My Favourite Haunt !

Well after a She-ite week, which included me losing my job, I needed some fishing therapy. With Dad duties on Saturday, Sunday it would be and I fancied a trip to Holyhead Breaky for hunting some species. The weather forecast and also the fact that I would be Billy no mates for the day made me change my mind plugging for Llandudno Pier instead.

Got to the pier for about 9am hoping that I would be one of the first there to bag my favourite spot and being that it was heading for low water, unfortunately 6 other anglers had the same idea !

I put out the main rod loaded with peeler and decided to drop down with the shrimp rig.
The dogfish were on the crab bait within minutes and were also plaguing the other anglers no matter what baits were put out ! I ended up with 18 of the blighters throughout the day including this monster which I was positive was a huss when I saw it on the surface, but no it was a big fat doggie weighing in at 2lb 13oz    My biggest ever doggie !



My little spinning rod was kept busy all day and I was really impressed with it for £10 paired with a £10 spinning reel from Sports Direct, this 13oz pollock gave it a good workout !



Myself and another chap tried feathers throughout the day but it seems there are only a few stragglers around, and we ended up with one each, mine was just at the foot of the pier as reeling in, and at 14oz was a decent sized fish and is going to be breakfast not bait !



Not just the dogs were loving the peelers, I ended up catching Dabs, whiting, codling and also a surprise 14oz Tub Gurnard, what a beautiful fish !



The rain was a pain throughout the day but it didn't ruin a great day fishing ending up with 8 species, Dogfish, Dab, Codling, Whiting, Pollock, Poor Cod, Tub Gurnard, Mackeral.

great report and plenty of fish what more can you ask for well done

Well done on the species mate

Sorry to hear about you losing your job mate

Well done on a super session and report mate
I think your 2nd in the species hunt now

Very good report owddd . Sorry you lost your job

did you talk to a plumber while putting your water proofs on by your car ?

A very good report sorry to hear about the job.

Hope you find a job, the fishing is some compensation I suppose

Great mixed bag there. I love fishing the Pier. Not been there for ages. Must sort that.

Good luck with the job hunt.

Brilliant report and pictures
Hope the work situation sorts it's self out

What is it you do maybe someone on here can help

DOGGER wrote:

did you talk to a plumber while putting your water proofs on by your car ?

No mate, not me ! Was dry when I got there so didn't have them on till later.

Logger wrote:

Brilliant report and pictures
Hope the work situation sorts it's self out

What is it you do maybe someone on here can help

Thanks Dave. I was a Practice Manager at a GP Surgery, but have worked in the NHS for nearly 20 years as an Accountant.

zippie01 wrote:

DOGGER wrote:

did you talk to a plumber while putting your water proofs on by your car ?

No mate, not me ! Was dry when I got there so didn't have them on till later.

i had a chat with two anglers one was leaving and the other had just come back to his car for waterproofs thats why i asked if it was you

Nice report & photos well done all the best on the job front

Great report some nice fish there kept u bizy welldone mate

In the good old days when they had an annual fishing comp on the pier, and a mayoral reception and prizegiving, I learnt that a catch of small pollock from around the piles often did well in overall weight against the odd bigger fish from far out.
I miss the easy access to piers that we used to have, thanks for the memmories