Sat 20th 22:00
I had managed to gather together some fresh peelers and decided to wet a line this weekend. My mind was focussed more towards late bass and early cod.
The Mark.
The mark is well known as the signal box. Basically casting into one of the main channels that runs along from the Deganwy jetty across to the new Deganwy Quay/Marina. It is easier and just as good to fish inline with the jetty. the ground is mud and stone. I would be casting inline with the boat moraines being especially careful not to tangle around the moraine chains which are anchored on the seabed.
Tackle.
I would using my light rod for this venue. Greys BZE 3-5oz. I would be using the Daiwa Slosh 20 loaded with 18lb mainline and a 40lb leader. In this situation i would be using a running ledger rig which would comprise of a 20lb hook length. The hook will be a size 1.
The peeler crab would be cut into half and then both half would be slid on the hook then held on by wrapping bait elastic until it was secure. Taking special care to make sure the hook is standing proud out of the bait.
The bite came thick and fast and we were greeted with the presence of some very small codling and small flounder. All of which were returned.
After around 1am it went a little quiet. I decided to up the hook size to a 2/0 and baited up a full crab and bound it on with bait elastic without cutting it in half. This was aimed to target some bigger fish like cod or bass.
fish did take the bait although they were medium sized whiting for this area.
After around 2am it was ready to go home.
Although no bigger species had shown up it was fulfilling to see so many juvenile fish feeding up in the river and it was great have a mix of different fish.
Sunday 21st 13:00
After the decent amount of species last night i was very pleased to see the river packed with so many small fish. All though i was looking for bigger things. With some crab left I decided to go up river. The pleasent amount of fish from last night suggested that the water quality was good and fresh rain water was minimal. Rain water and too much fresh water can drive the fish out of the river.
Me and Mishka started making our way up the river side at mid tide.
The Mark.
The mark is a deeper part of the estuary. Its is mainly mud, scattered rocks and estuary weed. A cast of 50 yards at low would put me into the main channel.
Tackle
I would be using the same rod, reel and line as yesterday. I would using a running ledger 20lb 4ft hook length. I was using a 2/0 hook which would be small enough for good flounder and big enough for bass.
The scenery of the area is really beautiful i am very blessed to live 3 minutes away from such an amazing part of the world.
I baited up the crab baits cutting them in half and then also adding some legs to the hook point to make it look more realistic. check it!
Action come nearly straight away. My line went slack so ile reeled in the slack and struck hard. FISH ON.! I resulted in a decent flounder.
Action continued it resulted in 6 flounder but no bass :-(..
All in all a great day out.
This is the smallest of the bunch and also my `personal smallest flounder`. Hats off the flounder he still managed to swallow the 2/0 hook.
Me and Mishka had actually been cut off by the high tide, because the path that we walk around gets covered by the tide. The action was non-existent as the tide started to ebb. We were hungry, bored and wanting to go home we started making our way back to the Van. Unfortunately much of pathway was covered by maximum 4 foot of water.
WE JUST WENT FOR IT.
We double timed it back to the Van. I soaked my boots and pants but we kept moving....
Its great to just go for it and not care sometimes... or all the time for me..
All fish were returned in fighting condition and were never harmed.
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All the best Justin Roberts
