas; these super little fish are providing some great sport over
The last fortnight has seen a steady influx of summer fish whilst the thornbacks have just started to move offshore.Offshore
There are more hounds starting to show with some cracking fish amongst them. Best of the fish on Friday was a beauty of 15lb
The last fortnight has been very unsettled with strong winds at times but this has not stopped us from getting out to where the fish are and having some cracking sport.Inshore
There are lots of thornbacks inshore and these fish will be here for
For this latest episode we headed back down to Essex to fish with our good friend Phil White, aboard his boat the Chinook III, with one species in mind, the Thornback Ray or Skate/Roker as it’s also known.The spring months can be an excellent time
Here come the summer fish! The weather has been lovely over the last fortnight and this has allowed the charter boats to get out regularly where we have enjoyed some excellent sport on the thornbacks.Inshore
The fishing inshore has been superb with
The last fortnight has seen a big influx of thornback rays into all the inshore areas in the Thames Estuary. These fish are early this year but with the lack of cod they are very welcome.We are starting to see some big female rays with one reported
We have had a real mix of weather this last fortnight, snow and strong east winds last week then calm and cloudy this week, this has allowed us to get out to the offshore marks where we have had some great sport on the Thornbacks in calm conditions.
As you all know by now the cod have not shown up this winter although there still might be a spring run.However this has not stopped our anglers from having some great days fishing close by in our estuary. There has been a huge influx of dabs along
Dabbling with dabsWhilst 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