[Salarex]

Here's a river I didn't expect to see here!

Yesterday went to fish the ebb tide of the Adur estuary, near Brighton. Target species were Thick-Lipped Mullet, heavily feeding bread to get them going and light lining crust.

Right at low tide, this is what Lionel caught:

Unbelievable, a personal best for him, 5lb, on BREAD!!!! Legered crust on the bottom. It's not as if large numbers of sea trout run the Adur, unlike the neighbouring Ouse.

The fish is a typical Sussex sea trout, short and deep. Didn't fight particularly well, either, and had about 30 sea lice on it, and some scrapes on the belly and a chunk of missing skin near the tail.

The sandeel come out here at slack tide, at we are going to check this out with fly fishing in the evening - reckon that if we don't connect with some sea trout we will at least get some bass! There is even enough space for the double hander.

 

[luap]

Congratulations. That is a beautiful fish even if it does have a few blemishes. Most of the bigger sea trout where I fish are looking a bit gunmetal coloured now and it is nice to see one fresh from the sea. The best of luck with catching some more but I think you may struggle a bit in the estuary.

 

[sewinbasher]

Interestingly both the Adur and neighbouring Arun were fair migratory fish rivers in yesteryear. I have a copy of the Lonsdale Library book on Salmon Fishing and many of the photos used for illustration were taken on one of these rivers.

 

[Guest]

A very fine sea trout indeed.

Living on 'barbel alley' I get to meet a lot of holdiay anglers on the bank who come to fish the middle severn. There are a couple of guys who are regular visitors in september who fish the Adur. They winkle out quite a fewimpressive sized sea trout, so you might be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Salarex]

Ah, interesting, thanks Tom! First I had heard coming from there.

 

[bloodknot]

Hi,
Im glad to hear that Seatrout and Mullet are still surviving on the Adur despite all the illegal netting around Shoreham.....
Up till 2003 I used to fish this river regularly for both Sea Trout and Mullet.
For Sea trout we used to fish size 3 Mepps in the tidal stretches around 1 hour either side of dead low water. No good any other times!
Average size was around 6lb.We always used wire traces because of the large pike (up to 30lbs)
The water is never clear and the margins horribly muddy so dont risk wading!
Contact me off forum if you want any more tips!

 

[davidarmes]

Do you need a Permit / rod licence to fish this area ?

Do you need a Permit / rod licence to fish this area ?

Here's a river I didn't expect to see here!

Yesterday went to fish the ebb tide of the Adur estuary, near Brighton. Target species were Thick-Lipped Mullet, heavily feeding bread to get them going and light lining crust.

Right at low tide, this is what Lionel caught:

Unbelievable, a personal best for him, 5lb, on BREAD!!!! Legered crust on the bottom. It's not as if large numbers of sea trout run the Adur, unlike the neighbouring Ouse.

The fish is a typical Sussex sea trout, short and deep. Didn't fight particularly well, either, and had about 30 sea lice on it, and some scrapes on the belly and a chunk of missing skin near the tail.

The sandeel come out here at slack tide, at we are going to check this out with fly fishing in the evening - reckon that if we don't connect with some sea trout we will at least get some bass! There is even enough space for the double hander.

Do you need a Permit / rod licence to fish this area ?

 

[Hoppy]

If you are targetting Migratory fish you need a Migratory licence, whether in the Sea or not.

Hoppy

 

[Salarex]

Most people fishing there for bass and mullet do not have a migratory licence and have to return the sea trout they catch. And they catch a few. But they are not targetting sea trout.

However the mark is estuary and is open to fish otherwise.