Latest Fishing Reports: West Sussex
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07/09/2014
Fishing Report by alan heller
on Our Joy (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
7 Sep 2014 by alan heller
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Sunday 7th September 2014.
We were originally booked with our regular boat and skipper but due to technical problems he couldn't take us on our preferred date.
Our skipper spoke to Daniel and he kindly accommodated us at short notice.
After a late night the night before we were off at 6:30am.
Dan welcomed us aboard and gave us the low down on the boat and all of the safety equipment before we set off.....being a new boat to us this was very welcome.
We set off and steamed out to a mark about an hour from the harbour.
As soon as the anchor was down Dan sorted us all out with rods and helped us bait up and get fishing....plenty of bait was supplied and we were soon helping ourselves....although Dan was quick to assist when we got in a mess!
The fishing started off slow with a few bream and dogfish coming on board....but as soon as the tide turned we were into a good mix of fish.
We ended up with some nice skate, bream, smoothound and few mackerel for good measure.
A good days fishing had by all and rounded off by Dan helping us to clean the fish up to take home.
Many thanks for a great day out.
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08/2014
Fishing Report by Adam Shaw
on Warrior (Chichester, West Sussex)
Aug 2014 by Adam Shaw
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August has come and gone in the blink of an eye, and I must admit, it has been a tough one.
At the beginning of the month, the mackerel were showing an average of one per day, increasing to around 7-8 a day average by the end of the month. This made our half days a little more difficult. Thankfully, the harbour has produced a nice number of fish for us this summer and has saved the day on many occasions. Instead of drifting for mackerel for our trips we were anchoring up and finding a whole new variety of species for our beginners. We found ourselves relying on catching dogfish, smoothound and the odd ray amongst other species on most days.
Our full days gave a good opportunity to go further afield. This month has thrown a few nice fish our way including a 4 and half lb Brill, 26lb Blonde Ray, and lots of double figure bass, 12lb being the biggest. Of course this was a very welcoming sight and has made all the hard work pay off.
A few species that were a nice surprise in August were Gilthead Bream, Silver eel and Squid, all coming to worm Baits.
The best part of the last week has been the very welcoming sight of mackerel, with our best day being 95 in an hour, this was our best mackerel trip of the year so far. Also the amount of shoal bass that has turned up has been phenomenal and nice to see, giving us something to have a play with on our way in and out on trips.
Overall a very productive month considering the slow start we had. Our half days are now coming to an end, however they are still available on a charter basis, and throughout the October Half Term.
Call Adam on 07900086085 for more information. View Boats Page
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07/06/2014
Fishing Report by Alan Milford
on Moonstone - now Why Worry! (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
7 Jun 2014 by Alan Milford
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What started as a wet and thundery morning turned into a great days fishing yesterday.
South East Anglers regulars were intent on bream fishing....but with a small tide it was decided to hedge our bets on some different ground with a chance of just about everything.
The morning didn't disappoint with Undulates up to 15lb, smoothound to a good size and a few other bits and bobs.
A move was required in the afternoon and finally some good bream were landed along with some nice thornback rays.
A good day all in all so thanks to the lads for an entertaining day on the water.
Alan View Boats Page
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05/2014
Fishing Report by Adam Shaw
on Warrior (Chichester, West Sussex)
May 2014 by Adam Shaw
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SOMETHING FISHING FISHING CHARTERS HALF DAY FISHING TRIPS ARE NOW WELL UNDER WAY.
OUR HALF DAY FISHING TRIPS HAVE PRODUCED A GOOD FEW FISH ALREADY. FISH INCLUDING BREAM MACKEREL, SMOOTHOUND, BASS, DOGFISH, POUT, WHITING, RAYS, TOPE, WRASSE, A 3LB LOBSTER, ETC.
SOME DAYS HAVE BEEN SLOW AND NOT ALOT OF ACTION, BUT THE FISH THAT DO COME ON BOARD ARE WORTH IT WHEN THEY DO.
THESE TRIPS ARE RUN IN THE MORNINGS OR AFTERNOONS USUALLY FROM 9-1 OR 1.30 - 5.30, DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER TIME. THEY ARE AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO BOAT FISHING ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO DON'T WANT TO BE OUT AT SEA FOR TOO LONG. View Boats Page
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17/05/2014
Fishing Report by Alan Milford
on Moonstone - now Why Worry! (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
17 May 2014 by Alan Milford
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Two trips out last week and some great bream still around.
Wednesday was the turn of John from Tooting and his group.....we had a slowish day but the fish landed were of a good size.
The best fishing seemed to be on the ebb that day and we had most of our fish on a mark away from the main group of boats.
Saturday saw South East Anglers crew on board and a better day on the fish.
First bream ever for a couple of the guys and again some very good fish landed.
Again the best fishing was after the turn of the tide and close to my favourite marks.
