Hi , I'm Alan Tyrrell - I returned to shore angling during covid lockdown, following a gap of more than 30 years. Having decided to stop work in 2022 , wanted to share some of my exploits as I get back to grips with fishing - surely not much has changed ? Join a 57 year old , on his angling adventures battling with multipliers, long rods and blanking !! Hope I can bring a smile to your face. I live near Chepstow, just across the border in England
Eazy al are you ok pal, well done on your session. Especially teasing uz with the codling lol. They just starting to show there faces now up are way on the humber. I was out again yesterday n managed a whiting, flounders n a dab . But the dab was manky as he'll. Its fins were all tatty n on the topside covered in a horrible green stuff on skin. I've seen them on the norflok coast who I watch on the old tube. But that's the first one I've came access. I had dabs last week n they was top quality. It don't look good any way chief what there eating or living. I call them radioactive dabs now lol. All the best from GRIMSBY
Thanks for watching Carl - used to catch dabs regularly in West Wales when I was growing up, but can't say when I last caught one ... certainly not in the last 4 yrs !! Hope the cod season is a good one up North
Very Nice video. This just goes to show if you don’t get the weather window then it’s pretty pointless. The fish just are not there and it’s wast of time and money with clogged roads, rammed car parks and horrendous charges. Sadly Shore angling in this country is in dire straights.
Good stuff looked like a perfectly timed trip . From my experience it seems like that is over half the battle for anyone travelling fairly big distance travel to fish Chesil. Looking out the window on our flight back from the Med yesterday the sea around sizewell was a nice chocolate colour for a few hundred yards out . Currently dropping hints and seeking approval for next four day Chesil trip 🤞🏻
Thanks for watching. Yes, having to drive 2-3 hrs to get there each way , focuses the mind to plan - I'm lucky , not working anymore I can essentially go when I want but try to avoid the weekend crowds. It must be tough planning a trip and the weather not obliging. I made a fish pie with the cod / pout , so my better half was well pleased that I'd been !! Tight lines
Hi Alan, good to see you back mate, I bet that kept you fit running up and down the bank with all of those fish! Well done buddy👊🏻 nice to see you getting lots of action. I was down Ferrybridge the following morning on a very short 3 hour session before work, couldn’t fish on my days off as had to fix the car. Just 2 eels, one was probably not far off a double, one dog and a pout, no cod so I think you picked the right day😊 I was going to go to Abbotsbury but changed my mind last minute due to the road closure as wasn’t sure where it would be shut so thanks for the heads up. Great vid as always, take care 👍👍
Hi Lincoln, thanks for watching. The diversion took me back towards Weymouth (from portesham) and then down a track , eventually ending up by the Swannery : bit of a mare in the van !! The walk back did me in - over 50 mins and I'm relatively fit. I was glad the fishing action had calmed down a bit after dark and I only fished 2 rods. One day I'll get a decent conger (I hope) that's why we go back !! Hopefully down again soon but weather looks a bit iffy for next week
We hit it a week before, Abbotsbury was rammed and not one fish landed, wind was gusting 35mph SSW. You hit it just right. Blanked at Ferrybridge too. Well done you.
Thanks for watching , shame you blanked, happens to us all. It's always hard to gauge what is a fishable wind at Chesil , typically for me I use the wind guru app which allows you not only to check wind direction but wave height as well . Anything over 1.5 M , I'm generally staying home (for chesil)
Nice to see you catch a few fish. Looked a lovely day for it and cracking conditions. I was down the following day and had a feeling I 'should have been there yesterday'!! 😀
hiya alan hope your well mate , plenty of little things about on the beach of broken dreams mate those tubs are gorgy fish . catch up with you soon alan great vid mate take care
Excellent video Alan, I'm travelling down to Chesil tomorrow morning for a 4 days of fishing. Going to try different parts each day. Hopefully the tents have gone!
Thanks for watching , enjoy the big beach, forecast looks good for you - tight lines. Tents were just local to the carpark at Abbotsbury , 300 M either side you are clear of them
Great video always good to see videos of chesil . I’m new to sea angling love chesil beach your videos gives inspiration and reality of sea fishing . Great to be out in the open air . Many thanks Clive .
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoy the content - Good luck on your trips to Chesil . If you can walk a bit , then you can easily get out of the crowds, have the beach to yourself and enjoy it.
Hi Alan, I was down the teeth the next day, no fish at all, Mackerel chasing whitebait but couldn't pick any up, angler next to me had 5 but all joeys same size as yours, these size fish maybe the only ones getting through the nets? When you can't even pick up some decent sized Mackerel then it's rather worrying regarding fish stocks. I'll be down again this coming week on some bigger tides so hopefully things will improve.
Thanks for watching - I tried again in the morning (Friday) and caught nothing. When I was fishing on the Thursday , a guy up from me was bait fishing with what looked like a pop up rig and small bait - he must have had about 10 good sized mackerel about 20 yards out. Good luck this week
That’s a monster session Alan, nice to see a few species. Hopefully the beach will get a bit less packed out from now on… it always amazes me how quickly the cod will appear and disappear again with the sea state. Take care buddy😊👍👍
Thanks for watching Lincoln - Always something going on , when fish not biting. Loads of geese flying over, mackerel shoaling, tuna jumping and kestrels hovering !! Even a guy in a rib , fishing about 50 yards off shore chasing the mackerel around. Hope to get back in a couple of weeks for another session.
