Good count of species, well done and thanks for the report, sounds like it's fishing well atm.

 

Yep, we had a laugh and some nice fish.
Shame there was dog ****e on the arm and crisp packets flying about.

We were wondering why we pay to fish it again ???

 

Good count of species, well done and thanks for the report, sounds like it's fishing well atm.

Hi Red Gurnard
I think it would be fishing really well but for the crab activity....I am teaching a guy to fish and a couple of other Trident members joined us baits Reds and Mackerel

 

Yep, we had a laugh and some nice fish.
Shame there was dog ****e on the arm and crisp packets flying about.

We were wondering why we pay to fish it again ???

Yes there was certainly no cleaning taking place yesterday and it was a shame that the tackle shop on the end did not open as we were relying on it for lug.... but the Arm is now a lot cleaner than it was and is easy place to teach Pat to fish, good to see dads and kids fishing together..... ideal venue and something nearly always turns up

 

I agree it is a good location to teach some basics.
There were a few father/son combinations as well as youngsters having a go and knowing what they were doing. We went at it with various baits and shared what others did not have, as you do. A few good fish were caught. I almost always catch Gurnard there. Even Pat did

 

Sounds like a good days fishing. I have only fished the West Arm once, but had a great day there. Do you catch Gurnard on the inside or the outside of the harbour wall? I'd love to catch one!!!!

 

Catch gurnards both sides of wall. They do love a chunk of mackeral.

 

JW is right gurnards can come from either side ours came inside cast well out just south of the wooden threepenny bit with Macky along with the Bream and the Bass, Flounders and plaice came from near the wall on Reds, Red Mullet came on Reds and lug, Golden Greys from inside and the block on reds Mackerel on Mackerel,Hope this helps

Cheers Tony

 

Yep, we had a laugh and some nice fish.
Shame there was dog ****e on the arm and crisp packets flying about.

We were wondering why we pay to fish it again ???

A lot of people walk their dogs up and down the Arm... it's just a shame that the odd dog walker doesn't keep an eye on what their dog is doing... or maybe they just choose not to!!

As for 'crisp packets flying around' I guess that it was a pretty windy day and it would be a bit difficult trying to chase them.. Whoever they belonged to could have just put them in the bin to start with... Either way, it's a helluva lot of an improvement to how I remember it when it was covered in ****e left behind by 'humans' and about to be closed forever!!

 

Yes there was certainly no cleaning taking place yesterday and it was a shame that the tackle shop on the end did not open as we were relying on it for lug.... but the Arm is now a lot cleaner than it was and is easy place to teach Pat to fish, good to see dads and kids fishing together..... ideal venue and something nearly always turns up

It would have been cleared up long before most people even got up in the morning and again long after most had departed for home..

There is a phone number on the board at the entrance to order bait but sometimes there is spare that can be bought on the off chance.. Best to order it to make certain though. The tackle shop is not constantly manned [who'd want to spend their life in a tin shed with no windows! lol] but most people realise that the man in the yellow jacket who is up and down the Arm with West Breakwater Fishing I.D. on the front and Shoreham Port logo across the back is the man to ask about bait/tackle etc.

It is good to see, sometimes whole families fishing together and a lot more ladies fish the Arm alone these days than would have ever done so a few years ago... Nothing like seeing the look on a youngsters face when he catches a decent fish eh... Priceless.

 

It would have been cleared up long before most people even got up in the morning and again long after most had departed for home..

There is a phone number on the board at the entrance to order bait but sometimes there is spare that can be bought on the off chance.. Best to order it to make certain though. The tackle shop is not constantly manned [who'd want to spend their life in a tin shed with no windows! lol] but most people realise that the man in the yellow jacket who is up and down the Arm with West Breakwater Fishing I.D. on the front and Shoreham Port logo across the back is the man to ask about bait/tackle etc.

