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Llangrannog Beach, Ceridigion

Mike 01 January, 2006 06:10:00

A small beach flanked on each side by rocky headlands. It is mainly clean sand, but has some shingle towards the high water mark. It takes a surf in southwest to west winds, but gets a little shelter if the wind is in the north.

It fishes best for everything later in the year from August onwards. It carries a short series of waves in a southwest wind and the fish can often be caught close in.

SPECIES
Bass, dabs, plaice, thornback, small-eyed ray, turbot, whiting, gurnards, dogfish and flounder.

BEST BAITS
Worm baits at range take the plaice, dabs and whiting, with flounder close in. Sandeel is the top bait for the turbot, and small-eyed ray, with mackerel tipped with squid or the thornbacks. Grey and tub gurnards take mackerel strips. For bass fish black lug tipped with squid in the surf, or crab in the summer fishing tight to the headlands.
Razorfish is a good late season bass and flounder bait fished just after a blow.

TACKLE
Beachcasters with reels loaded with 15lb line and 5oz leads fishes most situations. If you want the flatfish go for a bass rod, 3ozs of lead and 12lb line.

Top rigs are a one-hook clipped down rig with a two-hook pennel system in size 3/0 for the bass and rays. Two or three-hook rigs are good for plaice, dabs, flounders and whiting, with turbot mostly taken on sliding ledger rigs and flowing trace. Use a two-hook clipped up rig or wishbone rig with size 2 Aberdeen's for the gurnards.

GETTING THERE
Access is off the main A487 from either Cardigan or Aberystwyth taking the turn on to the B4334 at Brynhoffnant and sign posted for Llangrannog. It's a narrow road and very twisty. Enter through the narrow village street and you'll see a car park in front of you that fronts the beach. Gets very busy in the summer.

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