Brittany and its cut out coasts are well known by the amateurs of shore fishing. Locquémeau port(22)

 

s in mountains, even if the weather looks nice, foresee an oilskin : a mist coming from the sea and you're completely wet. You will not regret the thick sweater, the wool scarf and the cap if the wind rises : 3 hours subjected to a tinny wet wind will chill you down quicker than an iced tea.

So, if you don't want to become a statue by your beach casters, you can put on 2 pairs of socks if the size of your boot allows it to you. A good "THERMOxyz" underwear is not too much in winter when the whitings or the cods are there. A ski coat or other carp fisher special coating can be sufficient as well.

 

 

any right words has been told on the subject, and numerous local sayings are valid and are summing-up the opinion you'd have about that. A master as Michel Duborgel wrote that to multiply the chances to catch fish, the best way is to dive the trace in the water as often as you can do. In the same spirit but more recent is : " 100% of the winners bought tickets..."; is also a sentence to mill.
You will hear all and its contrary about the weather that must do, but don't focus on that; because if you do so, you and your rods will stay at home.

In any case Avoid the thundery weather with carbon rods, I remember 2 "chocks" that obliged me to let my rod go and one of those chocks let me a painful shaking in the right arm up to the shoulder. Fortunately it was only a dark cloud passing over : I thought I'd played a Benji Franklin remake ! It could have been more dangerous..


So, Check the forecasts before to go fishing !

In winter my russian chapka is a good protection.






Always have it in your bag !

 

 

The whitings are there !







A strong wind drives the fish to the coast but you do avoid the rods out of carbon with a cloudy or a thundery sky.

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