Although as It may be hard to believe at this very moment, if you cast your memory back just a few days there was a big yellow fellow in the sky. There was also very little wind as we enjoyed what was hopefully the first of many settled spells this summer. To be honest from…
We have enjoyed a run of fantastic weather lately and the fishing hasn’t disappointed either. Our general trips have been great fun with some quality hounds coming aboard most trips. Numbers have been great too with 25-50 per trip pretty average. Our biggest so far this season has been 19.5lbs although there have been double…
are you interested in a midweek individual space? with my diary pretty full at the moment i am struggling to get some of you regulars out at weekends. i have some lads after a general trip on either 22nd, 24th or 25th of june @ £70pp max 6 anglers. please contact me if so. on…
Our general trips have been great lately. The water temperature has picked up and kicked everything into touch now. We have had a great start to the smooth-hound fishing this year. They have been turning up all over the place with a few very close to shore. When conditions are right we are have concentrated…
Although I never rule anything out with sea fishing, it is safe to say our spring season on the spurdogs is now over. Due to the lockdown from Christmas onwards we lost a large chunk of our season this year. However the northerly winds throughout April bought the water temperature down and helped keep them…
COVID-19 UPDATE We have now had confirmation that the large deck area on Galloper we have some good news. we are able to accommodate up to 8 anglers plus the skipper as of 17/05/21. This is great news for anybody planning a full boat booking as they can try and keep the cost per person…
With the water temperature finally on a steady rise we have been seeing hounds and bass on most of our trips. Of course there are lots of dogfish, roker and even numbers of whiting in places but we are most exited about these signs of summer after such a prolonged cold spell. The lads have…
Although fishing is our main focus a trip on a boat is about more than fish. Being at sea can be a an exciting experience in its self. We see lots of wildlife on our trips too and I think it is an important part of angling. Some people enjoy seeing their first seal, others…
Although I am pretty sure I know the answer I thought I would play ‘name that species’ with this one. I say it’s a spotted ray, Sam had it the other day and its only the 2nd one we’ve had on Galloper and the 3rd one I’ve heard of within the thames area. The spots…
Like many charter boats throughout England we have enjoyed a busy (if belated) start to the season since the easing of lockdown. Fortunately we were welcomed back to sea with glorious weather, favourable tides and a few fish too. Our first trip produced plenty of thorn-back rays (roker), dogfish whiting and even a small codling…
Our last trip was slightly different once again. Stacey and I travelled over alone but met with uncle Steve several times as he stayed a short way down the coast at Corkmacsherry. As ever our first day was spent ashore and we explored a slightly different area and visited the harbour at Ballycotton. This is…
I have a couple more weeks to look back at our Irish holidays before we can start taking you out on the boat once again. This time around it was just Stacey and I heading over on our own. By 2017 we had a nice little routine for our holiday to Ireland. We would come…
Once again I shall continue to look back at some of our holidays to Ireland. This week I have reached 2016. We had 11 days booked at Bella vista Cobh again although this time it was a week or so earlier and we were joined by uncle Steve again. Once again we arrived via ferry…
