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 Smooth Hound!The summer months of June, July and August are peak times to target this hard
The fishing over the last fortnight has improved with the start of the autumn influx of thornbacks.There have been good numbers of Smooth Hounds showing, these bigger female hounds are coming off the shallow water and are on their way out of the
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get offshore where they have had some fantastic sport.There have been some excellent catches of everyone’s favourite fish the Smooth Hound, these hard fighting
The weather has been settled over the last fortnight and this has allowed the charter boats to get out to the marks and give our anglers some fantastic sport with a variety of species.There are plenty of Smoothounds around with reports of fish over
The last fortnight has seen some settled weather and the anglers have enjoyed some cracking sport.Offshore is improving all the time with good numbers of all species turning up.There are more Smoothounds with reports of fish up to 22lb caught, these
The summer fishing has really sparked into life with a lot more varied species turning up.
There are a lot more bass showing up in all areas with most boats seeing some over the weekend, the biggest reported was on the Sophie Lea although this fish
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and with the water starting to warm up the summer fish are starting to arrive.Inshore
There are still lots of thornback rays inshore with the biggest reported at 18 lb, these females are laying eggs and
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get out and give our anglers some excellent sport.There are now big numbers of thornback rays inshore, these hard fighting rays are coming inshore to mate and spawn
There are large numbers of Thornback rays turning up in all areas inshore, these hard fighting rays offer superb sport on light tackle especially if the tide is gentle, they can be caught on most baits but this time of year they are especially
The last fortnight has seen lighter winds which has enabled the boats to get out on a regular basis where our anglers have had some cracking sport.There are a lot more Thornback rays showing up inshore and numbers will increase as the water warms up