In search of places
On Friday May 24, 2024, the weather forecast calls for a slightly overcast start to the day, but no wind at all. I take the opportunity to try a new outing in the open sea on my spot in the Abers. Still using the same technique, I head for my bases in Lieus, an hour's sail from the launch.
I've prepared my Talashad accordingly, as it's a small tide, 20 and 30 gram heads will be enough to scrape 15 to 30 meter depths. It'll take me a good two hours to find a spot, as they don't feel like feeding today. On the other hand, I'll find a nice collection of large Breton groupers in all colors. I'll pick a decent spot, and all the groupers will return to the water.
A seal colony
As the weather is fine, I take the opportunity to do some sightseeing around the seal rocks. There's a colony just off the island of Stagadon, at the mouth of the aber. You can observe them if you keep your distance, but you mustn't get too close so as not to force those warming themselves on the rocks to dive again. There are a good dozen of them, and you can hear them "barking" from a distance. The video clearly shows the size of the individuals.
Once we'd visited the zoo, we headed for Stagadon beach in the colors of the Glénans for a snack break: blue skies and white sand, magnificent.
It's the bars' turn
On Friday, May 31, 2024, to round off a complicated month of May weather-wise, I'm trying an aber outing again. The forecast calls for an easterly wind, but it should pass. At the launch, the wind doesn't make itself felt, but by the time we get there, it's a fairly steady north/north-easterly wind, around 40 km/h.
After an hour of trying to position myself on my daggerboards, I give up. The daggerboards were too fast and I left two mounts snagging the bottom. I've still got some time left on the water, so I decide to enter the aber and work on the parks. After an hour on the water, I'm there. I find the fish on the last two hours of the run. A good dozen sea bass, just around the edges of the last tables, as usual. Swimming fish only. I started with the 3DB Jerkbait in blue, no fish, then I switched to the color imitating a juvenile place and there it worked. Many people say that color doesn't matter, but there are times when you have to find the right one, and on this day, the bass proved it to me. Here too, I'll be picking out a nice bar for the meal, ikéjimé right out of the water it's quite easy to do, even in a kayak.
L'aber Wrac'h
To conclude this session, I find myself on a pretty little beach on what's known as American Island for a lunch break. The island was the site chosen by the American army for a seaplane base during the First World War. A camp was set up with 53 officers, 485 sailors and thirteen seaplanes deployed to monitor the coast and attack the numerous German U-boats in the area. Two seaplane launching docks were built on this occasion, and remnants still exist today.
Aber Wrac'h is well worth a stop, whether for a walk or a spot of fishing, it really is a magical place. So if you're ever in the area, stop off - you won't regret it.
