Talacre beach...

[trickshot55]

I plan on going there towards the end of the week to try to catch my first hound.... my (loose!) battle plan is 2hrs down then 2 up... does this sound right?
I am not very speedy at walking and don t want to drown!!!

[Dyl]

Hi Trickshot we usually fish 3 down 1 up but you can stay a bit longer no more than 2 though as you’ll struggle to hold bottom.
It’s about a 20-30min walk if your heading towards the yellow bouy but I’ve had some good sessions fishing straight out of the right hand dunes on bigger tides. You’ll see some posts towards the low water mark with a bit of a runoff.
Good luck

[trickshot55]

Thanks Dyl, 3 down 1 up it will be... I am super excited...!! i think it is going to be Saturday night... Mrs Trickshot is having some mates round for a eurovision "Party"... that does not really appeal....!

[Dyl]

Good luck LW 17.15

[trickshot55]

[Adam Roper]

First thing is to make sure you travel light, no matter how many times its said you still see people turning up with full seat boxes full of tackle and leads, tripods and bait buckets......... the sand is soft and it is a long walk, scale down to what you need and no more. For a pleasure session I will carry two rods with the reels attached in one hand, one bait bucket with a few leads and rig winders in the other and two sand spikes tucked into my waders and that is it.

In terms of where to fish, as Dyl says the most popular mark is on the corner in front of the yellow buoy however if you do want a shorter walk then literally go straight out past the lighthouse (keeping it on your left hand side) and walk out until you see the broken wooden posts in the sand. You will still catch the hounds there (we had over 35 between two of us there two summers ago) and it is also more prolific for the Bass there than it is down by the yellow buoy.

They will take squid but ideally you want fresh crab and half a crab on the hook is plenty, don't overdue it, good tip is to whip your fresh half over whatever if anything remains on the hook as it will only have been out 10-15 mins and you will either of had a fish or it will have been stripped.

Good luck

[Steve Duffy]

Two sand spikes tucked into my waders.

No wonder they keep leaking.

[trickshot55]

I did not get my hound... sea was pretty weird... like a frothy coffee.... still i feel it is just a matter of time now... mind you i took a novice out to perch rock yesterday and managed to get us both a blank there as well..!!

[Dyl]

I did not get my hound... sea was pretty weird... like a frothy coffee.... still i feel it is just a matter of time now... mind you i took a novice out to perch rock yesterday and managed to get us both a blank there as well..!!

unlucky you’ll not catch watching the tv though good effort . Was that today?

[trickshot55]

No, it was last sunday.. had car dramas on the sat... still as they say "Could be worse"..! don t know what was going on with the water.. looked like a cappuccino..

[Steve Duffy]

No, it was last sunday.. had car dramas on the sat... still as they say "Could be worse"..! don t know what was going on with the water.. looked like a cappuccino..

Its algal bloom.It goes eventually.

[trickshot55]

No, it was last sunday.. had car dramas on the sat... still as they say "Could be worse"..! don t know what was going on with the water.. looked like a cappuccino..

Its algal bloom.It goes eventually.

Ah ok.... good.. I m not sure the fish are that keen on it...!! Took little dog for a swim today at old colwyn and soaked some mackerel, actually trying for a doggie and blanked again..!!

Might lick my wounds for a week then try talacre again.