BAITS
Crab is scarce currently but tipping black lug or rag with fresh crab seems to be taking the bulk of the codling. Some anglers also report success with the vacuum packed frozen crab from the tackle shops or by tipping the lug with mussel. The bass take the same baits, but also whole squid, as will the conger.

TACKLE AND TACTICS
A small island like structure with a church on it joined to Menai Bridge by a promontory. Look for the grassy island in front of you and cast into the channel towards this.

The bottom is very rough here, so for the cod and bass use a pulley rig made from 60lb mono with a weak link to the lead weight. A two-hook pennel rig using 3/0 Vikings gets you extra fish. Choose a 5 to 6oz beachcaster with a reel loaded with 300-yards of 25lb line and a 60lb shock leader. For the conger use the same pulley rig, but swapping for a single 4/0 to 6/0 Viking hook.

Church Island fishes best only for the first two hours of the ebb during the smaller neap tides. Flood water inside The Straits after heavy rain will kill the fishing stone dead. Always fishes best at night, it rarely seems to produce by day.

LOCATION
Best access via the Britannia Rod Bridge turning right on to the B4080 for Menai Bridge. Just after the turn on to the B4080 there is a lay-by on the right-hand side. Church Island can be seen from here on your left. Continue on the B4080 and turn right in to Menai Bridge at the roundabout. Park in the Church Island car park signposted on the right.

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