Morfa Bychan

Morfa Bychan 31/10/2007
Time: 2.00pm to 4.30pm.
Tide: LW-2 to LW+1. Neap tide.
Weather: Overcast, light W winds
Sea: Calm, light surf.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper, mackerel and insitu dug Lug, plus a few shrimps.
Fishing: Nothing, bait not touched except by crabs.
Comments: Possible bites, but more likely to be enthusiastic crabs! Good amount of lugworm on the left hand side of beach. Had some prawn/shrimp traps delivered today so took one down. Put a stone in as weight with a handfull of whitebait as bait and placed it 20m out on the end of a crab line. Had some shrimps to use as bait and to take home to eat - very tasty :)

Druidston Haven (2 Turbot)

Druidston Haven 29/10/2007
Time: 11.00am to 4.30pm.
Tide: LW-3 to LW+2. Spring tide.
Weather: 20+ mph W winds.
Sea: Rough.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flappers, mackerel strips.
Fishing: Turbot caught just after LW.
Comments: Back to Druidston with the boys to try low water. Very windy still and difficult to fish. Thanks to whoever sent the comment about the fish not being dabs but turbot!

Druidston Haven (2 Flounder)

Druidston Haven 28/10/2007
Time: 5.00pm to 9.30pm.
Tide: HW-3 to HW+1. Spring tide.
Weather: 20+ mph W winds, stormy, heavy rain at times.
Sea: Very rough.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flappers, tried a pennel with mackerel bait.
Fishing: Looked like good bass conditions, so caught 2 small flounder!
Comments: Went to Nolton Haven rocks to start with but it was too dangerous in the stormy conditions - had rogue waves washing up the rocks. Decided to go to Druidston as I didn't fancy being chased up Newgale beach by the rising tide. Druidston was very rough with the rigs being dragged about all over the place, even with grip leads. Rigs getting washed in with weed and debris on the line, going slack and getting caught in the pebbles. Lost one rig that way and gave up trying to fish two rods, had to concentrate on just one. The two small flounder came in quite early on, then it went quiet.

Watwick Steps (2 Dogfish, 6 Pouting)

Watwick Steps 26/10/2007
Time: 8.00pm to 12.00pm.
Tide: HW+1 to HW+5. Spring, ebb tide.
Weather: SW winds but sheltered in bay, raining.
Sea: Calm, good swell.
Tackle & Bait: Mackerel & pouting bait. 3 hook flappers and pulley pennell.
Fishing: Bites from Pouting and dogfish all night. Eased off later.
Comments: Almost a disaster of a trip. Went to Wooltack Point first and found the weather too bad to fish, and it was snaggy! Tried Dale Fort but it was taken over with anglers. Finally went to Watwick Steps and passed someone driving away as I arrived. Used some pouting as live bait on the pennell. Had one very large bite on a live pouting which pulled line off the reel. Hooks were both through the mouth of the bait fish and it didn't hook up.

Ceibwr Bay (1 Dogfish)

Ceibwr Bay 24/10/2007
Time: 8.00pm to 11.00pm.
Tide: HW+1 to HW+4. Spring, ebb tide.
Weather: Clear, light E wind.
Sea: Calm
Tackle & Bait: Mackerel on 3 hook flapper and pouting on pulley pennel
Fishing: Bites straight away from probable dogfish. Got one of them in the end! Bites stopped about 10.30.
Comments: Busy time with two rods and dogfish at them. Tried rig for conger but nothing taking again. The mark is very snaggy and I lost weights on almost every cast. Luckily I used rotten bottom with stones that I found nearby so didn't lose a rig.

Pendine

Pendine 21/10/2007
Time: 6.00pm to 10.00pm.
Tide: LW-3 to LW+1. Neap.
Weather: Overcast. Light S wind.
Sea: Moderate surf.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flappers and mackerel strip.
Fishing: Crap!
Comments: Had a few bites, probably flounder, early on before LW but then went quiet. Tried in close and further out.

Nolton Haven Rocks (1 Bass, 6 Pouting, 3 Whiting)

Nolton Haven Rocks 20/10/2007
Time: 6.00pm to 12.00pm.
Tide: LW-3 to LW+3. Neap tide.
Weather: Overcast, light SW wind.
Sea: Good swell and a moderate surf.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper, 5/0 pulley rig. Mackerel strips and mackerel/pouting on the pulley.
Fishing: Bites started at dusk and continued until the flood was well under way then eased off. Lots of bites from pouting and whiting but the size 2 hooks may be a little too large for the smaller fish. Bass came in early on the light tackle.
Comments: Good night with the bonus of a nice bass. This is an excellent rock mark as long as the weather is dry. Was hoping for a conger or huss on the pulley with large fish bait but no bites.

