Clacton is very hit and miss at the minute. The maybloom buggered it up for much longer than usual this year. There’s hounds about at the minute, but one tide they’re there and the next they’ve moved elsewhere. Holland at Kingscliffe is worth a go over high tide, also Frinton and St Osyth. You have to fish at night though, as daylight is dire and there’s thousands of day trippers everywhere. Most beaches will produce soles now, especially pole barn lane at Frinton, small hooks cast 20-50 yards baited with rag or lug.