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With dover sole, codling, thornback rays, plaice and bass, as well as dogfish and whiting, there are a mix of summer and winter species showing off local beaches.
Mark Goddard Is pictured with a 76cm bass (estimated weight 10lb 8oz) caught last night in Pevensey Bay on mackerel bait
Carol was fishing at Langney Point and caught a bass on ragworm bait and a ray on suqid/bluey cocktail.
Joe (aged 7 years) pictured with his first thornback ray ever, on lugworm bait, when fishing with dad Mathew Love at Pevensey Bay.
Matthew Gifford sent this lovely picture of young Darcey with a dover sole caught last night from an Eastbourne beach
Erol Rufadov is pictured with a catch of Bass from Pevensey Bay, caught on squid bait.
A report from Phil West who after calling into the shop for bait and advice from Ollie, caught these 10lb smoothhounds!
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Garry reports catches of bass, mackerel, thornback, smoothhound, black bream, conger, pout, and scad kayak fishing off Eastbourne!!
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Good weather & busy beaches mean the best daylight fishing times are dawn and dusk, and night fishing is bringing the best results...
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Conger Eels are regularly been caught from boats and the shore this year. Jake Davison is pictured with several caught on a recent boat trip.
Young Darcy looking very pleased with a weekend catch of bass at Bexhill! #fishingwithdad
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Smoothhound fishing with Dan from a local beach - large hooks and screaming runs!!
Young Logan is pictured with a smoothhound caught in Pevensey Bay #fishingwithdad
Pete Cornwell, Mohamed Borni and young Adam pictured with great smoothhound catches from a local Sussex beach.
Sophie is pictured with a bass caught during her birthday beach fishing outing in Pevensey Bay :) Other catches too!
Late May - Early June 24 - Smoothhound and Bass from local beaches :)
Well done to Logan Chant who caught a new PB 8lb 8oz ray fishing from an Eastbourne beach with dad.
Tracey reports her son Logan is a very happy angler after catching a 43cm bass at Pevensey - Great to hear!!
Sussex Rays April 24 - thornback, smalleyed and blonde Rays at Eastbourne, and undulates at Shoreham
James Reports ' Not Monsters, but they certainly made us smile', and a PB ray for Maggie!
Congratulations to Mark Almeida for smashing the Anderida Beach Fishing Club record with this 20lb+ conger catch!
As well as catches of thornback ray, we are seeing more small eyed ray catched from Eastbourne beaches!!
Great local beach fishing continues - Tony Wright is pictured with a PB thornback of 10lb 3oz caught from an Eastbourne beach.
Great local beach fishing this February. Dabs, plaice and flounder during the daytime and thornback rays at night!
Jason Carter pictured with a 42cm PB plaice. Plenty of flatfish being caught, and thornback rays in the Bay!!
Young Jo (6yrs) enjoyed a busy session ay Langney Point catching dab, plaice, dogfish and whiting.
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Pictured is Shane Pullen with plaice caught yesterday at Eastbourne. Shane also caught a 31cm dab,
Generally local fishing has improved recently with plenty of flatfish being caught - dabs, flounders and some nice plaice:)
Ollie Franks and Luke Ripley are pictured with bass caught from a local Eastbourne beach.
Catches of small eyed ray off Eastbourne this November.
Luke Ripley, Kevin Morgan and Gary Willis on a short bass fishing session over low water in the local area.
Alan Mitchem is pictured with a catch of cod from White Horses, Pevensey Bay, caught while staying in the area.
Chris Voller pictured wit catches of Small Eyed and Thornback Ray from Normans Bay this October
Shane Pullen is pictured with a catch of cod from a local beach.
Fishing from a local beach, Stuart reported bass, rays, congers, dogs and a few codling biggest 5lb2oz!
Damion Chant with a lovely 4lb 5oz cod caught in Pevensey Bay
A daytime session at Pevensey Bay for Andy Smith produced plaice, bass, conger and a lovely small eyed ray :)
James Cowley and his son are pictured with early morning bass, caught on the lure, at the weekend, from the Sussex shore.
Ed Holyoake and Jay Carter pleased with catches of cod from local beaches.
Harvey Shelley and Lewis fished from a local beach catching dogfish, sole, strap conger and tub gurnard.
Joe Barlow was on a birthday fishing trip after a visit to Anglers Den for advice and bait and caught mullet, ray and mackerel
Thomas Messum caused quite a stir when he caught this nice sized stingray from the beach at Normans Bay.
