Sussex Spearing 2011

[devondave]

There are no spearos in or around Sussex.
There never have been any spearos in or around Sussex.
Nobody has ever caught any fish around Sussex.
There is no sea near Sussex.
In fact there is no Sussex.

If you find evidence to the contrary, the Sussex spearo thought police will come to your house and abduct you.

Si, I will send you a PM later when I have a bit more time.

 

[wwc_gang]

was diving in bognor regis on tuesday.wis was wery good.but no fish at all .

 

[devondave]

Did you try searching for them?
I mean sometimes at Bognor the fish are hiding, none to be seen in the open water, but if you look in the kelp or under the ledges of the blocks and in the holes you can find them.

 

[hans0l0]

Hi All, I have not dived/free dived in years and really miss getting under water! Add to this my recent discovery of the existence of decent Dicentrarchus habitat on Bognor reef and it enough to drive me nuts. If I can only find a buddy, or anyone willing to hookup and show a newby the ropes?

 

[wwc_gang]

Did you try searching for them?
I mean sometimes at Bognor the fish are hiding, none to be seen in the open water, but if you look in the kelp or under the ledges of the blocks and in the holes you can find them.

i was diving where is reefs so no fish there.i was cheking this big blocks but my torch was dead so i can`t see anything in holes.im waiting for good weather and i will trye to dive again in bognor so i will check this big bloks.

 

[devondave]

Bognor is a funny place, it takes a while to get used to it, lots of searching around trying different areas seems to be a good approach.

Hans,
welcome to db and good luck searching for a buddy, this is a quiet thread so you might have to persevere a bit.

 

[wwc_gang]

i was diving in brighton all the time but when i tried bognor i found out its like a differen sea.wisibility wery good and all that reefs is so nice.once i saw in bognor big ray but i did not shot her.becouse i didnt know which ray it was there.

 

[devondave]

Please don't shoot the rays at Bognor, they are stingrays and can grow to 2m across.
To see such a creature in our waters is a thrill and real privilege, besides, I'm pretty sure they taste crap and if you are unlucky,might kill you before you kill it.

 

[wwc_gang]

Please don't shoot the rays at Bognor, they are stingrays and can grow to 2m across.
To see such a creature in our waters is a thrill and real privilege, besides, I'm pretty sure they taste crap and if you are unlucky,might kill you before you kill it.

thats ray which i saw was about 1m.and i know that string ray can kill thats why i did not shot her and im newer going to shot them.

 

[wwc_gang]

and sorry for my bad english

 

[devondave]

Good for you mate and your English is fine.
How's Brighton been fishing lately?

 

[wwc_gang]

im not going there anymore.in brighton you cant find a good wis.now just bognor i like there wis good there all the time and under the water nice there to...

 

[wwc_gang]

dived at bognor yesterday wis was bad,windy to.i did not see any fish at all.

 

[bobandsausage]

Hi Josh, I go fishing quite a bit in Brighton, and it would be good to have some company - let me know if you're still keen!
Cheers
Nick

 

[foxfish]

You might be interested?
http://forums.deeperblue.com/uk-ireland/91953-mini-fish.html#post855994

 

[bobandsausage]

OK, apologies if it's already been covered in previous posts, but anyone got any tips on Bognor? I had my first attempt there yesterday evening, fired up by all the youtube vids of massive bass and crystal viz. I seemed to recall reading somewhere that the reef was straight out from Butlins, so off I paddled, scoring a nice plump plaice on route. After a few hundred yards I realised that
a. finning into windy chop is tiring
b. it looked nothing like the youtube clips
c. the plaice had disappeared off my stringer. Grrrr.

So I swim back to shore, and by now the tide has fallen so far that I can see the reef. Jump in the van, drive down the beach, and start to wade out, slip in the mud and go arse over tit in a pile of fins speargun etc., so decide to swim instead. So I'm swimming out in six inches of water, dodging some chimp on a windsurf who doesn't seem to be able to spot my float. That's because I forgot to inflate it, and it's now full of water...
I empty my float, blow it up, and continue on, through jungles of weed that tangle around every single bit of available kit, till I'm towing a whole Sargasso Sea of kelp and weed and the like. Finally finally I make it out to the reef. It looks amazing, if only six inches below the water. It's getting dark, so I turn round and fight my way back through the week, and get out looking like Wurzle Gummage and trailing bits of vegetation.

Now I'm pretty sure that wasn't the textbook way to fish bognor inner reef. any of you experts willing to share some of your hard won knowledge?

 

[devondave]

Mate, that sounds just like my first few trips to Bognor.
The first time, I never even found the reef.
You discovered the best way to find it, go at low tide, and then you can see it.
Soon got fed-up swimming out and back and bought myself a kayak.

As for the fishing, there are people with a great deal more experience of the reef than me, so treat this as only one point of view.
Ambush techniques don't work well for me at Bognor, more productive is to go searching for fish.
Look in the kelp, under the overhangs of the blocks and especially in any holes you find.
But, you must be ready to fire, most times the fish flee very quickly.

If it's not fishing very well, Bognor is still worth looking around, it can be a beautiful reef when the conditions are right.

 

[Spaniard]

Bognor = Reef = look in the holes and cracks = Bass. For some reason this part of the coast offers excellent bass fishing but they are found in the holes / caves / cracks, like Newhaven.

 

[bobandsausage]

Great, thanks for the tips gents, I'll go back next time when there's a bit more water. With all the rocks and weed and things it looks like a great place to dive anyway, though it would be nice to get some bass as mullet is the main prize at Brighton (bass there tend to be pretty small schoolies).

Oh, and just out of interest, does anyone shoot conger? There's millions of them in Brighton around the burnt out pier, but given that:
a. they look like they'd be a nightmare to deal with
b. they have no fear and would be ridiculously easy to shoot
c. I read somewhere that they only reproduce once before they die
I've not had a pop at them. Would be curious if anyone does though.

 

[Spaniard]

Conger can be a nightmare to deal with so only shoot one if you have a recipe prepared!! If you Google it you will find recipes and i've enjoyed it in a few different styles in Spain. Ideally shoot them from above just behind the head so hopefully you hit the spine and also the spear will stop it retreating back into its hole. They have nine lives and are essentially a tube of muscle so be prepared! If you land it still alive then saw through the back of the head with a sharp knife to sever the spinal cord which should do the trick.