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12.9.23 - Aberavon Beach
Bayleaf the Gardener posted a blog entry in The Newbury & Port Talbot Blanker
Having ordered some Senko lures (cheers, Barry!) I had another go on the lugworm for the bass this sunny afternoon after the heavy rains of last night. Fished two hours with the tide rising and 1 after. It was much the same as last week with lugworm tails nibbled off the hooks most casts (I used a full half pound - ie £9-worth in those 3 hours), but I did end up with 6 of the little silver fellers, to a max of 5 oz. Tried sand eel on one hook for a couple of hours, but these were untouched. Great fun, though bite detection made difficult by a strong if warm wind which pistol-whipped me with sand. -
5.9.23 - Aberavon Beach
Bayleaf the Gardener posted a blog entry in The Newbury & Port Talbot Blanker
Having blanked a few times now, I took local anglers advice and walked down to the beach with my new neighbour as the sun went down and while the tide was coming in. I'd also bought a newspaper packet of lugworms, plus a few frozen sandeels and confidence was high. After a heatwave of a day, it was beautiful on the sand at night as the lights of Swansea twinkled across the bay and the furnaces of the steelworks sent the occasional plume of flame into the sky. We had bites from the off. Most didn't connect and the lugworm was pinched, but Glyn beached six bass, beating my five, but then I had the biggest fish. How big were they, well, mine came in at 5oz, 8oz, 4oz, 5oz and 4oz. OK, tiny schoolies, but perfect minatures and it was a great fun evening, still in short sleeves as midnight approached. Two mornings later, I returned to the beach at first light in trunks, tee-shirt and a small backpack of lures and stood knee-depth in the water casting for the bass that were surely swimming all around me. Such fun! Nothing showed though, though after 90 minutes of casting, my nutsack had been breached by more than enough occasional higher waves of cold water and I admitted to myself that today wouldn't be the day. As I dripped back home, I thought that I was really living my best life. -
29.8.23 - Bass fishing on the River Afan
Bayleaf the Gardener posted a blog entry in The Newbury & Port Talbot Blanker
My new neighbour and I took some mackerel and frozen squid and mussels to pin to the bottom of the tidal stretch of the river for my first visit. While we watched our motionless rods a passerby looked at us incredulously and said that crab was the bait to use, but that lures would be better as it was 'teeming with bass' on this stretch. Could have fooled us. But as the full moon high tide retreated we did start to see bass on the surface. A lure angler came through and though he did not catch, the number of fish we saw has given me hope for a return with the lure rod soon. That's the second sea-fishing blank out of three goes for me...but watch this space! -
14.8.23 - Aberavon Beach
Bayleaf the Gardener posted a blog entry in The Newbury & Port Talbot Blanker
My second ever go at sea fishing in our new Welsh home came on the most perfect weathered afternoon possible. With a warm westerly breeze and surf churning nicely my mentor advised that the prospects for seabass were good. Nobody told the fish that however, as our sand eels and squid remained stolidly untouched. Never mind, it was just lovely to be out on the near deserted sandy beach as the sun sank over down-the-road Swansea. -
Hi, Going on Holiday to Turkey in summer (July-August) and was wondering if any one could tell me bout the fishing there, like what species to fish for, best types of fishing and best places. Im staying in the Sarigerme/Dalaman area Many thanks Ben
