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  • 08/05/2024 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    8 May 2024 by Steve Green

    Bream session again yesterday. Slow fishing to start but a little tweak to our approach resulted in an immediate and very positive outcome! Lost count of fish but there were plenty of Bream, a few hounds, eels & of course the obligatory Dogfish!
    Great to catch-up with some old friends and to welcome so new ones aboard.
    A beautiful day out there made all the better by the wonderful company. Not the most challenging of days fishing, those lay ahead when we start the serious Offhsore trips in the coming weeks venturing out to some of our favourite areas.... always an exciting time of the year!

    Due to a cancelled dive trip we have whole boat available this Sunday for either 8hr or 4hr trips.
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 05/05/2024 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    5 May 2024 by Steve Green

    It's not all about charging over the horizon in search of specimen fish off the wrecks & banks.
    We also enjoy running shorter, inshore trips for novice anglers who book the whole boat for a 4hr session.
    Today's lovely guests caught Dabs, Plaice, Thornback Ray, Dogfish and a whole load of Bream!
    We supply a selection of baits, all equipment, flaked ice and 2 crew to assist on these trips so guest just have to turn up with a coolbox for their catch.

  • 29/04/2024 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    29 Apr 2024 by Steve Green

    2 day fishing report for this week, both challenging days on the weather front!

    Monday - we welcomed Clint and his fabulous crew from Essex aboard for a spot of wrecking. We have had some fantastic wrecking trips this year filling the boxes with high quality fish .... it wasn't like that on Monday! With a stiff Northerly looking like it was fading throughout the day we pushed out pretty far to a group of wrecks where we have had excellent fishing the last few trips ....and we struggled. Worked a number of wrecks before heading down the coast with just a few fish onboard. Clint & co. Toiled away and as the sea calmed we finally hit a wreck with a good head of fish and were in business.
    A below par day on the fish front, a wonderful day on the crew front. Sorry you guys had to work away all day and that you didn't get the bounty that previous trips have had, hope you all got back safely and look forward to seeing you in the Summer.

    Today - it was time to have a proper go at the Bream and we had just the people to do that! Again a challenging day for shallow water fishing with light gear with a stiffer than anticipated SW wind. Tough getting the anchor to hold with the bow bucking around on the flood but when it hooked up (12x scope out!) we settled down the guys were into good fish from the off..... what a relief! That remained the case for the whole of the tide but when the ebb kicked in it was always going to be a challenge holding the boat into the wind. Short drifting individual marks meant we continued to land fish right up until the end of the day with a respectable tally of 87.
    Again, a fantastic crew today who never lost focus and fished extremely well in difficult conditions - well done all ����.

    Long range forecast looks like we finally have a settled period heading our way - what a treat that will be after what feels like a relentless bashing!

    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 03/03/2024 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    3 Mar 2024 by Steve Green

    Not often that we get the weather that enables us to get where we want to go at this time of year out of Brighton, today with near perfect conditions we had our pick of wrecks and the guys onboard made the most of it.
    Pete Stotesbury was top rod (that's not unusual!) with a personal tally of 13 high quality Pollock, the best nudging 13lb but everyone got in on the action with 40+ fish kept, plenty into double figures and no fishing trip is complete without a few of "The one that got away" tales! We had quite a few today including bite-offs on 25lb leader with some very hard fighting fish lost.
    A beautiful day to be out on the Ocean with a wonderful crew, glorious sunshine , calm sea and plenty of high quality fish..... wreck fishing at its best, a huge thank you to all for a wonderful day.
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 14/01/2024 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    14 Jan 2024 by Steve Green

    2024 brigand 1st trip

    First trip of 2024 for ustoday and the target species was Pollock.
    Always exciting to be heading out for the first trip of a new season so with a fantastic crew onbaord, full tanks of fuel, a determination to keep our 8 year, 100% catch rate intact we headed South in near perfect conditions.
    Water clarity is vital when targetting Pollock with lures and we could see the colour changes from 3 miles away, really stark .......and really positive as inshore clarity was poor to extremely poor.
    The first fish aboard was not particularly inspiring, a rather surprised looking Pouting! Then the guys got into it - 3 double figure fish on the bounce with probably the deepest Pollock that we have ever seen expertly boated by Max..... looked more like a Cod with a hugely distended belly, very unusual. A smattering of smaller Pollock in the 4-7lb range as we worked out around the wrecks before heading in before the forecast F5 on the nose kicked in.
    All in all, a solid start to the season with a wonderful crew and plenty of valuable intelligence gathered.
    Huge thanks to all who fished with us today, was an absolute pleasure sharing time at sea with you all.
    Best wishes

