S.A.S Intercounty Invitational Meet 20/09/08
(by Underwaterimage)

The following results are for the top 15 places are listed below. Well done to everyone who took part. These and links to photos will be up on the SAS website within a couple of days.

1st Dave Lewis (SS) -838 point
2nd Mike W (Highwayman) -722
3rd Ollie J -661
4th Mike Perfect - 390
5th George (Badger2) - 384
6th Simon (Judge) - 367
7th Mick Evans -366
8th Tony Evans - 355
9th Daz (Little Urn, formally Daz the Destroyer) - 314
10th Mike (Bloatedcod) - 294
11th Danny - 253
12th Ian (Forever Red) - 240
13th Neville - 217
14th Jassyfa - 199
15th Chaz - 130

Under SAS rules (i.e. no more than one prize per angler)

Best round winner was a 46cm mullet to Nev Searle
Best Flat was a 30cm flounder to Jeff. (We have a tenner ready and waiting for you)

Best fish of the day was obviously everyones first new species but was really the 61cm bass caught by the Highwayman.

Cheers all

Sean

S.A.S Intercounty Invitational Meet 29/09/07
(by Underwaterimage)

S.A.S catch update 21/08/07
(by Mesito)

An update on the fishing at the arm is due and I think it fair to say it's been mullet, More MULLET and EVEN MORE MULLET ...right up until this afternoon when ......................**POOF** all gone. Many species caught though; Mullet (one of), flounder, red mullet, mackerel (not that many), shad, schoolie bass, plaice, bream, gurnard and I think a garfish - not bad for the old arm.

"you should have been here yesterday" is definitely the phrase that comes to mind though, with catches of 20+ mullet per angler being recorded while the water was coloured up.
All that goes out the window though I caught my first codling of the year ...in broad daylight , one red rag, as people were pulling mackerel out. .... just glad I got it in early this year to save the winter panic.

Great company from Bungy, Toopoos, Daz, Chris, Underwaterimage and Mark S this afternoon - thanks guys and special thanks to Brian who turned up mid afternoon to empty the bins Love these last minute mini meets!

S.A.S catch update 14/03/07

Fished on the west arm from 11:30 - 4:30. Beautiful conditions, flat calm, gentle Northerly breeze and water light chocolate colour. Was thinking there'll be few whiting on the high - not a sighting of one all day or pout.Still as expected there were some flatties about. Caught one decent dab and some smaller ones and 3 flounders best 1.5lb.
Dabs on lug worm and mackerel cocktail and flounders on slipper and peeler crab.
Can't believe not a single round fish all day from anyone on the wall (about doz anglers) apart from rockling and a dragonette. Still, was such a pleasure to be able to pour a cuppa from the thermos without having it blown back in your face for once. What a day's angling is all about.

I fished the West arm early Sunday morning, got there at 5 am. as soon as the tackle had settled the bites came thick and fast. it was wall to wall whiting and dabs all the way through the tide. I finally left at 9.30 and it was still fishing well. the whiting were all a very good size with a couple of good sized dabs. This has restored my faith in the west arm as in the past its always been a poor venue for me. the weather was also nice and the sun on Sunday morning was a welcome surprise fish count on Sunday was 22 whiting and 7 dabs, all on blow lug and fish strip there were a couple of other anglers that also had fish large numbers.

Just got back from a session down the arm. Got there a little late - 13:30 (HT 15:10) and people were already catching a few whiting and flatties. Weather wasn't too bad with the sun shining and the wind easing, a bit gusty to start with though. Sea state was quite choppy and the water was quite coloured but due to the wind coming from a more west north westerly direction we didn't get a pasting by the waves. Fished about 4/5ths of the way down the arm, casting to the inside with a 2 hook flapper baited with lug or rag tipped with a slither of mackerel. Bites came straight away and landed a sizeable dab, then it turned into a whiting fest with them coming 2 at a time for a while. 2 hours down the whiting became a little less frequent enabling a flounder and then a dab to take my bait. 3 hours down the fishing tailed off with only the odd whiting being caught, then after catching a rockling I decided to call it a day. I finished up with 35+ whiting, 2 dabs, a flounder and a rockling and my mate having 20+ whiting. Mainly whiting were had by others with dabs, flounders and a few doggies, not a bad afternoon's fishing.