Dover Sole, smoothhound, eel, bass, flounder, plaice and ray - a great mixed bag for Jay Carter from a local Eastbourne beach!
Brandon Maendel (9years) is pictured with thornback ray caught on frozen lugworm bait at Norman's Bay by Alice's Pipe.
Three nights fishing from an Eastbourne beach brings great results for Jason Carter with a new PB 15lb smoothhound.
Night and daytime reports of smoothhound catches from local Pevensey beaches - great sport fishing :)
Gavin Croft is pictured with a 140cm/14lb 13¼oz conger eel Pevensey Bay on squid bait - new PB and new club record!!
Jim Whippy caught this lovely gilt-head bream from a Sussex beach.
Thanks Phil West for pictures from a Friday night mixed bag session, including some lovely bass, at Cooden with James Macname and his son Fin.
Pete Cornwell pictured with a PB 14lb smoothhound 'measured, weighed and put back after pic - love seeing them swim off'
Andy Reeves with an 12lb smoothhound caught in Pevensey Bay on lugworm and squid bait
Andy Smith fishing in Pevensey Bay with his two sons Lewis and Tyler caught smoothhound up to 9lb 2oz - and there was one that got away!
Peter Cornwell is pictured with a lovely 1lb 9oz dover sole caught last night from an Eastbourne beach in a session also including smoothhound, bass and ray.
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Thanks Phil West for these pictures from an early evening session on the beach at Alices Pipe, Normans Bay over the weekend. A tope? You decide!
5 year old Oscar is pictured with a catch of Smoothhound from the beach at Cooden.
Pete Cornwell and friends fishing Eastbourne beach and pier this weekend reporting catches of bass, smoothhound, flounder, plaice, sole, dogfish, conger and silver eel and rays.
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Logan Chant fishing with dad Damion from Eastbourne, with catches of bass, smoothhound and ray.
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Another great session for Tony Wright from an Eastbourne beach this weekend with catches of smoothhound and thornback ray
Well done to Ollie Franks who this week caught smoothhound and bass at Normans Bay! Great to see :)
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Young Logan with a lovely conger eel, and great mixed bag Eastbourne fishing from dad Damion with buddies Pete and Sala.
After calling into the shop for local angling advice, Simon caught this smoothhound from a local Eastbourne beach.
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Tony Wright with catches of thornback ray and smoothhound from an Eastbourne beach.
Nine sizeable bass were weighed-in in a Pevensey Bay fishing comp, as well as plenty of dogfish and several flatfish (dabs and flounder).
Connie Knight with a 11½lb conger eel caught in Pevensey Bay on squid and bluey wrap.
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Great catches of thornback ray from Tony Wright from Eastbourne beaches on Anglers Den bait :)
James Blackford with codling, pollock and bass caught from 'Blackbird' out of Eastbourne Sovereign Harbour
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Plaice in numbers during the daytime and thornback ray at night from local beaches - greatly improved local beach fishing - Happy Days :)
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Good mix of winter species, inc occasional cod and conger, and some thornback ray :)
Well done Kevin Morgan pictured with a 10lb 7oz bass caught at Seaford first chuck!
Great to see codling, bass, conger and small eyed ray (including this 9lb 13oz beauty by Barry Roberts) being caught from Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches - November 22
Good mixed fishing from local Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches, Tony Wright with a 10lb 3oz small eyed ray and Jason Scott a 14lb conger!
Great shore fishing variety this September with plaice, bass, ray, flounder, conger and codling.
Mackerel fishing brings great results, and so is a great way to get children to try out sea angling.
Smooth hound are a shark species and popular with catch and release anglers, smooth hound fight hard and strip line like few other fish!
A day's fishing on Manx Belle for the crew from Anglers Den on 12th July to celebrate Ollie Franks' (that's Ollie who works in the shop) 18th birthday!!
Ed Holyoake smashed his PB with this 22lb 4oz conger eel caught from an Eastbourne beach at high water.
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Catches of ray (Inc stingray), smoothhound, plaice, sole, dogfish and more from local beaches.
Boat catches out of Eastbourne's Sovereign Harbour this spring - ray, tope, pollock, bass, codling.
Catches of ray, including another blonde ray caught at Eastbourne. Also conger eel and bass!
So far, it's all about the rays, including a 17lb blonde ray caught at Langney Point. Also plaice and bass from local beaches.
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Thornback rays on bluey baits and plaice on lugworm from Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches, plus the odd bass!
