Sat

sorry been a bit remiss on the updates ,   real life distracts me from time to time . Shocking I know but  hey, there it is . sooooo  Start of with the  poo news.

Anglers still have not got the message about climbing up on the east wall.  An accident was just avoided Thursday when a lazy fool climbed up to the top level after packing up “to walk off the wall” The dumper truck  coming up the wall missed him by inches.

words fail me that are printable here !

Please please please all anglers need to step up on this, watch each other and watch out for the walls  safety. A meeting with the builders, the  shop and marina bosses was had  Friday morning and we escaped close down  by a whisker. So to all wall users , look out for each other and respect the wall, the upper level is a no go for any reason, it is a building site. Lorries and  work vehicles use it all the time & the next “accident ” may do more than put someone in hospital & close the walls.

So onto better  things. 

Bass , bass & bass. Some great fish coming out and a superb fish yesterday on the east of 6.9kilo! , mackerel and black lug baits! Yes it was one for the table, some would say put it back so it can breed and i’m in that camp BUT , on the wall I will always defend the right of an angler to keep or return any legal fish  should they chose to do so…. superb and for many a fish of a lifetime.

Yes there are plenty of bass coming out on both walls, prawns  top of the pile atm, followed by  mackerel and /or  squid baits .

While mentioning prawns , please note the marina is within Beachy head west marina zone (MCZ) and has restrictions on shell foods collection that includes prawns and  most types of crabs. So please take note , limits are  in a 24 hour collection session  so  one sesh is not  b4 midnight & 1 sesh after.

Limits in the mcz

https://secure.toolkitfiles.co.uk/clients/34087/sitedata/files/MPAs/BHW%20byelaw%20guidance.pdf

It is prohibited to remove from the shore, from any part of the MCZ, in a single calendar day more than: (i) 2 lobsters (Homarus gammarus)

 (ii) 5 edible crabs (Cancer pagurus) 

(iii) 20 crabs in total of any species other than Cancer pagurus

 (iv) 1 kg of mollusc shellfish (bivalve or gastropod species) except piddock species (Pholadidae family), blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) or native oyster (Ostrea edulis)

 (v) A total of 1 kg of prawns or shrimps 

(vi) 1 kg of marine worms (Annelida) 

(vii) 2 kg of intertidal seaweed It is prohibited to remove any quantity of the above species in connection with any commercial purpose. 

July update and trolley rules

Senior management from within the marina have asked that all anglers be remined that the use of the large barrow trolleys  and ALL supermarket trolleys are not permitted on the walls and should not be used within the marina by anglers not  traveling to a boat when using the barrows. They  are for the exclusive use of berth and boat owners within the marina.

Likewise supermarket trolleys belong in supermarkets , they are not for use on the wall thankyou

Catch round ups . my apologies for not doing any for a few days as preoccupied  getting on with real life. Catch reports for the east to be honest have been a little n few n far between. Most of the decent bass have been taken  on live prawn  and a few on whole squid. A few plaice  some decent , wrasse on the lower bays & occasionally a bream close to bay 8 ish, 

Gar & mackerel on the walls 
 personally seen 4 of each & heard of one other gar on the east wall. mackerel were landed on  a hove beach yesterday evening ( I saw the pic on FB)

west wall doing ok for the bass anglers with prawns  or should I say very well based on the piccys on marina group facebook Bream are ticking over on the west with plenty of keepers . Plaice are popping up all along the west, but not in great  numbers.

A few wrasse & some eels also but again no real numbers .

The real story is the  spider crabs , hoards and hoards have invaded the marina area so a reminder that to keep ,. they should measure 12 cm across the back and a maximum of 10 per session in a 24 hour period per person

A few visitors have remarked on fish care on the wall. Unhooking  fish on the concrete is not good practice , if no  mat is being used please try to use a damp cloth or towel. Kept fish should be  killed as swiftly as possible also

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Thursday evening updates

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo A customer  rang the shop to say the blog the last 2 days were not truthful as he fished the west wall for 2 days & it was hard going and no fish …
 for him that obviously was true but,…
as with all my updates I can only go on what I see, what I catch and what others tell me was caught ..or not. Then I decide was the source reliable. Wed report was accurate the extension fished well, there was bass on 1st bay & I then …didn’t report much of anything about the man wall… this doesn’t mean there were no fish ( I saw a few , but not many to report), If the wall was dead or hard work I normally post as suck but .. if im not told I cant report  catches…. so to today 
 Thurday 
 I volunteered my son  into fishing the west extension today & helping out by being the “bloke with a green jacket” on, basicly butting a visible person to contact if any issues &  oversee numbers if it got busy (he fished bay 3)

one or 2 pics sent to me via facebook & basicly left him to get on with it (ty Michael) I went up the west for a wander & chat to those fishing  & sniffing for a catch round up & the story of the day was a bit grim & had going  as I got up the  1-10 bay, a few people exercising with feathers to  test lines & blow out cobwebs but little to nothing happening. one group were having fun with a big crab net down the v that was collecting spiders. I stopped n chatted advising the size to keep was 12cm with a limit of 10 per person, they were pleased to be updated with the regs & carried on crabbing.

