The Amputee Angler

08/01/2026

It’s going to be sporty as hell in places this evening, especially down west 💨

I’ve been down to my marina today and checked not only mine, but a few others too, for anything obvious like loose ropes, fenders, or alarms. Everything I saw was good and in order 👌🏻

A rope had snapped on John’s Barracuda in the previous wind, but the marina had already been on it and replaced it, a sign of a good and attentive marina. Fair play to Premier Marina Eastbourne 👍🏻

Stay lucky, guys and girls!

Ben

07/01/2026

Phil who was on with me the other day has put together a nice little watch of our day - Thanks Phil 🙌🏻

As I mentioned in the weekly roundup my own cameras were playing up in the cold so I’m thankful he’s managed to capture the first trip out on the boat at least and it’s prompted me to get a new camera too that’s already showing itself to be 10x better!

A great bunch of guys are the Anstey sea anglers who are just genuine blokes having fun so do have a watch of not only this trip with me but there other stuff too 👌🏻

Decided i was going out on my own on New Years Eve after none of the lads were available. Got to the pontoon in 3hrs 10 minutes. (a Good Run). Spotted Ben 'T...

07/01/2026

The Amputee Angler Report 🎣📔

Who had a piece of car bonnet as one of the catches today 🥴
Gave a similar fight to a ray, all floppy and dead weight, so not a complete loss 😂

Glorious sunshine on a winter’s day, before the weather hits us again shortly.

Spoke to six different sets of people today too who follow along with my stuff, which was nice. Some long conversations, some short, but all welcome, so thanks to all of you.

10 whiting, I think it was in the end. No dabs, which I was hoping for, but hey, it is what it is, as they say.

Two-hook Cox & Rawle Flattie wishbone rig, baited with frozen lug 👌🏻

Ben

07/01/2026

A lovely afternoon to throw a few worms into the river and we have just had our first fish on the first cast so the plans coming together 🎣

06/01/2026

The first of 2026 weekly round up is here.

Only 6 mins odd so nice and easy but I have a small request at the end regarding “YouTube communities” over on my channel that I would love for you to join in and help with if you could and tell me here if you managed it or if there’s an issue I need to sort!

Thanks guys 🙌🏻

First weekly round-up of the year.Covering my first trip out on Sea Mistress, where we ran into a few camera issues, plus a bit of general life chat while I’...

06/01/2026

See you tonight at 6pm for the weekly round-up 👌🏻

05/01/2026

Another small fishing opportunity is there tomorrow before all hell breaks loose again after and we are subjected to silly winds and rain 💨 ☔️

Last trip out I done 67 nautical miles for the day and found fish on only two wrecks of the 6/7 i tried so tomorrow we be working hard again I’m sure but fingers crossed we can hit some!

Out with John on the Barracuda and some friends to get his one ran out after a long time being stationary!

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

02/01/2026

2026

What’s your goals this year folks?

Any particular targets or things you want to catch or places you want to go?

Mine this year is to simply ENJOY my fishing. With those people that make my sessions more fun and enjoyable as that really is priority number one for me otherwise what’s the point 🤷🏼‍♂️

Outside of that, a big Eel would be nice, not the 30/40lb things I’m talking a GOOD Eel as they’re out there still 100%.

Turbot is always on my list to chase obviously and to get a few trips in further west at certain times of the year to try and explore abit and maybe nab a bigger Couches and do abit of Sharking on my own boat.

We will apply for a Tuna licence and do any relevant training and try and get that Sussex Tuna ticked off too I think as that is more than achievable here.

Norway in April with the lads again and Florida is being talked about for 2027 for us too so lots to look forward to!

Anyone else aspiring to anything or we just winging it?

Let me know below ⬇️

01/01/2026

The start and end to the last day of the year were not to shabby were they 🙌🏻

It’s easy to be so focussed on the fishing sometimes that we forget to look up and take in all the stuff that comes with it 🌅 🐬

01/01/2026

2025 is DONE ✅

Very much a year of two halves for me, and I think for many in my area as well.

The first half of the year started off really well, with lots of nice pollack, including plenty of doubles to our boat for myself and those I fished with. We also found bass on most wrecks at times alongside these.

I got to fish Kingmere Reef again for old times’ sake and bagged up on plenty of bream, but the bigger fish of old, the 4–5lb fish, didn’t show. With only one session on it, that was always a big ask. Next year 🤞🏻

Float fishing for bass was something I said I would do more of, and we did just that along with more live baiting. We had some great fun and introduced John and others to the enjoyment that can be had doing this. In between those sessions, we did a bit of the freshwater stuff too, though not as much as I had hoped. Then of course it was another great year for the squid 🦑, and we also caught a few turbot. Nothing special, but caught nonetheless.

Sadly though, the weather has been some of the worst I have known here in Sussex, and it stopped play for weeks, even months on end, in the second half of the year. Then of course we sold EZ Living to make way for our new one 🛥️

2026 is full of promise though, and will hopefully see lots being achieved, as long as that weather turns a corner.

A huge thanks to everyone who has supported me, both those who follow my journey here and on YouTube, and to our sponsors for their support along the way too.

I genuinely appreciate you all, and I’m really looking forward to taking you along for the ride in the coming weeks and months 🙌🏻

Happy New Year 🥳

Ben

31/12/2025

The Amputee Angler Report 🖊️ 📔

Back in the game BABY 🙌🏻

Today was going to be a solo maiden run out for the boat and go and see what’s occurring after months out the boat game but I bumped into Phil from the Antsey sea anglers who was also going solo and said jump on - So off we went 🎣

Always a funny old game January I find and even more so after so long out but after snatching a few small Pollack I went to one wreck that’s always been good to me in the past and it did OK again today 👌🏻

Ended up on a Dozen Pollack for the Two of us, no monsters biggest about 7lb ish and all smaller male fish with no bigger females but a great day on the water and of course on the new boat that performed lovely!

Cheers to Phil for the great company.

Ben