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The Green, Menai Bridge

Mike Thrussell 01 January, 2006 07:35:00

BAITS
Fresh peeler crab is still the top bait currently for the flounder, cod and bass, though lug baits are taking a few flounder. The conger take mackerel or squid best, but a few fall to lug or rag baits when tipped with squid. Little used but still effective for the flounder and cod are fresh mussel.

TACKLE AND TACTICS
The flounder are close in and are best fished for with two-hook rigs using size 2 Aberdeen hooks. They sit on the patches of mud in between the rocks and weed and take best as the tide is flooding up the bank. Fish a plain lead for these and letting the bait move a little can find you more fish.

The best of the conger tend to be taken casting right towards the bridge supports with night tides the hour either side of low water the best. The bass and codling are targeted either side of low casting out in to mid channel with pulley rigs armed with 30lb hook traces and single Mustad 4/0 Viking pattern hooks.

Tackle needs to be tough to combat the tide run and the rough ground. Choose a 5-6oz beachcaster and a really loaded with 30lb line straight through. For mid channel casting also add a 60lb shock leader. Always fish a rotten bottom system to the lead as tackle losses will be heavy fishing here.

It fishes best on the smaller neap tides at night for everything, though brief lulls in the tide run over high water can produce a quick flush through of codling if you're prepared to wait. Also try fishing the spring tides tight in casting just 20-yards for bonus bass on crab baits.

LOCATION
Follow the A55 along the north Wales coast towards Bangor, then take the A5 over the Menai Straits. Turn immediately right on to the A4080 for Menai Bridge. At the first roundabout take a right turn and just after the supermarket on the right take a right turn, which is actually almost straight on down in to Old Menai. Follow the road to the left along the Straits and park by the first bridge support. The Green is in front of you and to the left, but fish on the left side in to the broken weed for the flounder.