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17/10/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
17 Oct 2025 by Steve Green
Our Squid fishing this year is showing all the indications that it will be every bit as good as last year, which was exceptionally good!
120 Squid & 5 Cuttle in a 4hr session, under lights, with 5 guests.
The hours of darkness into dawn were definitely the most productive period with glowing jigs but it remained steady for the rest of the session.
Poor weather forecast until around 27th Oct but we will be hitting it hard once it improves.
We have early morning, late evening, inshore and Offhsore trips available to book - check our calendar on this site or www.brigandcharters.com for availability.
£40 for 4hr sessions which should get you around 25 decent Squid each on these trips and perhaps more as the season gets into full swing early November.
We have a comprehensive stock of jigs onbaord with everything from high end Yozuri's to £1 a pop Amazon specials.
WhatsApp 07572065543 to book. -
06/10/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
6 Oct 2025 by Steve Green
Squid fishing is now well underway! Whether you want to fish inshore for the for smaller ones or Offhsore for the bigger ones we can do it all!
Fishing this weekend Saturday October 11th in great conditions so come and stock up with Calamari.
You can WhatsApp 07572065543 to book -
19/09/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
19 Sep 2025 by Steve Green
Checked the log book on the boat before heading out this morning , last trip...... 19th August!
Arrived back from our annual Norwegian pilgrimage at the end of August hoping to get into some Tuna fishing out of Brighton and build upon last years success but unfortunately weather has put a halt to that. We will be getting into them as soon as conditions permit so standby!
On to today's trip - hit the Offhsore banks looking for Flatties; we have had days where we have boated 40+ this year and days where it has been a real slog to get just a few small ones onbaord, today had all the hallmarks of being one of the poorer days so we decided to sack it early whilst we still had time to get Plan B going which Bass & Squid - and all was well.
A beautiful day with a fantastic crew of high quality individuals made the day fly by. Great to see those lovely Offhsore Squid come aboard along with as many Cuttle as you want so our Offhsore Squid trips have now started ��
Thanks all for a wonderful day and hope you enjoy your Bass, Squid & Greater Weaver (if you know you know) - a pleasure sharing the day with you all.
Best wishes
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14/08/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
14 Aug 2025 by Steve Green
Offshore Bass fishing continues to be excellent - exceptional NOT to catch fish of 5lb on these trips.
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11/08/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
11 Aug 2025 by Steve Green
Bass fishing out of Brighton today with plenty of good fish for Steve & his crew.
We are starting to do more Bassing out of Brighton and will continue right through into the Winter months when it can be at its best.
We're using a combination of lures and live-baits, both of which were effective today.
If you would like to join us on one of these trips where we are targetting the bigger fish get in touch via WhatsApp 07572065543.
Best wishes
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17/07/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
17 Jul 2025 by Steve Green
Very foggy out there today so radar nav for the majority of the day..... which was fine.
An absolute abundance of jumbo size mackerel around Offhsore, the Turbot were there but not in the numbers experienced on our last trip and the sizes were generally very small - 13 Turbot, a solitary Brill with only a couple really worth keeping. Andy Austin had the best of the day at around 4lb.
Simon Clark got smashed up by a very big fish (almost certainly a Bass) when we stopped for a couple of drifts on the way back in - no trip complete without a "one that got away" tale!
Fantatsic crew to share the day with, thank you all ��
Best wishes
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12/07/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
12 Jul 2025 by Steve Green
Our first dedicated Turbot trip of the year today. Always a little nervy when we slate a dedicated species trip, particularly when it is the first of the year and even more so when the orevious year was very poor on the flats....... All concerns were put to bed on the first drift with Andre landing the first Turbot of the year ...........and they just kept on coming! Total count for the day was 22 Turbot & 6 Brill, a fantastic start to our Season and a very positive indicator of what's to come as the season builds to its peak in September.
Other species caught;
Red Gurnard
Tub Gurnard
Blonde Ray
Mackerel
Jumbo Mackerel
Scad Launce
Bream
Bass Pouting ...... of course!
A big shout out to the crew, great seeing Marcus catch his first 4 Turbot and of course Pete Stotesbury in the thick of it with 6 Turbot and a couple of Brill. Thank you all for a beautiful day Offhsore fishing out of Brighton ��
We will be loading additional dates for whole boat or individual bookings for Tiurbot & Brill but in the interim just drop us a WhatsApp if your keen to catch one of the best eating fish in English Waters so get in touch 07572065543.
Best wishes
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07/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
Jul 2025 by Steve Green
A few Codling today along with mostly small Pollock in the 3-5lb range and as many Mackerel as you could ever want....... nobody wanted them!
Great to have my old buddy Nick Williams aboard today along with a wonderful group of guys - thank you all.
Tomorrow; something a little different ��
That was yesterday's post that wasn't posted..... bear with me on this!
A scouting trip today with some of our very best folks and a very focused agenda.
No.1 on the list was stocking up on those jumbo mackerel in the 40cm plus range. We do occasionally pick them up inshore but to be guaranteed catching fish of that quality you need to be heading out far...... it didn't disappoint and the smoker will be flat out from 0500 tomorrow for the whole day!
No.2. Check out the Offhsore banks - we hit 5 today in a long session with varied results. Some nice Bass until we hit our quota along with Bream, Huss, Scad, jumbo Mackerel, Launce, Gurnard. A waste of time fishing lures for the Bass, live-baits sorted them out in clear water and some fanatastic sport.
Some valuable intel gathered on a beautiful day with lovely people, thank you guys��
Best wishes
www.brigandcharters.com
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30/06/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
30 Jun 2025 by Steve Green
TUNA TIME!!!!
Having received notification that we have again secured a permit to fish for Bluefin Tuna out of Brighton it's time to dust off the Big Guns ����
After an epic 2024 Season which saw us become the fist boat in history to catch a Bluefin Tuna out of Sussex and follow that up with an average catch rate of 1.6 fish/trip throughout the season we learnt an awful lot and are well placed to hit the ground running this year.
Big Game fishing is a team effort, not just on the day but just as crucial in all of the planning, rigging, testing & training that goes before that...... there's a lot! Our particular thanks to Jason Davis, Peter Stotesbury Peter Haigh (Leadertec), Viv Shears Jerry Rogers and all of the others who contributed, your expertise and support has been and is greatly appreciated��
With a very busy domestic/international fishing schedule and social calendar this year for us opportunities are going to be limited, although we do intend to make the most of what availabliluty we do have and get as many trips in as possible.
Great to see some other Sussex boats successful in their applications this year, we wish them and all other BFT C&R participants well for the season.
We will only be taking whole boat bookings (no individual places) for the 2025 Season so if you would like to experience the power and spectacle of Big Game fishing just an hour from London get in touch on WhatsApp +447572065543 and we will see what we can do.
Best wishes
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21/06/2025
Fishing Report by Steve Green
21 Jun 2025 by Steve Green
We are.now taking Cod off the wrecks out of Brighton along with Pollock and Bass. This is the time of year we head out far on longer trips with the intention targetting all 3 of these species.
We will only be running a handful of those trips over the next 8 weeks so if you would like to join us on one of these Offshore adventures check out online calendar for availability here and WhatsApp 07572065543.
Best wishes
www.brigandcharters.com
