Things are starting to pick up on the east wall…. finally. Plaice numbers and quality has started to improve. I spent the afternoon down there yesterday quietly blanking and chatting (more chatting) as a result missed plenty of bites as the tide dropped. Either side of me I saw quite a few plaice come out, 2 thornback rays 2 bays from me as well as a couple of crackingly coloured gurnards. 2 or 3 mackerel were caught just before the high along with a few smallish schoolies & a nice shad that got brought down to me for ID carefully held in a towel. it was returned via lowering it in a drop net as they are extremely fragile once out of the water… amazingly it took 20 or so mins to recover but did swim off safely eventually. There was quite a lot of fry and small fish 2-3inches down the sides that to me looked like pollack of which will no doubt start to trigger bass activity.

For me , it was a gorgeous day, next to no breeze & plenty of shirtless anglers. About 5pm it hazed over a little allowing the temps to drop a little allowing ppl to cool off a little. No fish, plenty of lost bites on a glorious May afternoon where I managed to catch up with quite a few that I hadn’t seen for a while. On the plus side, after the high there was plenty of small fish & fry activity, down side clear signs of the may rot building , ho hum!

Tomorrow (SAT) there will be traffic issues in the city centre due to the annual children’s parade and Sunday see’s Brighton & hove Albion play Newcastle at the amex so expect heavy traffic in the afternoon out near the Amex and by-pass routes.

Sat looks like there may be a few showers and if is the case expect the bays above 43 to be closed while wet.
Thats it for today, looking like a busy w/end for me, so if you are out fishing, tight lines, enjoy the bank hol weekend.

And with that I will sign off and bid you all ADIEU
F