It is good to see, sometimes whole families fishing together and a lot more ladies fish the Arm alone these days than would have ever done so a few years ago... Nothing like seeing the look on a youngsters face when he catches a decent fish eh... Priceless.[/QUOTE]


Your spot on there mate, the ATSMR free coaching days for young recruits and mums/dads is averaging a 50/50 split between young girls and boys and the best bit is the mums enjoy it more than any of them, quite funny to see their faces when they come of the charter boat.

 

It would have been cleared up long before most people even got up in the morning and again long after most had departed for home..

There is a phone number on the board at the entrance to order bait but sometimes there is spare that can be bought on the off chance.. Best to order it to make certain though. The tackle shop is not constantly manned [who'd want to spend their life in a tin shed with no windows! lol] but most people realise that the man in the yellow jacket who is up and down the Arm with West Breakwater Fishing I.D. on the front and Shoreham Port logo across the back is the man to ask about bait/tackle etc.

It is good to see, sometimes whole families fishing together and a lot more ladies fish the Arm alone these days than would have ever done so a few years ago... Nothing like seeing the look on a youngsters face when he catches a decent fish eh... Priceless.[/QUOTE]


Your spot on there mate, the ATSMR free coaching days for young recruits and mums/dads is averaging a 50/50 split between young girls and boys and the best bit is the mums enjoy it more than any of them, quite funny to see their faces when they come of the charter boat.

It really is nice to see.. It's really nice to see the Arm still open as a venue that would certainly have been lost too... and Anglers bringing along their wives and kids for a day out. Unfortunately, just now and again there is some 'anti' remark like 'there was dogs s.... on the Arm' or 'there was a crisp packet blowing about' on a really windy day!

The public walk on the Arm with dogs [nothing to do with fishermen] but still if this happens it is the staff of WBF who have to clear it up [once they are aware!] Maybe directing jibes at the public if anyone sees this happen... or telling the warden at the time would be more constructive than waiting till one gets home and then having an anonymous pop on here!!

I'm willing to wage that if a poll were done, 99 out of 100 people would rather pay less than the price of a pint of beer for a 12 hour ticket to fish the Arm these days... and the other 1% are probably the ones who just don't care and probably contributed towards it getting closed to fishermen in the first place!!!

 

It really is nice to see.. It's really nice to see the Arm still open as a venue that would certainly have been lost too... and Anglers bringing along their wives and kids for a day out. Unfortunately, just now and again there is some 'anti' remark like 'there was dogs s.... on the Arm' or 'there was a crisp packet blowing about' on a really windy day!

The public walk on the Arm with dogs [nothing to do with fishermen] but still if this happens it is the staff of WBF who have to clear it up [once they are aware!] Maybe directing jibes at the public if anyone sees this happen... or telling the warden at the time would be more constructive than waiting till one gets home and then having an anonymous pop on here!!

I'm willing to wage that if a poll were done, 99 out of 100 people would rather pay less than the price of a pint of beer for a 12 hour ticket to fish the Arm these days... and the other 1% are probably the ones who just don't care and probably contributed towards it getting closed to fishermen in the first place!!!

I am 100% sure their comments were not meant to have a pop at anyone, Sparks use to clean that arm all on his own so he appreciates the effort needed to keep it clean.

I fished that arm for the best part of 20 years before I became a boat angler and it was always a mess, yet it still holds a special place in my heart. There has always been a regular number of non angling public that walk on that arm to see what is happening, night and day it never seemed to matter during the summer months. I often had a good chat with some locals who were very interested in what was being caught and how we catch them, it was good interaction with the community and anglers met on a regular basis back then and everything seemed so much more relaxed and fun. Wouldn't know these people if I walked past them on the street but when angling there was a connection, something that everyone enjoyed doing, good old days.

 

'We were wondering why we would pay to fish it again' may be construed as having a pop... Sorry if i got it wrong?

 

I've been on, and Lee has taken rubbish from me, rather than let me walk to the bin!

 

Forgive me for hijacking the thread but do you just rock up and pay on the Arm on the day? Mrs Mackeminexile wants a week visiting her folks in Portsmouth next month and whilst she is en famille I plan to be mostly by the sea with a rod in my hand. Only ever fished the Arm once many years ago but given the tides when I'm down I quite fancy giving it another shot...

