Fished opposite West view at Seaford Beach last night . Fished from 8pm over high water at 10.30pm and packed up at about 11.30pm. It was only a short session for the reasons below. Bit of a breeze with a decent amount of water movement. Sky was overcast and threatened rain which never materialised.

First bit of bad luck was I left my lugworm and calamari bait at home so had to fish with ragworm only. Second bit was I’d left home with only one rod. I could have driven home and collected the stuff but decided against it and opted for a shortened session. The other reason for a shortened fishing time is that I prefer to fish from low water up and a few hours down but a late arrival at the beach meant that I’d missed low water.

I used one of Fishyrob’s amazing DVice on a running ledger with head-hooked ragworm on single size 1 hook. I varied my casting distances to search out some fish but the only ones showing any interest were Pout and 5 Bearded rockling. Although I didn’t hold out much hope for a decent fish, I stayed for the hour or so after high water but nothing else was happening, so packed it in.

We’re still in the quiet period at the moment but hopefully, things should start to pick up near the end of the month with the arrival of the Spring/ Summer species.