Brighton Inshore Fishing

1st sailing and out with Rene, young Alec and his father Lee. Seas were settled, although there was a fairly stiff NW breeze, as forcast,...

Its been a while. Autumn in July seems to somehow not even be surprising in these times. The wind really did do a proper winter blow over...

I awoke to a storm raging outside my house. I had already cancelled the rest of the days sailings, but I was hopeful for the first one, w...

First up was Kristal. I had some apprehension, as she was travelling a fair way for the session, and again the forecast was a stiff Easte...

First sailing, and out with Mitch and Max. It was looking like it was going to be a similar struggle to the previous night, but then happ...

Just the last sailing today, with Bruce and Silas on board. I had been waiting all day for the swell to drop, and although a little bumpy...

First up, Wagy, Mazen and Ellie. Out on a flat calm sea. Lovely overcast skies meant two things. Good bass conditions, but some rain, occ...

First up, husband and wife Simon and Jane. The bassing has been pretty hard, so they happily agreed to split the session between a bass h...

Opening day of the coarse fishing season. So, I thought I would phone in sick for the day. Which of course (coarse?) I didnt. But, if my ...

First sailing, and the return of the Mackie. Not the fish, they returned last week, but the DJ come tree surgeon and regular BIF1 angler....

Nice to be writing a catch report again, instead of being embroiled in COVID politics. The only thing I need in life, is to fish, and be ...

Blogging is a very strange thing. I have always enjoyed writing. Stories when at school. Essays when cruising my "o" levels. And then the...

Just two sailings today. First sailing I cancelled due to a forecast stiff SE breeze, which is not a great one for this patch of coast. 2...

First sailing. and Andrew and his eight year old lad Finlay flattered me by getting up stupidly early to come fish with me. So keen was ...

First up Patrick, who, for his sins, decided to participate in 6 hours of non-stop Fishyrob rattling away in his ears. But actually, we c...

Today rather confirmed what I had suspected. There ARE stacks of bass inshore. And as last year, They are so surrounded by food, getting ...

A back to back double session with Martin. The main objective was not so much to find fish, but to give Essex based Martin some hands on ...

First up, and my first fluff chucking customer of the since lockdown season. Jan was raring to go for sure. I saw he had some nice kit, i...

A truly fascinating day. On several levels. Mostly with the extreme speed fish can vanish. It all began, with Jon... 1st Sailing. and it ...