We Decided to take our fishing a little further West this time, what with the fishing being a little
patchy further up the channel.
We decided to try a rock mark known as blue pool in between Burry Holmes and Llanmadoc on the Gower.
It was our 1st time fishing here so after a few questions answered on WSF Welsh forum we felt ok to try it out.
We arrived at the car park (Broughton caravan park) around 10.30am and proceeded up a path that
we assumed was the path to the cliff top. It wasn’t and after trekking over the dunes for 40 minutes we realised we were nearer Llangennith and Burry Holmes than Blue pool. Anyway after another brisk 10 minute
walk across the cliff path we finally arrived and set up around 11.20am.
High water was around 2.30pm so the plan was to fish up to high and 2 hours back. We were armed
with a lot of baits, peeler crab, ragworm, sandeel, mackerel and squid.
There were a few anglers already there feathering for mackerel but they said they hadn’t
had any.
1st into a fish was Barrelreef , fishing with a pulley pennel and size 1/0 hooks with
peeler crab as bait, managed to catch a small tub gurnard.
Blackcat then had a good bite which he struck into. After a little scrap (fair play it went a bit)
he landed his 1st hound a nice little starry of about 2lb. after a quick snap the fish swam off strongly.
It went a little quiet before high water although Valleyboyo hooked a large spider crab which came
off as he lifted it up.
We tried feathering for mackerel but none showed so we gave up. We also tried spinning shads and
plugs but no takes on them either. Barrelreef tried floatfishing down the rocks with ragworm and had two bites, missed one
and the other pulled into a snag….maybe a wrasse.
Then around high water Barrelreef managed to land 2 dogfish and then a small starry smoothound
around 1lb to a peeler crab.
After high we had no more bites although we did carry on for a few hours.
Even though we walked the wrong way 1st off, it was a good day. No big fish but a few
new ones for the 2007 species lists. The forecast showers held off and we had bright sunshine all day.
We will fish down this way again for sure, what a beautiful place the gower is for fishing.
Barrelreef - 2 Dogfish, 1 Tub Gurnard, 1 starry hound
Blackcat – 1 starry hound
Valleyboyo - Blanked