  • 26/11/2023 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    26 Nov 2023 by Steve Green

    An early start for us today in order to get the best of the weather before what looked like a stiff Southwesterly kicked in - turned out to be the right call!
    A glorious, if somewhat moody, sunrise greeted us as we headed across the shipping lanes and into deep water in search of Pollock. This time of year can be fickle with the bigger fish generally appearing later in Winter/early spring but we had a fantastic crew aboard, conditions were great and once clarity improved it was looking good.
    Fish to the boat from the off and a steady stream of very high quality fish throughout the day. The weather began to deteriorate around midday by which time we were way out to the SW so a very comfy ride in.
    Didn't quite manage to get into double figure fish, 9 1/2lb was the best of the day, very respectable for this time of year and my thanks to a wonderful crew, an absolute pleasure fishing with today guys ��
    We will be running more wrecking trips throughout Winter but ONLY when conditions are very good and at very short notice so keep an eye on here for those. This weekend Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd looking fantastic weather & tide so we are out both days split into part drifting for Pollock and part anchored for Pollock/Bream/Bass and perhaps even an early Cod. Bait can be supplied upon request
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 02/09/2023 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    2 Sep 2023 by Steve Green

    Busy day again offshore with a 12hr Turbot/Brill & Bass trip. Approx 60 Turbot & Brill and 20 Bass along with some cracking Blonde rays and 1/2 dozen other species.
    We will soon be targeting the Big Bream and Nick had a little scout today with his Offshore Bream rig - Happy to confirm that they are where we suspected they would be at this time of year and they are certainly Big! We have a few spaces available on these specialist Big Bream trips, checkout the calendar on our website for dates.
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 22/08/2023 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    22 Aug 2023 by Steve Green

    Well ........ We suspected they were here when last year we were spooled on an offshore wreck and knew that they were here when we watched one take a Turbot from the side of the boat but today we landed our first Porbeagle Shark..... what an amazing fish!
    To be clear we were not targeting Shark, just another day merrily boating Turbot & Brill as we do at this time of year when Rhys's rod doubled over. A 20lb mono - leader V a whole lot of teeth, well, it didn't look good at that stage. Nick took over the rod, lightened up the drag and we had a tussle on our hands!
    Absolutely thrilled to see such a stunning and very, very rare fish for us in East Sussex.
    Like many anglers Nick and I started out fishing ponds, lakes & rivers as kids where you pretty much know what your going to catch. The draw of deep-sea fishing for us is the unknown, or more accurately knowing that you always have a chance of catching something exceptional........ Rhys did just today.
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 23/06/2023 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    23 Jun 2023 by Steve Green

    A 4am post because that is just about the only time we have to do it - we have been super-busy!
    Offhsore wrecking yesterday and a pleasure to welcome father & Son Mark & Alex who travelled down to us from glorious N.Wales in search of Cod & Pollock, they were not disappointed and really pleased to see them heading back home with both after a beautiful day at sea. The fishing machine which is Simon Clark was also with us and landed Cod, Pollock and Bass ...... nothing new there!
    Fantastic to see the offshore wreck fishing remaining so consistent this late.
    A well needed break for us coming up with some family & friends time planned - just need to get through the next couple of days which consist of 1 Offshore trip and 5 inshore trips. Busy is good, manic not so good!
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

  • 14/06/2023 Fishing Report by Steve Green

    14 Jun 2023 by Steve Green

    Great to see the Cod still around in reasonable numbers today - currently boating Cod, Bass & Pollock on offshore wrecking trips...... more avid than Pollock this month and I don't think we would be saying that!
    Best wishes
    www.brigandcharters.com

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