A popular winter and summer venue, especially with the wind coming from a northerly direction which stirs up some surf and colours the water.

Fishing off the promenade wall the two hours either side of high water during the spring tides at night produces the best results. Low water can fish well too, but it's the big casters that score best fishing the low tide period, and in rougher surf conditions as the ground is shallow.

Try to locate any deeper gutters running along the beach and rougher ground patches prior to fishing as this is where the fish get concentrated.

SPECIES
Codling, whiting, coalfish and dabs dominate the winter months with flounder showing in the surf after a good northerly blow.

Summer catches include plaice, flounder, eels and bass. Calm spring nights see a few thornback rays to the better casters.

BEST BAITS
Black lug is the main cod bait here, preferably fresh and tipped with squid, but gutted black lug tipped with blow lug works well too. Tip black or blow lug with a strip of sandeel or mackerel or use sections of sandeel to pick out the better whiting. Coalfish take crab or lug tipped with mussel.

Ragworm is the top plaice bait with a bit of peeler crab or thin strip of squid on the hook point. Both the bass and the spring ray take peeler crab, though a combination of mackerel and squid is just as good for the rays.

TACKLE
A 5-6oz beachcaster, 15lb to 18lb line and 60lb shock leader is the ideal tackle choice, and carry both 5 and 6oz grip leads to cover all sea conditions.

A one-hook rig clipped down is ideal for the codling, bass and rays with two 3/0 Vikings rigged pennel style. A three-hook flapper works well for the general species, but in calmer weather try a two-hook wishbone rig at range for the better whiting, plaice and dabs putting a luminous bead just above the hook.

GETTING THERE
At J22 on the main A55 dual-carriage way follow the signposts for Colwyn Bay. You can park on the promenade and fish almost right by your car.

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