Newbie from Manchester

Welcome to the site!
I've moved your question to sea fishing chat rather than shore reports but don't worry about it!

If you would like a Bass fish the beach rather than the harbour, the first part of the flood tide in Kinmel Bay can be very good but you need to watch the gullies filling faster than you think and there are areas of soft sand and mud so I'd give High tide a go to start with then you can relax and get the hang of things. Take a look at the beach say three hours before High and work out where you think looks likely, though with the Summer a coming you might have to compete with paddlers,  if all else fails just try straight behind the camp.

Lug is favourite bait and don't worry about casting distance Bass come in close, especially at either end of the day. Use main line of say 15lb but you must tie on a shockleader of 10lb breaking  strain for every oz of lead weight you are using,
I tend to use a 5oz grip lead and a pulley rig, a hook size of between size 2 or 1/0  but a spinning rod with a 1 oz plain lead and a running ledger could be just as much fun, especially for a seven year old.
You could try a drop it down the wall approach in the harbour but I'm not familiar with how it fishes since the remodelling of it. Some have fun with flounder upstream of the blue bridge ( Headwyn is the expert on that one!)
Also
Acquaint yourself with what a weever is or learn the hard way!
Let us know. How you get on and feel free to ask questions, we like pretending we know what we are on about!

Reel wise I'd say use a fixed spool initially ( a multiplier is more likely to spoil your day) on a rod suitable for fixed spool Geoffs on Wellington Road or Foxons up in St Asaph will help you choose gear and unlike the internet you can get the feel of it before you decide.
A tripod or sand spike is needed really but I'd keep things simple to start with, if the passion sticks you can get all the gear once you've got an idea of what you are doing.

Have you done any sort of fishing before?

Oops I locked this thread in error, now unlocked. ( thanks to Headwyn for tipping me off that it was locked by mistake!)

Welcome to the site mate what part of Manchester
Are you from?

For a cheap starter kit try roxy angling in Ashton
He'll(John) will do you a rod,reel and a few bits and bobs for £50

Welcome ...from a fellow mancunian.
I been at it about four years, and I still don't know what I'm doing! But it's great to av a go. All but on a wing and a prayer... And a good dose of luck. The guys on here are fantastic with local knowledge, tips and great banter. Oh.. And then there's Logger!!!

I think that's 4 of us now syd with me,you,messiah and now woolylee60

stevo wrote:

I think that's 4 of us now syd with me,you,messiah and now woolylee60

And I used to live in Manchester but I'm alright now!

4 1/2 then syd

Hi Lee,

Glad you followed my first bit of advice and joined us here

Firstly, have a walk to Geoffs next to the Royal Oak. They will be able to kit you out for a decent price.

I havent fished in the harbour since the recent changes ( new bridge etc ) but will be trying it out in the next few weeks as crab become readily available.

Keep an eye out for people fishing and go and have a chat, see what they are doing and what sort of rigs they are using. Rigs can be bought pre tied so you dont have to worry about the fine details just yet.

As already mentioned, watch the gullies at Kinmel Bay as they can flood behind you and cut you off in minutes!

If i am heading out locally in the next few weeks, i will let you know so you can come down and see what we are doing and if you fancy it, lend some gear off us and have a go with your lad.

Kev.

syd wrote:

 The guys on here are fantastic with local knowledge, tips and great banter. Oh.. And then there's Logger!!!

Oi

Welcome to the forum Lee you'll get loads of advice and some top tips on here and hopefully we'll get you that first fish
We havnt managed to get Syd his yet but we're working on it

I Need a better teacher...

Oh Manchester is wonderful..............

Hope you Mancunians are coming on the shell island jolly
Stevo isn't too keen as there's nowhere for him to plug in his hairdryer and curling tongs

Fancy a weekend camp with your lad Lee Or the whole family if you like

[quote="Logger"]Hope you Mancunians are coming on the shell island jolly
Stevo isn't too keen as there's nowhere for him to plug in his hairdryer and curling tongs

It's all true

Messiah wrote:

Oh Manchester is wonderful..............

Bang on..!

Welcome mate,the guys on here will help you enjoy your fishing

Your only down the road from me(gorton) and I think syd is from fallowfield
if your unsure what to buy I can meet you one weekend at roxy angling to
show you what to get.

stevo wrote:

Your only down the road from me(gorton) and I think syd is from fallowfield
if your unsure what to buy I can meet you one weekend at roxy angling to
show you what to get.

Are you still on commission

stevo wrote:

Your only down the road from me(gorton) and I think syd is from fallowfield
if your unsure what to buy I can meet you one weekend at roxy angling to
show you what to get.

I'm in failsworth stevo..

syd wrote:

stevo wrote:

Your only down the road from me(gorton) and I think syd is from fallowfield
if your unsure what to buy I can meet you one weekend at roxy angling to
show you what to get.

I'm in failsworth stevo..

Does that make you a worthy failure

syd wrote:

stevo wrote:

Your only down the road from me(gorton) and I think syd is from fallowfield
if your unsure what to buy I can meet you one weekend at roxy angling to
show you what to get.

I'm in failsworth stevo..

I was close