SPECIES
Mainly summer and autumn rock dwellers including ballan wrasse, conger, bull huss and pollack, but also a few small-eyed ray off the cleaner sand at long rnage, plus mackerel and garfish.

BAITS
The rays take frozen or fresh sandeel, as will the huss, but both the huss and conger take mackerel and squid cocktails more consistently. Fish rag, lug, or better still crab baits for the wrasse. The pollack, mackerel and gars all take fish strips under flat gear, otherwise try spinners and Redgills.

TACKLE & TACTICS
The bulk of the snags are found relatively close inshore with a good cast putting you out on to clean sand. There are several rock stations to fish, all giving in to a fair depth of water. It fishes well throughout the range of tides, but can be especially good fishing either side of high water during a spring tide at night.

Although this area is well protected from northern quarter winds, there are often big swells running up the rocks here, especially after a southerly wind has lifted the sea. The rocks are backed by a slippery grass bank, so care is needed in wet weather.

A spinning rod and 12lb line is perfect for a roaming session after the mackerel, gars and pollack and can also be used to float fish tight in amongst the rocks. For the wrasse a 2-4oz bass rod and 20lb line is required as some of the wrasse can touch 5lbs plus. Longer range is needed for the rays, huss and conger with a 5-6oz beachcaster and 7000 sized reel with 20 to 25lb line and 60lb shock leader being the best combination.

For the wrasse a simple mono paternoster with a 35lb hook link and size 2/0 to 4/0 Viking pattern hook is good with a weak link system to the lead. The huss and conger are best targeted with a pulley rig made from 60lb mono and a single size 6/0 Viking hook. For the rays, again a clipped down pulley rig works well, but drop the hook size to a single 3/0.

LOCATION
Off the A379 at Yealmptom take the B3186. When you come to Bridgend going up the hill signposted for Noss Mayo. At the crossroads turn right heading for a National Trust car park. Follow the coastal path with the mark located on the right hand side.

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