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.