Again plenty of mackerel & bass about, seem as usual angler fail to keep their fishing area tidy by bagging up & dispatching fish … something a few need to think about.

A nice ray on the east for Josh that went 9lb and landed with the help of an un named warden , well done , lovely fish

Mackerel in numbers , plenty of plaice , gurnard and bream amongst other catches today … both walls open tonight , with east daytime only tomorrow , west is now 24/7

So the mackerel have arrived in numbers on both walls , plenty of bait fish down the sides & micro species to keep the young ones occupied

A nice bass for John Sired yesterday on the east , I believe estimated around the 6lb mark caught on bait & another reported caught on feathers.

Plenty of plaice & bream about eels in the mix. Not heard of any horse mackerel yet but then they are a night fish so waiting on reports.

Black lug & ragworm in shop , west open 24/7 and east open tonight as a trial.

New wall charges began today, Adult 1 rod £5 or 2 rods £6:- Juniors (u18) and seniors £3 per rod or £4 for 2 rods. This is only the 2nd price rise on the walls in 15 years so not bad for value .

Night fishing also returns from today on the west wall, the wall will be open 24/7 subject to conditions with for now a no tent rule. Shelters at night will be permitted for those fishing. The lower levels remain anglers only and 2 per bay with social distancing rules in place.

East wall will open on a trial basis on a Saturday night with a view to extending this subject to anglers behaviour & respect of building areas on the east wall.

Sun & Mon a slow tick over with no real surprises, a few plaice in usual spots :), bream best on the west & eels & bass the main stays. Tues saw the arrival of mackerel so fully expecting visitor numbers to increase rapidly.

I have seen many posts on social media pointing at minimum & recommended sizes of fish & especially mackerel seem to be causing some confusion. The local size is 20cm , not 30cm as some seem to keep posting. The north sea area has a size of 30cm , everywhere else its 20cm.

The website has a page showing the local size restrictions “size regs” please refer to it for the marina guidance sizes.

From Friday the rod fee price on both walls will increase as well as the start of night fishing on the marina (see webpage). This is only the 2nd increase in 15 years so IMO still good value & as cheap as a pint locally. I will today change the prices on the website but bear in mind they wont change on the wall until friday morning

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So Friday was a grubby day, west wall was shut due to the wind speeds, managed the east open & at least one mackerel was caught, tbh that was likely it as still lacking much in the way of feedback from the east wall when its open.

Both walls will be closed Saturday and Sunday with normal opening times come Monday assuming there is no further changes to the forecast. Shop has fresh lug in stock and a reminder that night fishing will restart on Friday on the west every day subject to conditions & as a trial Sat nights only on the East wall.

should have posted yesterday, forgot , bass,bass, bass, eels, n bass…. Having re opened on the east after blowy conditions it had a couple of very good days for those hunting bass…. did I mention bass ? 🙂

Today a bit tougher going, west was open for the morning but very testing conditions in the “breeze” , heard of some sole, a bass or two & lots of wet bodies… west closed mid afternoon as the wind rose. East open til 9 tonight & open again in the morning. West expected to stay shut now for a few days. Lack reliable news from the east to fairly comment on catches today.

Oh and the warden announced mackerel mid afternoon caught also … numbers unknown though.

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Walls were closed on Saturday so nothing to say there. Sunday Phil(pieman) opened the walls just after 8am having done a safety check. Conditions blowy and unpleasant. Plenty of water splashing up from the start. In a nutshell the day was one of getting wet from water plumes , some conger and a few schoolies. Both walls are closed Monday with a review later regarding Tuesday. Likely west closed & east open.

I fished the west on Wednesday, can’t say it was easy by any means & tbh tough going for all, some bream & plaice the general fair of the day with a fair few smaller bits down the side.

Crabs still about in numbers on the west wall but thinning fast on the east. Bream plaice & bass to be had with wed/thurs seeing a few mackerel on both walls over the high.
Friday started quietly , similar pattern to the rest of the week, flatties on the sand , bream over the rougher marks….. Then came the high tide…. and the mackerel. Phone calls increased from 3-4pm & by 7pm various reports of “tons of mackerel” so today I guess the phrase is

YES the mackerel are in ! BUT……

weather warning ,

Both walls will be shut due to high winds on Saturday , as things stand the west will be shut on Sunday & the shop will review things to see if its ok to open the east for fishing on Sunday.

Plaice, bream, mackerel, wrasse, gurnard & crabs all caught today as well as a few micro species down the sides

Not a massive amount to say tbh most reports again are for the west & both days briefly over the high saw a few mackerel(under 25) on both days. Bream & a plaice here n there is the tale of both days tbh & mid wall still dominated by crabs.

On the subject of crabs, certain parties have taken to collecting big numbers of large crabs , like by the box , it has been noticed & any future occurrences the people responsible will be kicked off the wall. The legal limit is 10 per person per 24 hr session not a tacklebox full for flogging in a restaurant

Back to the wall, a little tip , take suncream, its stupidly hot out there

Plaice n bream , starting to sound like some chant eh, both seem to be the sand by for those not catching those big bass! Sluggish day with sketchy reports so this one seems to have a lot of padding.

No real reports to speak of from the east other than “plaice n bream” & similar on the west with the added bonus of a few mackerel, wrasse & the occasional bass had on the west wall.

Going to have a dabble on the west myself tomorrow, lets see what the day brings
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