Mid wall 10-20 similar story , tough going a bream here n there but  resigned  faces to a hard day in the sun,
20-24 a catch report of a few bream & plaice to 2 lads  enjoying  their catching , last I heard 4 bream and 4-6 plaice but not  overly sure if the number was accurate but they were happy.
Extension, Junior had a nice place about 2pm , measured at 36 cm but most of the plaice up there were fairly small and just legal, 2-5 little bream returned but most people saying how quiet it was.

EAST WALL 
 I have no info how it fished today
Thankyou david J for wearing a green jacket on the east today , your help much appreciated 

thurs morning roundup

1st a request for anyone that has in past helped on the wall or extension wearing a green jacket to help out … WE NEED YOU”
ISSUES WITH “ANGLERS ” USING UPPER LEVELS AS A TOILET  have put the use of the east wall under serious threat of closure.
lazy ppl acre climbing to top level and pee’ing on upper levels and it will cause the closing of the east until building work is done.

we need voluntary people to be visible on the bend of the east to ensure no one is using upper level on east especially but also the west would be helpful. If u can help check in at the shop when you arrive and someone will advise. 

thanks

the fishing 

west wall has done very well last few days with  good numbers of plaice, better numbers than normal ! Bream and bass doing well , small strap congers also about. 
 wed saw  2 mackerel had on the east  , 1st since day opened, tbh don’t expect them in numbers for a few weeks. A reminder , take sun cream and plenty to drink on the walls , its been blisteringly hot out there and there are plenty of sunburns to be see

tues round up

so 2 days of  very busy days , seems the world has again come to fish the walls ..
Monday by 9am people were being turned away to fish the beaches (if lucky enough to find a space) and was a case of 1 in 1 out …..
2 days of very good bass catches … lots of spider crabs about and bream numbers on the increase …
plaice on both walls tho not the usual high numbers in past years but that’s expected to improved.

Monday saw eels & baits of  choice were live prawns !

rock pool adventures call on low tides !

 not quite so manic tues but again good  bass had & bream in the expected places … flatties on both include dab flounder and plaice , locally tons of good rays … night fishing anyone ? go for it  them  rays are there and now hounds as well

am fishing  Wednesday with mr moto …….  will see how the day goes …

b/hol sunday bassy day

So as the wind settled on the east it seems the fishing improved from eels & more eels to bass. One  estimated in the 8-10lb bracket. 

 eels on both walls today with coloured water  & no sign of crabs.

Both walls open Monday morning

east at 6, west about 7am , both walls closing over night while building work continues in the marina.

close alert *poor weather*

close alert *poor weather*

fri and porbable sat

west wall to stay closed Friday & assessed  sat hoping weather changes ….

Friday east wall only open

tues worms for wed

As the title says

Shop now closed(tues)  Dave has 1400 worm for  8am start wed am

Bait sales  today very busy … short tides mean many suppliers are struggling to keep up with demand.

Suggest get there early

Ragworm expected in between 12 & 2 pm  wed also

On the walls things still sluggish

 a cuttle caught on the east , rumour of a squid on west unverified.

A few bass ,  plaice scattered on both wall  and an invasion of spider crabs on both walls is obvious now.

Blennies & wrasse down the side of the east now commonplace  both walls seeing a few bream

Facebook group  Brighton marina fishing UK for pictures and reports please

MON SHOP & WALL CHANGES

SHOP HOURS CHANGE

Due to the marina square being a mix of commercial and residential there is a  change of hours to the shop opening.

From today as posted on the website the shop will open at 8am.

Customers  arriving before this time are requested NOT TO WAIT IN THE SQUARE

Preferable waiting area is near the  Bike shop  entrance to the square . This is so shop customers do not disturb  residents within the square 

Thankyou.

WALL OPENING TIMES

Times will occasionally vary dependant on  duty warden and often  things they may be required to attend to in the mornings 

With ongoing building work on the East access is  being controlled and in  part also restricted.

With this in mind the normal opening times will be as follow (but subject to change)

EAST 6AM OPEN

WEST 7AM OPEN

SHOP 8AM

CLOSING TIMES 

EAST 9PM

WEST 11PM

SHOP 

Mon-Thurs 4.30 ish(trade dependant)

Fri Sat  5.30 ish

Sun 4.30pm

Anglers are reminded , access to the east wall is at the blessing of the workmen, any disruption to their work or anglers  climbing to the upper level that is closed to all  will risk  access to fishing  the east for the duration of the  contracted works.

Help us to keep the walls open.

thankyou

SUNDAY CHANGE OF HOURS

SUNDAY   CHANGE OF HOURS

DUE TO  ISSUES  ON THE EAST AT NIGHT  CLOSING TIMES WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARDS TO 9PM.

west will close at 11pm

Climbing onto the upper level of the east for any reason is putting the chances to fish the wall at risk.

Any further incidents and the east wall will be closed to anglers  for the duration of the repairs.