Sussex coast

[huntfish]

Thanks for the info Foxfish, night fishing sounds a bit daunting i think ill leave that to the pros .
Hey pisces the competitions that were held this year were set along the south coast from Bognor to Exeter. ill keep an eye out for a suitable one that will be closest to us, i think they start from about june. If anyone knows any different please let me know.
I think u have to join the british spearfishing association to enter for insurance reasons but i think its only about £25 for the year.

 

[jwells1989]

hey huntfish the vis at the pier was good probably 6-7 meters at the end.
i did not go sunday, but may give it a go today, will let you know how i get on.
josh

 

[Spaniard]

Thanks for the info Foxfish, night fishing sounds a bit daunting i think ill leave that to the pros .
Hey pisces the competitions that were held this year were set along the south coast from Bognor to Exeter. ill keep an eye out for a suitable one that will be closest to us, i think they start from about june. If anyone knows any different please let me know.
I think u have to join the british spearfishing association to enter for insurance reasons but i think its only about £25 for the year.

All info on comps. etc. is in here;

British Spearfishing Association - index

 

[huntfish]

Thanks for the info Spaniard . How was the pier jwells did u go out monday?

 

[jwells1989]

hey huntfish, yeah i went to the west pier again and i saw lots of bass, mullet and pollack they where chasing all the whitbait. i ended up catching two pollack and two bass, and i missed a big mullet from about 5 inches dont know who but oh well.
going again today aswell might try the palace pier this time though.
did you manage to get in, catch anything.

 

[Pisces]

hey there jWells. how did you get on today?Looking at possibly going down there tomorrow, and try the pier for the first time. How deep does it get at the west pier?

 

[jwells1989]

hey pices, i tried the palace pier and the west pier.
i went to the palace pier in the morning and shot a plaice which i videod you can have a look at the link at the bottom of the page and i also saw a load of bream but could not get a shot in. then went to the west pier this evening saw 3 mullet and a few pollack and a few bream, but did not get anything, they where to quick. if you want someone to go with i am going to the palace pier again about 11 it was better than the west so am gonna give it another go. let me know if you want to join me.
josh

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah8agk-Y9t4"]YouTube - spearfishing plaice under brighton pier uk[/ame]

 

[huntfish]

Nice fish jwells1989, i have to work 8.30 - 5.30 and its dark by the time i get home (oh how id like to be a student again) ,im hoping the weather holds for the weekend im heading to the palace pier saturday at 2.00 if anyone is about.
Let me know how u get on Pisces i havent dived the palace pier before, will u be about saturday?

 

[jwells1989]

hey huntfish i will be diving the pier aswell on saturday if the weather is good. so will probably see you down there.

 

[jwells1989]

low tide about 2.30 the weather is supposed to be ok for staurday, lets just hope it stays settled.

 

[Pisces]

Busy Saturday but going to try and get there Hopefully tomorrow morning sometime after a site visit in N London. Weather is supposed to be great all weekend though.

 

[jwells1989]

went in at the palace pier today, manged to shoot 7 plaice and two bream. picese did you go today i have put the picture of the fish i caught at the bottom.

 

[huntfish]

Nice one , what was the vis like today and how deep did u have to go for that lot? iv heard its only about 3-4 meters at the end at low is this correct cos i have a few problems equalising and dont want to bust a drum. but would sure be good to have a haul like that tommorrow.

 

[jwells1989]

hey huntfish, yeah its about 3-4 meters at the end so not very deep. what time you going down tommorow i am gonna get their for about 1 oclock because low tide is at 1.40 tommorow afternoon. you been in lately/ caught anything.

 

[jwells1989]

oh and by the way the vis was really good probably 5-6 meters maybe more, i could spot the flatfish from the top, which always helps.

 

[huntfish]

No havent been in this week i work in Eastbourne and the vis is rubbish . im gonna be there for about 1-2 o clock so i expect ill see u there . i hope there will be some bream their tasty and im yet to see any. ill bet they are difficult to shoot they are a pretty lively fish when cought on the rod.

 

[devondave]

Hi, recently moved from Devon to Bromley. Been reading your forum with interest and thought I'd join in.
Have tried a few sites on the sussex coast with mixed results and would appreciate any
tips/local knowledge. After 3 unsuccessful trips got finally lucky today. Caught 2 very nice bass, one of them is already in the oven with some rosemary, fennel and garlic.

 

[foxfish]

Hey jwells1989 that is a lot of fish, are they all plaice or flounder? It is difficult to tell how big they are, did you weigh any?

 

[jwells1989]

hey devon dave, i live in brighton and usually spear under the palace pier and the west pier, the palace being better in my opinion.
i am sure huntfish or piscine could give you some info on newhaven area as i have never dived there before but would like to. well done with the bass where abouts did you get them.
josh

 

[jwells1989]

i think a couple of them may be flounders as i have just realised when i was filliting them a minuite ago, quite hard to tell. but had a read through some old fishing books and they helped witht helling them apart.
i did not weigh any but at a guess the biggest was maybe 2.5 pounds.