Along with a multitude of other marks located to the east of the mouth of the River Usk at Newport and the River Wye at Chepstow, Redwick used to be one of the most popular and productive autumn and winter shore cod venues anywhere in the country. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s it was normal to see hundreds of anglers eagerly staked out along the sea wall or peat ledges, many of whom
