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Out on the boat last week and it was a bit slow. Had a couple of bass but not fishing as well as it has been. Anyway, seeing as there's been a few mackerel about (oddities themselves around our way most of the time) I though I'd have a go with the feathers for a bit before calling it a day. Had...

A cheeky single tide yesterday armed only with lug. Fish a chuck from the off. Mainly bass with quite a few whiting still about and thankfully only a couple of dogfish. The bass (30-40) were mainly just undersized but as we can only keep 2 that didn't really matter. Great bites and a good...

A short single tide out on the boat yesterday. The first trip after all the rain in recent weeks. Surprisingly busy with loads of whiting still about and a few dogs. However 1 sizeble bass and 3 roker mixed it up a bit. Great to be out again even if it was only for a few hours.

Having dug some prime king rag the day before it was a good forecast to get out yesterday and look for some autumn Bass and soles. Well it didn't start well with triple shots of whiting and waves of dogfish devouring my lovely rag baits. A change of plan was called for. Fortunately I'd also...

Another cheeky single tide yesterday to use up the splits from a rag dig the day before, and ahead of a full days bassing tomorrow. Very slow until just before HT when my mate had a 4lb Bass followed by myself getting a similar sized one. Then the tiniest of bites resulted in me hooking a 8lb...

Myself and a mate went rag digging on Wednesday to get the bait for this weekends fishing. With the weather looking ok we decided to use up the splits and bits & bobs the following day, fishing 3 hours up to high tide. My first choice of mark wasn't great with just a few small hounds in the 1st...

Had a couple of goes for the bass with locally dug king rag. First a short single tide which produced two 4.5lbers and the second a full day which was death by a thousand dogs but also produced two keeper bass. The best went 7lb 10oz.

What a difference a week makes. Virtually unfishable for most of the time yesterday and a rough ride home. Fortunately the forecast was right insofar as the wind swung WNW which meant the row in from the swinging mooring was calm. Big hounds still in abundance with most fish going double...

Having dug some rag the other day I decided to take the boat out for a single tide on Wednesday. Between myself and my crewman we managed 8 species catching Bass (only 1 keeper), Sole, Roker, Hounds, Stingray, Gurnard, Dogs & Ting. With bait left over it was rude not to have another go...

Bait mackerel fillets and heads. Target Bass. Walked out to the boat at 6am as the tides was flooding over the flats. Tackled up and once the tide arrived walked ashore to get the dingy. A short run out to deep water (60') well for the Thames estuary anyway. Despite the neap tide there was a...

What with the boat being out of the water and then since it's been back heavy winds no fishing for me. Well yesterday I had another go shore fishing in the wind. Venue river Crouch, target Roker. I managed one small male while my mate had 3 small males and a 8/9lb female. All in all a good...

Great news in the first steps to regain control of our waters. Pulse trawling is banned from our waters, effective from 11pm new years eve. Next could be the super trawlers... This can only help improve stocks and hopefully see the return of cod to our waters.

As soon as light permitted the digging started. The tide hit the boat at 8:45 and armed with unwashed squid and the 90 odd worms we'd dug we waited for the boat to float while setting up the rods. A lovely little weather window permitted as to fish the 3 hours up to HT and one and a half down...

and went shore fishing for the first time in maybe 15 years or more with a fellow boaty friend of mine Mick. Roker from the river crouch where the target as they had been catching plenty of them up until recently. We'd been saying we must have a go for them for months now but left it until...

Bait digging Friday and Saturday as the lug are so sparse at the moment around here. Great quality black blow lug though. Perfect for a cod or two I thought. Then just to make sure I bought some unwashed squid and some of their larger cousins, the Illex. Travelled down river to a well known cod...

A few hours on a single tide to see if we could tempt a bass or two. Result as expected with dogs and whiting hitting everything. Tried big mackie baits and live whiting in an attempt to keep a bait down there for any length of time. That didn't really work with just bigger dogs coming aboard to...