Brighton Inshore Fishing - Catch report 10th August 2025

Those expecting tales of mega hauls, or stories of giants, look away now... Another day of struggle, although perhaps a little more predictable as the sheer volume of both angling craft and anything that floats out there today likely pushed many sensible fishes well offshore. Taking the birds, seals, and much of the whitebait with them. With me David, Max and Rik, all returning, and Ricks young lad Alex, for his first time on BIF1.

First job, get Alex's confidence up with casting. The bingo moment is always if they have been shown how to throw a javelin at school. The release for the finger is at the same point as releasing a javelin when the rod is cast correctly. As is the need for the head to be looking to the skies for max distance. Try it. Add many yards to your cast. Aim at the easyjet Captain. Alex nailed it, literally, first cast. A listener. Easy to work with.

This then lead to him embarrassing the rest of us, by hogging all the fish. His brace of bass were both keepers. We landed a total of 4 bass. One small. As if that wasnt enough, he then nailed a very spirited male smooth hound, which particularly like the Blue Axia Mighty minnow that is strangely called Green shiraz.

Next sailing, Steven and Mark. Steven had a boat in the marina for many years, but didnt get around to too many bass. Hence the trip. Fly rods initially, but with it already being rock hard, we quickly jumped to the lure rods. And from this, just a single fish to Steven. Happily a decent one, to make him cover girl. It remained the only fish of the session.

With the turn of the tide came a burst of stiff SE wind that put a proper bounce on the sea. This, plus the very poor fishing, prompted me to contact the 3rd sailing crew to say dont waste your money. But 2, new to me and BIF1, Mark and his lad Jack, were up for wasting some money, having surfed heavy traffic for 2.5 hours to get here. Fair enough, and often it can all change in the time it takes to grab a coffee.

Snag is, it didnt, and an incredibly rare ZERO FISH were caught. We missed some, had tails removed by bream, briefly hooked up something, but actually landed... zero. That truly doesnt happen very often on BIF1. I look forward to drizzle, and coolness, that the summer sailors retreat for another year, and allow the fishes in tight undisturbed. As a result of this, just a single sailing tomorrow, before the seas get busy.