Fished East arm of Brighton Marina, bay 12 yesterday from 7pm through til 3am. Fantastic night absolutely no wind, warm (double t shirt only – no fleeces or jackets).

Early part of the evening, after tackling up and sending some lugworm to the seabed, I tried for a few of the mackerel I’d been reliably informed were there – Nada, nowt, zilch.

As darkness I fell I set up another rod and used peeler crab on a running ledger and lobbed it out a few yards from the base of the wall.

First fish of the evening was a small ‘schoolie’  bass which fell to the crab. This was followed by a never ending line of Pout to the worm baits. A few were kept as baits.

As darkness fell I was contemplating what a great evening it was when I saw a large tug on the rod with the Pout bait followed by nothing. On retrieving, there was a large chunk out of the baits head/neck area. Next bait it happened again leading me to believe that either squid or Cuttlefish were the likely culprits.

I would have tried a luminous jig but had left it home along with my float gear. I will not forget again!

I had another small bass at about midnight. More pouting and then all went quiet for the last couple of hours so jacked it again.

It was a lovely night, so nice not to be wearing floatation suit or fleeces or ‘owt like that.