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Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Night
Bait - Fresh Lug , Fresh Razor

I wasn’t fishing the infamous Notbad Gully tonight, I was stood in it!
A huge tide mean’t that I was as far out as you are likely to get at this venue.
Perfect opportunity to peruse the topography of one of North Wales’s most consistant beach marks.
With no features to speak of, the most interesting thing about the terrain was probably the abbundance of bait.
Lots of Lugworm casts were to be expected, but loads of small shellfish and razor fish were poking out of the sand.

Maybe this explains Notbad’s Codling, caught practically where I stood less than 3 weeks ago on Razor.

A few casts with Fresh Lug were quiet.

My new, GE Tools supplied, LED Lenser H7 was given it’s first outing and what a difference it made.
Used as I am to cheap £10 specials, this lamp was a revelation!
Good enough to spot a beached Pin Whiting at 50yds!

A few final casts with the Fresh Razor didn’t change my luck.
No fish, but great to be out on the Hallowed Turf nonetheless!

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Notbad Gully
Tide - Low
Time - Day
Bait - Fresh Lug

The usual spot and the usual suspects!
NBG over low with The Maestro and Notbad.

As usual, I had a few hours and then I left them to it.
No fish for me but no doubt they will have something to report

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Splash Point, Rhyl
Tide - High
Time - Day
Bait - Fresh Lug

I joined Mickfish and Phil The Bill for a whirlwind 2 cast session.

Biteless for the 3 of us.

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Day
Bait - Fresh Lug

It’s been a fishless few weeks for me now.
Most fishing has been here over low or Splash Point over high.
The Castwatch reports haven’t been inspiring either.

Not to worry, with blue skies and snow on the surrounding hills, it mattered little.

Predictibly, it was quiet!

Nothing to report.

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Dusk
Bait - Frozen Lug, Fresh Lug, Frozen Razer

The Maestro came bearing gifts of Fresh Lug, Notbad donated some Frozen Razer. All I could muster was words of encouragement and some re-frozen Lug.

The Notbad Gully was to decide if we were wise men tonight or not!

I had no luck on the frozen.
A cast with the Fresh had similar results.
Next up, I had high hopes for the Razer, but my rig and leader disappeared into the Gully of Hope without my mainline attatched!

That was enough for me!

I left the others to cast on into darkness!

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Splash Point, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Night
Bait - Frozen Lug

A one hour Splash and Dash tonight!

The Maestro and I braved the biting NE wind just after low water.
The wind chill caused havoc with my fingers whilst baiting up. Along with frozen toes, it was going to take some good fishing to keep me out there for any great length of time.

Just to add insult to injury, the weed was showing in large clumps.

Time to head off frozen and biteless.

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Day
Bait - Frozen Lug, Fresh Lug

If you want to shake off a run of blanks, the Notbad Gully is for you!
Ok, it is possible to blank here too, but if you want to give yourself the best chance of a fish locally, this venue is high on the list.

I arrived dead on low water.

I was halfway through a biteless first cast when the Section Manager arrived!

We had just been discussing the merits of fishing regardless of time of year. With February not the most prolific, it was agreed that it mattered little.
Peaceful and fresh, this little piece of heaven is a joy at any time of the year.

A rattle a piece on the next cast broke up our philosophy session!
For the moment, it was, we concluded, all about the fish!

I missed my bite but Notbad was into his.

A nice little Flounder broke the surf.
Or so we thought!
On closer inspection it turned out that this legendary gully had rewarded our loyalty in the shape of the elusive 1lb Dab!

A belting fish and a PB to boot!

Next cast and he was in again. This time another Dab that on any other day would be classed a pretty decent.

After a few more missed bites, I finally landed one.

Again, a good stamp of fish!

Notbad was on a roll!

A great session!
What started as just a bit of R + R, turned into a PB at the NBG!
Just glad I was there to witness it!

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Dusk
Bait - Frozen Lug, Fresh Lug

The Castwatch C5 had been out on patrol.
Reports back into Sunnyrhyl HQ gave a familiar name setting up by his namesake gully.

Yes, Notbad was out and with this productive venue already firmly inked into modern day folklore, I thought it would be rude not to join him for an hour or so over dusk.

A few days of North Westerlies had dislodged a good amount of sea life.
A welcome addition to my frozen Lug.

A few casts in and we both had nothing to show.

In the distance, Wormy was steadily making his way in our direction.

With the addition of some donated fresh Lug, we tried again!
All was quiet however.
Dusk came and went without a knock.

With a ominous looking cloud heading our way, I left Notbad to discover whether it contained Rain, Sleet or Snow!

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Sun Centre, Rhyl
Tide - High
Time - Night
Bait - Frozen Lug

The Sun Centre car park was buzzing with crowds of excited teenage girls. The addition of travelling merchandise stalls and touts meant only one thing.
JLS were in town!

So armed with my new ‘JLS’ tip light and hand warmers, I headed onto the sand.

A fairly brisk NW wind welcomed me. The surf was crashing in!

First cast and 6oz’s were holding my Jensen clipped down 2 hook flapper out there nicely for a while.

The weed was patchy. When it did hit, it broke the gripper in an instant.

Several more casts and it was the same story each time. Clumps of weed made it impossible to keep my rig in place.

I called it a day after an hour or so.
I’d had a great night, but I suspect the JLS lads would be having a better one!

Happy Days!!!

Venue - Notbad Gully, Rhyl
Tide - Low
Time - Day
Bait - Frozen Lug, Frozen Mackerel, Fresh Lug, Fresh Mussel

A nice mild day with very slight wind. What there was, seemed to be coming from the West.
For ease, I had just the one rod.
I started dead on low with Frozen Lug and Frozen Mackerel loaded onto a Jensen Clipped Down 2 Hook Flapper cast out with a 4oz gripper.

I’d only managed a sip of coffee when the rod was twitching!
A couple of sips later, I reeled in a modest, but plump, Dab.

Another cast and another sip of coffee and it was the same story.
Twitching from the off.
Another Dab

A few more bites followed, with another Dab landed.
Things were going well!!!!

The Maestro, out on bait collection duty stopped by to say hello. Taking pity on my frozen offerings, he left me a few fresh worms to see the session out with.

As the tide pushed my back through the Notbad Gully, I headed East to fish it closer to the outflow.

With a few foraged Mussels to compliment the Fresh lug, I was in business!!!!!!

Sadly nobody told the fish!!!!!!!
The arrival of the fresh bait had coincided with the departure of the bites.

A pleasant hour followed but nothing else to report on the fish front.

Happy Days!!!