North Wales boat fishing

bass on the Menai

Boat fishing for bass in North Wales an exciting way to fish. On this day The results were electric bass first cast, along came this fine fish.
like i always say keep your end tackle as simple as possible. This time of the year – September is always a great time of the year for us here in north Wales fishing along the Menai strait.

Smoothhound fishing

The Smooth-hound is another great fish to land onto the boat ,with there screaming run as they grab your bait makes for a great by-catch by that i mean a non-target species but most welcome never the less.

Plaice

Plaice like a moving bait so once that tide began to run forcing our rigs to move about in the current along came this one to the boat

Boat safety should be your top priority while fishing. also just as on the shore fishing, only 2 bass over 42CM the rest must be returned.

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Bass fishing

The Bass Season has been Extended for Recreational Anglers From 01 December 2023 the recreational fishing arrangements will be amended so that the catch-and-release period runs from 01 February to 31 March only.
Good news for bass enthusiasts! The updated regulations for 2026 are now published on legislation.gov.uk.
The recreational bass bag limit has been officially uplifted to 3 Sea Bass per angler, per day.

Belan point

Car parking is to the right hand side of the beach near the end of the road just as you reach the bend.Then walk a one and half mile trek along the dune sand path. Fish between low and high,your better off fishing this venue with a small tide as the current runs hard.
Tope on fish baits some very nice flounders can be had with bass on lug crab and ragworm the best time is about 1 hour after high then fish it down the ebb.

Llŷn Peninsula

The long finger of the llyn peninsula probes deep into the sea. The northern coast is mainly rocky and the bays are small. For excellent bass head to the storm beaches to the west. The rocks hold good sized pollack and wrasse. Big shoals of bass run along the reefs when sand eels and mackerel are around in late summer they patrol the rolling surf beaches