Nolton Haven Rocks 28/08/2007
Time: 6pm to 8pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW. Spring.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers.
Fishing: Caught in one's and two's.
Comments: Good evening fishing - found the mackerel at last!
Tuesday 28 August 2007
Musselwick Sands (5 Dogfish)
Musselwick Sands 27/08/2007
Time: 8pm to 2am.
Tide: HW-1 to LW. Spring.
Weather: Clear & sunny. Almost full moon so easy to see.
Sea: Choppy becomming calm.
Tackle & Bait: One hook 2/0 clipped down, 4oz.
Fishing: 5 Dogfish. Bites stopped at LW.
Comments: Great evening fishing. Stayed a lot later than I thought I would as the bites kept coming from the doggys.
Time: 8pm to 2am.
Tide: HW-1 to LW. Spring.
Weather: Clear & sunny. Almost full moon so easy to see.
Sea: Choppy becomming calm.
Tackle & Bait: One hook 2/0 clipped down, 4oz.
Fishing: 5 Dogfish. Bites stopped at LW.
Comments: Great evening fishing. Stayed a lot later than I thought I would as the bites kept coming from the doggys.
Wooltack Point (8 Mackerel)
Wooltack Point 27/08/2007
Time: 5pm to 7pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW. Spring.
Weather: Overcast, windy.
Sea: Choppy.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures & feathers.
Fishing: 8 Mackerel.
Comments: Good trip at last! Tried feathering with 1oz weight but no results. Spoke to two others fishing nearby and they had swopped to 3oz weights to get out further. Lent me a 3oz weight and I hit the mackerel with six feathers. Moved on to Mussellwick Sands for dusk and night fishing.
Time: 5pm to 7pm.
Tide: HW-2 to HW. Spring.
Weather: Overcast, windy.
Sea: Choppy.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures & feathers.
Fishing: 8 Mackerel.
Comments: Good trip at last! Tried feathering with 1oz weight but no results. Spoke to two others fishing nearby and they had swopped to 3oz weights to get out further. Lent me a 3oz weight and I hit the mackerel with six feathers. Moved on to Mussellwick Sands for dusk and night fishing.
Sunday 26 August 2007
Ceibwr Bay
Ceibwr Bay 26/08/2007
Time: 6pm to 7pm.
Tide: HW-1 to HW. Neap changing to Spring.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Choppy.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures & feathers.
Fishing: Nothing.
Comments: Disappointing trip again in search of the elusive mackerel shoals. Maybe south Pemb coast will be better! Two other fishermen reported no mackerel and only a single pollack so hopefully it's not just me. Photos show the rock ledges, gully and bay itself in the background.
Time: 6pm to 7pm.
Tide: HW-1 to HW. Neap changing to Spring.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Choppy.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures & feathers.
Fishing: Nothing.
Comments: Disappointing trip again in search of the elusive mackerel shoals. Maybe south Pemb coast will be better! Two other fishermen reported no mackerel and only a single pollack so hopefully it's not just me. Photos show the rock ledges, gully and bay itself in the background.
Saturday 25 August 2007
Fishguard (1 Mackerel)
Fishguard - Old Harbour Rocks 25/08/2007
Time: Late afternoon to 7pm.
Tide: Neap flood tide to HW & ebb.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures & feathers.
Fishing: 1 Mackerel on a small blue metal lure.
Comments: Disappointing trip. Should fish well the hours around HW. Weed appearing at the start of the ebb.
Time: Late afternoon to 7pm.
Tide: Neap flood tide to HW & ebb.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures & feathers.
Fishing: 1 Mackerel on a small blue metal lure.
Comments: Disappointing trip. Should fish well the hours around HW. Weed appearing at the start of the ebb.
Friday 24 August 2007
Ceibwr Bay
Ceibwr Bay 24/08/2007
Time: Evening to sunset.
Tide: Neap ebb tide to slack water.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures. Float & fake peeler crab.
