United Kingdom, South Coast Fishing Report Today

About United Kingdom, South Coast Fishing Report Today

Tune in to the "United Kingdom, South Coast Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing updates, expert advice, and the latest news from the English Channel's renowned coastal waters stretching from Dorset to Kent. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a fishing enthusiast, our podcast offers tips, weather conditions, and the best spots for a successful fishing trip. Stay informed with the freshest insights on the South Coast's unique ecosystem—home to over 300 sea fish species including bass, cod, rays, and wrasse—and make every fishing expedition a memorable one. For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease.com Get all your gear before you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Publisher

Inception Point AI

Category

leisure · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Apr 2026

Latest episode

21 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Jun 2026

   South Coast Summer Bass: Settled Weather, Lively Tides, and Consistent Action from Dorset to Sussex

   Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your South Coast fishing report. On the Channel side from Dorset through Hampshire to Sussex, we’ve had a run of settled high‑pressure weather: light north‑westerlies easing through the day, mostly dry, with broken cloud and good visibility. Air temps are sitting low teens at dawn, pushing up towards high teens by late afternoon. Sunrise is just after 4:40 a.m. with sunset around 9:20 p.m., giving a long, bright fishing window. Tides along the central South Coast are on the bigger side, with a lively flood pushing in mid‑morning and again late evening, and plenty of movement over the banks and in the harbour mouths. The stronger parts of the flood and the first of the ebb have been the key bite times, especially for predators. Inshore, bass fishing has perked up nicely. Local charter skippers out of Brighton and Shoreham report consistent schoolies with a fair few fish nudging the 4–6 lb mark coming off the rough ground and in the surf lines. Weymouth boats have also seen mixed bags of bass, pollack, and the odd codling from the inshore wrecks. Shore anglers working evening tides along Chesil and the shingle marks in Sussex have picked up bass, smoothhounds, and plenty of dogfish. Flatfish action has been steady rather than spectacular. Plaice are still showing on clean sand marks off Hayling and Bracklesham, with smaller fish common and the odd better plate‑sized one mixed in. Bream fishing over inshore reefs off Selsey and the Isle of Wight has been good, with some tidy double‑figure bags on the right tides. For lures, bass are falling to **white or silver sandeel‑style soft plastics**, slim paddle tails, and 20–30 g metal jigs worked fairly briskly through the mid‑water in that pushing tide. In clearer water, natural baitfish colours and subtle presentations are doing best; when it colours up, a bit of chartreuse or pink is turning lookers into takers. Surface plugs and walk‑the‑dog stickbaits are worth a go at first light over shallow reefs and surfy beaches. For bait, **lugworm and ragworm** still top the list for general clean‑ground work, with peeler crab a must if you’re targeting bass and smoothhounds along the surf beaches. Fresh mackerel strip or squid cocktail is doing the business for rays and dogfish, and small squid or worm baits are accounting for plaice and bream. A couple of hotspots to keep an eye on: - **Chesil Beach (Dorset)** – Especially the Portland end into the evening flood. Good chance of bass in the surf, smoothhounds and rays further out, plus the usual dogfish and pout. Keep mobile, look for colour lines and working gulls. - **Selsey to Bracklesham (West Sussex)** – The banks and gullies here have produced bass, bream, and rays on both bait and lures. Work the flooding tide along the channels, and don’t ignore the last light surface activity close in. If you’re heading out, fish the stronger parts of the tide, keep an eye on the wind against tide making it choppy over shallows, and pack both lures and bait to stay flexible. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

2. 

