Bass Fishing in Bridgend

Best in the outfall gully/edges on flood and first of ebb; try sandeel/imitation, lug or peeler; travel light and keep moving.

Work the surf edge and reefy gutters on a pushing tide; rag/peeler or spinners at first/last light.

Dawn/dusk and a bit of swell; surface plugs or paddle-tails over broken ground. Also take crab or sandeel on float.

Best on dusk/night flooding tides; fish surf lines and near the Ogmore channel with lug/rag or sandeel; spinners work in calmer water.

Best at dusk/night and on a pushing tide; try lug/rag or sandeel-style lures in the surf line.

Work lures or float-fished rag/sandeel close to the rough at dawn/dusk; spring–autumn best.

Best at dawn/dusk on flood; rag/lug or small paddletails; watch for gullies and stir in a bit of colour.

Best at dusk/night and on the flooding tide; try lug/rag or sandeel-style baits; work any surf gutters close in.

Work lures or sandeel/fish baits along white water and gullies; best on flooding tide, dawn/dusk and after a bit of surf.

Best at dawn/dusk and on the flooding tide; try lug/rag or small paddletails; keep mobile and fish any surf line.

Best on flooding tide and dusk; fish harbour mouth/edges with soft plastics or live rag/lug on a light ledger.

Best at dusk/dawn on a flooding tide; try ragworm, peeler crab or sandeel; work the surf line and any gullies.

Best late spring–autumn; dawn/dusk or flooding tide. Lures (spinners/soft plastics) along edges, or small live/dead baits on light running ledger.

Best on the flood and at dawn/dusk; fish close to the kelp edge with small paddle tails, plugs or crab/sandeel baits.

Best on a push of tide with surf; peeler crab, ragworm, sandeel or spinners in coloured water; dawn/dusk often best.

Best on the flooding tide into dusk/night; ragworm, crab or small fish baits on channel edges and creeks.

Best on flooding tide/dusk; fish the mouth current seams with small metals or worm baits; handle carefully and return undersize.

Best around dawn/dusk or rougher water; fish the tide run by the harbour mouth with lug/rag or lures.

Dusk/night or rougher water; work surface lures or fish crab/sandeel in gullies on the pushing tide.

Dawn/dusk and on the push of tide; sandeel/imitation lures or fresh lug/rag in the cleaner runs.

Best at dawn/dusk on the flood; fish the edges/white water with small lures or crab/peeler on a running leger.

Patchy but possible in surf or at first light; try fresh lug or small fish baits, and focus on rougher water.

Best around rough edges, rock run-offs and in a push of water; fish dusk/dawn with crab or large rag/fish baits.