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
F

So, fathers day started off damp windy & the walls very bumpy, seems that suited those hunting bass on the west today with fabian having it large on the low bays, and mid wall Nick Gibbs fishing

with his son also didnt do too shabbily , take a bow master Gibbs on another great bass & what a superb way to learn as a junior.

No details of the baits used by Nick & son but fabian is doing well on the prawns of late. Seems one or 2 great pics overshadowed much of the catch reports and others simply forgot to pass on catch info today … perhaps some updates will follow in the morning.

So , the usual plaice & bream on both walls the last two days with the added bonus yesterday of the bass going back on the feed. Prawns inshore & crabs doing the damage on the walls it seems

The local beaches last night did very well for bass with some decent pics sent in onto the facebook group for the marina. This morning has got off to a decent species count (other than large crabs) with bass small smoothounds and wrasse amongst the catches

Plenty of Black & ragworm in shop at time of typing

Hearing of plenty of bass being caught this evening

So a first attempt at doing a report from the mobile while the pc is doing an enforced widows update. Very different layout so could be interesting.

So, struggling for reports on the marina fb group and not much feedback from the walls the last 2-3 days other than the following…..

East wall, the plaice are doing ok but there are may small ones out there, please if it wont make a decent meal put the back, I promise, they get bigger than the recommended keep size of 28cm. Gurnards now starting to increase in numbers may suggest that the crabs are moving off the sand and allowing other fish at the walls.

some bream scattered amongst the bays and baby smothies and rays caught to top up the species counters.

Over on the west the mainstay is bream, a few wrasse showing as well with some flatties lower and mid wall regions. Yes there are still crabs but many now finishing their moulting and shell shedding so the numbers should slow up

A reminder to all using the marina, we are in a marine controlled zone (mcz) of beachyhead west and that comes with specialised rules and limits on some things

Spider crab collection is 10 pee person a day and must be 10cm across the back. Prawns 1litre collection allowed per day per person.

Fish size recommendation can be found on the “size regs” page

reports today hard to come by & was reliant on the news of plaice in fairly good numbers Sunday on the east for Sean & Andy, bream & a gurnard all on the east.

Tuesday catches reported so far .. zero so cant say much of anything.

Shop struggling for fresh bait wed, still hoping for a drop of black from the diggers but not hopeful due to short tides. last told there was some fresh ragworm but suspect much of that has been sold. All of Wednesdays bait pre ordered is covered. Upside , we have plenty of frozen squid in..

Looks like we may be selling some of those shiny new HTO’s tomorrow !

So, a generalisation for last week, I began with a lack of updates ,in my defence I have been putting some time into the new layout though. Monday Tuesday were slow tick over days as far as catches were concerned. Numbers on the wall Monday were low due to wet conditions though Tuesday started steady with the east filling fairly quickly beyond the bend area. If you want space on the higher east numbers (above 15) get there early or only expect single spaces to open up.

Below 15 takes the overflow , very few fish the first 6 bays on the east although at times they can produce some nice fish. Mon/Tues does see a queue to get on both walls but these days there are plenty of spaces. The west ext mon & tues was not busy enough to open the Extension straight away although it did open later for the high tides.

Bass take numbers are down with a decent explanation from Robin on his blog about them being gorged on the tons of spider crabs mid peel which leaves the mainstay on both walls being plaice and bream. Black & guilthead bream are showing up, knowing which bays & when is sometimes down to a little bit of experimenting.

Wednesday saw some mackerel on both walls, not many just enough to get people interested before they disappeared again over the horizon. Again plaice & bream both sided with a mullet low west for one regular that targets them.

Thursday, Friday much the same story for the week, East wall filling when the warden arrives & a few queuing on the west for early access.

The weekend, Yes the walls are busy , in the first hour of the warden opening up the walls filled up. Glorious weather and restricted space on the east combined with “covid” restrictions means the walls fill very early. The thin out if the fishing is hard as the tide drops . Best time to arrive if not first thing ? , mid to low dropping tides as people get bored staring at the water.

A small thankyou to our shop customers, early arrivals are now getting the message of “please wait out of the square in the mornings, It reduces the disturbances to residents who live above the shops inside the square, so thankyou and keep it up.

Trolleys , that message is also getting out, Please do not use any of the Barrows that belong to the marina , they are for berth holders use only, likewise shopping trolleys are not to be used in the marina . You are allowed to bring your own personal wheels/trolleys and are encouraged if you need to cart an entire tackleshop with you.

Catches over the weekend ? .. wow did you read all this so far ? well done.

East saw plaice, gurnard, bream, big crabs , small crabs flounder & a small smoothie im told, The east saw bream , black & guilthead, lobster, plaice & Joe managed a topknott down the side of the wall close to bay 1, not common & a nice add to any species count.

thats it for now, see you soon , Frank

new look new layout hopefully this works

F

So the mackerel on both arms ……

there were a few on the east bend caught & pictured (approx 12) and 4 or 5 on the west over last day or 2.
No real round up for the east as not have much info , the west wall couple of days went .. sunny one day wet & grubby Wednesday. Plaice & bream the mainstay, a mullet on the low bays but over all slow going.

On a brighter note, the rush to the sea to fish the walls is easing as people get a little calmer. The east is still busy early and there are usually a few waiting to get on the west.

The reality now is it is back to being tide governed & most show up to fish high tides. The result , the walls ease off & morning high tides will be packed on both walls on a weekend. Things slow up as the tide drops & people leave as the tide turns resulting in plenty of space. That said , please, assume if you arrive on high tide you will need to hunt a free spot.

sorry peeps , forgot to update blog
so what’s happened this last few days well the guys that had the monster bass followed up with a monster lobster ,  5lb + , no it wasnt berries, yes it was kept , no i didn’t give them a recipe for it 🙂
Bass takes seem to have slowed up a little, crabs  still busy but less issues than last week. been slow going on both walls this weekend fish wise but  people numbers are still high so  get there early  if u want prime spots. west  pressure has eased but still quite busy.
bream & plaice the mainstays last few days ,   some mackerel on both walls today (tues) but  not in  big numbers F