   20 Jun 2026

   South Coast Spring Tides: Bass, Mackerel and Perfect Evening Light

   Evening folks, Artificial Lure here with your South Coast fishing report. We’re on the back end of a waxing gibbous moon and the tides have been pushing hard along the Channel. Down Portsmouth and Solent way it’s been classic big spring water: proper flooding late afternoon, then a lively ebb running into the dark. Over Brighton, Shoreham and along to Newhaven, the evening high has been stacking bait tight to the beaches, especially around piers and harbour mouths. Around Poole and Christchurch Harbour, that same push has been pulling baitfish over the bars and onto the flats. Weather-wise it’s been settled but fresh, with a westerly breeze putting a gentle chop on open marks and a bit more shelter inside the harbours. Air temps are mild, sea temps running in the mid-teens, enough to keep the bass and mackerel switched on. Skies have been broken cloud with some clear spells, giving those magic low-light windows at first and last light. Sunrise has been early, with usable light in the 4-ish hour, and sunset late, keeping the evening session going well into the night. Fish activity has picked up nicely. Along the Sussex beaches there’ve been steady schoolie bass with the odd better fish nudging a few pounds, plus mixed bags of plaice, flounder and dabs for the bait anglers. Night tides have seen dogfish and the occasional small smoothhound nosing in. Off the piers, mackerel shoals have been showing in flurries rather than all-out mayhem, but when they’re in you can fill a bucket quickly on small metals or feathers. In the Solent and around Hayling and Selsey, bass have been the main talking point: plenty of fish mid-40s cm with a few proper lumps for those working artificials over rough ground and gutter lines. Wrasse have been active over the reefs and rockier marks, smashing soft plastics fished tight to structure. Poole Bay and Christchurch have produced some nice rays and smoothhounds on crab and squid cocktails, with school bass picking up smaller baits. Best lures right now: small to mid-size metal jigs and slim shore spoons for mackerel and schoolie bass; 4–5 inch paddle-tail and straight-tail soft plastics in natural baitfish colours for working surf gutters and harbour entrances; and weedless, slightly weighted soft plastics for probing rough and snaggy ground. On the bait front, ragworm and lug are still top choices for general beach work, with peeler crab, squid and mackerel strip doing the damage for rays, hounds and better bass. Couple of hotspots to keep in mind: Brighton Marina walls have been producing mackerel, garfish and bass on both bait and lures when the water colours up just right; and around Langstone and Chichester Harbour entrances, the flooding tide into dusk has been very kind to lure anglers targeting bass along the channels and sandbars. Further west, Hengistbury Head into Christchurch Bay continues to throw up mixed bags of rays, bass and flatfish for those willing to move and locate the fish. That’s your South Coast round-up from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn

3. 

   19 Jun 2026

   Spring Tides and Last Light: Bass, Mackerel, and Lures Off the South Coast

   Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your South Coast fishing report. Down the Channel tonight we’re sat under a light westerly, 8–12 knots in most places, with a mild swell and decent clarity in the bays. Met Office coastal inshore waters forecasts have been calling it settled and dry with patchy cloud and only the odd shower brushing through. Temperatures are cool after dark but not cold enough to push fish off the feed. From Portsmouth round to Brighton you’ve had moderate spring tides: decent push on the flood, easing off towards the top. Highs have been falling late evening, with lows pushing into the small hours, giving a cracking dusk flood for anyone working lures off the stones and pier walls. Sunrise is now early, just after 4:40 local, with sunset around 21:20, so that last light window is long and productive. Local reports along the Solent and Sussex beaches say bass have been very active into dark over the flooding tide, particularly around rough ground, groynes and harbour mouths. Plenty of schoolies with a sprinkling of 4–6 lb fish. Mixed in you’ve got mackerel shoals crashing in tight when the sprats and sandeels ball up, plus a few garfish and scad after dark under any decent pier lighting. Offshore and from the charter boats, there’ve been steady bream on the inshore reefs, plus a few tope and huss for those dropping fresh mackerel flappers on the deeper banks. Plaice and dabs still turning up over the cleaner sand patches, especially where there’s a bit of tide but not ripping. Lure wise, keep it simple and local. For bass and mackerel off the beach or rocks, small 20–30 g silver and blue metal jigs, slim sandeel-pattern soft plastics on 10–20 g heads, and shallow-diving white or natural-coloured minnows have been doing damage. Work them quickly during the brighter part of the evening, then slow and closer to the bottom as the light fades. Around structure, weedless paddle tails in dark olive, black or brown are outfishing the rest in the rough. Bait anglers are doing best with fresh ragworm and lug on two-hook flappers for bream, pout and flatties. For bass, a big peeler crab or fresh mackerel or squid strip on a simple running ledger is hard to beat, fished just behind the first breaker. Mackerel feathers and sabikis are still filling cool boxes when the shoals push in – swap to smaller, more subtle rigs if they’re finicky in the clearer water. A couple of hotspots to keep in mind: – Around Chichester Harbour entrance and the surrounding surf beaches: moving water, baitfish and structure. Fish the first of the flood into dusk with soft plastics for bass, then swap to bait into dark. – The Brighton/Hove stretch of rock groynes and nearby reefy ground: great lure water on a flooding tide with a bit of chop. Mackerel, bass, and the odd wrasse hugging the rocks if you slow things down and bump a soft plastic along the bottom. As always, keep an eye on those tide tables, fish the changes, and don’t ignore that last hour of light – it’s been the difference between a quiet night and a session to remember. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more South Coast reports and tips. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn