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
A fortnight can be a long time in fishing and when it looked like the cod were on their way it seems to have stalled. There are a few around but we are still waiting for the main run to start, the water temperature is still around 12-13 degrees and
HERE COME THE COD! Well it's good news, the first cod are starting to show up, most have been reported along the North Essex coastline, the best so far was a cracking fish of 12 lb caught on the Walton charter boat Misty Lady on Saturday, these
The weather has really changed this last week and this has brought the sea temperature down considerably.Inshore, there are a lot more thornbacks showing up over the last few days in all areas inshore, these smaller rays will be with us through until
The last fortnight has seen settled weather and this has allowed the charter boats to get out and give their anglers some excellent sport.The bigger Smoothounds are hanging around much longer than normal due to the warm water, the fish that spend all
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