Sunshine and Left Over Bait.

Well I had some bait in the fridge and the suns out, with boredom kicking in and conversations about angling on Facebook I decided to go chuck a line in. A single flapper with a mix of crab, lug and stinky maccy were the baits of the day. High tide was 4.21pm so I set of ~2.30.

I fished crab - no knocks, so changed to two flappers and had lug on one and lug/maccy cocktail... no knocks and even crab and maccy cocktail... no knocks... The algae is clear but the shore is taking it's time to return to good fishing. I believe the lads 100yds down from me caught a plaice but nothing else...

Ah well bigger session soon hitting several marks.

Slept In

Having slept in I didn't reach the shore until high tide. I used the usual 2 flapper rig and had fresh lug and peeler. No bites at all fishing an hour and a half down. The crabs had a field day yanking my line but it was a nice day with a southern wind and being a large tide was worth the go. I shall either be back tomorrow or maybe another cheeky night session tonight.

Cheeky Night Session

With the 8m tide tonight I couldn't resist going back out for a while. The wind had dropped a lot and a two hook flapper rig with peeler on the bottom and a rotation of fresh lug and frozen mackerel on the top. I fished an hour up and an hour down with high tide being at 11.45ish tonight. One bite on the first cast then bugger all. Crabs had a field day with the worm and mackerel. 3 other lads were also fishing tonight and they also blanked.

4 times not the charm

Well with the really high tide myself and my partner in crime decided to take to the shore. We were mindful of the algae situation which has plagued us for the last few weeks but decided the rough weather would probably have cleared it.  The South Easterly wind should have put us off but we decided to brave it with 29mph and a lashing high tide we knew we would struggle.

We first went to Rhos and fishing our usual two flapper rig with peeler as the bait and I had a couple of knocks but no solid bites this became tedious so at high tide we hightailed it up to Llandudno just East of the paddling pool... This was unfishable the winds were worse here and we couldn't hold bottom with our heaviest leads so we decided to go to the arches and this was also under a deluge of water... We were soaked from head to toe within minutes of casting out. Rods were being blown over and our patience was wearing thin so as the tide retreated we decided to move as our plan to chase the tide down wasn't going to work here as it was still far to rough. We decided to pop to the New Sands just to the left of the new water sports centre as I had seen tasty little bass come off this mark in the previous weeks. Again the wind was too strong and we lost gear as our kit was washed into the rocks.

Cold and wet we were beaten and decided to call it a day.

With all the bait in the fridge I shall be out over the coming days as another friend wants to hit Rhos as he hasn't been out for a few months. I shall keep you posted.

Until next time - tight lines

Rhos 18/06/2013

I fished 2 up and 1 down with a 2 hook flapper using lug and crab... not a knock... not a sausage

The fish knock twice

I had lots of bait left from yesterdays little session, so I decided to go out today and the usual 2 hook flapper rig at Rhos basin. I got a couple of knocks fishing high water but nothing really doing. The other lads on the prom also blanked today. The water was really messy today with poor visibility. The wind was southerly and I expected better but it was not to be. I shall go back to the same mark tomorrow and see how it fishes. 

Well tight lines for now.

Dual Venues

Today we decided to go to the arches both two hook flappers with peeler as the bait. My friend was gifted a little plaice everybody else on the wall blanked. We then went to Penrhyn where last weekend I got the bass but today was terrible conditions there was a really strong westerly hammering us so we left it and I shall return tomorrow.

A tale of two sessions - Drop the Bass

Today we decided to fish the Cayley at Rhos Point as I had been advised that this was a great spot. Two hook flappers were used with crab. lug and squid rotated. We caught nowt but the sun. 

As we had bait left we thought we would fish the waining tide and went down to Penrhyn Bay just near where Prince Madoc set off to discover America centuries before Columbus. 

Again two hook flappers with mixed baits and as I was messing about on the rocks and taking pictures my rod hit the deck and putting it down to a bit of wind I jumped down and wandered over to it as it started getting dragged towards the sea. Game on I picked up the rod and struck... rewarded with a nice little bass of a couple of pound or so. The picture of this is below.

Please excuse the colouration of the image as a setting must have been tweaked. We continued to chase the tide and our baits were gone quite regularly when reeling in.

This is surly going to be my low water venue - expect to get your feet wet though.

Tight lines.

Saturday Suntans

Well I took the lunch time high tide as an invite to enjoy the sunshine. There was a southerly blowing which made a lot of casts hard to get distance on. I used a one hook flapper and tried lugworm. squid and combinations of the two. The crabs had a field day with my bait taking it every cast. I missed one bite by putting it down to crabs playing on the line and struck late. 

I shall be back out tomorrow (Sunday) as me and my friend are going to try a slightly different mark using two hook flappers.

Late Night Blanking

Last night I decided to fish the late tide (10pm). Using a few fresh crab which I had gathered in the afternoon and some really fresh lug I took to Rhos. The whole session culminated in a solitary bite and no fish landed. Everybody to whom I spoke also blanked. It was strange as the tide was right the conditions were awesome but no sport was to be had. I did however glean a good bass spot or two off an old chap that frequents these parts. 

Ah well out on Saturday for few hours as the tide is about lunch time.

Blankety Blank

Last night (Monday) I went fishing on the new sands as I have seen bass come off there a couple of weeks ago. I used a one hook flapper with lug and not so fresh rag and combos of both as I had some that needed using up. After an annoying crack off at the start a nice days fishing was had. Blanked but every cast the bait was mullered by crab or small fish. The sea birds were having a feast taking stuff off the top of the water but I was blanking hard. It was a lovely day with a small high tide and sunshine beating down. I saw no other anglers on new sands but know there were plenty off Rhos. I did notice that a lot of crabs have been ripped apart and were washing up with every incoming surge. Crab is the bait to use as worm is so hit and miss these days.

Unexpected

Well I was visited by a friend today who fancied a run on the beach. The tides at 5 to 6 and the sun is beating down so we got a load of our old faithful crab and some lug and will be heading out. One hook flappers are going to be the rig of choice today and with recent performance I feel it could be a good day .

Well we went to my favourite spot and cast out a one hook flapper with peeler on... the result was one little plaice to my friend. Whilst there we saw a gent pull a good size plaice to lugworm. As bites were slow we also tried lug and ragworm having been donated a good amount of bait by people who given up for the day. My friends lug was mullered regularly but my bait was not touched so we both switched back to crab and had several bites all of which were missed.

I shall be out again Monday by the new sands using the fresh lug and rag up.