Merry Christmas from the Galloper. Apologies to those of you who were booked on trips next week that I have been forced to cancel. It is frustrating although thankfully I hadn’t quite ordered worms when it was announced we are going to be in tier 4 as of boxing day. this means I have cancelled…
We were lucky enough to get some more trips out last week. The weather has generally been kind to us. on a few trips there has been rain at times but normally just for a short while. The wind hasn’t been to bad and much of the best fishing is inshore this time of year.…
We have managed to get a few more trips in since the lockdown was eased. Only one more codling so far for Graham but there have been plenty of other fish to keep us busy. There are still lots of hungry whiting and dogfish waiting for your baits. Most of the time it is still…
It was nice to get out on our first trip since the latest lockdown the other day. although there was a bit of south easterly breeze to start with and it was chilly first thing too. However we made our way out a fair distance to our planned mark. As expected there were plenty of…
I was a little laxed with taking pictures but Dave has kindly sent me a couple through from his phone. Luckily we had a few roker early on in the trip and were kept busy throughout the day with endless whiting. One or two whiting were a decent size with the rest the usual stamp.…
Hopefully this post will be of interest to you if you enjoyed my ‘watery reflections’ posts while we were stuck at home in the last lockdown. I am pleased to tell you that they have been included in a new book which is being sold in aid of the RNLI. The book ‘Sea-Dog Tall Tales’…
my 2021 diary is now open. who knows what next year will bring to us regarding restrictions but i am sure we will find some fish regardless. bookings are trickling in regardless so please get in touch if you would like a specific date, a specific type of trip or if you would like me…
Although I mentioned my last bass trip the other week, I thought I would include it in this weeks report as I havnt done any trips since the lockdown came into place. With the second lockdown due to start but decent weather and tides forecast we decided to try and get one last bass trip…
A couple of our last trips before this lockdown were spent within the blackwater estuary due to the weather conditions. Happily despite some wind and rain several of the lads were still keen to get out fishing for the day. there were loads of fish to keep us busy and we could fish in relative…
This week I thought I would update you on our offshore bass trips over the later part of the summer. These started as we finished our tope trips back in July. To be honest several of our tope trips included a frantic session on the bass with feathers and lures. We also had some of…
I mentioned in my last report how nice it is to see so many youngsters and families on board the Galloper. Both myself and Dad took several youngsters out over the last couple of weeks as it was school holidays and outside activities like fishing with us were quite popular for obvious reasons. It was…
Its that time of year when the sheltered waters of the blackwater estuary and the surrounding areas really come into their own. There has been a fair bit of wind about over the last week or so and it looks set to hamper us for a good few days yet. Luckily the blackwater estuary and…
Happily we are still getting afloat despite the latest covid restrictions. I am still keeping things the same regarding numbers on the boat until I hear anything different. So its max 5 anglers (unless living together in which case 6) luckily this means we are still able to continue operating despite the latest restrictions. We…
As the weather continues to throw a mixture of conditions at us we have seen a mixture of fishing too. When we can, we have been heading a long way offshore for bass and will continue to do so for a few weeks yet. Without going as far as that on our general trips we…
Our last few trips have mainly been general trips as the weather has stopped most of our offshore trips. Fishing has been great though with plenty of bites and a nice variety of species as we expect at this time of year. There are good numbers of roker about at the moment. although often smaller…
This week I thought I would bring you up to date with a few offshore trips we ran over the summer. Most of these were prospecting on some new grounds I had fancied for the last couple of years but didn’t find the time to try them until now. We spent a small amount of…
