In October I was fortunate enough to make 2 trips out on the Emma Jayne, a fishing charter boat based in Selsey. It is crewed by Colin and Becky. In the summer months, they are moored at Selsey East beach and in the winter at Chichester Marina.
The first of the two trips was a productive day catching mackerel. Always a favourite of mine to catch, eat and keep a few for my bait supplies and on this day I wasn’t disappointed.
We also did some bottom fishing, but there didn’t seem to be much about. A few pout and bream came aboard to those that persisted.
The next trip, was a much more exciting affair. We headed out into the morning sun and hunted the bass shoals, who locations were marked by excited sea gulls.
The fishing was pretty simple. Dropping or casting a metal lure like a Dexter’s wedge into the melee, would get an instant hook up. Cast and retrieve or jigging also worked well and everyone got into the fish. No huge fish but plenty of fun all round. I managed to snag 11 of them.
A fantastic day, looking forward to the next mission!
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