Best Bait
Crab, mackerel, squid, sand eel, and lugworm
Summer Species
Bass, mackerel, pollock, dogfish, dabs, occasional small bull huss.
Winter Species
Whiting, dabs and dogfish
Tackle & Tactics
Fish sand eel 30 or 40 yards out just beyond the breaking surf for bass
and don't be surprised to get some blistering bites which turn out to be dogfish. Fish worm baits at short range for dabs.
Step up to larger hooks with fish baits for dogfish and occasional huss. Small pollock rarely above 3lb can be taken on feathers of float fished sand eel.
On occasions pollock can be seen working the shoals of fry just
beyond the boulders at the spring tide low water mark. When this happens
a float fished eel or a spinner worked over them should provide some
excitement to light tackle. It maybe feasible to try the fly in these
conditions. You'll need to wade to get to these fish so shorts and a nice warm evening
are best.
Directions
Just after entering Criccieth from Porthmadog direction there is a
left turn sign posted beach, turn here and pass over the level crossing
and follow the road round to the right along the prom carry on past the
lifeboat and up Castle Hill just as you begin the decent down the other
side on Marine Terrace (Min y Mor) you see a small shop park here. Form the Pwllheli
direction take the 1st right turn just after you enter the 30mph limit.
Follow this road onto Marine Terrace (Min y Mor) and along the prom as far as the shop. You go down the slope to the beach and roughly anywhere from the bottom of the slope towards the Castle is clean ground.
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