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Dogs,ting and rockling. They all lived happily ever after. The end, well it will be in about an hours time when I come to my senses and pack up!

Despite knowing the chances were slim I decide to have a last go at the sole as the conditions seemed good last weekend. Well, I expected there to be loads of ting about and my cats weren’t to be disappointed. Treble shots on both rods on first cast set the tone. Did manage the target...

SCS - South Coast Sole. I do enjoy targeting the sole and here’s a brief round up of this year’s efforts. Basically a very tough year. Often too windy or best tide times falling on a school night. Probably had about half a dozen sessions between June and last night. Have managed to catch a...

With the tide being in early hours of the morning I didn’t fancy a late one trying for sole at usual mark and also a bit early in the season. So decide to visit Dungeness after a gap of about 5-6 years. It used to fish well before ting and doggies were almost ever present 365 days per year...

Just back from another session on the plaice with Bob following a successful trip a fortnight ago. Conditions looked good, clear sea, calm, broken clouds and sunshine. Unfortunately we hadn’t legislated for the May rot which appeared about 2 hours before high and was dragging the baits...

First trip out since I gave up after about a million whiting, no exaggeration, well it felt like it on my last trip early November. Heard some plaice coming out at Eastbourne and Brighton and decided on Eastbourne. Well it was flat calm and sunny but a fair bit of colour in the water. Was...

On way home after a 14 day trip to Soroya with 2.5 days travelling and 11.5 days fishing. We did lose 1.5 days to bad weather ,so bad that the camp took the boats out of the water even though we were right at the end of the fjord. 2nd time visiting this camp and our main target was halibut...

Just got back from 10 days fishing at Sudavik in the NW fjords. First time in Iceland, making a change from Norway, which I'm visiting later in August, with back up flights booked with Norwegian if SAS pilots are still on strike or they've gone bust! Journey from Heathrow was OK, although...

Been a while since last my last report so here’s a round up. A few trips to the Medway, which is quite a long trek as it’s a good 50 yards from my front door?. Days of getting bass to 8.5lb seem a long time ago and recent years it’s mostly been schoolies. Still thought worth a try and in the...

Had been talking about a Bristol Channel trip with Pete a while back. With the talk of plaice at Brighton pete was keen to give that a go. I Didn’t fancy trying for plaice today at Brighton thinking not ideal conditions with the winds colouring the water. I’d also got my mind set of trying...

....of ting unfortunately! Met up with Mike Hemmings, great to meet you mate, for what I thought might be a last go at the sole with the ting being inshore in force. And it proved to be the case, a busy night with lots of fish, just most being the wrong type, although some of the ting went to...

Well after a nice bag of sole on last springs and the tide starting to build again I tried again with my mate Nick. Conditions seemed good although despite little wind there was a bit of surf running. First cast and a decent ting and that was pretty much the pattern for the session. Nick...

Well, sat here chilling with a rum and coke and a lie in bed tomorrow as the misses is in work. Headed of to the beach with my mate Nick to get there just before low and fishing it till an hour or so after high. Lovely flat calm conditions and some nice blacks and rag. Things were looking...

Well, after the success of the big tide flattie trip, I tried the following weekend on the small tide and had the pleasure of a few other forum members. Unfortunately it was a bit slow with a sole and plaice or two each and first signs of the dreaded ting, plus the odd dog and straps. Not...

Had first trip out on Thursday evening down Brighton way for a few weeks. Most trips from June had resulted in a few sole and bass although the last 2 trips were sole less. So was hoping to see a few tasty sole coming up the shingles and wasn’t to be disappointed. 4 sole and 8 nocturnal...

Had another try for sole, hoping that the whiting might have thinned out. No luck with triple shots hitting the beach to rag and black lug from the off. After an hour I did manage to sneak one sole out . About 37cm so a keeper. The whiting were consistently being hit by conger, some thumping...

Had a trip down Brighton with Nick Plum not far from I360. Quite a few swimmers, paddle boarders and a survey boat constantly going in and out, quite close at times. No idea why they were surveying near old pier unless plans for more wind turbines and lines coming ashore there? Anyhow fishing...

A trip to Brighton on Sunday resulted in a lot of smallish tings, triple shots quite frequent to worm bait. Had one proper slack line bite as one super charged sole managed to get on the bait before the ting. Another good bite resulted in a conger that had munched a ting. Hope the ting thin...

Headed off to Seaford today hoping the water wouldn’t be too coloured for a spotty or 2. Some early morning drizzle disappeared after a hour and it even was quite nice later when the sun came out. Wasn’t disappointed with 5 plaice with 2 keepers, a couple of Mackerel hitting the worms on the...