Morfa Bychan (6 Mackerel)

Morfa Bychan 19/10/2007
Time: 10.00am to 2.00pm.
Tide: HW-1 to HW+2. Neap tide.
Weather: Sunny and calm
Sea: Calm. Good swell.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers for mackerel. Ledger with Mackerel bait.
Fishing: Mackerel still appearing, but not many. Still coming onto the bay well into the ebb. Nothing at all on the ledger.
Comments: Had trouble float fishing on the right hand side due to the rocks. Lost a ledger as well as some feathers.

Amroth

Amroth 14/10/2007
Time: 2.00pm to 7.00pm.
Tide: LW-1 to LW+4. Spring, flood tide.
Weather: Overcast, no wind.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flappers in close and further out. Mackerel & shrimp bait.
Fishing: Crap! No bites at all apart from the odd crab.
Comments: Lots of floating debris being washed in which made fishing diffiucult in the end. Did some shrimping with the push net and caught a few for bait. Also caught lots of very small flounder a few cms in size - see pic below.

Watwick Steps (2 Dogfish, 5 Pouting, 1 Pollack, 1 Mackerel)

Watwick Steps 12/10/2007
Time: 5.00pm to 11.00pm.
Tide: HW-3 to HW+3. Spring tide.
Weather: Overcast, v light wind.
Sea: Calm in bay, good swell on other side of bay.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook ledger & mackerel bait, pulley rig with large mackerel bait and pouting.
Fishing: Started catching straight away with mackerel, then pollack, then the pouting started biting. Got dogfish on both rods.
Comments: The fish seem to be coming in to the haven on the flood tide and leaving with the start of the ebb.

Morfa Bychan (23 Mackerel)

Morfa Bychan 10/10/2007

After school session with the two boys from 4-7pm. Caught the high tide at 6.30pm. Getting dark now just after 7pm. Some mackerel coming in but they are getting sparse. Quite a swell on with the big spring tides. Tried ledgering with a fresh joey for bass but no takers as usual.

Druidston Haven (1 Bass)

Druidston Haven 07/10/2007
Time: 2.00pm to 6.00pm.
Tide: LW+3 to HW+1. Neap flood tide.
Weather: Overcast, calm.
Sea: Calm, small surf.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper, pulley. Mackerel strips.
Fishing: Bass, 4lb 4oz
Comments: Had two rods - one in close for flounder, and one a bit further out for bass. Caught the bass on the close in rod with size 2 hooks! Noticed the line had gone slack, reeled in, it went tight and then the bass came in out of the surf. Largest bass so far!

Morfa Bychan (6 Mackerel)

Morfa Bychan 06/10/2007

Afternoon session again. Good conditions, but the whitebait and mackerel didn't show up in any numbers. Came in on the left hand side a bit after HW. And some good luck - I found the bubble float that I lost last time washed up on the stones :)

Watwick Steps (1 Dogfish)

Watwick Steps 06/10/2007
Time: 4.00pm to 11.00pm.
Tide: LW-5 to LW+2. Neap ebb & flood tide.
Weather: Clear, sunny, cold, light wind, no moon.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: 3 hook flapper 2/0 in day, pulley with 5/0 in the dark. Mackerel strips & flappers.
Fishing: Regular dogfish bites after dark. Hook too big to get them, but they took the bait anyway.
Comments: Conditions all seemed right for conger eel, so was aiming for that with the large pulley rig and mackerel flappers. Hoping for bull huss as a possible as well. But the fish weren't playing!

Morfa Bychan (58 Mackerel)

Morfa Bychan 04/10/2007
Time: 11.00pm to 2.00pm.
Tide: HW-1 to HW+2. Neap tide.
Weather: Calm, sunny, light SW wind.
Sea: Calm.
Tackle & Bait: Feathers & live baiting.
Fishing: Mackerel for bait this weekend (conger hunting) and dinner.
Comments: Whitebait and mackerel stayed in the bay after HW and where still there when I left. Not biting the feathers as well as before. Tried live baiting from the pebble beach but the daft joey kept swimming in to shore. Leaving the live bait rod unattended is a pain as the line goes slack amd gets caught in the rocks. Line snapped in the end when I casted out - bubble float headed off into the bay never to return. Must have been a snag that had weakened the line.