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This time last week, I was sitting on the beach in Montenegro in 25c heat, cooling my toes in the crystal blue waters of the Adriatic Sea, my mind kept on wandering back to the sandstone cliffs and muddy clay of my local mark, and the urge to be out bass fishing was getting to me! I even looked...

This little tale starts on Thursday morning, when I take a wander into town with wifey and baby in tow, whilst enjoying a stroll along the Stade, I just so happen to pop into the local tackle shop for some new line. Well, it would be rude not to take a score of live lug home with me, wriggling...

First sea fishing report for a fair while! So wifey has been badgering me for a bass for her tea, telling me that I’ve spent quite enough time after carp, so with my marching orders given, I headed down the beach yesterday armed with my trusty lug pump to collect some fresh worms for the first...

After my son lost a large cat at the net last week, I felt the need to avenge him on his behalf, so with a fresh bag of premiers finest superaminos base mix arriving, I set about knocking up a few kg of boilies, using the aforementioned basemix with regular sense appeals, shellfish sense...

With a few days off work, the urge to get the rods out again was starting to bite, so when wifey woke me up at lunch time following a night shift, suggesting we head to the sea front for a walk and an ice cream, who was I to say no? Whist wandering along the front at Hastings old town, enjoying...

Having had the first trip out last weekend for a bass, and realising that I’d missed the best part of the tide, i have been waiting for the tides to fall right so I can get back out there and give it a better go. With a few days off before going back to work tomorrow, watching the tides and...

Having listened to wifey reminding me long enough how she enjoys the taste of freshly caught bass, I took the hint and decided to head down the beach to see if they have arrived yet. I popped into the local tackle shop for some fresh lug wraps then prepped the gear for this mornings low water. I...

Having had 2 previously blank sessions, when the wifey ordered me out of the house, rods in tow, I wasn’t feeling exactly confident. I had been out on Wednesday, taking a group of ex-offenders fishing - lots of rods and baits in the water and not a sniff! Still, I still had 50 frozen blacks and...

Gather round peeps, as i regale you with a tale of todays beach session after a plaice or two… I blanked Tune in next time!

A nod to had1lost2 who started the currently carping thread, I have swiped and rehashed the title! After the recent new PB of a 6lb 9oz daughter (wifey was furious when I tried to use the gaff) I have been up to my elbows in nappies and baby clothes, but with paternity leave fast coming to an...

Good evening all I have just come back from a drive from Wales dropping my kids off at their mums, but we had two days at a campsite in Shropshire before taking them back. Only did a few hours in the morning and evenings. The hedge separates the swims from the tent. We were about 20ft from the...

Evening all, so wifey has given me a (sort of) ultimatum… I can’t go carp fishing until I catch something worth eating from the beach. I have been inundated with eels recently! So with that in mind, I nipped into the tackle shop for a few packs of “fresh” wrapped lug with a mind to hit the beach...

Evening all, so I had been looking at the tides and felt it worth a shot for a bass or two, so I brought a score of lug to get me going with the idea of pumping some fresh as I needed it. Down to Pett Level at 6am to find the sea looking like a mill pond, not ideal but still, I was going to give...

Having managed to slink off work early, I shot home and grabbed the carp gear, a few kg of my home made boilies and threw it all into the boot of the car, off out the traps like a greyhound and off through Rye to get to my favourite lake. Having cut through town, I went to take the back roads to...

Morning all, after an abortive attempt the other night, which drew a blank, I still had a score of live lugworm wriggling away in the fridge. Watching the weather forecast saying breezy with good cloud cover and a chance of showers, I felt it may be good for a bass. So the alarm was set for 6am...

Evening all, been an interesting few weeks, so been off the scene while life straightens out. Many thanks to Warby and Shirley for checking in. Bad news was the dog being put to sleep,? good news is that wifey is 15wks pregnant ? 10kg of prime premier baits fish meal basemix also arrived on my...

Well I set the alarm for 0530 and set off for the 5min drive to the beach. On arrival, the sea was a lot more rough than I expected, but I thought I’d give it a go. Both rods were rigged up with two hook clipped down rigs baited with lug and squid, with 5oz leads. As I was baiting up the 2nd...

“Are you going fishing this weekend?” Asked the wife, “nah, after this weeks bout of tonsillitis, I’ll probably give it a miss” says I. “Well can you please? I need some whiting for a starter I’m planning for a dinner party” was her response. So after rooting through the freezer, a box of squid...

Having managed to pick up a couple of wraps of frozen lug, I decided to head on down to Rockanore this morning, getting there about 0815. High tide was at 10(ish) neap tides, NE wind, about 5mph, a cold and misty morning. I looked on the weather apps and one said I was going to get rain, the...

Well my boys are with me for the holidays, and wifey, the boys and I decided to have a nice stroll along Hastings old town at Rockanore to stretch the dogs legs. As we nipped into RX fisheries, for some delicious cockles, mussels and lobster tails with chilli and garlic vinegar, we wandered...