SPECIES
A good float fishing venue in the summer giving mackerel garfish, scad and mullet. Ledger tactics pick up bass, flounders, dabs and dogfish. Whiting move in during September, with dabs more prolific from November onwards. There are also a few codling taken in rougher seas during December and January.

BAITS
Small chrome spinners and especially silver feathers take the mackerel. The garfish and mullet fall to mackerel flesh and bread respectively when float fishing. Tipping lug off with mackerel or sandeel takes the whiting and dabs, with plain mackerel strip or squid good for the dogfish. For the winter codling you can't beat a black lug bait tipped with blow lug. For bass use peeler crab or a whole fillet of mackerel.

It always worth filling a small mesh bag with bread or bran, mackerel flesh and oil for the garfish and mullet.

TACKLE & TACTICS
Fishing here is for the two hours either side of high water and is best on bigger spring tide. The ground is mainly clean sand, so tackle losses will be minimal.

Most anglers here choose a 5-6oz beachcaster and Penn 525 Mag reel loaded with 18 to 20lb line and 50lb shock leader. Distance casting can help at times, but this rod/reel combination covers both close and long range work.

A three hook flapper with size 2 Aberdeen's is best for the whiting, dabs and dogfish, but fish this to a slightly slack line to keep the baits hard on the seabed. A simple sliding ledger rig gets a big bait on the seabed and will take the bass and codling armed with a single 4/0 Viking hook for the bass and two 3/0 Vikings for the cod.

Also carry a spinning rod with a reel loaded with 10lb line for the mackerel, scad and garfish. For the mullet a longer Avon type rod or the Fox Mulletmaster is the better choice, but drop the reel line down to 6lbs, and use Fluoro carbon as the hook link and size 10 hooks.

LOCATION
From Carmarthen take the A40 west to St Clears, then the A477 for Pembroke Dock. Saundersfoot is on the A478 and is well signposted from Kilgetty. There are signs for the Harbour car park adjacent to the mark, but also cafes and toilets on site.

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