@@fishingat thank you mate only made it 2 months ago! And im giving it a go! Been watching for a while bud but on tv and didn’t have an account to subscribe! 🎣
Thanks for watching - Goldcliff , a mark I've yet to really try and never had much luck for cod at Clevedon / Portishead , other than out in a boat I the 1990's ... fingers crossed for a good season this year
Car park prices are increasing as the cost of picking up and disposal of rubbish has increased. All those scuffers who leave all their shit behind ( a lot of them so called anglers unfortunately ) are making the cost of parking not worth going to some marks. Easier for councils to increase parking costs = more revenue , until their will come a price point were anglers go elsewhere . = no more rubbish = no more problem for the council. Anyone dumping rubbish should face £5,000 fine and their car crushed. Problem solved 👍
Hi, thanks for watching - No climbing is needed to get to the mark. You follow the coast path (Towards St Davids) until to come to some brick buildings. There is a section of path that cuts down to a quarried area - Hopefully you don't mind heights as the path runs close to a steep drop into the water. The old quarry base is flat (ish) .. walk to the end. Where I fished was about 12 foot above the sea level. You can get down to a lower ledge if you can. If you look West (towards St Davids) , you'll see other marks as well , which look relatively easy to get to as well - hope this helps, good luck
Thanks for watching Lincoln. It was perfectly clear as well and no Northern lights which were reported as far down as Cornwall. Nice to catch some bream (at last) , was also hoping for a gurnard ... next time but not at Ferrybridge !
Well done, nice session with plenty of fish to keep you busy. Do you walk up the shingle bank in front of the bridge or do you walk along the fleet and then up to the bird sanctuary?
Thanks for watching. Generally, I'll walk along the gang plank bridge by the Chesil visitor centre , then go right across a more solid piece of land (heather covered etc) for about 500 yards before the pebbles re-start. Very easy to walk on before the slog up the bank before the bird sanctuary , which (on Sunday) was roped off as the little terns are nesting. There used to be a wooden gang plank up the bank but it's been gone about 2 yrs.
Thanks for the reply. I'm having a 4 day fishing trip at Chesil the 1st week of September and the last time I fished the bird sanctuary that's the way I went, but it was hard work going up the bank!! just wondered if it was easier going straight up from the little bridge you cross over the car park from and then along the top of the bank.
@@garethwilliams3333 More pebble walking that way . There is a concrete wall (of sorts) just before the bird sanctuary m that you can walk up by (up the bank) which makes it a little easier
i fish this mark often, my favourite place to fish actually. you can get very good size fish from this mark, we have had big conger, big sole, big bass and thornbacks from exactly where you are, there has been a 19.4 lb hound off this mark only a couple of seasons back. if you want to fish this place at low with water a 10m tide is good, be aware when this place starts to flood it moves fast
Hello Alan. Long time no see. Steve Griffiths here ex Rhodia. Randomly found this video and watched until you started to speak and thought hello! you look and sound familiar. Quickly realised. I'm still fishing although now with the luxury of my own boat at Portishead. Had some great days out there (also many blanks). Great video and drone footage. Best Regards.
Hi Steve, thanks for watching. Seems an age since we used to go cod bashing in the channel with Pete C and the others. Great memories. Lindsey and I were having a laugh this week about the ski trip to Chamonix in 2000 with Tim and Morag - when you had no hot water for a week in your room !! Not sure the cod fishing is the same now since we used to go but you've got to give it a go. Retired 2 + yrs ago , I don't think I'll be a you tube millionaire ! Take care and tight lines - We're over near Chepstow , with 2 children (20 + 23 !)
Thanks for watching Lincoln, not too many better places to fish - some great times at Stumble , great wrasse and pollack fishing which needs to be re-visited . Chesil looks to be fishing better
Fantastic part of the world - guess you have to fish cannily to avoid the dogs. Apparently Mwnt nearby can be good for mackarel spinning if you catch it right. Thanks !
Thanks for watching - indeed, great part of the world. Lucky enough to be brought up there , my favourite part of the UK coast, just don't get back there enough. Mwnt , not a mark I've fished , one for the future
Thanks for watching . I use innova bait stops , which can only go on one way, as they are fed off a metal loop (when supplied). Then typically a sequin as the stop next to the bait . Let me know the time on the video and I'll have a look
Eazy Alan you ok pal, nice one for another vid to watch. Well done no blank. I had my first thornback Ray on the humber from the shore so I felt a million dollars lol. All the best from GRIMSBY
@@paulhiggins6024 not to my knowledge Paul, but I may be wrong, I’ve never seen them being sold for food or as an ingredient in a recipe. I agree though, there were loads a few weeks back too getting washed up… warming waters maybe?
