Took the quad out for its spin yesterday to find quite a few more fishing than Tuesday(not too hard I guess) with a fair few this time on the lower bays (could more be reading these blogs ?) generally looking for Bream and one at least set up for a Bass. Less on the bend of that wall than I would normally expect as well as the youngster I met the other day and despite him making a decent impression I still had to ask his dad his name ! (shame on me) more shame on me again as I am quite consistent, Mum, Dad, I’m very sorry but I still have forgotten his name as I do with so so many people !.
So, bowing my head in shame I type on and progress along the wall chatting and trying to get a picture of the days goings on.
And so I shall start with the end first for a change , confused ? no? oh well not too worry I confuse better in person than I do in text.
To continue, having gone from bottom to top, I shall now go top to bottom. Top (ish) of the wall, well 57-59 were a couple of regulars who also fish with the Palace Pier club(PP) and after the usual hello’s and gab I learnt of perhaps only the fourth (counting the morning one posted on FB by John) reported mackerel since Friday evening, there may well have been more but I haven’t heard about them. as well as the macky on a pop up rig I was told of Bream, plaice(good to hear about) a dropped Bass and a Smoothound pub, being as they were packing up they offered me some of their remaining bait which is always gratefully received, especially as not so small JNR likes to plunder the apparent communal bait dump we have at the top of one of the larder freezers yup freezerS, we have 2 front door larder freezers, one top loader larder and a chest freezer.
Further down the wall closer to the steps at 46 there were again Bream & plaice and then it seemed a bit like a fish gap, unusual for the last few days as the front bit has fished quite well recently. It wasn’t until I got down to about 33/34 that the Bream catches again picked up as well as Gurnard and another red mullet. it seems this year there is a burst of activity from the Red Mullet over on the east of which most catch reports tend to be on the WEST extension. Coming down towards the bend there were again a few catching Bream. From bay 20 down there were a few juniors fishing and tbh Im not sure if or what they caught. Tuesdays high came and past with the few there still catching and it certainly look like Tuesdays rate would continue into Wednesdays post high tide. bays 17 down to bay three certainly had copied the day before with quite a few again into Bream and I believe a small Bass was caught and returned. Mixed in along the lower bays there was also activity from gobies and blennies but it seems bar perhaps one a few weeks ago the usually common scorpion fish seem absent. Also seemingly absent alongside the scorps & squid seem to be spider crabs.
Now while there are good signs of crab activity its hard to decide on which type of crab may be down on the lower 17 bays, it may be spiders, it may also be velvets as a few of them have been noticed, another possibility is the common eating crab but unless they start being pulled up in numbers I guess it could be anyone’s guess, not without perhaps taking a dive down there !
Sea state looked ok with a fairly decent green sheen too it and average visibility, I was slightly choppy into the late afternoon but nothing to bother most people. The day was a mix of sunshine in the morning and quite heavy cloud cover in the afternoon.
Today according to the weather peeps the morning should be quite decent although there will be a bit of a cross wind and this afternoon looks like quite a high potential for rain some of which may be quite heavy possibly through the rest of the afternoon . Id say pack some light waterproofs and a brolly as while the wind drops away I dont think the rain will give up until 6 or 7pm.
Not sure If I will be doing a run this afternoon as I have an appointment in HH for pre op checks & no doubt some dude will test my lung capacity by walking me up & down a few sets of stairs for shit n giggles!, anyway not sure what time im back so will see.
Fri & Sat the tacklebox has posted that it will be open from 6.30am and close at 6.30pm so people should be able to get fresh bait for the afternoon and evening sessions.
Thats it.
So, until next time I will bid you all ADIEU
F
