Jeez where did the summer go ?
Did it ever start / seems not !
Anyhooo, reports last night were good from the west, plaice Bass, loads of squid, Mac on 1st and last light unsure if the high tide played as well but at the right times there were expected fish with bream catches finally in the “good numbers” range and a steady tick over on bass. I wonder if anyone has tried live baiting a squid yet ?

plaice also recorded yesterday on the west wall and last night a decent codling of about 6lb for one angler, not bad for the west !.
East wall catches tick over although its in a funny mood regarding catches. Needless to say that some bays prove far better than others but I guess that’s part of the joy of fishing and figuring out which bays will be optimum on the day you visit.

Again “over there” , there have been bream catches , wrasse, bass, yes mackerel and some daylight squid. They are not exclusive to night fishing. Gar are now actually showing up in with the mackerel and sprats that seem to come in in swarms along some bays and nowhere near on others . As I said, its a little bit odd and not the usual expected patters on the EAST wall.

re the night fishing, as usual a reminder that anglers must use either proper blue lights or ensure that their white lights are filtered. There are lots of options on doing this from the basic blue marker on your lense cover. The wardens once i get down there will have a fresh supply of sticky back blue transparent filter that is easy to use. at the least, when you go shop in some of those smaller stores keep the blue carrier bags. The are great for covering the under water lights and easy to cut to shape to again fit over the lens covers.
Basically anything that will put a blue tint on the bright light.

Yes the message is finally getting out and I’m collecting a few pics over the next few weeks so that I can put up a post on the FB group showing the results . Anglers are getting the message and the difference is clear to see on the wall at night.

With the big burst in the fishing it goes without saying that the west wall at night is very busy, sometime the duty warden opens up the extension and other nights it has/can be booked for use at no extra cost. The decision on opening is at the discretion of the guy on duty.

Ok folks thats enough from me, tomorrow see’s the Ace cafe “mod” reunion on the seafront so expect central Brighton to be very busy.
Until next time I will again bid you all (4 of you) ADIEU
F