Alan-Brighton

Sorry for the late reply......I believe Will has had to get areal job so dont know if he's crewing any more...shame if he isn't as he was one of the best.

Hi Barry....I'm fishing with Paul on Brighton Diver....dont know if there's any spaces as he always has the Sky Sports crew on board for the comp....give him a call. All the charters get involved and I think Ray on Grey Viking takes individuals if Paul is full up.

2012 BRIGHTON POLLACK COMPETITION Please note that this event is sponsored by Diawa but they are not the organisers! Therefore any problems with the rules lie with the organisers and not the sponsors..... COMPETITION DETAILS Date: Monday 19th March 2012 reserve date 3rd April Venue: West Quay, Brighton Marina Co-ordinators: Paul Dyer, Brighton diver 07901 822375 Dave Grinham The Tackle Box 01273 696477 Start: 0800 boats are to stay within 30nm of Brighton marina entrance. Entrants: Charter boats and commercial boats by Invitation; please contact Paul if you wish to enter your boat. Private boats are welcome but depart from Brighton marina on the day. Individual anglers booked on a Charter boat that is entered please check with your skipper. Enter either with your skipper or Dave Grinham, by 07:30 on the morning. Entry is free of charge for individuals but all anglers must sign in person on the morning. Private boats can sign in at the visitors berth in the marina. Entry charges:charter or commercial boats £10 per boat Private boats £5 per boat ,please pay on the day Weigh In: On the West Quay at 1630 Prizes: These will be provided by Daiwa Sports and will come from their catalogue. 6 Prizes will be awarded to the biggest Pollack landed, ungutted. (One prize per person) Prize Giving: This will be held in The Brighton Marina Yacht Club at 1700. In the event of bad weather which prevents fishing on the off shore Wrecks, a ground fishing competition will be substituted or a Alternate date will be arranged, details of Prize categories will be announced on the day. THE ORGANISERS Sponsored and supported with £1000 of tackle prizes by Daiwa Sports 1st Prize: £300 tackle voucher for products from Daiwa catalogue 2nd Prize: £225 tackle voucher for products from Daiwa catalogue 3rd Prize: £175 tackle voucher for products from Daiwa catalogue 4th Prize: £125 tackle voucher for products from Daiwa catalogue 5th Prize: £75 tackle voucher for products from Daiwa catalogue 6th Prize best junior : £100 tackle voucher for products from Daiwa catalogue More information and a list of boats taking part contact: Tackle Box on 01273 696477 Or email paul@brightondiver.com I hope some of you will want to participate....

It's a shame that one skipper can create bad feeling....there are plenty of good skippers at Brighton and the fishing is varied.....I'll always fish from there.

This was an individuals day and someone else paid so not sure.....check Brighton Diver website....he does have a mialing list and the last one I had it was £400 for 8 anglers on weekdays and I think £450 weekends. He will take more at pro rata rates and I think he is licenced for 12 if you have a big party......plenty of room as its a nice big cat.

Sorry Brry...that was meant for the original poster....we were litterally a few hundred yards from him all afternoon.

The very same....top bloke and I'll pass your regards barry. As for the next post we were a few hundred yards south of you but we did move a couple of times to get on the fish.... Believe me there are good skippers in Brighton....most of them will try their best for you.

New on here people but some may know me from another forum....... I wanted to let you know that the cod are now certainly playing off the coast of Brighton... On Sunday the weather was not great.....we had the day planned for the last wecking trip of the year but no chance of that. Skipper said the day before that we would try inshore if we wanted to (individuals day so up to each person). I decided to go for it as I hadn't got out for a while and as it happend so did everyone else. The skipper told us that we would have to stay in fairly close so to cover everything get some worm and some cuttle. We set off East and drifted with flattie baits for a couple of hours and picked up a few nice plaice.... Then it was off to anchor to see if we could get some of the cod that may be about. Anchored near some of the other Brighton boats near Newhaven..... Dropped baits and then told to reel in and moved the boat a few hundres yards. At this point I decided big cuttle bait and off we went......within 10 minutes the first cod came. From then on it was steady fishing with cod coming to newbies and experienced alike......I caught my PB of 17lb and most were in the doubles.....about 15 or so caught in all. A great day especially for the guys that had never done this before and we were well looked after by Will the crewman. So it's all looking good for this winter if you can find the right spot..... The boat....Brighton Diver Other boats also scored with Newhaven's own Sea Leopard getting one cod of 20lb. Alan.