Popped down to the East arm of Brighton Marina yesterday afternoon to try and bag something squiddy-like for tea. I reality, I wanted some sneaky practice before the squid catching Championship‘ which was supposed to be last weekend but was cancelled due to bad weather prospects (as it happened the weather turned out to be perfect but that’s another story) and is now being held this Sunday

As soon as I arrived, I could tell it was going to be a bit lumpy and windy with a brisk South Westerly breeze whipping the sea up. Undeterred, I headed out and got a spot at bay 20. Trying to fish a float in the big swell was near impossible, so gave that up. Tried ‘sink and draw’ with a Tronix pink jig but that resulted in no takes and me getting wet by standing too close to the ‘Vees’ and when gushers came in.

Finally decided enough was enough so tried for some mackerel to take for tea and some for bait. Sent out a string of Sabiki lures and in a few attempts had half a dozen for the bag. Having taken what I needed, I packed up and set off for the early evening crawl along the coast road to get home.