thats why you fish after a storm! 

Thanks Ian some brilliant input there , I was right there with you reading it nodding my head- and not a bad place to be when being kicked out either !

Yes I have been thinking about that, so many times that one last cast and I genuinely was feeling down and than bam !

Hi Stephen yes I understand that so Inch “a tonic called escapism” good words

Andy , thanks for all those thoughts , I do share in your optimism and I hope that boat gets a lot of use in 2021 down in Weymouth, what a great place to have one too. Appreciate your kind comments again, Matt

If you're ever down this way message me. I live 10mins walk from Preston beach, an enjoyable venue summer into autumn though the fish aren't big there is many species. I don't do much on the Chesil now, my knees don't like it. Get up and over to start with ain't to bad but coming back, oh dear a struggle..

Cheers Andy love that area too 👍👌

Love it !

Thanks Archie , those lure videos will be coming I’ve been making an underwater filming rig , I will have to wait though as things don’t really get going until June here in sussex. Really enjoying your videos too may friend , Tight lines Matt

thanks mate

Thanks yes agreed it was heading for one of those rubbish days and then it cheered everything up even in the rain

Thanks for saying that. I do hope you can get out soon !

Thanks for saying that David, I really am doing my best to improve in that area

Thanks for that

Same to you Phil, it does feel like spring now

There you are ! Thanks for the comments and I was hoping you’d be watching

Cheers Mark , it’s genuinely a pleasure

Thanks for being here to watch it !

CheersDave, Ah i don't mind the rain myself but i think the two other anglers i saw leg it to cover agreed with you ! Hope that second jab frees you up a bit and as yous say it will make you more confident to attempt better marks further afield, Thanks as always for your comments ill miss them if you miss a video lol

@@SaltwaterAngler Trying to keep out of mischief and doing some little woodworking projects (Rig Jig, Seatbox trays etc.) so have been a little more AWOL from the Tube lately, but always try to catch up! 👍👍

Nice one they sound like interesting projects

Thanks for saying that and you’ve also made me want a hot chocolate

Thanks I’m glad you enjoyed the video

Thanks Shug the legacy continues I like many others were taught by their father. Happy days and more bass coming to the channel too.

Yea it will be a a few weeks yet until those bass hit the north facing beaches in anger. Lug is a great bass bait early season though. Thanks for watching Andy next time I hope to hear you have been out and caught ! ( don’t those Huss start to come in this time of year ? Some bass for you soon I hope

Hi Devon fishing, yes I think seeing all that line together is a good thing, it means something is happening underwater to collect stuff . So if it’s currents and holding places that’s where you want the bait.

Thanks Les , I’m wanting to get a flounder though. Fishing makes me nostalgic too

Nice 👍 I concur very much let’s enjoy it

Hi David ! No worries thanks again

Good work, another advocate of post storm fishing top work sir

I was made up - now I keep asking but are those skate there yet !? That could be my first lockdown long trip , keep the reports coming

@@SaltwaterAngler I would be if I caught a lovely bass like that! I spoke to a few locals last weekend who have had a couple thornies, so they are definitely showing up, I'm down the beach tomorrow for a couple hours, so will ask some of the locals again to see what they've had over the week. I will keep you posted mate! :)

@@SaltwaterAngler had a few sessions down there now (21st, 22nd, 23rd), saw some Rays being pulled out by others on the evening of the 22nd in flood tide. The only real decent session I had was three bass inbetween 1-3lb and a couple smaller schoolies on the 23rd in the early evening around 6'ish (high tide was at 7) just as the sun was setting. Biggest was on a Sidewinder 25g Sandeel. Going to try a Floating plug to see if they will take from the surface next session (its super shallow and flatish gradient), if not back to the sidewinder and black minnow! Had a bluey/lug combo on my beachcaster with a two hook flapper but that was pretty quiet in all the sessions apart from the usual knocks and couple hookups from the usual suspects (whiting). Tight lines :) 24/03/21 - Update - Was down at Reculver towers for 4 hours today, nothing great just three more whiting! They're like a pack of hungry wolves... it was pretty slow if i do say so myself. Saves the blank i suppose.

