Brighton Lure Boat Super Sunday! First up was Steve, a first time out with us, and seasoned angler, as he has had the delights of being out with other skippers over the years from Brighton. I knew we had a guy on board who knew his stuff with flying collars and booms, but he had never fished with light lines and lures, Testament to Stephen for understanding how we fish on the Brighton lure Boat, and was quickly into his first fish of many. . . . .
The forecast was for East North East winds up to 16knts at times with the wind dropping, we set out of the marina and were greeted a fantastic wintery sunrise, I was hoping after Thursday’s Bass fest could the same happen again? The first thing we noticed and looking for was where the birds were feeding and diving, always a good indicator if fish are around, they were in abundance on the east side we went in underneath the foray at least 50 plus gulls apparently if you get pooped on its meant to be lucky!!!
Steve was first on with a great fish around the 5lb mark, the wind and tide were holding us over the reef well in the first hour, that soon changed once the tide turned. This didn’t stop the feeding hungry silvers within the first-hour score count was 16, with some great looking fish and one for the table.
We followed the birds for about 30 minutes east of the marina and the odd fish coming in well to the net. We visited the same area as Thursdays good day, and we weren’t disappointed, the first drift across the reef produced 12 all around the 2-3lb mark, were on own for the first hour, and then joined by two other boats, who also captured a few fish and joined in the fun.
Brighton Lure Boat Super Sunday hit 50
The wind and tide were making the drifts awkward that we had to reposition a few times. When the drift was on the right spot, the fish duly obliged, 5-6 fish per drift was keeping us busy. Then Steve has the one odd fish which very was the huge Pout, The same place we had the Tub Gurnard on our previous visit; we also had Mackeral which were beginning to show on the sounder and the hooks at an alarming rate. We upped throttle and time to move on; we went out to the small wreck, the tide was coming thru around 1.5knt, which made life very hard to control the lure. We then moved back east to the marina where we found our 50th fish of the day, stunning bass 68cm.
We continued on in breezy conditions and there was a slight hint of the wind dropping, the sun hidden for most of the morning decided to stay put, but the silver lining was we hit 50 Bass again in one session, the honour fell to Stephen, and he has mastered the techniques of using metal lures for the first time and the way we fish with plastics, which he was rewarded numerous times today with quality fish, of 68cms, 58cms, 56cms.
Brighton Lure Boat Super Sunday on the Bass
We finished the 4-hour session on 57 in total and certainly makes you have the wow factor and feeling good that you have achieved the goal of the client who went back the A23 with two lovely fish to share with his very grateful sister, and the fact that he was very willing to learn completely different technique’s in a short space of time he had never used before sea fishing got his rewards, we look forward to welcoming Steve back and his daughter for a session early next year.
The Brighton Lure boat is back out tomorrow for another session on the Brighton high seas, to get on board contact 07739732332 or via the booking form on the website.
