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Thank you! It really is a top area to fish or walk 😄 Ben

Thanks for the feedback David!

Hopefully you will get another chance to fish there sometime Ricky, glad you enjoyed the video!

Hi Luke, its fair to say that both methods are equally productive there - if you want the absolute best chance of catching a bass of any size though, lugworm on a running leger rig with as light a lead as you can get away with is a proven winner 👍

Thank you! Such brilliant film! Ben

When was this? Through the summer? I mainly fish it in the autumn and winter and I’ve never seen anybody netting there. The sewage overflow definitely discharges way more often than it should, a well-known issue with the area unfortunately 😕

Thanks for the kind words, we’re always happy to help! Look forward to seeing you in the shop 👍

Thanks Mark, we had a good time making this vid! 😄

Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thanks Ian, see you in the shop 👍

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Glad you enjoyed the vid! Come into the shop and we can help you out 👍

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Glad you enjoyed it 👍

Hi John, thanks for the feedback and it’s great to hear you are enjoying the videos! To be honest, I think it’s unlikely that we would cover Hayle in a video a) as none of us really fish it very often and b) it might not sit well with some of the local anglers who fish it more regularly. It’s definitely a good area to try though, like you say! Ben

@@GwinearAngling ah ha I completely understand Ben like a territorial thing i get it , anyway keep up to fine videos , fantastic tackle shop fantastic blokes what a place to live , although I've never actually caught one the grey mullet has got to be my favourite too ,I on a saw one must have been at least 7lb mooching around the harbour at padstow 😁🎣👍

That’s a cracker, it’s a while since I’ve been and had a look in that harbour for a mullet but I might have to if there’s one like that in it! 😅 Thanks for the kind words mate, Ben

@@GwinearAngling well I've been an angler since I was 9 years old and I'm 60 now so pretty good at estimating it's back must have been 4 inch across and I'm guessing a good 18 inch long easy and that's conservative , yes I was dropping bits of pasty in to see if anything turned up and that did turn up , magic best of luck fella 🤞😁🎣

Sounds a fine fish but I wouldn’t be letting it or anything else have a crumb of my pasty 😅

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If you mean in the Gannel mate, it’s stuffed full of brownies in the section from the boating lake to Trevemper bridge! They are mostly very small though, one as long as your hand would be a goodun in there. I used to catch them on mepps spinners as a kid but they should respond well to other small lures.

@@GwinearAngling Peachy! Yeah, a fish is a fish unless it's going on the plate. They are stunning lookers, crazy fighters and lots of fun to stalk. Any good spots local to us, we're in Scorrier?

The only places I know near you with a good rep for brownies are stithians res (fly only I think) and the river at st erth near Hayle (not sure whether lure fishing is allowed or if it is fly only). Generally, Cornwall has middling to poor wild brownie fishing in the rivers. The fish are usually very small.

@@GwinearAngling Shame that, big fan of brownies, is there a much prettier, hard fighting, freshwater lure predator in the UK? Stithians is defo fly only, which is criminal as I'd love a day out on the kayak catching some rainbows or brownies for our tea! Yeah, justnever attempted fly fishing, although there is a lake out near Reawla that offers lessons. LOVE lures, love everything about lure fishing, and, tbf, don't see a huge difference between lures and flies, well, other than the abject snobbery, of course! I just feel, a dawn stalk, along some outback river, mist rising, along with the trout, is heavenly. Maybe I bite the bullet and have a peak at fly lessons. Thank you for your help, Ben, next time we're up your way I will 100% pop in to shake your hand, Sir. Your mullet videos, uploaded in your previous TH-cam life, are still a great watch. 👍

I definitely prefer brownies to rainbows, I think they’re better looking. I agree about the lure fishing too, there seems to be still some snobbery attached to fly fishing which, in many cases, I think is unjustified. Both disciplines have their skills and on waters such as stithians there is more than enough room to accommodate both methods. Good luck if you decide to venture into the fly world, if you do, the river side of things is definitely easier I think as most of the time you aren’t casting any distance and there are few wild trout in Cornish rivers that will say no to a small black dry fly! 😄Thanks for the kind words mate and I look forward to seeing you in the shop, Ben

Great to hear that! I’ve done a bit of wrasse fishing over the other side but I’ve not had any pollack out there. Ben

Come and see us in the shop and we’ll do our best to help you change that 😄

Thanks fella, it's definitely the archer and not the arrow 😂

Depending what species you’re fishing for, that area can be quite fussy about conditions so you might not be doing anything wrong. It’s not easy to get everything dead right there.

Glad you enjoyed the vid Allen 👍

Thanks for the feedback Sean, glad you enjoyed the vid! It can be tough down there when it’s not happening can’t it. I’ve had more than one session down there with fish flying past me on the tide and I couldn’t buy a bite! 😅

Thanks Mark!

Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed the vid 👍

Thanks Mark 👍

I bet that was a hell of a fish to see in real life! 🤯

Thanks and glad you enjoyed the video 👍

Thanks Allen!

Brilliant, we look forward to seeing you in the shop 😁

We only over fished it after dark to avoid any potential problems but we did see locals fishing there so we thought it was okay. We were certainly never told otherwise 👍

Thanks Malcolm, how did your trip go?

@@GwinearAngling not quite as good as yours Stingers,butterflies and smooth hounds mostly

Just shelf life at the moment

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Glad you like the videos Sean 👍

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Glad you enjoyed it, see you soon!

Glad you enjoyed your visit to the shop, Neil! I am usually in Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for next time, cheers, Ben

Thanks Simon 👍

Thanks for the feedback! There is still some good wrasse fishing around that area but I expect you might find it not quite as productive as it was the last time you fished it. I’m not sure if the increase in the local seal population has had a negative impact on them as they seem a bit less prolific than before. Ben

Thanks Mark 👍

Thanks Will, glad you enjoyed it!

Hi Dan, I don’t know exactly which part of the bay you are concerned about but I would be beyond surprised if it gets so busy that you can’t find a spot to fish on a mile or so of foreshore. I first moved to Pentire in 1995/1996 and when I started fishing at Fistral it often got very busy then. Every good bit of rock to fish from would have someone on it, especially in summer when the mackerel were in. When there was a good surf, all the gullies at north Fistral would have anglers lure fishing on them and at night, there would be multiple headlamps on the beach. Truth be told, I haven’t seen it anything like that for many years. Ben

Exactly. Sounds terrible

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the feedback Gary, it would definitely be fun to explore some new marks like you say but I think we will be keeping it fairly local, at least for the time being. In Cornwall we have a good idea about which places we can talk about without upsetting too many folks. Those seals that live around there are all fat as houses from the steady mackerel diet 😅

Lots more coming Allen, parking in for will be in all of them 👍

Glad we could help Allen, pop into the shop any time you’re around this way for up to date info 👍

@@GwinearAngling defiantly will call in

I think that depends on what you’re looking for in your fishing. If you like fishing in the surf, the north coast would be your place. If you prefer calmer water then the south. If you want the best chance of bigger fish, then the estuaries (particularly the south coast estuaries) seem to be the places for that these days.