In the zone.

I popped down to Newhaven Harbour again this afternoon. I’m quite enjoying fishing there at the moment, three visits in four days is testament to that! Whilst the quantity of fish caught isn’t anything spectacular, it’s been pretty reliable in terms of the species present. The weather wasn’t great today, and it did rain again, but it was fairly light and only lasted about half an hour. 

Dull, with rain on the horizon. 

Employing the same simple tactics as my first two sessions, dropping small pieces of ragworm straight down the side of the wall, I winkled out two of the less frequently caught mini species I’ve been repeatedly catching there already.

My fourth viviparous blenny in as many days,..

…and my seventh butterfish in the last six days!

All three visits have produced both butterfish and viviparous blenny. Clearly, there are small, healthy populations of both of these interesting mini species present. It may sound like catching them is easy, but they’re actually fairly localised within a short section of the wall. Fishing outside this relatively small area or not close enough to the vertical surface, and you wouldn’t know either species were there because it’s highly unlikely you would catch either of them. As a species hunter, I find it very satisfying figuring these things out and then being able to target and catch specific species consistently.

Tight lines, Scott.