HHB Thursday 23rd April

Andrew myself had a trip down to Holyhead on Thursday a first for us took a heavy rod apiece to have a try for a conger on the outside hadn't been there long when the heavy rod was yanked violently & the tripod was against the wall I grabbed the rod & started to wind it maybe moved a yard & that was it stuck solid I tried letting line out & leaving it a while that didn't work so I had to pull for a break .After that I had no more bites that side but lost loads of rigs & weights it ain't half snaggy Andrew came up from below & had a chuck over bait must just have touched the bottom & he had an eel on it appeared on the top a fair way out about eight to ten pound at a guess he began to crank it up then the snood went after this all we had was doggies & pin whitings enjoyed the day all the same & the weather was glorious didn't photograph the dogs & pins so just a couple of other pics

nice report and pics tatch well done

Only the brave fish the outside!
Allegedly some stand on the wall to cast, personally I barely dare to look over it! Tried fishing it with a balloon for a float once but didn't have the excitement you had!

Great report and pics mate,unlucky on them eels its a tackle grave yard on the outside

Hard luck mate great pics though

Good effort.

Some decent Conger off there but if fishing for other species, you need a very good cast to get over the rough stuff and onto the sand. The trick is to stand on the wall to reel in and keep the rod as high as possible and wind like hell!

A good drop net is a good idea as ive seen plenty of decent fish come off or rigs break when handlining up the outside wall.

A good head for heights helps! I remember Mike being a bit twitchy as i was doing this.

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headwyn wrote:

Good effort.

Some decent Conger off there but if fishing for other species, you need a very good cast to get over the rough stuff and onto the sand. The trick is to stand on the wall to reel in and keep the rod as high as possible and wind like hell!

A good drop net is a good idea as ive seen plenty of decent fish come off or rigs break when handlining up the outside wall.

A good head for heights helps! I remember Mike being a bit twitchy as i was doing this.

I forgot the drop net this time but wont next time never thought to stand on the wall will remember that for next time too thanks for the info much appreciated

Hard luck on the conger's mate but a few fish caught so not to bad well done

Hard Luck owddd better luck next time

Seat box placed next to the wall acts as a handy step

Great report and pics mate

Great pics and a few fish well done mate

Great report Tatch it is those lost ones that keep you going back. Never fished the place but it keeps cropping up on this forum, do people use sacrificial sinkers, old spark plugs or nuts from nuts & bolts, you can vary the length of the lighter line to keep the bait off the foul, no more polluting than leaving lead down there.
The trouble with those places is that every break off leaves another potential snag. I used to fish off a beach near here in to a channel, I was there at low tide and got snagged, my mate waded to the channel edge and pulled my line in which had snagged on 2 broken off lines.
Next time we took a dinghy and rowed out with a home made grapnel. What had caused the problems was a lost long line on the edge of the channel, we filled a fish bin with old line and sticks and 50 sinkers of all types including 15 sand grip ones. We only retrieved one end of the long line as the current was making it a bit dodgy, but at least we cleared the popular end of the bay.

Nice going Tatch.Have you thought of using a 150lb leader and a rotten bottom?

tatch wrote:

Andrew myself had a trip down to Holyhead on Thursday a first for us took a heavy rod apiece to have a try for a conger on the outside hadn't been there long when the heavy rod was yanked violently & the tripod was against the wall    I grabbed the rod & started to wind it maybe moved a yard & that was it stuck solid I tried letting line out & leaving it a while that didn't work so I had to pull for a break    .After that I had no more bites that side but lost loads of rigs & weights it ain't half snaggy Andrew came up from below & had a chuck over bait must just have touched the bottom & he had an eel on it appeared on the top a fair way out about eight to ten pound at a guess he began to crank it up then the snood went after this all we had was doggies & pin whitings enjoyed the day all the same & the weather was glorious didn't photograph the dogs & pins so just a couple of other pics

Great report sounded like an exciting day out fishing, the blue sea, you could be anywhere in the world.