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Boxing Day Outing On Walton Pier

by John Popplewell December 31, 2018
written by John Popplewell

What an interesting angling year we have had, the summers are fishing much better than they ever have but our winter stocks have once again failed to show. Thornback ray…

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Sam with a ray
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Warmer Spell Keeps Thornbacks Active

by John Popplewell December 24, 2018
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Who would believe that we are now in the throes of winter, most days the temperature hasn’t dropped below 10 degrees. Not really conducive to winter fishing and so it…

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Matt with a codling
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Some Codling On The Holland Beaches

by John Popplewell December 10, 2018
written by John Popplewell

We seem to be seeing a continuing trend appearing this Winter, with whiting being the main catch along with thornback ray, dogfish and a smattering of codling. A few years…

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Daniel with a codling
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Whiting Still Rule The Essex Roost

by John Popplewell November 26, 2018
written by John Popplewell

I really can’t believe it is now the run in to Christmas, and in the sea angling calendar it can be a very good few weeks of fishing to come…

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Martin with a thornback
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Whiting Predominate The Essex Coast

by John Popplewell November 20, 2018
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Fishing reports have been very patchy, there are loads of whiting and dogfish to be caught, but alas cod stocks are very much down in the Thames estuary. In fact…

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Phil with a cod
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Cod Scarce As Whiting Hit The Essex Shores

by John Popplewell November 5, 2018
written by John Popplewell

It wasn’t many years ago that I would have been reporting about the great hauls of early winter cod that our boats and beaches were catching. However, over the last…

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Gary with a ray
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Rays And Bass Still Around Essex Shores

by John Popplewell October 22, 2018
written by John Popplewell

Much the same as last week for the boats with plenty of rays feeding and dogfish from most venues. Most of the rays are around the 5lb mark although there…

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Neil with a double shot
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Despite Storm Callum Essex Boats Find Fish

by John Popplewell October 15, 2018
written by John Popplewell

We certainly seem to be experiencing some contrasting weather conditions; the end of Storm Callum hit us at the end of the week and we were lucky to escape with…

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Mick with a thornie
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Rays And Codling Showing On Essex Coast

by John Popplewell October 7, 2018
written by John Popplewell

Typical early Autumn weather, with calm seas and fog caused by the still warm sea hitting cool breezes. Nonetheless the boats have had a pretty good week with some codling…

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Essex Thornbacks In The Wind

by John Popplewell September 24, 2018
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Autumn has come in like a lion with strong winds hitting our coastline. Boat anglers have found it difficult to put to sea, those that have managed have had to…

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