Hi Blue,
I'm afraid I disagree completely that Brighton marina is dead. In fact, I would go as far as to say it is heaving with fish. If by dead you mean you arent filling your feathers with mackerel, then you would be absolutely correct. The mackerel have done their usual trick of coming in early in big numbers, and this year they were backed up by huge volumes of herring, and now have calmed down to small patchy shoals roaming around. However, this Saturday there were huge numbers of very small whitebait, which is the mackerels favourite, so they will come back in this week if the sea doesnt cut up too rough. It has, though, been a very good year for plaice, and the summer fish are there in numbers. I fished Saturday for five hours, in a crystal clear sea and bright conditions, and still managed three bass to 2.5lb's, about a dozen pollock and a couple of big corkwing wrasse. I wouldnt call that dead. The one thing you do have to do is ammend your approach to the conditions, and put the effort in to get the right bait for the conditions. If you arent convinced, and would like a free guided session, to save the reputation of both Brighton Marina and Sea Angler, then please mail me
[email protected] and we will arrange a time and tide.
Cheers
Robin