[Smutty Dan]

Hi All
Tried fishing Brighton marina for the first time last night and had an absolute nightmare!! myself and my cousin fished 4 rods for 4 hours and had a total of 1 half pound smouthhound between us. Anybody know what went wrong for us, there were only about 3 other people fishing last night so is it just a daytime mark or were all our tactics messed up? We were fishing peeler crab on a pennel at distance and ragworm on a 3 hook flapper close in.
I would like to try the mark again but with a little more sucess, what are the preferred tactics and where along the arms are best to fish?

 

[fishyrob]

Hi All
Tried fishing Brighton marina for the first time last night and had an absolute nightmare!! myself and my cousin fished 4 rods for 4 hours and had a total of 1 half pound smouthhound between us. Anybody know what went wrong for us, there were only about 3 other people fishing last night so is it just a daytime mark or were all our tactics messed up? We were fishing peeler crab on a pennel at distance and ragworm on a 3 hook flapper close in.
I would like to try the mark again but with a little more sucess, what are the preferred tactics and where along the arms are best to fish?

What arm and what bays were you fishing?

 

[DoubleShotDamo]

Hi All
Tried fishing Brighton marina for the first time last night and had an absolute nightmare!! myself and my cousin fished 4 rods for 4 hours and had a total of 1 half pound smouthhound between us. Anybody know what went wrong for us, there were only about 3 other people fishing last night so is it just a daytime mark or were all our tactics messed up? We were fishing peeler crab on a pennel at distance and ragworm on a 3 hook flapper close in.
I would like to try the mark again but with a little more sucess, what are the preferred tactics and where along the arms are best to fish?

Post this on the South Coast Forum for more responses.

 

[Why Worry Angling Charters]

Should've tried the D-vice!!!!!!

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o178/HAYLINGANGLER/pag2.jpg

(Is a plot afoot????)

He never wanted to catch tiddlers. :schmoll:

Ron

 

[misfit]

eastern arm about half way round

 

[lucky]

Was there an easterly wind? If there was that would not have helped and you might have fared a bit better on the west arm.

 

[misfit]

north east but not too bad, sods law as we were walking off it disappeared

 

[gs425e]

hi that typical brighton area fishing .. a view i hold proved right again ..andy

 

[buz]

He never wanted to catch tiddlers. :schmoll:

Ron

Not realy a tiddler mate but dont see its relevent to brighton marina so still scratching my head to why the pics been posted

 

[buz]

hi that typical brighton area fishing .. a view i hold proved right again ..andy

Brighton fishes best from june onwards and can fish realy well. You need a big tide though

 

[fishyrob]

Just got back from the marina as part of the Fishathon, and I would say it is fishing at about its worse for bottom fishing. Two corkwing wrasse, one tompot blenny, and six pouting. Another guy had a plaice and a pollock, and that was all the fish I saw caught. Two possible reasons. 1. The place is stiff with squid. You could see plenty on the surface tonight. 2. The water is thick with may bloom, which was running down the line in big globby globules. As the previous post says, it fishes better just after the may bloom clears, usually late may/early june. Dont give up on it, cos when it fishes, it fishes well. Apart from that, your techinque and location should have seen you with fish.

 

[misfit]

thanks rob, we'll definitely have another go although a trolley for the tackle may be an idea,perhaps we can tag along with you local guys sometime

 

[fishyrob]

thanks rob, we'll definitely have another go although a trolley for the tackle may be an idea,perhaps we can tag along with you local guys sometime

Your very welcome to tag along with me, but I will have to charge your group (up to four people) £10 per hour for the priviledge, cos thats what I do for a living, as the "official" marina guide!! But if you are popping down, and dont require my services (although you do get rod hire and bait inclusive) let me know and I will come and say Hi, and put you onto the best of whats available for free, coz I am a nice guy...!

 

[gs425e]

hi i suppose the best bit of advice is to fish somewhere else..lol ...no serously i caught as fish of there once ..cheers andy

 

[misfit]

seeing as we would have rods and bait you can come say hi and we will provide beer and munchies, sound ok?

 

[fishyrob]

seeing as we would have rods and bait you can come say hi and we will provide beer and munchies, sound ok?

Aah. cashless society. I'm a fan, even if my bank manager isnt. Give us a shout when you are coming down.

 

[Smutty Dan]

Cheers for all of your help rob, we'll definately be giving you a shout when we next venture down to brighton!!

 

[lucky]

Just got back from the marina as part of the Fishathon, and I would say it is fishing at about its worse for bottom fishing.

Was also pretty quiet on Sunday. I fished the east arm as the wind was from the south west and it was getting a bit blustery (as we dove down i could see that spray was beginning to come over the west arm). We arrived for the last couple of hours of the incoming tide but didn't see anything caught, then all of a sudden, just into the ebb, out of the blue I saw a bit of a knock on the rod and went for a strike. Not much later despite being crossed by a couple of other lines I pulled in a 44cm bass which weighed in at two pounds. Only saw one other fish, a rockling, pulled in for the next few hours until about 7pm when the light was fading and pretty much everyone else had gone home my mate caught a small bass of about 24cm and my other mate caught a small eel.

Three fish betwen us in seven hours but at least one was a decent bass.

 

[fishyrob]

Was also pretty quiet on Sunday. I fished the east arm as the wind was from the south west and it was getting a bit blustery (as we dove down i could see that spray was beginning to come over the west arm). We arrived for the last couple of hours of the incoming tide but didn't see anything caught, then all of a sudden, just into the ebb, out of the blue I saw a bit of a knock on the rod and went for a strike. Not much later despite being crossed by a couple of other lines I pulled in a 44cm bass which weighed in at two pounds. Only saw one other fish, a rockling, pulled in for the next few hours until about 7pm when the light was fading and pretty much everyone else had gone home my mate caught a small bass of about 24cm and my other mate caught a small eel.

Three fish betwen us in seven hours but at least one was a decent bass.

Well done on the bass. Some of the very bast catches of bass have come just as the weather breaks down after a long settled period. If I was available tomorrow, I would be fishing right inshore over the low water with whole squid. Right in amongst the surf. Trouble is, I'm not....!!