Brighton Marina 14th April

After working the night shift 6am - 6pm I decided to join Leigh down at Brighton Marina for a few hours of float fishing.
I felt pretty groggy on the drive down, but once out in the open with bright sunshine and clear blue seas I felt much better and ready to have a crack at float fishing in the sea for the first time.
We opted for peg 60 on the East arm as this peg has a nice selection of rocks nearby, and Leigh informed me we stood a good chance of catching Pollack, Wrasse and Maybe Garfish.
I'd never caught either of these species before, and had never tried float fishing in the ocean and so I was quite excited by the time I cast out.
Leigh was into a Pollack almost immediately, and then I managed one. Not massive, but very pretty fish.

Leigh then had another 2 Pollack, and he suggested I try and lower a bait directly down the wall into a really rocky area to try for a Wrasse.
On the second attempt I connected with a fish and lifted it in, and I have to admit that neither Leigh or I had any idea what it was!!

Unlike most other Sea species that have canine-shaped teeth, this creature's teeth were perfectly straight and rectangular, more like human teeth!
The strength of the jaws of this little critter was unbelieveable!!
After getting home and looking it up on the web we now know it to be a Black Combtooth Blenny.

That was it for the morning, and I had to get myself back to Crawley for a couple of hours' kip before another dreaded 12hr night shift.
Great way to spend a couple of hours though, and i'll definitely be doing more float fishing in the Sea this year.