Welcome

Hello and welcome to this humble forum.
Pull up a chair and make yourself feel at home.

my chairs pulled up good luck with the new look site mike

Welcome in Steve

Onwards and upwards!

and thanks for all the fish

dugdale wrote:

I left Rhyl for the West Midlands in 1982 but have fond memories, as a youth of blanking at Splash Point, blanking on Colwyn Bay Pier and blanking at most venues between the two

Welcome dugdale!

If it's blanking you want, you have come to the right place

Good to hear that in some respects, things haven't changed.

ian40nw wrote:

Hi Mike,good luck with the new forum and at least theres somewhere for me to post the pic of my first high water splash point fish................when i get it
Ian

Welcome Ian!

We can all relate to you with your quest to catch a fish at Splash Point.
It has to be a labour of love.
Keep putting the hour in and you will get there.

Tony Lever wrote:

Good luck with the new site. Will let you know how we got on on Bangor Pier this weekend

Welcome in Tony!

Good luck on the Pier tonight.
I was very tempted to join you but I'm afraid a combination of too many fishing hours this week and the obvious X-Factor/I'm a Celebrity clash has mean't that I am going to have to sit this one out.

Catch a big one!!!

Notbad wrote:

Onwards and upwards!

and thanks for all the fish

Welcome Paul!

Great to see you into the fish in a big way on Llandudno Pier last night.

dugdale wrote:

Ah, Llandudno pier, I remember it well.
Cycling from Rhyl with a few friends to Llandudno with a 12 foot telescopic rod tied to the crossbar of my 10 speed racer. Panniers full of home made weights and my old Penn Seaboy reel. A bucket of harbour rag dug from the Forydd bungeed on to the rack at the back of the bike and maybe a pack of 10 lug worms bought from Willie Roberts.
The hill at Llandulas was hard work and if I remember rightly it would take about an hour an a half to ride to Llandudno. If the tide was out we'd collect a load of mussells from the rocks next to the pier before approaching our chosen spot, just behind the cafe. Straight down the side of the pier with a size 4 hook and then the competition started. Small pollock, ballan wrasse, pouting and the odd bull head (or that's what we called them). we weren't really interested in trying for anything bigger, we just wanted to catch fish. A long ride home again at the end of the day, early to bed and up again the following morning to do it all again. That's what my summer holidays were like in the late 70s

they were the days that the sun used too shine everyday ,happy happy days

steve@supreme wrote:

they were the days that the sun used too shine everyday ,happy happy days

then me and you bought boats

dugdale wrote:

That's what my summer holidays were like in the late 70s

A great read!!!!!
That is what I call a summer holiday.

I may have to blow the dust off my racer and do the pier in the more traditional way next time.
Thanks for your account Dug.

modeste wrote:

Excellent site, have been reading it regularly for over a year. Had the pleasure of meeting Mehmet ar Splash Point yesterday(a true gentleman), on my first trip there. Had one small whiting on my last cast. Will have to try it at night.

Cheers modeste!
Glad to hear you have met 'The Maestro'! As you say, a true gent.
Look forward to bumping into you on the beach.

hello Mike,Hope all goes well for you on this great venture that you have opened up.I wish you the best of luck.Spaceman..     

Thanks Sinbad your the man..       

Good to see Sinbad and The Spaceman!

Sinbad, that 'Tope Avatar' is looking a bit dated now:)
A double figure Cod would make a nice replacement.

sinbadfishing wrote:

That Tope will stay there until I get something bigger

I look forward to being there to witness it.

Hello again to everyone!

Welcome Kev!

Good to hear from you.

Looking forward to a session over Christmas.

Hope you`re alright Sinbad.

I never did get one of those Mullet, but it looks good for next year with the pontoon in place now.

headwyn wrote:

Hope you`re alright Sinbad.

I never did get one of those Mullet, but it looks good for next year with the pontoon in place now.

Can you fish off the pontoon?

headwyn wrote:

Hope you`re alright Sinbad.

I never did get one of those Mullet, but it looks good for next year with the pontoon in place now.

ive been told there will be no fishing allowed on the new pontoon , access will be for swipe card holders only as the gate at the top of the ramp will be locked . looks like you will have too target the mullet off the wall again

steve@supreme wrote:

looks like you will have too target the mullet off the wall again

I've been targetting them in my dreams and I'm still no closer to catching one

Thats put a spanner in the works then.

Plenty of time to think up an alternative plan though!

Cheers Steve

Hello .... space in here for a little one ?

I searched the web for reports of pier monsters and ended up here

Hi Musselman,
Good to hear from you.

There is definately a monster under the pier, if you find him tell him he owes Richie 4 hooks.

Have you been out recently?