So, after not posting for a few day I thought Id post a catch up. The east was open Mon & Wed but closed all day on Tues as we had a bit of a 3 day westerly push through. As a result most anglers were on Mon & Wed clustered on the lower few bays and a couple of brave souls as far along as bay 20 although they did get somewhat splashed.
Monday most struggled with catching anything other than mossy weed of which could be seen in large lumps where ever anyone fished and tbh the less said about Monday the better.
Tues as said the wall was shut that then by natural logic brings me to Wednesday.

Wed the weather was causing it to be a bit lumpy but not tbh as bad as the previous days and for those that took the chance (very few) the fishing was ok, yes the wind was still an issue but the sub 15 bays were producing and in particular bass that had been clearly absent over the previous week. Borrowing a chunk of a mini report from Chris H on Wed who landed 3 schoolie’s there were others also catching bass ranging from 30-50 ish cm. Considering the lumpy conditions the bream had also stayed surprisingly close to the wall with a few again being landed and one going 31cm for one angler.

At this point I should also post some news from Robin Howard and that is the first squid for the second half of the year was caught and pic posted onto facebook. Could we be in for another bumper autumn with them ?
Back onto the wall , well more a case of local and beaches tbh and news from the shore hunters just east of the marina there were also bass for those targeting them as well as reported by Dev D of a nice ray landed locally.

Thursday the secret leaked that I might go fishing so I figured Id best make the effort and packed one of my light rods onto the borrowed hunka junk classified as a road scooter (its barely fast enough for the footpath yet alone a road!) as I prepared to do a run along the wall and then if I felt up to it I’d have a dabble (planned on bay 7) on a lower bay.

So arrived on the east to that familiar story of “no fish boss” with the 1st 10 or so rods set for bass on the lower walls I had a chat & a move on slowly making my way upto the 20’s. bays 20+ had a similar story of “no fish” but the rod numbers had swapped from baits to flying tinsel. So was it worth feathering ? were the conditions ok? well this is a decent time to comment on conditions ….. aint it YEA

Well, after 3 days of westerlies yes there was weed in the water but surprisingly less than expected, the water though a little choppy was a decent shiny green but, it was the sky , or air that made all the difference too conditions. As I had left home and trundled down manor hill to Whitehawk rd. you could clearly see the sea mist/fog rolling into Whitehawk valley and building. By time I got into the marina the dull sky colour had been replaced by a fog that you could from 1/2 up the east see the west but not beyond it. Within the hour from the same spot on the wall you were unable to see the west as it thickened.
Now, you could be forgiven into thinking that the fog bank was cold and damp, surprisingly I didnt think was the case and stayed wearing just the T shirt on my upper half and cut off cargo shorts, the air was quite humid.
As I rolled up the wall from 20 the same comments were made about lack of fish and to one guy I reminded him about Dave G and his fish gate ! but conditions were actually looking “fishy” and remarked to a few people that although just after the high tide with little to nowt going on it looked like something would happen and by time I hit 25 I said too a few that it wouldnt shock me to see mackerel in 30 mins to an hour. One dude even remarked that last time he saw me the fish went from nothing to happening and were sort off following me up the wall.

While joking about fish following me it had to happen I guess, you , one dude started playing a decent fish and with no shock to anyone nearby he managed with help to land a decent bass of about 6lb that was posted to the book of face. Well from that point on the wall it seemed like the bass did their London bus act, you know the one where you wait ages for a London bus for 3-4 to arrive together, well thats exactly what the bass did as I headed towards bay 40 telling a fair few I was optimistic and felt convinced there would be mackerel in 30 mins to an hour as there was just that niggle or something about the combined sea state, sea colour and low light levels caused by the sea fog. As I got to the higher bays and had been chatting to most I clocked from bay 60 one dickwad fishing on the upper level with feathers casting into the harbour entrance. Apart from the obvious of no fishing on the upper level he was also casting into the harbour entrance and a potential danger to anyone on a boat entering or leaving. It seems he knew exactly what he was about because as soon as he saw me walking up the steps at 65 he quickly climbed down and pretended to fish alongside a regular angler.
After a few harsh words the culprit having done his best to hide his face(even though btn marina has him on film ! ) slunk off down the wall to try and hide. A few words with the dude fishing the last bay just to clarify that they were not together and he had arrived from bay 60 saw me say my goodbye to the one left fishing (who had landed a couple of nice bass also) and worked my way back down the wall only to find that there were some mackerel coming out, of which some were quite chunky and no sign of the numpty that was fishing the upper. As it turned out , he had left the wall entirely, no doubt hoping he wasnt recognised and not got his face on camera… face on cam ? nope I have probably a better pic as his trainers are very very distinctive and stand out a mile, so, will keep an eye out for that pair.

As I said earlier I had brought a light rod with me for after doing my run for the day and thus I stopped at bay seven for an after high tide dabble. within the 1st 20 mins Id managed to find a few snags but plenty of bites when one decent take managed to pull my rig under 7s caisson. The result on trying to retrieve the rig was one lost weight and a lost lower hook. I re set and cast close to the caisson again to see if I could snag what had got me caught up for another series of bites and yes , again dragged under the caisson FFS this time not only a lost weight but also 2 snapped off hooks. Well, at this point I thought stuff that, not chasing you and switched my cast area across the front of the bay 8 caisson and was straight into nibbles and the result , a monster , na , just a bait hungry goby that was dully put back, 2nd cast same area and more bites resulted in the seemingly standard pouting that ended up back in the water to pretend it was a live bait…
At this point the phone goes off and its Mrs P wanting me to go to asda for bread rolls and dog buns as the order put in for delivery lacked them so after a brief sesh and a quick pack I was away and off the wall.

Not sure if I will make a run today as my scooter allegedly has been fixed(again) and they are claiming it was an iffy battery (year right the 3rd one !) hopefully its actually working as I need to get into own to buy the wife her anniversary present for tomorrow 24 yrs !. Yup bbq at mine, I got the rolls ok.

Thats it , so, until the next one I will bid you all ADIEU
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