West wall ATM is shut while dave gets some jetwashing done to either part open or fully open to the toilet block. With luck that should be by the weekend. Dave is also hoping to fit in some more night sessions on the west when its upto par for fishing (H&S rules etc)
on the fishing front I have little to report tbh as the walls over the last few weeks have been closed more than open. We now have a week or more of clear weather & it may be worth a test few throws with squid jigs but i suspect they have now moved out to deeper and calmer water.
There are still reports of bass being caught off the local beached but please remember we are now in that catch and release period.
Obviously now we are into the ting fest but quite often the flatties tick over through December so there should be a few plaice amongst the sole and flounders out there. As to other species well I am awaiting reports to confirm much more of anything.

A final note to those asking or wondering about night sessions. Dave will be looking to add more sessions but all will be on the west wall . Due to the lack of facilities on the east and the “still” grumbles from residents about anglers and their mess/general Nuisance we will focus nights on the west while ppl forget or calm down over unfortunate issues that resulted from mass numbers wanting to get onto the wall and target mackerel.

If I dont post here again this month I would like to wish all readers here a fantastic Christmas or at least the best they can manage. Im aware some dread the season and others dont celebrate for many reasons 🙂 . So will add , have a great Christmas or a safe December.

Please remember , if no updates here, i’m either forgetful or there is very little going on.
Peace be with you all

F

As we crawl towards the end of the year we finally start to see the whiting swamp the catch pics, there are a few squid about locally & FBook posts seem to indicate some decent sized ones further west towards Weymouth.
On the marina the weather finally getting to grips with more and more closure which means the dreaded alae has built and with continue at a faster pace cutting of sections of the walls that are safe to use.
The east wall is now basically 1-25 ish and the west extension now fully closed. Not sure how long we will be able to keep the west open thus the focus will stay on keeping part of the east open for as long as possible until the spring jet washing begins .
Bass are now catch and release with some confusing info on how long but the UK fisheries should be meeting this month to decide if there will be any changes to catch sizes etc.
cant think of anything else to add here so will sign off .
F

while the weather holds the west wall will have extended hours this wed 24th and will remain open until 3am to allow some extra squidding time.
Forecast for the weekend still fluctuating so no night decision has yet been mad.
Best of the squid seem to be around dawn and sunset/twilight

well the story of 24 hours is very simple, squid rampaging the south coast off and inshore, gar swimming about in cluster bursts and some very nice bass to be had out there. Pout and chan whiting not much of an issue other than the rockling craig was made to endure on the FB page… all good out there on the marina atm

Ive not masses to say but the squid i’d say are defo in with daytime and night catches although most are saying night is best and it does seem so. Still some great bass about on the beaches and walls with a decent 9.5lb catch today on the East for Dewan (see fb group for pics)\7 will upload a couple to the bass gallery in a while.
Mackerel and horse mac are still lingering although now the shoals have moved on there are still a fair few coming up on baits.
Seems for some the bass fishing off known marks are also having to contend with the high number of congers about ,again more activity on those at night & if you fancy a lump of slimy sea snake now is the time to target them but please remember congers are ok to take but the silver eels should be returned . Wile they are called silver eels they do come in many colours from silver through browns and green.
Finally a note about Gars, it looks like while clear and calm “yep they are in” and quite a high number of gars are curently being caught. P.S. they make great cod bait, some say decent bass bait also but am yet to be convinced.

wall opening this weekend

East 7 til 5pm except SAT with an extended opening til midnight to allow some squidding.
west FRI/SAT open all night
Over n out for today
F

As a tester Dave has decided to open the WEST WALL for one night session tester this Friday 5th November.
The EAST WALL will close at night as normal this weekend at 6pm and from MONDAY 8th BOTH WALLS will close at 5pm as a fixed winter time opening 7am til 5pm.
We are unable to open at night on the east wall due to temp lack of facilities that the marina I believe are looking into.

