Sea Fishing Worthing Pier- A Mark Guide to the Renowned Sussex Hotspot! 

Takes me back to the late eighties when my brother and I as kids would fish Worthing pier, when visiting a great uncle who lived in Worthing at the time. Basically learnt a lot about sea fishing from the hours spent on that pier. Not been back in at least 25 years, but can remember catching plaice, sole, dabs, small bass, rockling etc.. nothing big but always seemed to be plenty of fish around in those days. Can remember seeing a shoal of garfish under the pier supports on one trip.

Whenever I see a new video of yours, I get so happy 😊. Thank you

Used to fish here almost every day when I could as a kid late 80s / early 90s. Dustbin lid plaice wasnt uncommon. Eels on the edge of the muck about 1m or water. Congers much rarer back then , did hook one which was talk of the town for a few weeks but it stripped my hook on the winch up - lesson learnt. So many good memories . Great video.

The reef you mention runs from Worthing in the east, where it is a little over 4 miles offshore, where it is known as Kingmere, to Bognor in the west, although in parts there are significant gaps. As it runs west, it gets nearer to the coast, curving north as it nears Bognor, where it meets land. I think you have also moved Newhaven a few miles west, to Littlehampton!😊

Another great video and welcome to worthing pier, it definitely has its day, I had a look around yesterday afternoon and didn't see anything come up. Good fun lure fishing in waders over low water all around worthing. Well worth a go if you are down this way when the conditions are right.

Sea fishing in the UK is very hard going, but we love it!

When you said you spoken to a couple of locals amd said you should of been hear yestaday! Haha that is always the way isn't it that pritty much happands to me every time I go sea fishing 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️ great informative video and we'll done on putting up with the wonderfully July wether 🤣🤣 tight lines matt

Fishing vídeo amazing, Congratz! 🎣🐟👍💯

Awesome again Matt great looking pier a bit like the old Hastings pier , sham no fish , it's the same old u should have been here yesterday ,still cold wind and picking up rain forecast 4 rest of week and into next week .Happy catching from Australia Nick

Excellent video Matt, always interesting to see you fish a new mark. I didn't get the chance to comment on your last one (shoal of bass), well done you! That was quite something - fish after fish after fish. I am green with envy! Top man.

Fish the end with squid, catch nice hounds and conger.

Thanks for sharing Matt. 👍👍

Enjoyable video, liked it.

When the water is clear, lure fishing by the life boats in shoreham is incredible ! Should definitely check it out

Loving the drone shots Matt

Mate hit that pier with fresh king prawn.. smooth hounds love em also macrol for bass and conga

Love your videos mate, I live near Portsmouth and I'm trying to get back into fishing, learning a lot from your other stuff as well!

great vid as always Matt

Only wish Hastings Pier was still as it was. Spent my Childhood on there in the Early 70s. Fishing was fantastic.

Really enjoyed that Matt.

Good old Worthing pier haven’t paced them boards for a year or more now but a great watch mr saltwater . I’m not much cop but here’s my take on past attempts …rays and conger as well as pesky dogs in dirty water and east side ( always fishes better on east side) where regulars where is more favourable than when clear but does fish well off the end ( if not closed) in early summer for bream in clearer water . Gars can be caught on east side where you fished in March close to the bottom in clear water(then they disappear) they then come back in September, west side landing stage is good then for them on calmer days ( last year a marlin was allegedly chasing garfish off the end) . September onward is good on the right tides you can fish till ten ish and a bit of darkness is a massive improver to take advantage of . Bass are always there my favourite for fishing for them is live bait ( small wrasse pout or even baby bream fished under the pier on the east side before the amusements. Favourite bait for rays is squid/ sand eel wraps, dogs love mackerel as do conger . Best I stop now before you get bored of my waffle but one last thought is how different things are now from my heydays in the 70s/80s before we lost the weed beds offshore then it was flat fish common eels mullet and schoolies.. call me nostalgic but I preferred those days 🤷 thanks for sharing your video

Love to see you in my neck of the woods. The pier fishes great sometimes and it’s dead the rest. Love your approach though it’s different to the normal Chuck it and see. Come back in September for cod and congers 🎣

Its not a reef its bedrock and sand . Fishes much better from september after a blow or during very windy weather in the surf

Love the pier ,just up the road from me ,don't get on there often enough Next try Selsey 👍

No fish but I bet you have a plan for next time 😂 live bait on a float next video please ❤

Done most of my fishing off Mumbles pier as a young lad and caught my biggest bass there. Think they mostly catch smooth hounds of the pier these days

Great video Matt the rain brought a smile to my face normal summer weather. Good to see the enjoyment/frustration of exploring new places. Talking about new things I have been seeing some new rods from BlackRock contental bass rods look interesting (mind you I do like the colour) Have you seen them? Do you have an option on that style of rod! Anyway always a pleasure to see your new post rhanks

Think you got Newhaven a bit wrong that's Pagham there mate

Fished there before quite good gets packed in the summer off the lower deck when open. Low tide does go out past the pier lol 😊

Fishing from the pier, is always better as the tide is coming in or at high tide. It can become packed with anglers at weekends and at summer.

If you dropped a GoPro you would be able to show how populated that pier is.

Great session Matt Thanks for sharing at least some fish were included, even though others caught them Nice to see the area I wonder what it would be like for winter fishing Have you fished the beach there Thanks again

Get down there at low tide when its blowing 30mph plus and get a big bait in the surf , big bass from september onwards

Hi Matt. I'm travelling around south coast. We are from Sheffield but we are in dymchurch at the moment travelling across from east to west in our camper. Looking to catch some mackerel in Hastings. Hopefully it's the right time to have a go. Any recommendations greatly appreciated 👍

If your going to go again .phone prime angling . They will tell you how it's been fishing and what has been getting caught . 4 hours up and 2 down is best . And a weekday is always a better option.

I've never finished there. A very disappointing couple of blank sessions. It seems that the flow was no better than the ebb tide. What a shame that you can't fish from that other platform. It didn't look too unsafe, nothing that couldn't be easily fixed anyway. Have you ever fished from Bournemouth pier? Way back in the late 1950s I always did well there. By the way just being curious what does it cost to fish there, I assume that unlike in the olden days they charge nowadays.

Fishing there would be a nightmare but each to their own.

If u wanna catch bass innthe surf ,use mackeral . Not mant bass ome up on squid .

Looks nice easy fishing venue Matt is the lower level being repaired or closed for good?

If no overhead casting is allowed. how do you cast?

I bet you will catch next time, after all that local knowledge you pick up.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣👍👍👍

I used to visit Worthing Pier regularly for photographing sunsets, never saw anyone catch anything significant. Also, when i worked ar a local hotel, we used to get all our fish from local boats, those operating within the local fishing industry gave up within a very few years. There wasnt enough fish to catch soon after joining the Common Market, even less when it changed to the EU, due to all the extra regulatory restrictions. I was hoping a vote for Reform might bring into focus our national interests, but we've got another WEF puppet government, thanks to all those people who have forgotten or never felt what it is to be British.

not so good