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Many years ago, my pal AW and his parents used to holiday in a chalet on the cliff at Whitsand Bay in Cornwall.
They would dig sandeels for bait at low tide and lay a ground line, wading out and weighting it at both ends with a large stone. They caught all sorts of fish, including bass, turbot, plaice, rays and dogfish, and occasionally the line would be smashed up by something large, maybe a tope or a conger.
Alas! There are far fewer sandeels about now, and your most likely catch is a surfer. PH

[QUOTE="Plaicehunter, post: 30873, member: 582"] Many years ago, my pal AW and his parents used to holiday in a chalet on the cliff at Whitsand Bay in Cornwall. They would dig sandeels for bait at low tide and lay a ground line, wading out and weighting it at both ends with a large stone. They caught all sorts of fish, including bass, turbot, plaice, rays and dogfish, and occasionally the line would be smashed up by something large, maybe a tope or a conger. Alas! There are far fewer sandeels about now, and your most likely catch is a surfer. PH [/QUOTE]

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