Decided to have a session at Seaford beach last night. It went something like this:

Got to the beach at about 7.30pm not long after low water to be greeted by a strong gusting SE wind blowing straight along the beach. Looked like a good surf running so was quite optimistic. I had the pick of the beach, as it appeared I was the only one insane enough to be there and not tucked up in front of the TV. This being the case, I opted for West view as my chosen spot.

At this point, realised I’d left the calamari behind in the freezer, so had to rely on a somewhat meagre supply of lugworm and ragworm. To conserve bait, I only fished one rod, so that reduced my chances a bit.

Throughout the incoming tide, I tried long range, medium range, short range and at one point sideways range due to a mis-cued cast!

The result of these explorations was a steady flow of whiting, mainly really small stuff.

At about 11pm, the wind mysteriously dropped. It seemed quite weird with no wind, but still really heavy wave action. Still, it made ciggy lighting extremely easy and I could drink coffee without having it being blown down the front of me (thank god for the new chest waders).

As quick as it gone, the wind then came back with vigour from south SSW straight onto the beach and into my face. Sheeesh, more coffee and ciggy disasters on the way.

A few more whiting came to the hook, still small with the odd one slightly larger at about 8-12oz. None worth keeping, even for the cats, one of which hates any fish and the other only being partial to cod or prawns.

After high water, the bites stopped, the wind increased, my coffee supply was running low and I needed some sleep, so I packed up and headed for home.