The wind was a force 5 to 6 South Westerly, arrived on the West arm at about 06:00, Boxing Day morning and dark, plus overcast. 2 rods set up, one with slipper limpet, the other with black lug, tipped of with mackerel. Action immediately, whiting on both rods from the first cast. Same baits out and more whiting, plus a double shot of flounders, which were returned. As light came up, the action died, but a change to fresh bait produce a cracking bite, the rod bent over and on the end was a decent 2 and ½ pound bass, not expected. Slipper appeared to be out fishing the black, so both rods now on slipper and bang, again in comes a bass, slightly larger and just as I was unhooking it, my other rod rattled violently in it’s rest and yet again another bass. It then for some reason all died, nothing, despite a change of bait, mixing and matching. So home time beckoned, but a great early morning stint with fish to show for it. Well done SAS for keeping the arm clean and your future efforts.

Following Sunday's SAS catch report and nice tips from 2 of the founder members, I tried the West Arm today from 3.30 - 7.00. Found a pile of slipper limpet on the wall half way up and guessed that was where another angler had his flounders from. Cast out with limpet bait on size 2 with a couple of BB shot above the hook to hold it down and waited for the action and waited. Nothing for the first hour when I thought it would be hot after the reports. Darkness arrived and with it at last the tap tap of flounders. From 4.30 til 6 I had a bite a cast (had to wait 10-15 mins each time) and pulled in 4 reasonable flounders best at 15oz. After that it went dead my time to leave came. Others on the arm had nothing til dark either but then also had a few flounders.

After collecting some lug from Prime Angling I got down the arm about 2pm, the wind and rain from this morning had stopped and the sea was a chocolate colour, partly due to a massive dredger working the entrance. There was a bit of a swell but not much weed about.

Cast out a 3 hook loop rig baited with different combinations of lug, squid, mackerel, sand eel and slipper limpet on the inside. A couple of minutes later I reeled in a sizeable whiting. After a few more whiting in successive casts, the dredger came within casting distance and proceeded to hoover up my rig whilst i was moving my gear to the end. Not happy. After moving down the end and tying on a new shock leader and rig I decided to chuck out a whole squid on a pennel rig on my other rod. The whiting were now 2 a chuck and taking all baits, even whole squid.

Decided to pack up at 6 ending the session with 20+ whiting, not bad compared to how the arm has been fishing in recent weeks. That blow has really stirred up the water and brought them in, and about time too. Earlier in the day another angler had a Bass of about 2lb. Will probably pop down there tomorrow after work for another go, hopefully that dredger would have been torpedoed by a U boat or something by then! Taking advantage of the 1 day of lower winds I was on the West Arm last night from 9-12.

Loads of small Dabs & small Whiting were coming up from the end in double shots. I was half way up and to wait until 10.30 (2.5 hours before high) before they arrived and then it was only for half an hour on the outside of the wall. Then from 11.30 until midnightI tried the inside and got 2 bigger Dabs. I only had some old frozen limpet as bait but still managed 6 Dabs + 1 whiting

S.A.S catch update 11/11/06

Hello and welcome to the first S.A.S. catch update, and what an update it promises to be !!. well sorry, promised TO be ! Apart from Tomfoolery's Bass from Shoreham Beach (more later), this update is as bare a Russian supermarket on payday. I do have to rely from YOUR input in order to
correlate and provide a substantive epistle regarding current landings.

Waiting for the nod

Surely you are not all that shy? If you have had a good sesh or a good fish lets trumpet it. Yes, even those dodgy ones such as the Cod caught in September on Macky or the Flounder caught on a float fished Olive. This forum casts it's net far and wide, so have no shame in reporting the good and indeed the bad.

I will base the report on Shoreham West arm due to this being the focal point of our club. I will, however, include Worthing Beaches and Pier and also Southwick Arm and Beaches and will, if pushed, include The Marina too. I am looking to sub-contract this East Sussex franchise to someone with a local knowledge of some exactitude.(yes, you Squiddy)

This update will be only as good as the input from you and thus it ill behooves me to mention once again YOUR jottings, scratchings and exaggerations are the very living life blood of this report.

So, after the preamble we move swiftly on to the admittedly light, main course. On a general note there are SOME Whiting out there but these have been incredibly shy in coming forward in any number. After rigorous gleaning of the pages in the WSF the best seem to be from the West of our region close to the Bognor end. Bass are still around in some numbers but remain undocumented in any numbers. Live baiting on Worthing Pier produced Bass to 5LB. The current flattish and calm conditions have caused the sea to Gin Up and and thus all fishing seems very hard work.. Pray for that blow chaps, and not just those of you in long term relationships!

So, due to the promise of a fiscal reward I can now reveal that Tomfoolery had a Bass off Shoreham beach that was almost worth talking about. This fiesty, almost sizable fish was caught on a Play-Dough cocktail tipped off with a lump of Bazooka bubble gum. This fish was in "unusual" breeding colours and thus, I enclose a picture for your scrap books. Er and when do I get that £8 note you promised me Tomfoolery ?