Fishing: Nothing caught, no bites.
Comments: Very quiet for fish. Nothing jumping or seen. Went down to target mackerel but the ebb tide is not right for them. Will try Wooltack Point or Nolton Haven rocks on the weekend.
Time: Evening to sunset.
Tide: Neap ebb tide to slack water.
Weather: Clear & sunny.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Spinning lures. Float & fake peeler crab.
Fishing: Nothing caught, no bites.
Comments: Very quiet for fish. Nothing jumping or seen. Went down to target mackerel but the ebb tide is not right for them. Will try Wooltack Point or Nolton Haven rocks on the weekend.
Newport Beach
Newport Beach 22/08/2007
Time: Evening to sunset.
Tide: Neap ebb tide to nearly slack water.
Weather: Very windy elsewhere with N winds but sheltered on beach so quite nice.
Sea: Good rolling surf but some weed - not as much as other times though.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper with mackerel strips, heads etc.
Fishing: Nothing caught, no bites except craps stealing bait.
Comments:
Time: Evening to sunset.
Tide: Neap ebb tide to nearly slack water.
Weather: Very windy elsewhere with N winds but sheltered on beach so quite nice.
Sea: Good rolling surf but some weed - not as much as other times though.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper with mackerel strips, heads etc.
Fishing: Nothing caught, no bites except craps stealing bait.
Comments:
Places - 2007
This is a quick summary of places fished in 2007, what they are like and what, if anything, I caught. This will bring the blog up to date to when I started writing it 22/08/2007. Will add notes and places as I go out from now on.
Ceibwr Bay, Moylegrove - Pollack, Mackerel, Wrasse
Newport Beach - 0
Newport Head Rocks - Mackerel
Strumble Head - 0
St Davids Head - Mackerel, Dogfish, Whiting, Pouting, Dab
Newgale Beach - 0
Nolton Haven Rocks - Mackerel, Bass, Pollack
St Brides - 0
Musselwick Sands, Marloes - Bass, Dogfish
Wooltack Point, Martins Haven - Mackerel
Marloes Beach - 0
West Angle Bay Rocks - 0
Manorbier - 0
Fishguard - Old Harbour Rocks - Mackerel
Druidston Haven - Bass, Whiting
Morfa Bychan - Mackerel, Dogfish, Flounder
Watwick Steps - Mackerel, Dogfish, Pollack, Pouting
Amroth - 0
Pendine - 0
Stackpole - Dogfish, Pouting
2007 has been a bad summer. High winds, cold and rain. It hasn't been good fishing so far, but the weather is changing for the August bank holiday week.
Getting Started
Living within reasonably easy reach of most of the Pembrokeshire coastline - mid way between north, west and south coasts - I got interested in doing some fishing early in 2007. Thoughts of childhood fishing trips with my father and friends that consisted of boring waits on the beach with no fish, and casting across others lines on Penarth pier didn't make me that enthusiastic. Though one positive memory that I did remember was of my friend feathering for mackerel on a weekend trip to Marloes, Pembrokeshire many years ago. Pulled in lots of mackerel in a short time! So I decided that was for me. None of this standing on beaches waiting for fish to bite some foul smelling bait. No, it was fishing from the rocks with feathers and lures that I wanted to try. So I got a spinning rod and feathers in March - then some more feathers, then some shads, then some other lures, a Rapala J9, a chug bug thingy, and yes the list goes on as I got caught by all the fancy lure makers. Had a go and started to catch some fish. Pollack first at Ceibwr Bay near Cardigan. Got hooked by the fishing bug. Tried a little float fishing, then ledgering and got bored at first. Then went down Newport beach one day with the children to try looking for bait and met a chap who pulled in a large Bass after about 10 mins fishing. That was it, I was going to try that beach fishing! So I did, but to no great success at first. Then tried Musselwick sands near Marloes one night and caught a 3.5 lb bass and a dogfish. And that was it - off to the shop and get a beach caster and away we go :)
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