headed out to try some new marks I fancied trying for a while before the weather picked up again. Anyone that knows me understands that I love a bit of exploring. We had passed some of these bits last winter and said they looked bassy. To be honest the day started with a long steam…
On our last run of offshore trips the bass fishing just kept improving. Ross had booked the boat a few months ago but unfortunately couldn’t make it himself. It didn’t stop the guys having a great time though. When we arrived we were surrounded by birds and not all the baits were out before the…
It was great to be joined by dad and some of his friends chasing the bass offshore again. The weather was decent and so was the fishing. Andy was top rod and couldn’t stop catching throughout the day. To be honest I have no idea how many he had in total but they kept him…
It’s great to be back on the sunshine Coast (Essex) and chasing the bass once again. Our cornish adventure seems like a distant memory and we’re well and truly back in the swing of things here in Brightlingsea. The bass are offshore in numbers and feeding nicely. We will be targeting these offshore for the…
The bass continue to hit the deck of the Galloper. They must be easy to catch coz even this numpty in the yellow wellies can manage to get them in between making tea and talking rubbish. On our general trips there’s been loads of hounds around and some decent tish too. There’s still a bit…
We’ve been making the most of the weather this week with quality bass hitting the deck every day. It has been dreamy out here all week with perfect weather and cracking fishing to be had. We’ve had a lovely variety of fish and fishing methods over a huge area. The bass have featured heavily though…
We had a lovely trip of mixed fishing the other day. The smooth-hounds kept us busy throughout the day with a few to low doubles. There were some whiting and dogfish too, one or two small tope and a run of sizeable bass to end the day. We finished the day with 50+ hounds and…
We had a great day chasing bass with lures last week. It certainly didn’t disappoint with stacks of fish there taking most things we could chuck at them. They were a nice stamp with lots of keepers and great fun on light tackle. For some time it was a bit hectic with basically a fish…
It’s been a blustery week aboard Galloper with sunshine and showers but thankfully there’s been loads of fish to put smiles on faces. Hounds have made up the majority of our catches and they have been great sport fish mainly 7-10lb with a few doubles thrown in. Most trips producing 50-60 or more and causing…
We’ve been catching some lovely bass in between the hounds and rays ect lately. Both bait and lures are working depending on the conditions. We are mixing in some lure fishing for now but will be doing far more from next month onwards as we concentrate on our offshore bass fishing. For now the general…
I thought it was probably about time to put out my annual spurdog report. As many of my regulars know by now, I like to keep some of this stuff under my hat for various reasons. In reality at times it would be better to put these up as we’re catching them but It’s not…
Tony and the lads joined me the other day for a blustery smooth-hound trip. Armed with loads of crabs for bait and a great attitude as always we headed out to one of our many sheltered marks. Fishing was good from the first cast with screaming reels and bending rods as well as the usual…
It was great to see some better hounds the other day. It was even better to share it with Stacey and the boys as well as our anglers. We had plenty of small bass and some small hounds with some decent ones in between. We even found a few rays too. We are lucky to…
We’ve enjoyed some great mixed fishing on our general trips this week. the other day the lads had 40-50 small hounds, dogfish, whiting, dabs, pouting, rays and a few keeper bass amongst the schoolies. It was nice steady fishing all day in pleasant conditions. There are some better hounds in places too. I can’t wait…
As we would expect at this time of year there’s been a great mix of species coming out lately. The bass have really increased in numbers and they are now most definitely here and feeding well. Smooth-hounds often make up a large amount of our catches and there are some decent ones showing too. There’s…
The bass are clearly coming on the feed now as they stop spawning and they are HUNGRY! Young Sam showed the lads how it’s done yet again catching 3 sizable bass amongst the schoolies. There were some other decent bass caught too as well as some not so decent as you can see by Sam’s…
