Well done good report and pictures what a great day.

 

Lovely job mate, good report.

 

Nice to see the Bass moving, well done wrighty, no blanking for you is there !

 

Excellent report and pics. Well done.

 

Another nice sess....

 

Great report and session, a very favourable return to Cefn Sidan, well done !

 

Cracking stuff Much better than a day in work!

 

Thankyou gents... thats it for me now for a couple of weeks, work and plastering the house now :-/

 

Good afternoon members.
Now with it being one of my all time favourite beaches but 1 that I have neglected for the past 2 years... but after reading some reports about it I decided to head of to cefn ciden for a session.
So called to anglers corner to get some lug and headed up there for 09.30am..
Parked up at the end of the lane before the park gates.. and headed over the dunes to be faced by a vast empty beach and a light 7 mph south easterly breeeze. After a 10min walk got down to the waves and boy did it look bassy!! View attachment 283860
had a 1 rod setup today with a simple 2 hook pasternoster Rig. Sso baited up and baits in the water by 09.45am. It was very grey and genuinely dull looking with mist and fog blanketing the beach... View attachment 283861
then the first "tap tap" classic flounder!! So raised the rod and tightened into it and fish on.. moments later a flounder washed up. View attachment 283862
so quick pic then safely returned and with 1 flick of the tail it was gone!!
then the sun started to burn through the mist and fog and it was becoming a nice day.... and with the sun coming out to play the fish decided not to play, the following hour resaulted in absolutely nothing happening.. baits were coming in just as fresh looking as when they went out!!
but it was lovely now with clear skies, dog walkers everywhere. And the surf looking perfect for bass but past knowledge of this beach tells me bright sun isnt good news for this beach!!!
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with high water being at 13.45pm i had just over an hour left as it was now 12.30pm.. so reeled in re baited and waded out until my plums were in the water then cast as far as i could.. i know bass are in close but thought as it was so bright the deeper water i could reach the better!!
then a very attractive woman stopped for a chat which I loved until she said she was meeting her MISSUS!!!!! on the beach..
oh well!!!!!
then as she walked of, my rod started bouncing... so grabbed hold and struck... fish on!!!!!! So kept the rod high. Line tight and minutes later I saw the shine of a bar of silver.. god id forgotten just how amazing a bass fight is.. so keeping the head up i got him into the shallows and he was landed...
View attachment 283865 a lovely bass (not huge by any means) around the 2/3lb mark... but belly was quite thin so i safely returned her...
the perfect reward for dipping my plums in the ciden.
The next hour up to high water was very quiet with baits completely untouched.. so at 13.30pm near enough top water i thought right then last cast but lets put smaller hooks on and cast in the shallows for a tidy flattie..
So thats what i did and within 10minutes, another good pull down so struck and fish on... and moments later i saw another bar of silver. In about 10 inchs of water???? Then moments later this beauty washed up View attachment 283866 a little smaller than the other one but a beautifull looking fish.. again safely returned..
so my first return to ciden in a few hours wasnt so bad after all...
a 3lb bass
a 2lb bass.
a flounder around a pound and a quarter.
hope you enjoy the read and happy hooking everyone.
Chris F.F

Great report I fished ciden twice over the weekend one great night fishing and one blank. My mate had two nice bass on Friday I also love this beach and nice to see the bass about so early in the year. I'm looking forward to a night session on Vedanta this coming weekend. Hoping to get my 1st bass. Great report and wel done.

 

Lovely bass, we'll done.

 

Nice fishing and a great read Chris! Good reward for the wet plums too! Women had a Missus to misuse! Are not there many gents in this world! Anyway , well done for your catches!
Khan

 

Great report. Hope to get there this weekend and sample the goods.

 

Good report, bass do favour a night session more though I have had some crazy daylight sessions in the past.

If peeps can do the walk North Channel nearer Cefn Sidan will be fishing well day or night with much deeper water.

 

Id love to fish the north channel ken. But honestly. .. I have no idea where it is!!

 

Flattie... North Channel is the beach area to the left of Burry Port harbour as you look at the map.
Perhaps a better way of explaining would be that if you're on Cefn Sidan beach, North Channel is the area
at the far left end as you face the sea.
Never been there myself, but told you can access this area by walking from the harbour area at low tide,
by means of crossing a gully (which obviously floods when tide is in!).
More knowledgeable members will give more info.

 

Nice to see the better sized females are slim at this time of the year as it usually means they've spawned . If they hang around in numbers there should be some decent fishing for a while ..

 

Nice fishing and a great read Chris! Good reward for the wet plums too! Women had a Missus to misuse! Are not there many gents in this world! Anyway , well done for your catches!
Khan

It's a matter of taste evidently .