Morfa Bychan (2 Flounder)

Morfa Bychan 30/09/2007
Time: 12.30pm to 8.00pm.
Tide: LW-3 to HW+5. Spring, tide.
Weather: Strong SE wind easing later, dry getting sunny later.
Sea: Choppy, getting rough later.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper, rag, lug and mackerel
Fishing: Flounder, 1 before, 1 after LW - slack water
Comments: First flounder! Went out specifically to catch flounder. Made up a 3 hook rig with 2/0 hooks and some beads. Bought rag, dug a little lug and used mackerel from the other day. Did try float fishing for bass along the rocks but it was too rough and got dark quickly so had to pack it in: not before getting soaked by a rogue wave.

Morfa Bychan (75 Mackerel)

Morfa Bychan 27/09/2007
Time: 5.00pm to 7.30pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW+1. Spring tide.
Weather: Overcast, dry, chilly.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers. Live bait joey.
Fishing: More maccy madness!!
Comments: Same as yesterday, but I tried a bit of live baiting from the beach area out to the rocks on the left hand side. No luck, but it was interesting to try it out. Might give it a proper go when the boys aren't with me and I can get around the rocks. Not sure how much more mackerel I can fit in the freezer, but it will all be good for eating or as bait. The photo below shows the whitebait shoal as a dark patch in the sea and some breaking the surface. Managed to get a bucket full of whitebait with a net as they practically jumped into it!

Morfa Bychan (115 Mackerel, 1 Dogfish)

Morfa Bychan 26/09/2007
Time: 4.00pm to 7.30pm.
Tide: HW-3 to HW+1. Spring tide.
Weather: Clear, sunny, north wind but sheltered.
Sea: Calm in the bay, no swell.
Tackle & Bait: Pennel with squid & mackerel head. Feat
Fishing: Maccy madness!!
Comments: So this is where the mackerel have been hiding from me all summer! They came in on the tide after the whitebait which was throwing itself onto the stones. Every cast was bringing a string of mackerel in. They are mostly small, with some larger ones. Ideal as I needed bait for winter fishing and these are fine. Met a pair doing livebaiting and this time they landed a good size bass from the rocks on the right hand side.

Morfa Bychan (2 Dogfish)

Morfa Bychan 25/09/2007
Time: 4.00pm to 7.00pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW+1. Spring tide.
Weather: Unsettled, strong north wind though sheltered in the bay.
Sea: Calm in the bay, but a big swell
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper with mackerel strip
Fishing: 2 dogs and no other bites.
Comments: Saw shoals of whitebait boiling the surface only a few yards out. Not seen that at all on the west coast. Will try to get back after work tomorrow for another go with large baits for bass and will take the spinning rod to try for some more mackerel when I see the shoals in. Met a chap trying to catch mackerel for livebait for bass, but he didn't get any from the rocks.

Druidston Haven

Druidston Haven 22/09/2007
Time: 3.00pm to 9.00pm.
Tide: HW-1 to LW-1. Neap, ebb tide.
Weather: Rain, SW wind, overcast, clearing later
Sea: Choppy, good surf running
Tackle & Bait: Squid and mackerel head on pennell, macerel strip on plaice trace.
Fishing: Blank again. Fished close and far, waded into surf to gain distance.
Comments: Should have been good conditions for bass, though it was neap tides and on the ebb. But stayed into the night to see if bites started. Bait not even touched.

Druidston Haven

Druidston Haven 15/09/2007
Time: 7.30pm to 11.00pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW+1. Spring, flood & ebb tide.
Weather: Clear
Sea: Calm
Tackle & Bait: Mackerel strips & heads on ledgers.
Fishing: No bites
Comments: Came here after Wooltack Point expecting to get at least dogfish biting, but nothing at all. Used two rods, one in close one out further. A contast to Mussellwick Sands a few weeks before at the same tide and time of night when the dogfish where biting constantly and even caught a good sized bass.

