With neaps, tourists in the water and LW late mornings to early afternoons as we go through the week conditions are not ideal for Borth. I'd try picking a tide towards the end of the week if the weather's overcast. A daytime session might produce a small-eyed ray to sandeel. Schoolies and flounders will fall to worm baits. Small turbot on mackerel strip and sandeel. Dogfish...on anything!
An alternative would be to start at sunset and fish the ebb down. Borth produces quite well on the ebb and fish can be surprisingly close in. But as it's dark, and it's that time of year, you will see an awful lot of dogfish. I find that the other Borth summer species are as happy to feed by day as by night, the vital ingredient being a steady moderate surf. Rough seas are poor and flat calms are awful by day, though they produce rays & dogs at night.
I use a standard 2-hook paternoster. A wishbone rig also works well. Breakaways of 4-5 oz are fine if you want to pin down the bait or if you want to wade and move your bait around a 2-3oz plain bomb will be fine.
Anywhere on the beach produces and the best advice is to walk furthest from car parking by day to avoid the grockles.
Happy hunting!
John
