Had a disappointing session at Brighton Marina East arm yesterday. Things looked promising, with light SW breeze and the sea clearing nicely. The plan was to fish the last few hours of light for squid and mackerel and then fish the bottom later.
I arrived at around 7pm and set up in bay 16. A jig was set up under a float and was sent on it’s way to try and trap the unwary Cephalopods. I alternated this with feathering for for mackerel for bait but was rewarded with nothing.
Anyway, as darkness fell, I packed away the floats and feathers and concentrated on bottom fishing. Standard formula – one rod baited with lugworm on a running ledger and one rod baited with calamari on a 3/0 pennel rig.
The night went pretty much the same as the last trip, Pout falling to the worm baits and nothing on the pennel.
Decided to pack up at around half midnight as there seemed little point in standing there like a lemon and not landing much to speak of.