Wow thanks ever so much, I’m being spoilt with info there, really appreciate you taking the time . They can become a bit of an obsession those thornback this time of year- 👍👍

@@SaltwaterAngler Any time! After my sessions i will try keep you posted of whats coming out around here. Big thank you to you for the great content, it's certainly helped keep me sane following a slow and cold winter in lockdown being restricted to what venues one can fish. As for the thornies, I feel like they have come a little later this year, compared to the last. The water temps are cooler locally, than this time last year so speculating that is the reason. All the best :)

Yes I think there’s a lot of people going to be doing that- and my videos won’t just be on the same stretch of beach too ! Hope you get out somewhere fun Tim

Appreciate that , I spend a lot of time looking at that so thought I’d share my view !

Glad you like them! Its nice to book a trip isnt it lots of planing is fun too

Thanks Nick any time you want to swap countries though mate !

Wow thank you so much it’s comments like your that make me really try to make these videos as valuable as possible , thanks

Yes peeler time now I recon ! Hunting and at one with nature I’m right there with you on that one

@@SaltwaterAngler Even the peelers couldn't tempt them in, blanked again! Will go again next week, when the bigger tides turn up 😀🎣

I’m with you there

Amazing some great history at Eastbourne pier I hear even sea trout can be caught there

Where is the place near eastbourne pier, would love to know.

Check out the Eastbourne fisherman’s latest video

​@@wt6519 ​ a couple of places. One is at the end of the pier. go down the deck to the lower fishing deck. face towards the beach parallel with the pier looking down towards the night club if it still exists. fish 1 hour before high tide and all the way down to low. when its high going to low try to cast to the club as the pier goes inwards. you need to use either sandeel or sidewinder skerries eel. main line on 1oz or 2oz weight to arms length line to the eel. let it hit the ground but wind in quick as the tide will take it under the pier into snags make sure its parallel with the pier off about 2-4 meters away as you wind in it drags it more into the pier where the fish are hiding...if any bass about 100% they will take it. Best time of year is September time with high tide early morning close to sunrise best if you can. If pier is not possible you can do the same on the beach to the left of the pier. not on the first but second beach down. best used is lug or sandeel. Bass if you look during the day hang out close to the pier and are down deep near where the night club entrance is...on clear water with polarized lenses on you can see loads of them hanging about going in and out. For pollack its straight down at the bottom pier deck facing the pier but further down (half way upto the end) on very high tides during summer. Use sibiki feathers down to bottom and wind up two times off the floor to not get snagged...bob up and down and should catch 1/2lb to 1lb pollack and near dusk herring. For black bream its top deck on small hooks, can be a two hook flapper rig, cast parallel to the beach towards beachy head. Must be after may/jun for best result with slither of quid . By catch is flatties. Scad if you can is at night dangling down using feathers bottom beck in the lights where you catch pollack but at night. gar fish using float near the pier bottom deck on high tide or can be done with skerrie sidewinder eel but at night is best result but must be flat. for (2lb+) mullet use bread on tiny hooks (6 on a line) down the side as close to the pier as possible. My best place was top deck to the left next to the stairs facing pier (yeah not much space but that is where they hang out). Its a long game but pays off with a large fish. Must be calm water best in morning from first light. They like glass calm water for best result.

Thank you

Thanks David

for sure !

Go get those fish ! Let us know how you get on

@@SaltwaterAngler just got back, caught a fat Mediterranean mackerel on the jig and a small rascasse on the float 😁 Guess it'll be mackerel for tea tonight 😉

Yes exciting and relaxing ! That’s true and especially when you catch. Bluey is a fish imported here as bait it’s like a long nosed mackerel very smelly and great for ray

Hi Dean, thanks for stopping by at the secret spot 😉 I think it’s a bit hit and miss at the moment. It’s actually fishing well half a mile to our west on mid flood in clear conditions. I’m hearing reports that a lot of plaice were caught there and weekend might be good

Thanks 👍

Love what your saying here jonathan I feel that

And that Chris is bloody good answer ! The unknown is a big one for me. There’s definitely something very primal about coastal fishing and do people still watch t.v ? Only when watching RU-vid I hope !

