Brighton Inshore Fishing
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Light line lure and fly charter fishing, focusing and enjoying the sub fifty feet waters on the inshore reefs of East Sussex.
Brighton Inshore Fishing
1M ago
A month in warmer climes... V-log style.
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Brighton Inshore Fishing
4M ago
On learning where the commercials are finding good bass shoals, and with the results dropping down to zero bass today, I take it all back. It does rather look like bass are behaving more like five years or so ago, and have vacated the inshore region. It could still be down to rainwater, as our river shot up again to flood levels two nights ago. Or it could be the bass shoals migrating westwards, which last year did not seem to happen until the end of January. Time, as always, will tell.
Fish were caught however. 7 rods across six hours of fishing made for five wrasse and double figures of sma ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
4M ago
I think the thing that mostly impressed us all today, across two sailings, was the "brrr" factor. First sailing, I had bass hardcore duo (that sounds like a lure...) Scott and Stewart. Only bass would satisfy these guys. So, only one guy was satisfied after hunting my entire range. Yep, Scott had a bass, and that schoolie was the only bass of the session. Stewart did have a nice wrasse as compensation, and we all had a few small whiting. Not the best session of the year for sure. And a complete shock after recent good numbers of bass being boated.
Second sailing, I welcomed aboard George, Ben ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
4M ago
You wont believe this. Two sailings today. I sh*t you not. Neptune must have been distracted. Light winds for the first sailing, pretty much zero wind for the second sailing, meant I could go wherever I felt. And I felt like going back to where all those fishes are living at the moment.
First sailing, James, Max, Mark and David were on board. Quite chilly, unless there is lots of action. Happily, on the 3rd stop, there was lots of action. And the sun eventually got free of the clouds, which helped. Sizes were again on the disappointing side. And yet, the activity was frequent and fun. I would ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
4M ago
Not quite the light NNW winds that we were promised, but we pushed out anyhow. On board, regulars Paul. Jon, Kas, and, brand new to fishing, Kas's friend and colleague, Mahmood. Quite chilly, as predicted and we were happy for the sun while it lasted. Fishing wise, not quite as many as last time and sizes were down, but still tugs a plenty. Final tally was thirty five bass landed, plus whiting and pouting by-catch, but just three bass killed from that tally, a reflection of the sizes available to us today. Most importantly, Mahmood caught his first ever fishes, and when asked on exiting the b ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
4M ago
Just the one sailing today, with the afternoon originally promising strong southerly winds by midday. However, that forecast has now downgraded, and it will be 1500 before the wind arrives. Another sailing lost to forecasting, although of course, it is all a part of the job.
I did actually sail yesterday. The forecast had been for light Northerly winds in the afternoon. Instead we got fairly stiff WNW winds, that prevented me from getting to the only place I know where bass are in numbers just now. After an hour in the inshore rainwater, and just a couple of whiting taps to show for it, nobo ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
4M ago
Wow... What a wet and windy six weeks that was. After eventually getting the hint that sailing was done for a while, I resorted to shore work, and initially found very good results. Great washes of shellfish on many local beaches made working out where the fishes were quite easy. Great, I thought. Who needs a boat? But Neptune got wind of my good fortune and sent whoever is in charge of rain in. Suddenly, about two weeks ago, even the crabs didn't want the bait, and odd fish, mostly small, made guiding a no go.
Why rain? When our two local rivers get high, it increases the pressure of the ou ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
5M ago
Bloody forecasting got me again today. The 7-10 MOH N winds were actually 12-20 NNW winds. It wasnt the shock of the sudden cold, as the last couple of nights have adjusted me already. It was the speed the boat was being pushed across the tide that was the problem, creating slacks in the line. And slacks mean inefficiency and poor results.
This is why, for the last hour, with the increased wind and ever slackening tide, we hardly caught a fish. That was not so bad though, as for the first two hours we caught nine bass. Five of those were killed for the table. One was released at the side of ..read more
Brighton Inshore Fishing
6M ago
Probably the last day of three sailings today, with an iffy forecast for the rest of the week. Some hope of getting out Thursday first sailing, with 2 spaces available. But that then looks like it until perhaps Sunday, when daylight hours mean I can no longer squeeze in 3 sailings a day, and drop to two. With our bass killing season running to 31st December, this does mean demand exceeds supply. I would recommend my regulars consider November and December dates now.
First sailing, and I was out with regulars Richard and Jude, joined by I suspect soon to be regulars Bob and Steve. Seas were q ..read more