Thanks to Final Answer skipper Dan Parker for joining us on Sat and giving me time to eat my lunch! View Boats Page
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21/04/2014
Fishing Report by Warren Scott
on South Today (Chichester, West Sussex)
21 Apr 2014 by Warren Scott
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Finally got the season off to a good start with some cracking bream in Bracklesham Bay. Smoothound are in and in good numbers.
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13/04/2014
Fishing Report by Alan Milford
on Moonstone - now Why Worry! (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
13 Apr 2014 by Alan Milford
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Sunday 13th was out first charter since annual maintenance and tidy up.
Jim, Terry and the lads (regulars on Moonstone) had rolled over from the previous weekend due to poor weather.
This turned out to be a result as the fishing during the week seemed to have picked up nicely.
So it was a choice between looking for bass or bream....handily all in the same area.
When we arrived at the mark it was a little busy to say the least so instead of drifting for the bass I decided to head slightly east and drop the anchor.
Within half an hour we were into some nice bream.....and this is how the day went on.....good bream falling steadily all day.
The sun was out....the crew were catching....what more could we ask for? View Boats Page
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16/03/2014
Fishing Report by Adam Shaw
on Warrior (Chichester, West Sussex)
16 Mar 2014 by Adam Shaw
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After possibly the worst winter for gales and unsettled weather we have at last come in to a settled period the seas of Chichester are calm.The good news is that the mild south-Westerly air flows all winter kept the sea temperatures high,so high in fact the bass stayed inshore thought out the winter period.
So this is good for our spring fishing ,last year at this time the water was a chilly 3.75 c but this year its nearly 9 c so the sea does not need to warm up to encourage the fish in shore,i predict we will see the first bream very late march or very early April and don’t forget the first ones are the large male fish staking their territory ,so if you want to get a personal best bream this year the best time is early on in the season .
We have done 4 trips this month from our new base Chichester marina it is working out very well so far ,the cafe have provided us with bacon or sausage baps in the mornings and a beer upon our return.Each trip has yielded rays , a mix of blondes,undulates,thorn backs,small eyed and spotted nothing massive yet the best was a 14lb undulate and 10ld small eyed .There has been a few congers mixed in still the odd cod and good chances of spur dogs although we have not landed one yet.
We will keep pursuing rays especially big blonde one until the bream turn up so again if you want to try for the fish of a life time a 20lb plus blonde ray give me a call and ill sort you out a trip from Chichester on Warrior or Shaw thing . View Boats Page
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12/2013
Fishing Report by Adam Shaw
on Warrior (Chichester, West Sussex)
Dec 2013 by Adam Shaw
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Well we have had the majority of our winter fishing and i have to say it was probably the worst year for cod we’ve had in the last 10 seasons. The only good thing was the size of the fish with half of them being over 20lb the best fish being caught by Bex, The Skipper of Shaw Thing II, weighing 32lb. Warriors best fish was 25lb caught by Richard Clarke who is a regular with us, his fish was massive but a bit on the skinny side, another month it would have been a potential boat record.
Even though the cod were shy the Channel Whiting were phenomenal with many days over a hundred fish landed between 11/2-2lb .The best whiting of the season was just over 4lb, this beat last years record by almost 1lb.
There is a school of thought that the abundance of whiting was the reason for the lack of cod, being that the whiting are fast ferocious feeders, they may of been hovering up the food sources leaving the cod short of feed. There did not seem to be the amount of sprat shoals around for the time of year which are a regular winter food source. One large cod we gutted was full of pissers, a hard poll-op type growth that attaches to the sea bed, certainly not a regular food source for cod, I can only assume that the fish was struggling to find its normal quarry so it ate what it could to survive.
All in all it was a strange year with the late start to the bream season, then the abnormally hot calm weather, the fishing never seemed to really settle down in to its regular pattern so its not a surprise that by the end of the year things were difficult.
We are going to carry on with cod trips in to January to see what comes up, there are some special offers on Shaw Thing II. This time of year you can pick up spur dog, big blonde ray, conger and the elusive 30lb plus cod. View Boats Page
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29/12/2013
Fishing Report by Alan Milford
on Moonstone - now Why Worry! (Littlehampton, West Sussex)
29 Dec 2013 by Alan Milford
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Finally we had a break in the weather and a new crew joined me on Moonstone to hunt for some cod.
We headed out at 8am to our first mark about 3 miles off Littlehampton.
The lads were into whiting and dogs from the off and one very good fish was dropped before it got to the boat....a bit more attention to the drag would have saved this one.
We moved off to a second mark as the tide picked up and joined a few other local boats.
Again the whiting were showing but then a good ray jumped on the hook to make up for the lost cod earlier on. The drag was set perfectly this time!
As the tide turned the anchor broke free so we took this cue to move to a mark a few miles away.
As the boat swung there was a shout and a good fish on....this turned out to be the first conger of many with the best easily beating 40lb.
The light started to fade so we headed back in just after 4pm with just enough water to get back into port.
A good day of mixed fishing even if we didn't find the target species. View Boats Page
