Fishing AT Monknash on the South Wales coast 1/5/24 - An unexpected outcome to a day on the beach

I fish Monknash , which is a beach between Ogmore By Sea and Nash point on Wednesday 1/5/24

Monknash is a beach backed by cliffs and a large pebble bank. The beach is a big expanse of sand at low tide

Typically rays, smoothounds, dogfish and congers can be caught here at this time of year

I use pulley rigs and loop rigs with a range of baits and fish the tide to low (3.5 m Barry) and 2 hrs of the flood. Typically you should easily be able to fish down/up 3-4 hrs . You need to watch the tide position here to prevent being cut off by the rising tide

Parking is at the beach carpark local to a farm , £3 charge. It is a walk of about 1.1 km on road / path to the beach. Access to the beach is over large boulders and rock ledges - Not a mark for the unfit / unfirm. I fished about 2.3 km in total from the car park