Andy 1965
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- Joined
- Oct 18, 2020
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- Location
- North Wales
- Favourite Fishing
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It’s been a hectic few days and there’s no sign of things slowing down yet, so there’s no long-winded report from me this week (hears a massive sigh of relief 
) but here is a brief summary of how I get on.
First off was Wednesday night, when I re-visited an old haunt for the first time this year. With the full moon and massive tides at 31.5ft, I wasn’t sure if the flow might be too much but I needn’t have worried. Things started off quietly but as soon as the sun dipped below the horizon, the place sprang into life. For the last 90 minutes of the flood the air was filled with the sound of hungry fish.
With so much life in front of me, I expected to do better but I wasn’t complaining about 2 perfectly conditioned bass, the best at 52cm, around 3.5lb, and the second a bit smaller at 2.5lbish
Next up was Thursday night, and with the only difference in conditions being the slightly later high tide, I couldn’t resist a return visit. Expecting a similar story to the previous evening, I didn’t expect much in daylight but I passed the time as best as I could while I waited for the witching hour.
Strangely, the sound of feeding fish was largely missing this time but the bass were still there, and I finished the evening with another 5 perfectly conditioned schoolies.
Not a bad return considering I wasn’t overly confident of doing well in the conditions.
After a brace of lure sessions there was no time to rest and on Friday night I was out again, for the second club match of the season, a local affair at Dwygyfylchi beach. Though conditions had screamed bass earlier in the week, the surf was all but gone by the time we met up and with flat calm conditions we didn’t know what to expect.
With bass likely to be a bit scarce, my tactics were to go for the dogs from the start but if I’m honest, I think most of the lads had the same idea. As expected things were quiet over low water but after an hour or so of the flood, and just as the light began to fade, I had my first bite of the night. The next 90 minutes were kind to me with a bite a chuck and though Steve A and Ady, who were fishing either side of me also had bites, they missed most of theirs, managing a solitary dog each, while I steadily built up a bag of 3 dogs and a flounder.
As the last 90 minutes of the match got underway, things got very quiet and as I struggled to even get bites, news filtered down the beach of a few more dogs and a solitary bass being caught. Needing a result after my poor showing in the previous match, things were getting a bit tense to say the least but a decent whiting 20 minutes before the end helped to settle the nerves a little.
Once the final whistle blew, we all headed back to the cars, where thankfully I was confirmed the winner with a bag weight of 2.37kg, comfortably clear of joint second place bags of 1.68kg.
So it’s been a good week for me on the fishing front, and with a week off work now and settled conditions forecast, I’m hoping for more of the same next week.
) but here is a brief summary of how I get on.First off was Wednesday night, when I re-visited an old haunt for the first time this year. With the full moon and massive tides at 31.5ft, I wasn’t sure if the flow might be too much but I needn’t have worried. Things started off quietly but as soon as the sun dipped below the horizon, the place sprang into life. For the last 90 minutes of the flood the air was filled with the sound of hungry fish.
With so much life in front of me, I expected to do better but I wasn’t complaining about 2 perfectly conditioned bass, the best at 52cm, around 3.5lb, and the second a bit smaller at 2.5lbish
Next up was Thursday night, and with the only difference in conditions being the slightly later high tide, I couldn’t resist a return visit. Expecting a similar story to the previous evening, I didn’t expect much in daylight but I passed the time as best as I could while I waited for the witching hour.
Strangely, the sound of feeding fish was largely missing this time but the bass were still there, and I finished the evening with another 5 perfectly conditioned schoolies
.Not a bad return considering I wasn’t overly confident of doing well in the conditions
.After a brace of lure sessions there was no time to rest and on Friday night I was out again, for the second club match of the season, a local affair at Dwygyfylchi beach. Though conditions had screamed bass earlier in the week, the surf was all but gone by the time we met up and with flat calm conditions we didn’t know what to expect.
With bass likely to be a bit scarce, my tactics were to go for the dogs from the start but if I’m honest, I think most of the lads had the same idea
. As expected things were quiet over low water but after an hour or so of the flood, and just as the light began to fade, I had my first bite of the night. The next 90 minutes were kind to me with a bite a chuck and though Steve A and Ady, who were fishing either side of me also had bites, they missed most of theirs, managing a solitary dog each, while I steadily built up a bag of 3 dogs and a flounder.As the last 90 minutes of the match got underway, things got very quiet and as I struggled to even get bites, news filtered down the beach of a few more dogs and a solitary bass being caught
. Needing a result after my poor showing in the previous match, things were getting a bit tense to say the least but a decent whiting 20 minutes before the end helped to settle the nerves a little.Once the final whistle blew, we all headed back to the cars, where thankfully I was confirmed the winner with a bag weight of 2.37kg
, comfortably clear of joint second place bags of 1.68kg.So it’s been a good week for me on the fishing front, and with a week off work now and settled conditions forecast, I’m hoping for more of the same next week
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