Well what a great day by the seaside... caught blot all though 
Arrived two hours before low tide and did a bit of lure fishing with no success had a bite to eat and the then the tide was flowing back in. Got my ledger rods out about 60m out and baited them with prawn, shrimps, squid and sardine and mixes of, all to no avail. The spot I was fishing had a sand bottom so no issues with snagging but I wonder of the rocky area may not be a better option as when I was lure fishing off it all the little pools were teaming with shrimps, small fish and small crabs. It could be that the fish prefer that food source? If I go back there I may try using a decent sized sea float and fish just off the bottom in the rocky area could be a way to go?
Have posted a photo taken at low water. The reef you can see is about 150m of shore I fished just into the area in the area in the front of the photo. The reef it self can be reached from the rocky south shore there was a guy out there in breast waders and a staff foraging on the reef he went out just before low water and returned as the tide started to rise you can see him in the centre of the photo. The tide rises about 4m and the reef is then out of sight but the surf breaks over it.
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At any rate I may explore the attributes of an other areas as there is no shortage of places along the coast. Another thing is choosing a tide that is high later in the day so fishing in lower light.
Another thing that may not have helped was that it was a lovely sunny day... which was great for me paddling around in that lovely warm Atlantic surf, the water temperature is nearly 19C at the moment. I just had my tee shirt , shorts and wore a pair of aqua shoes a la Decathlon. I actually got a wee bit too much sun on my legs stinging a wee bit this morning
Here end'ith my what I did at the seaside essay
Any way as the say dinnae think I am giving up you pesky fish.. I shall return
