Desperate to get out for a session, I decided that even though the tides are crap neaps at the moment, I went for an evening session at Seaford last night. I fished from 9pm through low water at 11pm until about 3am. Arriving at the beach, I could see that even though the wind had dropped dramatically, there was still quite a bit of movement in the water and chucking up some big dumps up onto the shingle.

I used just one rod with peeler crab on a ledgered size 3/0 hook in the hope of some bass lurking in the turmoil. First fish was a big Pout (well big compared to the usual stuff there), which came at about an hour before low water. Next was a schoolie bass of around 1lb on low water and the only other fish was a flounder at about 1am of about 1lb or so (at 37cm) which had taken down the 3/0 hook and whole crab.

I was a bit disappointed that it was such a really slow night with no sign of a bass but at least I was out and I hadn’t blanked.