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  • 10/12/2022 Fishing Report by Simon Logan on Deep Blue (Eastbourne, East Sussex)

    10 Dec 2022 by Simon Logan

    Report on-board Deep Blue

    Saturday 10th December 2022:

    A day spent on the wrecks.

    Leaving the marina to freezing temperatures and flat calm seas. It was the first time I’ve ever had to scrape the ice from a boat.
    Car trouble forced a couple of the crew to bail out, so a crew of 5 headed out to some of the deeper wrecks that litter the seabed along the East Sussex coast.

    We got to the first wreck right in the middle of the 6.9m tide. With little wind we were still drifting at a canny rate of knots. That didn’t seem to matter to the fish. We had a nice bass (5lb guesstimate) first, followed quickly by a tank of a pollack weighing in at 16lb’s.
    Alex, the big fish’s captor, would go on to land a couple more pollack at and around the double figure range. He also had the biggest pollack of the day, I reckon towards 20lb, spit his lure out on the surface, and I just couldn’t stretch any further to get it in the net before it kicked off and swam back to the dark. The one that got away indeed. I could’ve cried.

    The other Alex, who landed the bass, had something huge take his lure and snap him off back on the wreck frustratingly. It was great to see these big fish so early on in the winter wreck season.

    A couple more smaller bass were caught, and ALL bass were returned back into the sea as per the current bass ban Dec 1st - April 1st.

    Quite a few squid about still. The biggest was an absolute lump. Must’ve been heading towards 3lb.

    All in all a good day had exploring some old, and some new marks.

    This will be the last trip out until after new year, when all things going well, will see this Deep Blue going to a new home, and the launch of my new boat, Deep Blue V2.

    This year has been an absolute whirlwind. I’ll do a year recap on here soon, but for now, Deep Blue out.

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