I’d post a catch report but have been out of the loop the last couple of days and other than someone catching a mackerel on the east the only other report ive seen or heard of was EELS & more EELS 🙂

so opening EAST 7am -6pm up til Sunday will be 7am til 6pm
WEST opening Thur 7am-6pm/FRI 7am..open all night then close sat afternoon

Both walls from mon 8th will be 7am til 5pm unless said otherwise.

F

Sunday as I type the sun finally shows its face a little after yet another night of winds and heavy rain. Heaven for some & sheer bliss for them loonies chasing bass !
The walls are expected open after what seems for ever ! this Tuesday. The east will open first subject to damage checks and should be open by 9am ISH. Once thats done the warden has duties in the shop for an hour so the west wall not expected to be checked and opened much before mid day.

As per the opening bit, there are still plenty of bass about and reports of congers are high, Is it my imagination or does there seem to be a glut of stuff that many dont usually target ?. Rays, conger even bull huss have been reported this year in better numbers and thats not counting the high amount of sightings of Tuna, dolphins and porpoise! Noticeably lower this year seem to be those big box jellyfish ! a most unusual year with mackies running later and later every year soon it will be November shoals if things carry on like this…

So what else can be found out there still? Defo plaice thankfully, a decent eater too, sole can still be found but reports seem to be tailing off somewhat, Pollack and squid should be down the side of the walls with the usual influx now of channel (pin) and pout whiting. Reports from the boats of occasional mackerel and dogfish so there are still a few summer leftovers lingering on the walls.

As usual just as we get a week of calm and seemingly clear weather (even if its cold northerlies this week) I again get a pile of GP & hospital appointments !, yup sods law but unfortunately one this week isnt very welcome and have somewhat been dreading. It may well decide if i’m going under the knife or have to put up with summat inside me that is very unwanted for much longer than I wish, which needless to say is causing shit loads of stress. But hey, shit happens and sometimes we just gotta deal with or muddle on.
F

we are back and running on the EAST today and on Sat both walls will open for 7am or there abouts depending on which wall gets opened first. Both are expected to close 6pm or thereabouts.

Sunday still looking 50/50 but we are hoping to have something open at time of typing this(2pm). needless to say i have next to no catch info from yesterdays east wall opening but phil has relayed that the water is surprisingly clean considering the blows we had! and would you believe it… there have been a few mackerel had on the east today ! they just dont seem to want to go away but I guess they may serve to draw some squid into catch range of the walls.

Out on the local beaches there have been so decent congers pushing just over and some just under the 20lb markers. Bass, rays and sole reports are still common and the plaice are still playing quite well. Prior to the blows squid and gar’s were being taken and we now are trotting into flounder and dab seasons so things are still quite varied out there.

Righty ho, first of all both walls will be closed this week at least Mon to Thurs included so we are hoping to be open Fri & sat but again long range sun doesnt look too handy for much of anything other than here we go again shut downs.
Did i mention a night update ? Yea I guess I did. So where do things stand ? As many know there have been issues at night with noise & anglers seemingly forgetting they are in a residential marina, noise carries and as a result of so many wanting to get on the walls issues escalated very quickly as the walls became swamped with numbers that were over hard to control.

This update on nights will refer only to the WEST WALL, as soon as feasible Dave will re implement night fishing on the west wall as a trial at weekends only , 2 possibly 3 nights. As many are aware the facilities are there to enable us to open and being a bit further from the flats things should allow for noise to be kept to a minimum.
The EAST wall will remain closed at night and to reflect the earlier darkening times the east will open 7am to 6pm every day.We will post the opening of the west at night once we have a clearer picture of coming weather patterns but it may be possible to open this fri/sat , this will be confirmed nearer to the time though.

So tuesday was very similar to monday (see blog ) with the one exception of the boss seing a squid come up on the east for one of the regulars that hunt them, I did get the name but its lost to me (naff name memory)
it looks like the weather will hold through the weekend until sunday evening so now is the time to get the likely last of the mackerel and have a go at the squid. No idea how long this coming blow will last so no guarantee of any clear spells after to produce.
On the up side Dave is working on the marina bosses & we are hoping to announce something somewhen end of this week or beginning next which may be a part solution though not a full one .

Watch this space as they say
F