Brighton Inshore Fishing

Usually, we follow the weather forecast, and watch with tears as promised windows of opportunity gradually become buried by forecasts of ever increasing SW winds. Especially at this time of year. However, this week we had the reverse. Today glowed as perhaps the only chance to get out there for a couple of weeks. Swell charts showed a distinct window of OK for BIF1, although perhaps just the one sailing, and with such good bassing now upon us, it did not take long to find fou

A day where, had the forecast held, we would again be talking about a fifty plus fish session. However, the forecast that was for light winds increasing later in the day had it back to front. We smashed out to the whiting holes to assess the situation. But sadly, although perfectly safe, the actual fishing would have been more guesswork than technique. The window for failure was far to wide, and so I returned closer inshore, where swells were far smaller, and fishing could h

A last minute trip, as I was originally not going to sail, to assist with my dock repairs. However, on seeing the cost of lifting it out, I felt I had to soften the blow. And with the squid and bass fishing the best it has been all year this week, it was no problem to fill the spots. It all hinged on wether or not winds would allow us to reach the whiting holes. It doesnt take much of a swell to make the technique difficult, especially with winds pushing us across the tide. W

Scheduled for 2 sailings today, but actually cut the first one shore due to a stronger than forecast NE wind pushing the boat way too fast across the current even for squid. With me regulars David and Fred, fishing bass, and Andrew and John, fishing for squid. We can actually facilitate this at the moment, as they are inhabiting the same grounds. In the two hours fishing, David, Fred and I boated 8 bass, with 6 despatched, which shows how the quality continues. And as for squ

Two sailings today. First sailing I was happy to receive Mitch, Shinji and John. Should have been a Barry but an admin blunder by myself meant I only got him on the afternoon sailing instead of both. Again, I am so sorry Barry!! Billed as bass with some squidding it was absolutely excellent for both. I am not bothering counting squid now as it is actually a job keeping touch. But everyone that wanted squid went home with bulging bags, and everyone that wanted bass, which was

Just the one sailing today, due to the need to be ashore in the afternoon for life stuff. I was worried we wouldnt be able to get to the scene of recent good fishing, as the forecast was for pretty strong NE winds. However, the actual winds were way less to begin with, so it was not a problem at all, especially with the combination of wind with tide. Made drift speeds reasonable despite a sluggish tidal coefficient. With me regulars Richard and David, and new to BIF1, Michae

A day that went rather well really. Winds were a bit of a pain as they went easterly on the ebb for a while, creating a bit of deep long...

Very brief report as still lots of real life stuff to do and having a bit of a run of good weather so long days again. First sailing out...

Today the forecasters were again wrong. But this time to our advantage. Instead of a fairly brisk Northerly wind gusting to 13mph, we...

Another day where the forecast and the actual weather were at odds with each other. Indeed, instead of the near calms that have been...

That very beautiful moon we have this week, is known as a harvest moon, because, in times before genetically modified seed, this was the...

Just the one sailing this morning. And after yesterdays session, only one place I wanted to be. And the fish were there. In the first 45...

I do love a whiting. As a child in South Benfleet, my father would often take me with him to the shops. Shopping back then was...