Good man Richard I agree - hunting is great being in tune with your environment and yes to healthy protein too

Hello mate, yea as I’ve said before I think you’ll be busting to get out there. 26th April will be here before you know it

@@SaltwaterAngler absolutely Matt. Got single hooks on some of my lures now. Have you read a book called The Lure of The Bass by Marc Cowling. What a superb read well worth getting. All the best Matt.

Actually that’s one I’ve still to get

@@SaltwaterAngler very well worth a read Matt.

Yes Chris ! I kind of like the risk factor of its non existent blocks on this one. It’s got a great wind to it but so hard to control that spool

@@SaltwaterAngler they are very lively! mine was all or bust, forget casting into a head wind😱, since the mag conversion its more docile but i lost the ratchet, to be truthful i would rather have kept the ratchet! but to late now, its done😎

@@chrischambers5466 yea more suited to deep rock marks and the kayak even.

With you on this Jordan!

@@SaltwaterAngler Too right👍🏻

Yes and the tides building here too hope the plaice will be back and the bass starting to hunt

I was reading that and nodding my head 👍

No worries fishing again soon I hope

Thank you really appreciate your feedback. All understood admittedly it feels better reel further up I’m (6ft 2) - I’m at the point where I can cast further than with the multi rather than fixed spool. The penn although consistent doesn’t fizz but is easy to control so am I at the stage where I can speed it up somehow ? I’ve eased up on brakes. Thinner oil maybe ? Nice to see your still a fan of the multiplier 😂👍 will use 6 oz and report back

I was going to title this video four seasons in one day , the joys of being outside thanks for watching it all

I guess fishing is good for this especially on a quiet beach 👍

All the best with beating it . Us blokes aren't good at admitting to problems like this usually but times are changing i hope.

Times are changing this is true.

@@arthurtwoshedsjackson4336 thanks mate, the closer my fishing sessions are together the better it is. Lockdown was incredibly tough. I'm a big advocate for blokes speaking up about mental health etc.

Ahh that’s some service 32 years good man, the water is definitely where it’s at Kris!

Thanks 👍

Hi Paul, bass was at distance maybe 60/70 m . I share your surprise at where the time goes when fishing- your right it’s when we concentrate and are in the moment time flys !

Ha ha maybe it’s my new name mr Nick Matt , thanks JW

Ahh were in the old multi club ! Good man thanks for watching Barry

@@SaltwaterAngler yeah I've had it a long time I love it. Love the channel, enjoyed reading your blog this morning about the zonk lure coming back in stock they are expensive and it would break my heart to lose one 😂👍

Ha yes ! The original tingtaxinater ! Thanks I understand that stepping off the planet , remember I filmed you catching a flatly once and remember thinking you were so IN THE ZONE ! It’s the place to be with hopefully a few less slugs - tight lines and see you soon

Yes that’s always a worry- a bass or a cod could always have more though- in theory it’s the same as bait fish around in lure fishing. I find that if the bait fish are small I struggle but big I do better ?

Yea fingers crossed for you all there.

Mike: I'm in Wales too, and do you know how I get around the 5 mile travel thing? I ignore it. It's a ridiculous rule, thought up by morons. Get out there and fish. Life's too short.

yea I think it’s my guest rod now at best !

Thanks for the message . I don’t tend to eat bass, this time of year they have roe. But that said I will take the odd fish. I will eat plaice too though. People are sensitive about such matters but it’s selective eating and I don’t like thinking of fishing as a game and returning the fish. I prefer the hunt and a good meal if that makes sense.

Yes! There are bigger fish coming but I was very pleased

Yes allen , i do a few sessions on the fly every year on lakes. But also for Bass from the kayak. Great way to fish

I started with something similar! We have it east down south .

