Spring that is, don’t believe me , take a look at the galleries where a few piccys have been uploaded, I shan’t say how many as that would spoil my fun with this teaser.
Want further proof ? well ok read on, are ya sitting comfy ? good , I shall begin.
And so, having woke late yesterday and sorted the blog at lunch time (sort of lunch time) I didn’t spend much time on facebook and somewhat unlike me I didn’t look at the marina group so hadn’t seen any pic Mark had uploaded earlier.
And thus out came the the quad and loaded with a bit of bait and the the wheel form my larger trailer loaded in the scooter backseat bag (a separate story) I headed down the hill and rolled towards the east wall.
An east wind had picked up making things somewhat choppy with cold air blowing cobwebs every which way but loose it was quite obvious that many had already packed up early and headed too the hills with many saying “its quiet m8,but there were some fish seen earlier” … hmmm, Thought Id investigate , but guess what… a lack of frozen in the wind anglers made it a tough task. Bay 60 is always a decent source so longer story short pressed the pedal too the erm cardboard and shot up the wall at a blistering 8mph! too bay 60… empty! oohhhkay… what too do?…..
I took a slow roll down the arm chinwagging with those that left and was tood the usual.. saw some mackies earlier, saw some bream.. no wasnt me that caught, ya get the picture, vague answers and little too no confirms… another conger down there m8, plaice , some dab again! but no confirms. No sign of Mark too ask so decided best i could do was head over too the west and hope someone had some firm info.
Onto the west the first faces I came across was a couple of squid regulars and James W walking towards me like he had given up so things were not looking great.
That was when I was told Pieman(phil) had caught a squid on the end of the west. Now stood on the upper I could see the west extension had all but emptied and the easterly wind was hitting the back of it quite hard so it couldnt have been too pleasant up there and he was now on his own. When i entered the marina there were at least 6-7 fishing up there.
A quick catch up with those squidding on the lower bays and then James arrived and said he had a bass of 55cm or so and no squid for him as he was climbing over for a final few casts on the low bays with a jig. By time I left all three had also gone leaving a fe hardy souls on the wall who all looed somewhat cold.
grabbing a few bits of info on the way too the toilet block I was told of Plaice, bass, one or two mackerel some reasonable bream over the high and of course most knew Phil had managed too get the first confirmed squid of the year off the last bay of the west wall. (well done him, there is a pic on the galleries as is a couple of cuttle pics… yea I know I didnt mention them earlier when posting east nes. Why ? coz I want aware of catches on the east until I had actually got home and properly caught up with messages and posts via the book of face!.
So why has spring sprung ? (imo) well as I said, there was late evening news, not only were there bream bass and mackies on the west. as said Phil who had been trying all week had his efforts rewarded with this years first wall caught squid and there were also plaice scattered along the west wall. While not huge numbers they are ticking over nicely on the west, more so than the last couple of years and this weekend also saw sole on the west so for that wall Id say yes spring has sprung., especially with the catch info for the east wall yesterday.
Monday east
So it took a couple of calls and a few later piccy posts but I can confirm that the EAST yesterday also saw bream over the high tide as well as some mackerel… now before the gangs of riders collect and charge the walls, this is usually a small spring run of 5-10 days and they dont usually shoal on the surface like the bigger mobs in the latter summer but… yes there were mackies over the high for a short while.
Again plaice ticked over on the east side mostly over the sand. As almost usual of late there were also dogfish and a smattering of hound pups.
And now for something different, Clive H a member of the LISA anglers group had visited the Marina with a topknot as his target species and so as I believe it he arrived with a bit of local knowledge (see its good too talk) and set up on his advised bay(s). I shant post here which bays as that for me is part of the joy of visiting a venue in that its worth learning the various features and catch areas . self research is so much more satisfying when you do the work rather than have it on a plate but I digress. Method, bait, bay etc I will leave out for the angler too share (or not) but I can confirm that his target species was landed and the proof is also on the flatties gallery. so Well done Clive on getting a TOPKNOT from the east wall yesterday.
The final it of spring info/round up I have left until last prior too a caught species list from yesterday. Regular angler and visitor too the wall and decent squid angler Larry was prior too my arrival also on the EAST and also clocked up his first cephlapods, yes plural of the year, this time it wasn’t squid but he did get a lovely brace of cuttlefish from his chosen bay. defo not too shabby for what had sofar been a poorish start too April and so this time I am going too post up a list of catches for the weekend and Monday too show why I chose todays blog title..
This weekend caught on the wall despite unpleasant but oft sunny conditions have been, in no particular order…
Plaice, Bass, Flounder, Mackerel, Sole, Bream, Conger, Dab, dogfish, smoothound pups, rays (3 species), Topknot, Squid, Cuttle, Horse mac(a few)Pouting, whiting, Sprats, whitebait, Red Mullet, and Blennies. Not that is a decent list and while many may not have caught or even seen a fish for mid April vers how things were in March Id say that fairly decent and yes
SPRING has SPRUNG š
With that, one final note. I wont be on the marina today as Brighton are at home & play the Brighton reserves better known as Chelsea. and on Saturday there is also a high chance I wont (but might) be down after Saturdays home game vs Wolves.
Thats it, all done for today, and so, until the next one, I will as per, bid you all ADIEU
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Pieman with the first squid of the year , caught on the west
