Due to ill health resulting in a couple of weeks in hospital, an operation and recovery it's been far too long since I'd fished.
Not confident of being ready to beach cast with gusto without doing myself some damage yet but desperate to fish again we headed for Holyhead Breakwater yesterday for a few hours up to High.
Bait was bits of all sorts, even some Salmon from the freezer, and a pack of fresh lug but I was unable to get any ragworm which is my preferred bait of choice for there.
The gulls were packed together forming an excited "white island" about a mile offshore which I guess was where the mackerel where.
We arrived just in time to see a decent lobster being recovered from a pot
inside the breakwater and at intervals were treated to formation jet flying out of RAF Valley.
I dropped a tipped shrimp rig down the wall and at frequent intervals dropped cut up assorted old frozen bait down by it to hopefully get things going.
The second rod lobbed a one down two up assorted bait offering a bit further out.
A couple of tip rattles had us going but no fish unfortunately.
No fish then, but it was great to catch the sun and feel the light breeze.
Packed up half an hour after High, especially as two irresponsible jetskiers were screaming around the harbour ignoring the speed limit and destroying the calmness ( once came very close to hitting the wall half way along the breakie)
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