Wooltack Point (8 Mackerel)

Wooltack Point 15/09/2007
Time: 3.00pm to 7.00pm.
Tide: LW to HW-2. Spring, flood tide.
Weather: Clear & sunny
Sea: Calm
Tackle & Bait: Feathers & ledger
Fishing: Some larger mackerel than before.
Comments: No bites on the ledger. Used mackerel strip. The mackerel pictured below was the firt one caught and it took my home made replacement feather from our own chickens - who says you need expensive tackle! Interesting to see the low spring tide at this mark, and I started to catch mackerel at the low tide.

Newport Beach

Newport Beach 12/09/2007
Time: 4.30pm to 7.00pm.
Tide: LW+1 to LW+4. Sspring, flood tide.
Weather: Overcast, no wind.
Sea: Calm
Tackle & Bait: Lugworm dug in situ.
Fishing: Nothing.
Comments: Big problems with crabs pinching the bait. The sebed must have been a mass of the damn things as the whole bait was being stripped from the hook in minutes. No bites.

Druidston Haven

Druidston Haven 10/09/2007
Time: 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
Tide: HW-3 to HW. Spring flood tide.
Weather: Sunny. Light N wind.
Sea: Calm
Tackle & Bait: Beach rod ledger with rag bait. No bites.
Fishing: No bites. Nothing, just like the day before.
Comments: Came back with the two boys for the evening. Disappointed not to have even a nibble at the lovely rag bait I paid for! What do these fish want, caviar? I suppose I'll have to try it around slack water later in the week. Nice location though.

Druidston Haven

Druidston Haven 09/09/2007
Time: 3.00pm to 5.00pm.
Tide: HW-3 to HW-1. Neap/spring flood tide.
Weather: Overcast.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Beach rod ledger with rag bait. No bites.
Fishing: No bites.
Comments: Moved up the beach to avoid being cut off. Didn't have time to fish here as we had the two boys with us and needed to get back, but I thought I'd give it a try. Will come back here for an evening and night session some time as it's a really nice place. A bit like Mussellwick Sands but not so far to walk. It's also more crowded as it's near to Nolton and Broad Haven.

Nolton Haven Rocks (7 Mackerel)

Nolton Haven Rocks 08/09/2007
Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW+1. Neap tide.
Weather: Overcast. Steady north wind strong at times.
Sea: Calm, becomming choppy at times.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers again for mackerel. Beach rod ledger with king rag bait but no bites.
Fishing: Mackerel are becoming fewer.
Comments: Back to the rocks for another session after the mackerel before they disappear. Actually caught most Mackerel as the tide turned and started into the ebb. Would have thought that the rising tide would have been better. Tried the ledger in various places with king rag sometimes tipped with mackerel strip. Nothing at all - no bites and the bait not even touched.

Nolton Haven Rocks (11 Mackerel, 1 Pollack)

Nolton Haven Rocks 07/09/2007
Time: 6pm to 9pm.
Tide: HW+1 to LW-2. Ebb Neap tide.
Weather: Clear & sunny. Steady north wind.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers for mackerel & pollack. Beach rod ledger with fish strip bait but no bites.
Fishing: Caught in one's and two's again. Pollack caught about 5 metres out.
Comments: Good evening fishing with mackerel biting all over the place. Sometimes taking feathers just after they hit the water on a long cast, other times biting within a few metres of the rocks. Stayed till after dark but no bites on the ledger.

Nolton Haven Rocks (11 Mackerel)

Nolton Haven Rocks 31/08/2007
Time: 7pm to 9pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW. Spring.
Weather: Overcast, clearing a later.
Sea: Choppy.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers.
Fishing: Caught in one's and two's again.
Comments: Good evening fishing again. Quite a few people fishing. Stayed till dark.

Newgale Rocks South

Newgale Rocks South 31/08/2007
Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm.
Tide: LW to LW+3. Spring.
Weather: Overcast and breezy.
Sea: Choppy.
Tackle & Bait: Float & Chug Bug.
Fishing: Nothing.
Comments: Lost a float because of the weed. Far too much floating weed to be able to fish. I thought it may be a good Bass venue and intended to follow the flood tide in using plugs and possibly some float. But it is very easy to get cut off as the tide flows around the back of the rock islands very quickly. Won't be going back on a flood tide again, but it may be possible to fish it an hour either side of HW using float.