I got drawn on the Little Orme side of the pier, which was what I wanted.
Walked up and fished the area between the cafe and kiosk facing back towards Llandudno. Plan was to scratch out mini-Species, as I figured the match would be won with 6-8 Species. For this I was using my trusty 2-up 1-down boomed scratching rig with a variety of baits. I decided my plugging rod was the way to go for this.
Started fishing at 18:30, and within 10 mins landed a very small dab on lug by letting my lead trot under the pier, this was followed about 20 mins later by a Poor Cod.
Excellent I thought, 2 species in 30 min, no sign of the pollack or coalies yet and I'm bound to get a dog, whiting and codling. I'm in with a chance here.
However, it wasn't to be. In the next 2 1/2 hrs I managed to weed 1 more Poor Cod out. Along with 2 crabs and 2 dropped fish (the disadvantages of using small hooks on a long winch up!)
In hindsight I think that with the strong wind blowing in I should of got my beachcaster out and gone for the dogs etc as soon as it got dark, but its all part of the learning curve! I believe the match was won with 3 species in the end, so I wasn't the only one underperforming!
Match finished at 21:30, and I was home,bathed,shaved and in a pub by 22:30.
All in all a good night