Thought id do this a little different today before posting “my report” from walking the west on friday , so in no real order ive poached some anglers reports from the facebook group 🙂 & what i think is my fave pic of the day.. so good to see kids having a great day out.
Nicholas White

 A quick update from the East over the last few days. As Frank said very slow, Yesterday (Friday) 11am – 7pm bay 29ish just past the gate. Several plaice had been caught before I arrive. Bait was 5 wraps black lug and 2 packs rag worm from the Tackle Box. Nice bait through not a lot in the rag packs. £32.50, have prices gone up? Anyway back to fishing, it was a day of hard fought mini species, 3 dabs, 2 place and 2 mackerel, dabs and plaice went back, mackerel kept for bait today, Saturday. Lost hooks, didn’t count, but 2 very large spider crabs brought in and hand lined up the wall. 1 given away, one sent back to torment other anglers. Today, 7:30am – 4pm, wet start, bays packed, managed to find one around 32ish. still setting up when mackerel on, surprise to everyone around as nothing else had been caught. Had one plaice 33.5cm early on and kept, see picture, the rest of the day was spent again with a few dabs and plaice undersized and supplying the content of my hook box to the crab community. Bites were few and very far between. Weed hit at high tide and tidal pull created a few scenes with lines 3 bays away catching other lines. Sun decided to bar-b-q those without suntan lotion but didn’t improve the mackerel situation with many a bad back tonight after feathering all day with little joy. Great to be back on the wall, not great to be static just outside the Blackwall tunnel on the way home for over an hour. Good luck all, tight lines and stay safe. (Nick)
Riley Fleet

Very good night on the arm 2 smoothounds 2 dogs a small conga and 2 place and a big spider crab

Craig Gosling

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   · Well, the cool wind is still blowing at night, bastard thing… I arrived at the marina yesterday very early to get the spots we wanted, there’s issues with this as my fishing buddies would be arriving in dribs and drabs all evening, and it’s a Bank Holiday and it’s sunny, and we all know how that can be….However…. A champions league final meant EVERYONE was leaving as I arrived, being a Chelsea boy I really didn’t want to miss this, but I wasn’t going to miss the tide either…..I set up, and decided as bugger all would happen till darkness I’d have a tackle box tidy and make some rigs….Matt Barnicoat was the first arrival, bringing with him the bt sports so I watched the game , then Lewis Hide then Steve Cooper… We all set about trying for lives…..We had plaice, wrasse, pout, sole, eels n dogs… Everything but the lives we wanted, I’m never shocked by this as darkness is always the bringer.We fished till high this morning, and I don’t think I’ve laughed that much in ages, Lewis with tinder tales, matty with the jokes and coops bought the crudeness… It was brilliant For all our efforts the only bass of the night fell to me, on squid.. And a conger, then a bigger conger… But all in all, like the football, it was a night to remember, even if it wasn’t a goal fest.

And finally if you got this far, my sum up of the west yesterday

Frank Parker

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so a west wall round up … it was a bit pants ……ok revised to make it look better …a couple of nice bass had, a decent wrasse up by the tower, 5 mackerel100 pout and likely as not a crab or crabs for everyone that wanted them .. and those that didnt…Was a tough old day , at one point the wall reached what id call capacity with maybe 5 rods per bay BUT.. ppl were all in a good mood which made the monitoring side a pleasure and easy..a hard start with everyone staring at the water as the crabs marched in , I swear they were carrying knives n forks coz many of the baits stood no chance… a little flurry of mackerel flashed past b4 ppl even realised they had been .. n gone. Mark got a pic of a small bream and for me i think the best fish of the day was the wrasse landed & pictured prior to being released.A couple of decent bass got winkled out but in all things were tough. Busy in number , some old faced popped down or were having a go but all in all it was controlled, calm & i feel people were happy to be out & having a go , for me it was great to be back at it, its been a while.A couple of issues over night as the new warden got tested by some idiots on the east, 2 got their marching orders and visitors need reminding we have a NO TENT/NO BBQ/NO GLASS policy on the wall.Feel free to test that , but you will be asked to leave rather than camp on a bay preventing other from fishing prime spots.we will get there and the anglers that fish at night will work with us to make the marina a venue that ppl can enjoy, and can fish in peace while feeling safe. That we do with your help.Ive had a great day on the west, made time to speak to everyone and the jabs in my knees have genuinely given me a fresh lease on life with luck for a few months… see you out there

two very different days with decent catches of mullet mid east on the bottom , a superb cuttle on the west, defo the biggest ive seen on the walls & pictured here. A few fat mackerel , plaice even a bream got winkled out on the west which to my knowledge was the 1st this year confirmed./

Fri was an absolute battle with many long faces in the sun and proved to be a day of hard knocks and a rush of pouting over the high followed by the spider crab invasion… a nice day out in the sunshine for me , not so good for some as things proved tough going
F

Well the weekend was somewhat grubby with showers and a strong SWest breeze hampering things on the west but.. inspite of that mackerel were had on the west over the weekend with the water doing its best to stay cloudy rather than muddy & showing good signs for this coming week. The 1st decent wrasse were recorded high on the east but fishing was as said by anglers up there … challenging to say the least while pulling out a +11lb conger !.. Some decent plaice amongst the smaller ones, hound pups , bass & schoolies over on the east but many simply found it was a day for eels & flatties … pictured is Glenn with a nice brace of plaice.
F

So things still a bit bumpy and water grubby so the usual of a few flatties an increase of eels & some bass both sides aaaannnnnnnnddddd some good numbers of mackerel on the west yesterday.
whats the news ya say ?
Well there is an update on night fishing so go check the night fishing page out & see what it says.

Not posted here for a few days as things have been slow angler wise and occasional closures due to high winds. Regarding catch reports things have also been a bit thin on the ground although there have been a few decent bass coming up on the east wall surprisingly not from the usual spots but hey thats for anglers to work out … a week mainly of reports of plaice, eels, hound pups and occasional bass & mackerel flurries on the west. Likely low on reports simply due to the quiet week on the wall for anglers. Water this week quite stired up & murky mostly due to strong breezes & winds but also showing may rot in the water making things a little more challenging .

Pictures are a four bass caught yesterday by two anglers who had invaded Sussex from far flun ESSIX :)… things looking a bit choppy over the weekend that may cause issues on the west and Sun possibly on the east so please check your weather apps or the home page for latest info on openings.
F

plenty of mackerel being reported over the last 2 days with the pattern atm it seems of them hitting the west early ish then later in the day over on the east. It seems that their arrival have blotted out any reports of other catches for a day or two so ive decided to post a pic that Mark added to the marina facebook group of a lovely Gurnard caught while out on a trip with Robin Howard on Bif1.

F

Good morning world, yesterdays report of early mackerel shoals turned into a great day for those looking to grab,bag n run so to speak, the mackies continued all day , some squid were had on both walls and the plaice ticked over, not so many plaice asnd i suspect fewer targeting them…
This morning we have visitors from the I.O.W., arn’t we honoured 🙂 mackies again on both walls & some nice plaice falling to the anglers, of which it seems are more plentiful today and less of the flying lead crews. Not heard of any squid at time of typing but that may change as the day goes on.
BAIT for the weekend sir ?
We have a limited supply of ragworm, this seems across the south coast at the moment with many shops in short supply. We highly advise booking as early as possible if u want to use ragworm this weekend. Our supply of black is good so no issues there.
Have a great bank holliday weekend folks and I may see some of you on the west Sat or enen Sunday 🙂

F