Following on from the last couple of weeks I will continue to look back over some of our angling breaks in Ireland over the last few years. by 2015 we had gained a bit more knowledge around cork harbour so we could plan things out a little better around weather and species. We had taken…
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 6 anglers plus the skipper as of 29/03/21. I will honour existing bookings as they are unless you wish to change them. If you are booked as an individual…
Following on from last weeks theme I will continue to tell you about our holidays to Ireland. As I previously mentioned, our first trip was in 2010, our next trip was 4 years later when Stacey and I headed back there on our first holiday for some time. This time we wanted to be there…
Unfortunately we ended 2020 in tier 4 here in mersea so like much of the year we were unable to take out our planned bookings and forced to cancel due to the latest covid guidelines. I know I am not the first to observe it was a strange year and not what any of us…
Covid-19 Statement from the Angling Trust: Update January 7th 2021 The Government have now formally responded to the representations made by the Angling Trust. We have promoted the huge benefits of fishing on individual health and wellbeing and have been able to present a case to which the Government have listened. On this basis I…
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…
