CEMAES BAY

[hake]

Hi all,

Has anyone fished Cemaes Bay ? Launching should be easy, parking is right by the water, but what about the fishing ? Anything in the bay or would you need to paddle beyond the bay into "open water" ?

I'm taking my stepson (13) on his first yak fishing trip soon and looking for a decent venue that's also as safe as possible.

Thanks.

[boomphat]

don't know about the fish there, but Cemaes is great for sunsets framed by the bay in the summer

[ZEBRA]

hi hake
for a first trip out with the lad you could not go wrong at port dafarch easy launch easy sandy beach .parking .toilets to change in .tea van for a drink and quite sheltered plenty of fish and not a big paddle out just 2/300 yards its a great venue .

[hake]

Thanks Zebra, I'll look it up. I've been to quite a few spots on Anglesey, but not that one.....yet.

[ZEBRA]

have a look in the kayak venue section on the second page its their

[hake]

Your notes in the venue section mention various marks about a mile out.

What's the ground like at the 300 yd distance you mentioned above ?

What we catch, if anything much, isn't that important for now. Its mostly about getting the kid accustomed to going to sea in the yak.

Thanks again.

[ZEBRA]

hake
the 1 mile out is at high water .at low water its only about 300 yds to the wreck the ground is mixed sand and stone its quite flat and soft .its very sheltered as you have large cliffs either side of you and is only about 35/45 feet deep at the wreck its a shallow sloping beach if you launch at high water its no more than 4/5 ft of water for quite a long way out .and there is plenty of fish to catch all around that area from that small beach .

[moniar]

Should be plenty of mackeral in the area soon, and the pollack and wrasse are picking up too (redgills, shrimp rigs for the pollack, and fresh ragworm for the wrasse).

[boomphat]

I took my family to Porthdafarch for our first sea paddle and it was great. Gets busy in the summer though (only affects the loading/unloading). One of my favourite beaches. If you go at high tide you don't have far to carry your yaks. As you paddle out, the waves increase in size, so its quite easy to stay safe. I never left the bay, which was lovely, cos the proper sea was v.scary.
I would thoroughly recommend Rhoscolyn also, you can unload on the beach itself, and theres toilets nearby. Wider bay. Don't go in an offshore wind though, to any beach.

[hake]

Thanks everyone. We'll give Porth Dafarch a go if the weather is suitable.

Will probably stay at the Bagnol camping Park. Going over next Sat morning, staying till Monday, so if the weather-gods smile on us, should have a good time.

Hake