Brighton Inshore Fishing - Catch report 28th July 2025

Some days, such as yesterday, I leave the boat a little down. Just five fish each sailing, and expectations not met. Its very depressing when you take your work seriously, as I do. I never really was the person that got the hang of doing a job badly at any stage with any job I have ever done. To do a job well, regardless of if you like that job or not, adds value to your existence is my understanding of the reason of life. If every day I felt the results were mundane, I would go do something else to put bread on the table. Happily, just as such thoughts begin to grow within the confines of my mind, Neptune, the greatest mind reader of all time, throws me a bone. This morning, the bone was big, fine, and full of marrow.

And with me, veterans of many less good trips, which made this one all the more valuable. Brian, Mitch, Luke and Richard. The only sailing of the day, as winds arriving just before lunchtime (a bit of a theme of this coming week by the looks of things) A little play up the shingle to get people into the surface mood saw the first table fish. It also saw a guy who WAS resting up in his tent, decide it would be funny to cast at us with a string of feathers. Effectively assault, I would point out the sea is a shared resource, and if I need to go up the shingle to pursue my work I will. Obstructing someone going about their lawful business is a criminal offence, maybe to add to your others? Oh, and those feathers are cod feathers. You wouldnt have caught anything anyhow. I would use a tackle shop where you can learn about fishing rather than stabbing on Aliexpress if I were you. My line is very strong, isnt it... ?

Next, I went to the area I went purely based on the previous days session. And then the birds did the rest of the work for me. Quite an easy trip from my perspective. Cheers Gulls. Mostly in the 45-50cm range, with some good mackerel among also. Three hours of pure fun, with the ticker going up and up and up. If Carlsberg made bass sessions, they still wouldnt touch this one for pure fun. A perfect mix of people, conditions and Neptune allowing the first run of mature sprat onto our inshore. Finally the fry are less important to the bass, as a better return from chasing adults. And finally our shads are matching the hatch as well, with very confident takes even next to the boat. 56 bass was the final tally for the three hours action, and we left em feeding...

I currently have an empty boat first sailing tomorrow, and these sprat shoals will quite likely be in the area again. If anyone fancies some frantic action from perfect BBQ sized fish, drop me a message on 07970 112774 All trips booked on a first come first served basis