South Wales rough ground tactics

[southwales]

Hi lads, posting from south wales.

What sort of set ups do you use for rough ground?

I use a 13 foot conoflex
Mitchell 398 fixed spool, fast retrieve, multipliers offer no advantage over the rocks for close range night fishing

30 pound straight through, usually cheaper line

Mixed ground I use a pulley rig, 12 inch snood, 14 inch lead snood, not power casting

Very rough I use a simple main line to swivel, lead tied to lower eye, 18 inch snood to single hook coming off same eye as main line goes to, I use this rig in close, not for pendulam casting

 

[alan]

Hi mate welcome to NESA

 

[Tat]

What do you use as weights,lead or a n other.

 

[southwales]

Spark plugs with a thin strip of lead sheeting coiled round the base, this steps up a spark plug up to about 5 ounces

I know a lot of people use grippers but I dont fish big tides and the pull isnt too much

If its really rough ground old nuts and bolts, mixed ground usually plain leads, which I pick up at low water when I am out walking

 

[big_sean]

hi south wales
where abouts in south wales are you fishing as i have fished both sides of the bristol channel and some realy rough stuff

sean

 

[southwales]

Between Barry and porthcawl

very few cod down here nowadays, conger, rays, smoothound, bass and dogfish but thats no bad thing

English side, bristol, is good fishing, for info on that veals have a dedicated section

 

[willywetegg]

Welcome to Nesa mate hope you enjoy.

Jim.

 

[big_sean]

hi south wales

well when i used to fish down that way i used to us a shimano tsm11cfs loaded with 20 lb line and a 60lb shock leader i used to use pulley rigs with gripleads with a 10lb rotten bottom and realy fine wire hooks so that they would bend out and i realy didnt lose much tackle at all

so are you from barry

cheers sean

 

[southwales]

No, not from barry but fish there a lot