 

Yeah you 'just rock up and pay' man lol 3 pound for one rod or four pound for two.

 

surely it's better to have the option to pay and fish ,
against the option of the arm shut to fishing full stop !

 

surely it's better to have the option to pay and fish ,
against the option of the arm shut to fishing full stop !

Absolutely, the last thing we need in Sussex is another lost angling venue.

 

The guys do a great job... years ago it was a dump. well done lads

 

OX did not know how bad it was in the bad old days, but his comments have some justification we arrived at 8am and there was rubbish in piles on the Arm and loose traces ( Ian took a picture of a hook buried into a carrot ) and a large pile of Dog **** near by OX set up so presumable no one had cleaned the Arm from the day before?
A guy turned up about 9.30 am on a bike just collected the money and left, he came back about 2.30pm and had unlocked the hut as we left now if there was 30 anglers on the Arm at various time that day ( probably a lot more ) that's £90.00p and if the arm has not been cleaned ie spending the day trying not to stand in dog ****...... What did he pay for?
Again OX is new to sea angling and has no idea what crap RSA will leave behind and believe me I do and if it was not for these guys cleaning the Arm it would be lost...but a early morning sweep with a hand shovel and litter picker ?

 

Loving this thread as fishing here in a few weeks, May I ask what are reds ?? Ragworm?

 

Loving this thread as fishing here in a few weeks, May I ask what are reds ?? Ragworm?

reds are red rag. Essential for bites on arm.

 

Loving this thread as fishing here in a few weeks, May I ask what are reds ?? Ragworm?

Reds locally but also called Maddies and harbour rag they can be dug north of the Norfolk Bridge a good hook size is a short shank size 4 fished in bunches or used for tipping off the local blow lug
Fish inshore and if you fish inside try about 20ft out from the arm level with the end of wooden arm

hope this helps

cheers Tony

 

It really is nice to see.. It's really nice to see the Arm still open as a venue that would certainly have been lost too... and Anglers bringing along their wives and kids for a day out. Unfortunately, just now and again there is some 'anti' remark like 'there was dogs s.... on the Arm' or 'there was a crisp packet blowing about' on a really windy day!

The public walk on the Arm with dogs [nothing to do with fishermen] but still if this happens it is the staff of WBF who have to clear it up [once they are aware!] Maybe directing jibes at the public if anyone sees this happen... or telling the warden at the time would be more constructive than waiting till one gets home and then having an anonymous pop on here!!

I'm willing to wage that if a poll were done, 99 out of 100 people would rather pay less than the price of a pint of beer for a 12 hour ticket to fish the Arm these days... and the other 1% are probably the ones who just don't care and probably contributed towards it getting closed to fishermen in the first place!!!

Sorry for not replying earlier, been stuck indoors with no will to live with a bit of gastro.
Anyway, as for an anonymous pop, Prime know me, the wardens collectors know me not my user name on here perhaps.


As Sparks/Tony says i am new here to the Arm ( 1 1/2 years now on and off) and not fully aware of the issues before but listening to Tony and the efforts he made to help keep the place open are outstanding. I may be new to fishing the arm or beach fishing in general but having been fishing for 45 of my 50 years I know how to clean up after myself and others. Dog ****e is not in that remit I am afraid. That day I took line discarded that had been blown down ( As I have done before), inspected my area and my friends as we packed up and left. Gave some advise to others and chatted with walkers on the arm. So do know something of the etiquette required.

We ( I assume all of us) would shame a dog walker if he left the faeces lying about, even offer a bag for it. But making a slightly snide remark about my comment here and further on is out of order. If the person cycling up and down was looking he would have seen it. He was fast enough to take the money and disappear for several hours. It is not for me to wonder what and why he was up to. I do wonder why the place was not inspected once during our 6-7 hours there.

My comment was made as that, a comment.
But I am glad you have replied, perhaps a sign for dog walkers is needed.
We now have one for the non use of white lights at night which is fair enough.

Regards

Ox (Paul )