Brighton Inshore Fishing - Catch report 19th April 2026

Another day where the forecast and the actual wind, were alien to each other. The light NNE we had all been promised, in fact remained a fairly stiff at time NNW. This made for tough going, and the seas were far less bass filled than yesterday. First trip out, Lee, Stuart, Phil and Lindsey were, I though, unlucky to get just 5 bass on board.

But that was before the 2nd trip, where Tim, Jake, Nick and Andrew were truly unlucky for just a single small bass and a tidy gurnard. Stats we havent seen for a while. I was praying the wind would go more to plan for the last sailing, as it was really preventing me fishing where I wanted to at the states of tide I wanted to.

And initially, the 3rd sailing, with Jon, Ralph,, Nick and Gheorge was wind behaved. Its just the fish didnt want to be caught. Right up to the last hour we were really struggling. And then the wind swung SW and increased a lot. I made the decision to head to some heavy ground much closer to the marina, that should the sea pick up too much, it was just a short hop to home. And happily, here we also managed to add some mackerel, and take the bass count to five. Still not great, but better than a single fish for sure.

One space available on tomorrows 0630 sailing. Message 07970 112774 if you would like that space.