Help Would Be Much Appreciated :)

Member Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 6

Good afternoon all! i was browsin the net and stumbled upon this website, im very impressed, good job!

A lil bit about myself...Im Mark, nickname is polly, im 19 from Preston (come on North End!!) and my level of fishing is pretty low, but i love fishing. i go fishing a few times a month with my mate, usually go to blackpool of the shore, but neither of us have ever caught anything. your probably wondering y we go, well, i used to go with my father, but he passed away recently, and i am tryin to carry on fishin and didnt want to get rid of all the tackle.

so me and my mate are off to holyhead for a change tomorrow, so was wondering if anybody has any tips on were the best place is at this time of year, bait to use, rigs etc

any infomation would be greatly appreciated

p.s im not too familiar with many rigs and some 'fishing' terms

thankyou

Polly winking

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:11 pm

Welcome to the site, Polly. Sorry about the loss of your father.
Can't help you with your area, but somebody on here no doubt will.
Don't be afraid to ask what you might consider "silly" questions. We were all beginners once.

Stu

Member Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 6

thanks a lot mate, i say 'recently' it was actually just overs two years ago, but feels like yesterday, and in that two years think between us, we havent even caught a crab lol!

Guest

Not familiar with the Holyhead area mate but Sea Anglers Top Marks recommends Holyhead Breakwater which looks like a harbour wall with the lower walkway giving access to the inner harbour and the upper walkway giving access to the outerharbour- the outer harbor is mixed to rough ground so you might lose tackle unless you knwo how to use rotten bottoms but it says the inner harbour only fishes well after dark. Lugworm is the recommended bait for winter.

The local tackleshop is Anglesey Bait Centre, Gallows Point, Beaumarris (01248 810009) so you might want to contact them for a bit more advice of the best spot to fish from.

Hope this helps- but others on the site may have more on the spot advice

Member Joined: Jul 31, 2006 Posts: 90 Location: out to sea

Go on then give us clue !!! wheres Holyhead,??? On this site our fishing tips are good but looks like geography is a bit shaky.... 8O what sort of stuff do you have , ie what size of rods, ?? are you fishing beaches,rocks or piers etc ???? oh and most of all WELCOME big grin

Member Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 6

thanks for the tips and advice, i prefer to cast of rocks, not a big fan of beaches. i think ive got about a 14ft rod (its a collapsable one, not used it yet) and a couple of 10ft rods. Holyhead is in wales

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:07 pm

Hi Polly. I am not from your neck of the woods but would like to warn you off the telescopic rod unless it is a good quality carbon fibre job because they are known to crack in the middle of a vigorous cast and can thus be dangerous. Also it is a bit of an awkward time of year for fishing in that the summer species are almost gone and the winter fish have made much of an appearnce yet. That said, there are probably still a few big bass knocking around but you have to know where they are likely to run to get one: They love going up "tidal" rivers and into drying harbours, etc. on a rising tide, especially in the evenings or very early morning. I reckon your best bet is to find out where there are likely to be codling or whiting in your area because they are likely to start turning up in the next few weeks. If you do get some whiting, gut them straight away because they can spoil quite quickly if you don't. (Assuming you would like one or two for supper that is).
All the best

Member Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Posts: 6

hehe thanks for the advice mate, much appreciated happy

Member Joined: May 05, 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Abergele

Hi all, Holyhead is kinda west coast of Anglesey ( get the ferry ot ireland from there), tiz indeed a largish harbour with a ruddy great breakwater to protecct it from the howling Irish sea. the breakwater is about 1.5 miles long, fishing from the lower inside stage an catch flatties, dogs, small pollack and some decent conger. the upper stage has quite a high wall and fishing from this is locally known as the tackle graveyard - I lost 30 + weights n rigs a rew years ago whilst fishing the holyhead open! All the same, there is an abundance of species to be had from there, A WORD OF WARNING>> Standing on the wall can be very dangerous as freak waves can easily wash you straight off, even a ferry can create enough swell to do this so please be very careful.