We try Fishing in Carbis Bay again.

A different video again today, we have a little go at fishing in Carbis Bay in St Ives once again.Will this time be any better?
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[@matthooper2905]

Really enjoyed this video..thanks! I am a very passionate sea lure angler and have learnt and unlearnt loads over the years. The conditions you fished there arn't great for that time time of day, if it was the middle of the night and pitch black, you'd probably have caught a load. Rule one..Clear water and flat calm...fish in the dark or just before first light. Rule 2..the Tides rule. When is high water and when is low water. these are two key stages of the tide, this is when food that fish will eat will be most concentrated, the tide plays such a big part in shore fishing. Through out the moon cycles the tides get bigger and smaller and as the tide increases and decreases it creates different opportunities for the fish, usually on spring tides, there is more tidal current which makes it difficult for the small bait fish to cope, on small neap tides there is more depth of water for the predators to come in close. Most predatory fish rely on ambush and surprise attacks so rocks sticking out of the water should be go to casting targets.
Rule 3..the ocean is massive, try and figure out why a fish would be where you are casting, learn from why you didn't catch its often more important than catching! Every beach in the UK will have fish on it at some point..they love beaches because stuff they like gets beached there!
Rule 4..when the tide is coming in the fish will be searching for food, when the tide goes out the fish will be waiting for food.
There is a huge science to this and it isn't complicated, but knowing the facts before you go increases your chances, ambush the ambusher is the name of the game.
In my opinion if I had to fish the spot you fished in those conditions I would have use a surface lure or a very shiny lure wound at quite a fast speed..but I still would not be confident.

[@johnbruce2868]

Bad choice of location. Hayle River mouth (bass). Hayle old harbour (mullet). There are bream as well. You could try a rag worm on the bottom of the bay but unless you see the bass, I'd go elsewhere more promising. In the early 1960's I recall fishermen netting sand eels off Carbis Bay beach and St. Ives harbour was full of fish, especially bass and mullet, but that's a very long time ago.

[@beachliving]

Thanks John! We’ll give that a go!