Sea Fishing by daveonawave

It's been a while you know, I have not been fishing for almost a month! Why? Well there are a number of reasons, weather, responsibilities, price of bait.....I could go on......but the main reason it was just not worth it. This winter has been what us anglers call 'Pants'. Not even the 'Swansea bay trout' (doggies to me and you) have been showing. This time of the year we are normally complaining about catching them!


My last few sessions have been catching baby whiting on the West pier or Knab Rock; not the most serene locations but the most suitable giving the harsh winter conditions we have been facing.


Spring is on its way, we have had a few days of sun and the catch reports have been improving; there’s even been a few bass caught. It was time to get out. Time to get out fishing! Not just dangling some fish strips of a pier wall but to get out real fishing. You may have heard the phrase 'fishing is good for the soul', it's true, but some forms of fishing are better than others. The best type is also the purest type; surf fishing. The feeling of being stood in the surf on a deserted 'storm beach' rod in hand and facing all nature has to throw at you is immense! If you catch something it’s even better. Your lungs are filled with ozone, you can fell the power of the tide, your ears are alive with the sound of the crashing waves. You are a mere speck on the beach but hold your destiny in your hands. You face nature full on; it’s not for all but its part of me.


I had decided on Cefn Sidan, Wales’s premier storm beach. I had packed light ready for the walk. I had my beach caster, a couple of 4oz leads, a couple of Wessex rigs and some maddies 'mud worm' and razor clams for bait. I arrived at the beach at dusk and it was deserted. *mile of empty sands. It was cold but pleasant, only a slight SW breeze. It had been blowing hard for a few days so there was plenty of surf and a colour to the water, Things were looking good.


Now for the down side, fishing was slow and I only had a few bites. I did however have a good take which ended in me landing a 2lbs flounder, Result.

Well that was Louises tea sorted. Next time it's a Bass!