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Welcome to the wanderings and ramblings of Baitdigger where I try to share experiences and photographs of my continuing sea angling journey around the coastline of County Clare and South Wales
From tope and huss on the heavy gear in the North of the county, rays from the Shannon, conger and wrasse from the rocks and more recently lure fishing from the much under-rated and unexplored Clare coastline. Read my weekly whines about the lack of mackerel and the twelve months of mild winter that make up Ireland’s weather. Read updates bemoaning crowded beaches, uncontrolled children and unruly dogs in South Wales and my search for fish in one of Britain’s truly stunning coastlines.
Born in England I moved to Ireland’s West Coast to take care of my parents and fell in love with the wildness of the Burren and it’s miles of unspoilt coastline.
I started fishing with my father over fifty years ago but I am a firm believer that everyone has something to teach me especially in the steep learning curve of modern lure fishing for bass.My camera has become an essential part of my fishing gear and I am just has happy taking snaps as catching fish. It started with a panasonic lumix dmc, which was covered in mackerel scales and wrapped in a tea towel, it has gone through several Nikon regenerations and I am currently using a D750 but it is still covered in fish scales and wrapped in a teatowel
All opinions are my own arising from what has or hasn’t worked for me. Any criticism of tackle brands are just as I find them and I leave you to decide for yourselves what suits your needs and as ever I value comments both positive and negative.
And finally many of my posts may be tinged with a touch of tongue in cheek so please accept them in the spirit they were written.
Neil
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Day 9…… not so special Saturday
Aberavon Beach Easy to get to, easy free parking, easy to walk to and easy to fish. The smile says it all. What a first fish? and if this does not make an angler of him I do not know … Continue reading
Day 8….. The first week is done
And on the eighth day… I have quite surprised myself with the discipline of choosing a photo every day for last the week, and when I think about it I have to pick two, one for the featured image. Every … Continue reading
Day six…Darwin or God?
Day six of the corovirus lockdown and I look at bass and the meaning of life Continue reading
The sea is a fickle mistress
……And nowhere more so than Clare…… How is it when you have all the time in the world that nothing seems to happen and then, when the last grains of sand slip from the hourglass of angling, like a filthy … Continue reading
Revenge of the gunfish….
The days seem to be moving faster and I would guess I am now into the final few weeks before the last cast. I do not for the life of me know how I managed to accumulate so much junk … Continue reading
Summer and soft plastic ?
With the weather settling, a big tide and low water being at a time that corresponded with the school run it seemed rude not to take the opportunity to try another session with the soft plastics down on the estuary. … Continue reading
Different days, different stories
With age comes wisdom, or so they say but I had to question this when waves were soaking me with spray Tuesday night. As usual I had been following XC Weather for any sign of a let up in the … Continue reading
November ends……
As I read back through my posts for the last year the one dominant issue seems to be the weather and in particular wind. I cannot remember a year when more trips have been cancelled due to poor conditions … Continue reading
Autumn starts.
With tomorrow being the last day of September for me Autumn has begun. We never really got to have a summer and weather wise this has been the worst since I have lived in Ireland with weeks on end of … Continue reading
Bassing with the buccaneers
The storms came and went again. The wind was bad but not as bad as I had expected as we were only hit by the tail end. Other than the leaves off the trees and a large rip in my … Continue reading
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