South and North Wales on the same day!

From Babs in South Wales to Dabs in North Wales on the same day!

Down in South Wales for a meeting about a meeting and the thought of the dismal, dark drive back North on a Friday night didn't appeal.
Decided I might as well stay over in Pembroke, fish the morning tide and drive back in daylight.


set a 4 O'clock alarm to see me on Pendine's sea wall at 5a.m.

Wind direction was perfect but much stronger than desirable,
combined with a big tide 6oz wasn't holding but 8oz did the trick.









3 1/2 hours up and over High passed quickly but with just the taste of salt on my lips to show for it.







Cut my losses at 8.30am and set the satnav for home,
driving up through mid-Wales I lost count of the number of Redkites marking the route
but thought Aberystwyth might be worth a go.



A bit rough!! Didn't stop.





Back Home and Rhyl didn't seem a much better prospect; collected Mehmet and did a recce of Llandudno North Shore, better sheltered but there were more headlamps showing than on the A55 - forgot there was a match on!

Settled on 100 yards West of The Arches at Colwyn Bay for a session up to High.
Comfort fishing out of the back of the car and the wind was no problem here



The water was still 30 yards from the wall and I was still tackling up
when The Maestro reeled in his first cast bass at 8.30pm



Immediately followed by his second cast bass!



He went on to bag more than his quota of "Welsh sardines"




Caught a few myself and added a couple of decent dabs before waving the chequered flag at midnight.

well done lads great nights fishing for you all

loads of effort put in there mate . Good report and pics . How mild its been for the time of year bet the bass will still be in early new year

That`s a hell of a fishing trip, I hope you enjoyed it. The match on North Shore was our fur and feather open, 67 anglers from all over the country travelled there to get battered by the wind, rods and rod rests falling like leaves and buckets blowing over, what a night!
I`m sure Kev will give us a full report after ( he`s got the results ) , but as far as I
remember the best fish was a 5-10-00 lbs. thornback, and between the hundreds of tiny whiting there were a few good bags of dogs and whiting and a few dabs, no codling weighed in though.

Tony Lever wrote:

I was fishing down by the "Hump" with my brother, hoping to catch that Bass I lost a fortnight ago. He had 1 Bass and we both had Dabs and Whiting, but not in great numbers.That was a hell of a long day out you had, are you getting into training for a "Fishing Marathon"?

Seems there were a few of us along Colwyn Bay Saturday night, we'd considered getting by the pier or tucked in behind the hump
but moved on as they looked a bit crowded, hadn't recognised anyone!

Not in training for a marathon Tony - I'll leave that to you Rhyl Specimen Hunter Guys! and I'm feeling my age today!
Didn't set out to fish both South and North it just sort of happened but along the way I did start to ponder the possibilites - like if it's possible to plot a route that means you could beat the tide across several venues (without breaking any land speed records! )

Paul, you've surpassed yourself.
Stunning report and quite a result after all those miles.

Well done!

Good effort Paul.