Friday was going to be another foray to Seaford beach for an evening session at bass. For some reason I changed my mind and instead decided to head for Brighton Marina.

I went out on to the East arm and set up at bay 38. Two rods – one fished just down the side with small whole calamari or side of one large for lurking bass. The other rod fished with either King Rag or black lug.

It was expected to be one of the highest tides of the year at over 6 meters and they weren’t wrong. There was a strong current, which together with the huge amount of weed in the water, made it difficult to fish. Every few seconds saw the rods arching over under the strain of the weed collecting on the line.

Only catch of the night fish wise, was the smallest Pout I’ve ever seen. How it managed to get on the hook I’ll never know.

I tried all sorts to try and avoid the weed but to no avail. In the end, I just called it a night and packed away.