Good sized thornback ray and conger eels from Eastbourne beaches, as well as dogfish :)
Plaice, flounder and dab are the main fish being caught during the daytime from Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches, with whiting and dogfish being caught at night.
Jack Wiltshire is pictured with the 18lb 5oz conger eel, his biggest shore fish caught ever, that won him the final Anderida Beach Fishing Club Competition of 2021 held in Pevensey Bay .
Great mixed fishing from local beaches this Autumn - bass, dogfish, dover sole, dab, plaice, rays, dabs, flounder and coalfish:)
Exceptional Shore Catches from local beaches - bass, conger eel, dover sole and thornback ray.
Boat catches out of Eastbourne's Sovereign Harbour this autumn.
Bass, dover sole, plaice, bullhuss and mackerel showing from Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches this September.
Conger, Bass, Ray, Dover Sole and Smoothound pups being caught from local beaches this August.
Eastbourne/Pevensey shore catches of bass, ray, smoothound, bream.
A report from Indio 2 on a recent fishing trip out of Eastbourne's Sovereign Harbour
Reports of ray, dover sole and smoothound from Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches.
Catches of tope, cod and pollock from local Eastbourne boats.
Plenty of bass, ray and smoothound from local beaches :)
Codling, smoothound, pollock, black bream and thornback ray from local boats, as well as some colourful cuckoo wrasse.
Ray, plaice and bass from Sussex beaches, and cod and pollock off local boats!!
Thornback ray and plaice galore from local Eastbourne/Pevensey beaches this February/March!!
The late October storms have bought many specimen fish to feed close to the shore with reports of bass, dover sole, ray, dogfish, conger eels and a monster whiting! Bring it on!
There are conger eel, bass, plaice and the occaisional codling to be found amongst the whiting!!
Great September weather, and bass, cod, ray, plaice, garfish and dogfish from local beaches!
CODLING FROM LOCAL SUSSEX BEACHES, and 15lb 2oz smoothound!!
The Anglers Den Week Long Specimen Hunt (24hr Fishing Optional!) brings a 14lb Smoothound from a local beach and a whopper of a dover sole!
The smoothounds are in - 'Hounds Galore' said one angler! Also a whopper of a dover sole!! Great catches from local beaches continue!!
#WeAreFishingAgain!! Catches are plentiful from the local shoreline and include bass, plaice, flounder, dover sole, dogfish and thornback ray
Already lots of reports of thornback ray from local beaches so far this March!
February is seeing an increasing number of thornback rays, as well as plaice, being caught from local Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches.
An increasing number of plaice along with a nice mix of dogfish, pout, rockling, dab and whiting.
Charlie Clarke sent this report following an unusual boat catch of spurdog, a species that was rarely seen for many years
Good mixed bag results from local beaches - bass, dogfish, dover sole, flounder, dabs, strap conger, ray, whiting and pout.
Varied catches have continued from Pevensey and Eastbourne beaches and have included dover sole, bass, flounder, conger eel, dab and the occasional dogfish, as well as whiting and pout
Dover sole, bass, thornback rays, plaice, dogfish, conger eel, as well as pout and whiting, and still the occasional codling!!
Damion Chant and James Wood are both pictured with 12lb conger eels caught from the beach at Pevensey Bay.
The recent rougher weather has stirred things up a bit meaning the sea is dirty and some nice fish are showing off local beaches!!
Bass, plaice, dover sole, eel, flounder, gurnard, thornback ray and smoothound being caught from local Eastbourne and Pevensey beaches!
6 year old Tori and dad Lee Thackaberry have been fishing, filming and creating a mini aquarium on Pevensey Bay beach this August :)
Great mackerel fishing, great weather and a bank holiday weekend provided an ideal opportunity for young anglers to try beach fishing, often for the first time...
Dover sole have continued to be caught at night from local beaches. Bass are being caught during the day, as well as plaice particularly at Langney Point.
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Colin Etherington caught this bass at Langney Point Eastbourne whilst on holiday with his family and sent this report.
We have reports at the moment of dover sole being caught from local beaches at night (as well as bass during the day).
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Garry Willis sent pics of another great day off the yaks for Sussex Kayak Fishing!!
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Great pictures of good sized bass caught from local Sussex beaches over the past week.
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Mariusz Darocha sent this report after a BUMPER MACKEREL FISHING SESSION IN SEAFORD at the weekend
Local anglers have been enjoying a boom of SUMMER SMOOTHOUND FISHING from local beaches over recent weeks.
Certain species being caught off local beaches tell us that summer has at last arrived!