Thank you Chris glad to have you subscribed We have some good fishing coming up after the last few weeks it’s been most welcome 🙏

Yes! That “you never know” I love that about sea fishing

Cheers Graham

Yes I have and harbour wall actually saw some bass there! your best bet is to speak to some locals here though. lovely part of the world

So it sounds like you are using feathers on a string ? A lot depends on your weight you are using and where your fishing etc. But I’m waters 15lb line is usually a good start

@@SaltwaterAngler It wasn’t even feathers at that point it was a spinner😖!! I don’t know what line is on just now but it doesn’t look like the best

What rod and reel do you have ?

@@SaltwaterAngler I’m buying a new one next week, I was using my papas old beach caster and it’s my dads reel, it’s pretty good but the line snapped very easy with a snag

Yes I will , thanks for watching

Yea ! With you there my friend

Sounds like it can only get better Mike , hope it goes well when you do get out there

Thanks mate good to know! Haven’t had a ting in four sessions !

Ha yes I did mention it but thenedited it out ! You noticed though lol- I think the bar and nut is best with the original Ian golds tripod

It looked in the video like Matt was turning the nut the wrong way too! Lefty loosey, Righty tighty! 😁😁

Yes ! Get in I’m defo after a flounder can use my bass gear for them too. Well done on the update 👍how big was the bass ?

@@SaltwaterAngler it was 38 centimetres nearly pulled m8 rod off the stand

They are the best aren’t they love that first rattle.

The scorpion wouldn't give me the hook back then latched onto my coat and wouldn't let go

@@SaltwaterAngler definitely I was buzzing

Yea !

Nice one your doing you bit making them grow and then one day they’ll be bigger for you to catch 🤔

4th time lucky, hopefully the lifting of restrictions will help you. It’s a tough time of the year though

@@SaltwaterAngler aye it is going too try the closer too the pier as far as I can go might help

Go for it !

Excellent point thank you marky, it wasn’t used on this occasion but I’ll make it clear in future thanks for the info

I use them all the time great for plaice and dabs

Flounders I go into the river

@@SaltwaterAngler I was about to say that Matt and then I spotted Marky's post. I just checked and they have been illegal to use since 2015. Shame - I'd sooner forage for a bit of natural bait than have to fork out £20 for a handful of worm from a disatant tackle shop! www.gov.uk/government/news/slipper-limpets-not-permitted-to-be-used-as-bait-or-disposed-at-sea

Oh yea , it’s a great focus of energy and a good reason for kids to get in to it too

Hi Joyce what’s your guess ? I think about 4lb but I like my friends estimate of 7lb lol not that big but just pleased to get one

Oh really,this is my dream this year 😊 a bass about 3/4 will be amazing truly amazing 🌱🌱🌱💕

Where are you based roughly ?

I'm in Paignton Torbay

Oh yes sorry I think that’s an achievable aim the area you are in is great spent a while there brixham, teignmouth, shakedown, Berry head have caught bass on most of these marks over the years

Thanks sir, yes they can be very clean and beautiful but also dirty! I don’t know anything about fishing in turkey 👍😂😂

I do with lure and boat rods. But with a fair old walk to the mark I pack up a bit ! Thanks Dan that’s a good call

👍👍

Love that Gene Davis

Normally yes but there’s a couple of problems we face as film makers and that’s I need to avoid showing the marks on some occasions and filming in to direct sunlight !

I predicate all these videos on dad jokes ! Innuendo central when start to notice them. I was going to use that home too!

@@SaltwaterAngler oh I definitely noticed, always nice to have a chuckle when watching your videos

I wouldn't be too literal

Yea not sure what’s going on there

@@SaltwaterAngler ah sure there's no harm in watching them again just in case i missed a tip or two sure I could watch them all day to be honest

😂😂

Bass is indeed overrated , we did a blind test once with different white fish. Plaice was the most popular if I remember and the best smoked was actually conger over bass ! Thanks Thomas that’s one vote for the whiting