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Hi I'm new to the forum you maybe recognise me though as I was on the old site, already looking round and I recognise some of the users from before 
I fish the Aberdaron area constantly, have done all my life.... This is my latest report -
I headed back to Aberdaron in January for the first fishing down there this year. I wasn't expecting too much other than Bull Huss, maybe some straps & dogfish etc.
Cutting a long story short, I hit one of the deeper marks on the end of the Llyn, big baits on both rigs one a pulley one a running ledger not messing about using 200lb mono snoods, I was actually thinking is it over kill for the depths of winter and should I drop down to 100lb snoods. Two rods were Ron Thompsons Axellerators for this session I used 30lb mono and 80lb leaders one Okuma 8K surf dropped in close on the running ledger the other a Slosh30 chucked out abit.
The session started fairly slow fishing the ebbing tide in daylight low being about 6pm I was aiming to fish 3 before and 3 after. Id had no bites until the light started to drop I had a small strap. Abit longer passed and we were now in darkness, I had a bouncy bite on one rod I reeled in another strap just as I was about to unhook it my line went slack on the other rod, so I hit into that and landed a not too shabby 9.5lb Bull Huss. Double take basically.
Some more time passed we were approx 1.5hrs into the flood now one rod was out the water for rebaiting. I'd just put the running ledger out on a 2ft 200lb snood 7/0 single o'shaunassy and a small mackerel head. I happened to notice the rod bend and stay down I wasn't sure if the tide had started running however I picked it up and it carried on going over could tell instantly it was something half decent. So I struck onto it as it had already started taking some line off the 8K as it was in run, so I engaged a little and hit into it the fish it started moving shaking it's head violently I kept the pressure fairly firm but enough drag to allow it to go if it needed to, was definitely a good fish after a short violent powerful scrap with out really causing too many issues a long, thick set Conger Eel appeared on the surface now. There wasnt much swell at this point, but landing it was going to be awkward I was very high up with a nice lower ledge to drop onto to land it however in the adrenaline of having something big on I'd gone the wrong way to land it
lucky the fish surprisingly seemed pretty spent once on the surface. I had to let some line out go the other way with the rod over my tripod praying my line didn't touch the rocks and down on the lower ledge then walk the conger to a suitable landing place, I chose a landing area a little channel in the rocks where the sea was splashing up, I managed to rest my rod on the rocks grab my leader and pull the fish onto dry rock. Looking down at the fish I knew it would be close to a 20lber.
Weighing in at 20lb 8oz !
I did have another 2 sessions on the same mark, I blanked the following session! And the one after I had a strap and a double figure Huss. I had to head home to Doncaster for two Night shifts still buzzing and thinking how could I get back, now the conditions looking alot rougher but I knew that all the best sessions on Congers come after storms usually when theres a decent residual swell. I was determined to prove it wasn't a one off. So I decided I would head back. Now they'd been a proper storm with Aberdaron clocking 93mph SW winds on the Friday morning I could see they were easing going into Friday evening on arrival back to Aberdaron I was absolutely shattered after the night shift so thought I will give another day and chillout then try Saturday evening the winds still well up in the mid 20s. So I couldn't get back on the mark I fished last time, I put a plan together to tuck in on an east facing ledge that I'd had a 12lb Conger off once in similar conditions. But this time knowing the chosen ledge being abit more snaggy I thought I would stick fixed spools on with 88lb daiwa J braid on both with 100lb mono leaders It was crucial decision this as I knew they still be a side swell on this mark and if I hooked anything BIG it would be some effort to land especially solo.
