The BCA

16/03/2026

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16/03/2026

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15/03/2026

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06/11/2025

Catch report - 05/11/2025

📍Local ?
🐟 Whiting / Pouting / Dogfish
🌊 13.6m
☁️ Light Winds

So I ventured out in search of something other than the usual suspects lastnight. To cut a long story short it never happend.

I know sooner or later there’s going to be some right bonus fish popping up along the shorelines of the Bristol Channel but when or what that will be I don’t know , what I do know is that I will be putting in the efforts to try and reap these rewards. , HUGE tides this week made fishing slightly uncomfortable in the channel with only certain marks I would personally fish. , to the known angler I’m sure there is some really good marks on these tides but me personally I’m unsure. , however we did approach these tides as normal with the strength of the tide in mind.

The approach -
Casting pully rigs at range was not the ideal plan , often leads tend to tripping out or unplugging which then makes my rig end up in the footwell of the mark. , not ideal.

What we tended to do on the flood was to fish medium range (100yds) with a 7oz Gemini lead , why the Gemini lead? These leads ungrip parallel to the lead , which makes the w**d pass by ALOT easier. Snood lengths were around 18” just to see if it would make any difference. Fortunately for me it did, no w**d and no stupid amounts of grass balling up at the hook end.

After casting , I went for the ‘uptide approach’ , let the lead hit the ground and then let some line out for a bow in the line.

Bites - with the bow in line and the grippling tide , I was never going to get the usual ‘bang bang’ bite , I was more or less looking for the ‘slack line’ bite.

The leader knot was getting pounded with grass / w**dy bits which was making it hard work all night

What I would say is what a learning curve , the ebb produced a lot less information than the flood, the flood just wanted to play games and drive my tips into the rough, however we did catch fish and we also saw some incredible scenery.

Untill the next one

over n out 🟡⚫️

30/10/2025

In lastnights attempt at some small eyed and hiss unfortunately it never happend. , we fished solid in 2 different locations and the action was quite poor!

💥We did end up with a 1lb 1oz 3 bearded rockling tho which I was super happy with. 💥

Now we focus on the illusive unicorns! (Codling) , tonight I will be preparing for the oncoming winter season which is basically alsready here!

📖 - Tide Planning
🦄 - Rig Making
☁️ - Weather Conditions
📍 - Location Planning

In all areas of cod fishing I know it’s dry on the ground here in the channel , but if we don’t try we don’t get.

Please stay tuned on here and over on YouTube to see how we will be approaching these fish in the coming months.

Thanks all , TheBCA 🟡⚫️

25/10/2025

Terrible photo!
But we fished the Thyers match lastnight and it’s fair to say it was tough conditions at times.
Gusting 20mph westerly winds and some heavy rain!
Fishing side was terrible for me, flappers in close rag / lug / blacks , produced nothing and up&overs with fresh squid / anchovy/ Bluey / mackerel also produced nothing.

I was over an hour late due to traffic but thankfully russ waited for me.
Over 20 anglers attended and it was good to see tip lights all over the beach braving it.

Awaiting results but well done to the winner!

24/10/2025

Targeting blonde rays from the Bristol Channel

Unfortunately this video’s quality is not the best but sooner rather than later we will have the go pro back in action!
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In this video we target the blondes from the Clevedon area! Times were tough during this film and it shows how much the Bristol Channel can vary.

22/10/2025

✅ Catch Report - Wednesday 22/10/2025

📍Clevedon area

🐟 X1 blonde ray 12lb 2oz (ish)
🐟 X1 dog fish
🐟 X1 whiting

The ray fell to a anchovy / squid / Sandeel
cocktail.

The video for today’s session is currently underway , please don’t forget to head over and take a look! 🟡📸

YouTube - Thebca ( the Bristol Channel angler )

Very quiet other than the few bites but over the moon with my first blonde from the shore.

A big thanks to Reel Fun Fishing for the excellent bait as always and for the help with the scales , appreciated lads 👍

17/10/2025

Well! , last nights effort took a turn for the better! , arrived for high water to fish it down and armed with worm and squid , I thought there’s always that chance of a codling turning up at some point surely ? , little did I know that my rod tips were going to be dancing majority of the night!

X2 thornbacks
X2 congers
X2 whiting
X1 doggy

Firing baits out at “range” seemed to pick these fish up on the ebb.

Quality baits as usual from Reel Fun Fishing

Bring on the next outing! 🎣

14/10/2025

Not quite the mud pig I was after , but it’s still a fish !

14/10/2025

It could be a lot worse! Atleast we’re catching fish!