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  • 14/04/2025 Fishing Report by Steve Green on Brigand (Brighton, East Sussex)

    14 Apr 2025 by Steve Green

    Report on-board Brigand

    Another stunning day out there today targetting those Big early season Bream on juts out second trip for these of the season. All regular anglers onbaord today that have been returning to fish with us for several years so expectations were high and it didn't disappoint. Simon Clark straight into Bream from the off. An excellent and very experienced angler I wouldn't expect anything less from Si and he was closely followed by the two Deans, brothers Brian & Les, Mike Dew and the very experienced and acapvle Bob Nunne:
    Plenty of very good fish in the.1 1/2 - 3lb range retained and plenty of smaller ones let go and then.......... there was a lump of a fish landed! It could have fallen to anyone (I would have preferred that it did!) but as luck would have it this one fell to the skipper.
    A very large Hen fish, packed with roe and in peak breeding condition. Fish of this stamp are exceptional, they have avoided predation, infection and capture for many years and the egg production of these very large is exponential- fantastic DNA there so back she went to hopefully produce more of the same.
    A big fish full of roe should be treated gently if it's to be safely released so a quick couple of pics and away she went. Getting the scales out would been detrimental to the fish (ok when we are keeping them for the table) and as she was being returned speed was of the essence!
    Comfortably the biggest Bream we've had aboard in the last 9 years, the biggest I've seen on a boat and the biggest all aboard had seen on any boat they ah e fished on - all we in agreement that it was in excess of 4lb so let's say 4lb....... I was just happy to see her swim away strongly.
    A really chill day out there today with great company - Mike & Bob, thank you for the gifts, very much appreciated and Briand thank you for the promise of more of that wonderful smoked Trout��
    We will be runnning more of these Bream trips when conditions are right to target the higher quality fish - get in touch if your an individual or a group and we will do our best to accommodate you.
    Best wishes

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