So we landed on the chosen ledge, Low water was around midnight the tides were very small. Both rods baited and out first fish landed was a small strap but a better standard at 7lb Ive been getting palgued with 2lb and 4lb fish during in the summer months. Bites on every bait up initially resulting in a dropped Huss in the swell and a dropped smaller strap this was still well into the ebb and swell left from the storm was definitely having a good impact on the fishing without landing anything I then had another strap at about 5lb, now still feeling confident and not too disappointed despite not actually landing many fish. As we got to low everything switched off, 3 hrs of baits coming back untouched. I decided one last bait up on both stuck one out on the last of a mackerel with squid wrapped round it (pulley rig) and the other (running ledger) was the last of the herring a full one with squid wrapped round. A good sharp pull down on the pulley I struck at nothing so I reeled it in quick rebait with two decent sized squid strapped together and back out, the bait had been on the bottom seconds, steady pull over I struck and again the memories of the scrap a couple of days back came flooding back quickly although this one fought hard maybe because of the braid setup my pennel setup was 6/0 o'shaunassy bottom hook and an 8/0 Tamerz back hook I knew it wasn't coming off there is a few snags on this mark the reel I was using was a Penn battle 3 8000, I virtually locked the drag up and didn't give it a deal of slack this mark is snaggier than the other close in so it was important to keep the fishes head up and keep pressure on it. I got it on the surface in now decent swell as the flood was in force, at the entrance of channel in the rocks this wasn't going my way at all I backed the drag off to compensate for the rise and drop in edge from the swell, the sea pushed the eel into the channel in the rock it runs right down the rocks I'm now above the fish the Chanel is 2 foot wide at bottom maybe narrower. The fish has been shoved below me but I can't see. I let some line out put the rod down and start handballing it was stuck! Phew was just my lead that broke off the weak line, then a wave came and flushed the channel and moved the fish ABIT closer as I tried handballing again the fish was free, it was so hard trying to be careful not the snap my line on the rocks I kept pulling, in sight was my splashdown meaning my rig was close I grabbed it and kept pulling I wasn't in position to look over the edge but knew the fish was still on, what a moment as the fish came over the edge of the drop and lovely shorter but fatter Conger than the previous one earlier in the week. This was a fatty like me
! I must have handballed it up a 12ft drop! I put him in a pool just so we both could have minute what a fish I wasnt sure what It would weigh, it came in at 22lb 3oz!! It Def. Justified the heavy set up 200lb snoods and body on the pulleys.
I fish the Aberdaron area constantly, have done all my life.... This is my latest report -I headed back to Aberdaron in January for the first fishing down there this year. I wasn't expecting too much other than Bull Huss, maybe some straps & dogfish etc.
Cutting a long story short, I hit one of the deeper marks on the end of the Llyn, big baits on both rigs one a pulley one a running ledger not messing about using 200lb mono snoods, I was actually thinking is it over kill for the depths of winter and should I drop down to 100lb snoods. Two rods were Ron Thompsons Axellerators for this session I used 30lb mono and 80lb leaders one Okuma 8K surf dropped in close on the running ledger the other a Slosh30 chucked out abit.
The session started fairly slow fishing the ebbing tide in daylight low being about 6pm I was aiming to fish 3 before and 3 after. Id had no bites until the light started to drop I had a small strap. Abit longer passed and we were now in darkness, I had a bouncy bite on one rod I reeled in another strap just as I was about to unhook it my line went slack on the other rod, so I hit into that and landed a not too shabby 9.5lb Bull Huss. Double take basically.
Some more time passed we were approx 1.5hrs into the flood now one rod was out the water for rebaiting. I'd just put the running ledger out on a 2ft 200lb snood 7/0 single o'shaunassy and a small mackerel head. I happened to notice the rod bend and stay down I wasn't sure if the tide had started running however I picked it up and it carried on going over could tell instantly it was something half decent. So I struck onto it as it had already started taking some line off the 8K as it was in run, so I engaged a little and hit into it the fish it started moving shaking it's head violently I kept the pressure fairly firm but enough drag to allow it to go if it needed to, was definitely a good fish after a short violent powerful scrap with out really causing too many issues a long, thick set Conger Eel appeared on the surface now. There wasnt much swell at this point, but landing it was going to be awkward I was very high up with a nice lower ledge to drop onto to land it however in the adrenaline of having something big on I'd gone the wrong way to land it
lucky the fish surprisingly seemed pretty spent once on the surface. I had to let some line out go the other way with the rod over my tripod praying my line didn't touch the rocks and down on the lower ledge then walk the conger to a suitable landing place, I chose a landing area a little channel in the rocks where the sea was splashing up, I managed to rest my rod on the rocks grab my leader and pull the fish onto dry rock. Looking down at the fish I knew it would be close to a 20lber.Weighing in at 20lb 8oz !
