Vic Fisher’s sea angling journal

Saturday 29th September was the date, Widewater beach Shoreham was the venue. The occasion was a friendly meet/get together/competition organised by S.A.S. (Shoreham Angling Squad) and involving anglers from Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, Kent and Essex.
I arrived at about 10am to see that there were already numerous participants mooching around the marquee waiting to snaffle the [...]

Fished Seaford beach last night but seeing that two of my favoured marks looked like they were taken, I settled for a spot near to Edinburgh Road.
From the 8pm start, I wasn’t too hopeful. There was quite a stiff Northerly breeze blowing but the sea was flat calm with no surf. The moon was so [...]

Had a decent session last night at Seaford beach, fishing from 8pm from low to over high water.
Set up just East of the Beachcomber and saw that there a reasonable surf running, although there was no wind to speak of. On one rod, I used a running ledger, single size 1 hook baited with [...]

Fished the East arm, Brighton marina on Tuesday evening in bay 17 from 7pm through until around 3am.
Loaded the bait armoury with some Mackerel, freshly caught on small Hokkai feathers soon after arrival. There were a large number present and were feeding heavily on a huge shoal of small fry of some description.
I Fished one [...]

After the last session at Seaford , I decided to have another there to see if I could get better results. High water was due to be at around 10 pm so I got there at 7pm while it was still light, so I could get some fresh Mackerel to add more bait. I set [...]