It’s that time of year, once again, for all you wonderful monthly winners who caught the biggest fish to compete for the overall winner prize.

The “FISH OFF” will take place on Saturday 20th February between 7am and 4pm. The winner on the day will get a trophy.

Let me know if you cannot make the day.

All the very best

Skipper Steve

Hi guys! Sorry I haven’t put any blogs up but as the fishing is not good at the moment I’ve had The Dentex out of the water.

I thought I would get all the jobs done now so the boat will be ready for this years fishing so I don’t have to do anything while the fishing is good out there.

Fishing starts again on Thursday evenings from this Thursday 21st January however, I will not be fishing weekends until Febuary when hopefully the fishing picks up.

There are still a few weekend dates left so if you want one of them please give me a call on 07817 255739 or send an email to dentexc@yahoo.com

All the best

Skipper Steve

Well, the sprats are doing there job out there I’m afraid guys.

A very cold day, today, but we got out there and gave it a go.

Adrians crew on board today for the first fish of the year 2010.

I treated myself to a new onboard cooker for Christmas so we had the oven going all day cooking sausages and bacon. That went down well and warmed us all up.

The fishing has come to a standstill which we all knew it would; with only a couple of whitings on board today. We tried hard with a couple of moves but still not even a bite. So, at 1.00pm we decided to call it a day and head home.

All the best, Skipper Steve

Family and friends day, today and with a north east wind blowing we decided to go at 4.00am – returning around mid-day.

On the way through the Medway I had the fishfinder on and the screen was full of sprats all the way out to our fishing marks.

It didn’t look very good for us but hey, it was a day out.

We started fishing the flood tide. It was comfortable rolling up and down in the swell.

We managed 5 small codling of 2lb and a few big whitings to start. But then Andrew Norwood (aka Nobby), my cousin,  asked me to cast his uptider for him. Well, I must have given it a lucky touch because he had a small bite which he left nibbling for a while. He then struck into the fish. It was nodding well and it looked a heavy fish. After a battle he got it to the side of the boat and I netted for him.

It was a cod that topped the scales at 15 1/2lb so another big double aboard the ‘Dentex’ this winter in the Medway/Thames.

After that fish and a few photos we headed back in.

Well, that’s the last report of 2009 so have a great New Year – 2010 – and remember to get your bookings in nice and early.

All the best, Skipper Steve

Jason White’s crew on board today. A mixture of work colleagues and friends. We were due out at 6.00am so I got down to the boat at 5.00 am to get things ready with Roy. Good job we did as it took us an hour to clear the deck of ice and snow to make it safe.

We then got underway with a fresh wind blowing from the west. It was a bit lumpy until the tide started to flood.

It was hard work and patience that got us a few fish. We managed 12 cod between 4lb and 7lb to bait of lug and squid but we also dropped a few cod as well.

There are still a few whiting out there too but the sprats are starting to show everywhere.

All the best, Skipper Steve