I decided to fish at Seaford beach last night as the weather looked promising, I had a fridge full of bait and I could get there about an hour or so before high water.

I set up at around 8pm about 200yds East of the ‘The Beachcomber’ pub. There was a decent South West wind blowing and there was a good surf. Both rods were baited with King ragworm and black lug. I cast out both rods and sat, coffee in hand, quietly optimistic. A few bait changes, another coffee, more cigarettes. Was this going to be a blank night?

High water came and went with a few missed bites but nothing in the bag. Apart from the wind, it was reasonably comfortable, although I did wish I had wipers on my glasses as the bloody spray from the surf was fogging them up so much it was like trying to look through a carrier bag.

At about 11.30, I was about to start packing up when one of the rods bent over so hard it was almost pulled from the tripod. A short retrieve and a small bass was on the beach.

This happened on the next three consecutive casts and another three bass were added to the tally. All were about a pound and were returned to the sea alive an kicking. After this, all went quiet so it was off home for me.

I’m gonna have another go there on Wednesday night to see if I can haul something a bit bigger.