yea ok I never got around to posting a blog yesterday but tbh, I was pre-occupied yesterday morning sorting general shit out, corporal punishment wasn’t too happy though and tried reporting me to captain cavemaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnn. Hmmm sorry for that moment, its quite weird these days typing stuff at 8am on a sunday, I’d almost forgotten what this time of day looked like! & despite the flash of rain and 5 min thunder attempt the air still feels like its cooking the crap out of me!

I recon we are in for another arse burner out there on the east wall so lease folks, pack plenty of fluids, I drank over a litre in 2 hrs yesterday so load up and take care in the sun, there will be some very crispy bodies by the end of today.

Well now that the waffle is done whats going on out there ? should I start with the M word ? yea, might as well get the bugger out N done with so…. ‘ere we go…. deep breath … aaannnnndddd

MACKEREL… there done it…. Mean while on the fishy front im gonna take you back a day or 2 being as there a report or two overlooked.(this is when I re look at robins blog to remember what day & stuff im gonna bull u all with 😉 ..maybe 😉 )In all fairness Robin is damned good at what he does and his last few days out have been a delight for his customers with …. bass, bass, and more bass, quite boring really unless you like the idea of constantly catching bass on lures non stop! , I hope you can see the humour & irony in that Robs customers are over loaded with bass while on the wall the bass numbers the last few days has dropped away a little, cod considering the high tides are now falling to cooler parts of the day… the moral here is if you want some good bass atm , hit up the bassing boats for a trip.

Back to the wall & as I said there are bass there but u may have to hunt em down as they seem to be sticking to the top & tail plan on where to hunt on the wall. ATM the lower rough ground bays on the wall are performing far better than the straight section with perhaps yesterday as the exception over the last week.

Bream while not in great numbers are doing their thing on the usual bays (take a look at the wall guide page on this site for a few hints,) as the tide runs up to the high mark and as said the lower bays are popping some surprises for people fishing them. There are a few large spider crabs coming out of the rougher ground bays but all in all the spiders dont seem to be massing on the marina like in the last few years so, either they have buggered off to pester someone else… or.. they havnt arrived yet .. OH joy of joys that thought is, just as the may rot shows proper signs of breaking up the probability of spiders loom !.. ffs!

I did mention earlier in the week that on the straight section there has seemingly been a drop off in plaice reports and while the last couple of days have seen some the numbers are quite clearly lacking for this time of year and I cant really explain that as the charter boats are reporting very good numbers out there. I do have an idea in my head that is linked to the sheer amount of whitebait fry that is forming out around the wind farm .

Im wondering if this fish soup had drawn fish to to the wind farm that would usually been on the marina by this time. I can see some good in that in that the wind farm as a fishery is thriving and as the bait fry prospers and spreads outwards the local shoreline and marina will benefit especially now that the trawler business has been pushed into deeper waters. How soon all that fish soup spreads to the marina is anyone’s guess but the thought of so much extra fry growing in the region can only be good for the future if not quite the immediate time. Bream nests are re-establishing and some of the better “bream” spots are already benefitting, for me the real frustration this year is the lack of access to the west wall as that is generally the best wall for bream which is why I’m often found lurking over there.

So, where are we at ? bream, bass & Plaice already mentioned, conger this week have dropped away, perhaps the air pressure should be looked at a bit closer, its something I often overlook as Sean L mentioned to me yesterday on the high bays.(yes I’m making you lot wait even if I did mention those who shant be named ;).
Gurnards are slowly making their mark from the straight section but not in high numbers yet and to the best of my knowledge gar fish are in very low numbers and quite random perhaps due to the lack of those erm fish over the last few weeks. Ray catches have also dropped away over the last week and I suspect the lower catch rates this week may be due to some odd tides, may rot still hanging about and the sheer heat and brightness of the mid day sun has made everything somewhat lethargic and that means that usually the best of the fishing if not at night is somewhat in the early morning and as the sun is setting and the day cools a little.

Smaller catches like gobys, scorpion fish(bullhead commonly) & blennies are on the increase down the sides as are small pouting(great bass baits) and yesterday saw tons of fry and whitebait buzzing up & down the wall finally bringing what many have been waiting for and asking about. That well known phrase some dread and many welcome ARE THEY IN ? sort of, yes sort of no based on what I saw yesterday.

Yes folks Mark actually posted a couple of real photo’s un doctored yesterday morning . During my visit to the wall yesterday afternoon also there were quite a few areas further out to see where bait balls were forming and being his first by gulls and then clearly bass and dolphin activity plundering the bait balls indicating that there were some larger fish out there being spanked by the larger predators.

Yes, it happened, as said Mark posted some pics yesterday morning of some MACKERAL being caught. How many and how long the run lasted I don’t know and late into the afternoon as bait fish ran the wall a few mackerel were caught along the straight section about 6-6.30pm, not shoals but enough to be encouraging especially as the tide high wasnt until 8.30pm

Other catches this week have been amongst others , sole, smooth hound pups, a couple of flounder here n there , dab seem to have vanished this week pollack and a few quite large spider crabs, big enough for the pot but no doubt headed for the bait box more likely.
A quick word about how the boats are getting on if anyone is curious and from some of the reports Ive seen from charters and private , they are doing very well. Current reports are quite thick regarding tope fishing, bream and plaice are out there in very good numbers and the wrecking runs are doing well on Pollack. loads of species to list atm and for better info check out the many posts from the boats scattered across facebook. their photos do the talking for them so well worth hitting up the skippers for a trip out.

Finally as mentioned, I am now dropping onto the east almost daily around 4.30 to 5pm with frozen baits (black squid, and will have joeys after they are delivered on wed) and I will also be carrying spare weights(grips & bombs) and a few basic rigs & feathers for anyone that may want top ups. I wont be down Tues as Im having a jaunt over to east grinstead as their hospital has kindly extended an invite to me and I swear, who ever does my medical booking is having a bloody laugh as they add new places to my grand tour of the South East’s hospitals……… I recon I may be getting air miles from them soon ! no shit , honest guve.

Any hooo, this little lot after sorta reminding myself what im actually typing has taken me an hour (gotta top up the caffiene every 10 mins )so b4 I double the type face here and bore the shit out of u all I should sign off !
And thus, until next nime I will as usual bid you all ADIEU
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