Thanks mate 👍

Thanks Gary 👍

Thanks Neale.

Thanks Frank.

Thanks Giles. Tight lines.

Thanks Gary, yeah the weather and sea are quite rough round here in the winter.

Thanks William.

Thanks Suellen, you to 👍

Thanks mate, let me know next time your heading out and ill try and make it 👍

Thanks Anton, yeah mate should be good.

Yes should be doing some through the summer.

Thanks Dan. No I haven't used full flourocarbon before ive only used it for leader. let me know how you get on with it mate.

Will do, I'll keep my fingers crossed bud.

Went out searching the bottom for some bass and pollock, wanted to do Beaumaris pier but apparently it was the busiest day of the year and one of the boat captains told us to politely p**s off so ended up going to Llandudno and doing the day there. Me dad got loads of doggies and a pollock and a small coddling and I just smashed the pollock and didn't see any bass, if I'd got a small enough pollock I'd have hooked it through the back and live lined it but they were all over the pound and a half mark and I didn't have a big enough float to hold them, I've got no doubt a bass can easily eat one that big I just didn't have a big enough float to keep them out of the rocks and snags. Good day even though we were kicked off Beaumaris.

Sounds like a canny good day apart from being kicked off the pier.

I'd just loaded one of my spinning reels completely with flourocarbon and really wanted to give it a bash around the pontoon but oh well, still caught plenty of average pollock and they're always fun.

Thanks mate. Hopefully they will be in soon, I'm gonna have a couple of trips to the pier over the next few days if I catch any mackerel I'll put a video on to let people know they are in.

@@fishingintheukgarywood cheers mate much appreciated id love to get a few this year. I always seem to miss out on them 👍

Thanks.

Thanks, no haven't had any yet they should be in soon tho.

The tides are really small atm so on the next big tide makky should be here

Thanks Terry.

No It never came back but it was a canny size.

@@fishingintheukgarywood a few years ago me and a friend fished the fish quay At north shields ,was using a whole makerel as bait ,reeled into the fish Played it for a good 10-15 mins started to get line back onto reel when it Must of thrown the hook..but the mackerel had been bitten in half....

I hate it when that happens because you are always left wondering what it could have been.

If your fishing for mackerel or mini species you should be able to use your fresh water stuff I used to use a carp rod for mackerel fishing and lighter rods for mini fishing. Just be careful when lifting the fish out of the water incase your rod snaps.

Thanks mate, I haven't been able to get out as much over the last few months but hopefully should be able to start getting out and about a lot more from now.

hopefully. i cant wait for the macky like i never do sea fishing unless it for them i went on boat other night n had nout but everyone else had cod was still nice night sea was rough like. might try for few of them eels before the macky come in i normally get them on the feathers while trying for them. avo been coarse fishing few times, as that what im into had couple nice double figure carp n that but no sea fishing yet apart from boat other night.

Aye shouldn't be to long before they are in. Last time I stayed in Cornwall the place we satyed had a couple of ponds with carp in. I caught a few of them on bread they go mental and put up a canny good fight . I can see why some people get addicted to fishing for them lol

yeah its great i done it for years and all the other coarse fish. i only started the sea fishing last year as fancied trying for the mackerel had some good days got bag full in hour or 2 other days none haha just get good days and bad days. do you fish for them when the tide is goin in or out or when its already in. and yeah its great feeling watching them suck the bread up esp if its a big fat thing ahah

I usually prefer to fish the tide in and over high water if im going through the day but first light and an hour or two before last light seems to be canny good for them as well.

Thanks, a strip of holographic tape.

Its still a bit early in the year but it will be getting packed on there when the mackerel come in.

Hopefully as soon as the weather settles.

Ive just bought a bait casting reel off Amazon it cost me £19 so we will see what happens

Yes check out www.britishseafishing.co.uk on the page about sand eels loads of good information on there.

I usually prefer to go a few hours before high water first or last light mate.

Fishing in the UK are the mackerel in now mate

I don't think they are in yet shouldn't be to long now tho.

Fishing in the UK sound cheers

What date would be the best to go down mate, you seem to know what your doing but I don’t have much clue 😂

Hi Dean, yeah I use my spinning rod on the beach and pier all the time just be careful when lifting the fish out of the water incase it snaps your rod. I usually handball the fish up out of the water using the line instead of the rod if it's a decent size. Check out this video where I caught a smooth hound from the breakwater in Wales using my spinning rod kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pKyXfNV3nb60lo0.html its the biggest fish I've caught on my spinning rod so far.

Sandeels

@@fishingintheukgarywood because i watched a youtuber calling them lance and i got really confused

A launce is just another name for a type of sandeel. There's a few different types of sandeels.

@@fishingintheukgarywood ahhhhh ok ill keep that in mind, thank you

Yeah anyone can fish it when the gates are open.

There's no charge for fishing on shields pier.

@@fishingintheukgarywood thanks so much! It far to hard for people who have never fished to get into fishing. Unless you know exactly where to look.

No not for normal sea fishing. Only if you intend on fishing for salmon or sea trout.

@@fishingintheukgarywood oh thanks