I did have another 2 sessions on the same mark, I blanked the following session! And the one after I had a strap and a double figure Huss. I had to head home to Doncaster for two Night shifts still buzzing and thinking how could I get back, now the conditions looking alot rougher but I knew that all the best sessions on Congers come after storms usually when theres a decent residual swell. I was determined to prove it wasn't a one off. So I decided I would head back. Now they'd been a proper storm with Aberdaron clocking 93mph SW winds on the Friday morning I could see they were easing going into Friday evening on arrival back to Aberdaron I was absolutely shattered after the night shift so thought I will give another day and chillout then try Saturday evening the winds still well up in the mid 20s. So I couldn't get back on the mark I fished last time, I put a plan together to tuck in on an east facing ledge that I'd had a 12lb Conger off once in similar conditions. But this time knowing the chosen ledge being abit more snaggy I thought I would stick fixed spools on with 88lb daiwa J braid on both with 100lb mono leaders It was crucial decision this as I knew they still be a side swell on this mark and if I hooked anything BIG it would be some effort to land especially solo.
So we landed on the chosen ledge, Low water was around midnight the tides were very small. Both rods baited and out first fish landed was a small strap but a better standard at 7lb Ive been getting palgued with 2lb and 4lb fish during in the summer months. Bites on every bait up initially resulting in a dropped Huss in the swell and a dropped smaller strap this was still well into the ebb and swell left from the storm was definitely having a good impact on the fishing without landing anything I then had another strap at about 5lb, now still feeling confident and not too disappointed despite not actually landing many fish. As we got to low everything switched off, 3 hrs of baits coming back untouched. I decided one last bait up on both stuck one out on the last of a mackerel with squid wrapped round it (pulley rig) and the other (running ledger) was the last of the herring a full one with squid wrapped round. A good sharp pull down on the pulley I struck at nothing so I reeled it in quick rebait with two decent sized squid strapped together and back out, the bait had been on the bottom seconds, steady pull over I struck and again the memories of the scrap a couple of days back came flooding back quickly although this one fought hard maybe because of the braid setup my pennel setup was 6/0 o'shaunassy bottom hook and an 8/0 Tamerz back hook I knew it wasn't coming off there is a few snags on this mark the reel I was using was a Penn battle 3 8000, I virtually locked the drag up and didn't give it a deal of slack this mark is snaggier than the other close in so it was important to keep the fishes head up and keep pressure on it. I got it on the surface in now decent swell as the flood was in force, at the entrance of channel in the rocks this wasn't going my way at all I backed the drag off to compensate for the rise and drop in edge from the swell, the sea pushed the eel into the channel in the rock it runs right down the rocks I'm now above the fish the Chanel is 2 foot wide at bottom maybe narrower. The fish has been shoved below me but I can't see. I let some line out put the rod down and start handballing it was stuck! Phew was just my lead that broke off the weak line, then a wave came and flushed the channel and moved the fish ABIT closer as I tried handballing again the fish was free, it was so hard trying to be careful not the snap my line on the rocks I kept pulling, in sight was my splashdown meaning my rig was close I grabbed it and kept pulling I wasn't in position to look over the edge but knew the fish was still on, what a moment as the fish came over the edge of the drop and lovely shorter but fatter Conger than the previous one earlier in the week. This was a fatty like me
! I must have handballed it up a 12ft drop! I put him in a pool just so we both could have minute what a fish I wasnt sure what It would weigh, it came in at 22lb 3oz!! It Def. Justified the heavy set up 200lb snoods and body on the pulleys.Attachments
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