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24/02/2020
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
24 Feb 2020 by Aaron Smith
Another great season from Liverpool, an unrivaled venue for the west coast ��
We had cod to 10lb 8oz, Rays to 12lb 1oz, whitings 2lb +, Congers to 10lb, dabs, flounders...
We managed to sail 51 times, for a tally of 1377 Cod with all bar 6 in size (35cm) I do however run catch and release up to 42cm as a 35cm codling is not worth taking....
This put our average day catch at 27, although there were plenty days better and rightly so plenty of worse days!
We failed to catch a cod on just the 1 trip, The main reason for this was the sheer volume of rays taking pure lug baits within seconds of them hitting the seabed! I stopped counting at 75 rays with a couple hours to go �� Scottish Alex had his hands full fishing 2 rods with Rays on both several times!
On the other end, Our best 2 days afloat had a Cod count of 55 and 53, certainly an improvement over the last couple of years.
Our best fish went just over the double mark @10lb8oz, much smaller than previous years of 15lb +
We had a good run of 5-10lb fish from late October to mid December, The lack of larger fish was apparent thereafter however the numbers of 2-5lb fish that soon arrived really made up for it.
We will be back on the river late October, if you want to secure a certain tide or start time then don't leave it too late... We already have 20 out of the 50 available days booked ����
For those asking, we start back from Anglesey April 1st.
Our main targets throughout April will be the large shoals of spurdogs that lay around Holyhead deeps ��
As always, thanks to everyone that supports us and puts fish on the deck ����������
Tight lines, skipper Aaron -
01/2020
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Jan 2020 by Aaron Smith
This past week We've only been afloat 3 days in-between our house move and the usual getting stuff sorted......
Howver the cod fishing was excellent for ourselves pulling 124 cod in the 3 sessions, the best day we caught 53 cod to the boat to 6lb10oz setting the most caught in day for the 2019/20 season
Most fish have been 2-4lb with the odd larger fish here and there, annoyingly so we have had more whitings taken this by larger cod that like to let go half way up.... ��
We also caught around a dozen Thornback Rays to 10lb, plenty of whitings, dabs and another flounder.
We only have a few days available until we finish our season on the Mighty Mersey until we return in October 2020. -
01/2020
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Jan 2020 by Aaron Smith
Few fish from the past week afloat, tough fishing at times but there's still some chunky cod coming to the net!
We're also boating Rays, Quality whitings, dabs and the odd flounder.
Few spaces left yet for the remainder of the season to get the Cod �� -
11/2019
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Nov 2019 by Aaron Smith
Another week completed on the river mersey, that rounds up November for us.
The season is in full swing now with some lovely fish coming to the boat and a good number of 2-5lb fish for the table.
Best of the week went to Welsh international John Traynor, a fine cod of 8.2lb.
We did struggle on 2 days where we had 40+mph winds but we did manage to put a few cod on the deck along with an abundance of quality whitings, best going 2lb.4oz.
Friday and Saturday we had the EFSA England boys up for a 3 boat Cod competition with 20 anglers keen to win the coveted EFSA Gold pin.
Over the 2 days we tried different tactics fishing 5 marks around the river in deep and shallow water, this helped us boat 64 Cod to 8.2lb! Enough to take Top Boat award and help anglers to win overall 1st/2nd/3rd and longest fish, can't grumble at that ����
So far it is shaping up to be a brilliant season on the cod, out of 7 days, 5 days went over 27 Cod to the boat �� -
09/2019
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Sep 2019 by Aaron Smith
Over the last 8 days we've managed to sail 7 of those days, we have had a great veriaty of trips booked in and some unusually settled weather!
We ran our first Bass and Bardsey trip of the year, although we pulled hundreds of fish out there was very little sizeable fish about, we finished the day with Bass to 6lb, pollack to 6lb, coalies, codling, big ballens wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, mackerel and weaver's.
The tope fishing continues to be good close to home with 9 to the boat being our best day and landed a number of tope on every dedicated trip. A male tope of 44lb being the best.
We had another bash on the sharks, this turned out to be a disappointing day with very little bait around, 1 hit for the day resulted in a miss. We did land Tope, Spurdogs, Huss and whitings whilst drifting and a sort spell at anchor brought a number of Huss and a lovely male tope just over 40lb.
The Wrecking side of things now..... we did 2 days this week offshore, the first day we tried the wrecks to the SW around the shallower side knowing the deep water would be tailing off. A fairly slow start with 10 pollack to 10lb but after lunch we made a fair move and got reward with around 45 fish over the following couple of hours to 14.4lb. The lads made the call that they had all the fish they needed for the table and can we anchor up, we then got plagued by 10-14lb huss most drops.
After day 1 on the wrecks not being exactly what I wanted, I digged out my catch logs for the last 6 years of wrecking and made a plan for our second day, this proved a great point as we managed over 120 fish, Pollack to 10.8lb, Coal fish to 7lb, Codling, Mackerel, pouting, grey Gurnard and a lovely Ballen wrasse that took fancy to a 6oz fast jig 30 miles offshore �� we had the done day and back along side after 7 1/2hr at sea, relaxed in the sun with a brew and got the remainder of the fish filleted for the lads.
Red letter day for the time of year ���� -
07/2019
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Jul 2019 by Aaron Smith
Well that's another week over and done with, pretty consistent fishing other than today's tope trip which only Brought the 1 to the boat.
We have had some excellent days afloat, Monday seeing us out into hoyhead deeps where we pulled 60 Spurdogs to 15lb, not to mention the 65lb Tope in the evening!
Tuesday and Thursday spent on the Huss and Ray hunt which brought the first small eyed Ray of the year and some cracking spotty Rays to almost 4lb!
Friday a trip down the coast where we landed 21 Tope to 35lb and the first Bream, Greater Weavers and Dragonets of the season plus an abundance of mackerel.
This week's 26 species -
Tope, Spurdogs, Smooth-hounds, Huss, ling, Thornback/spotty/small eye rays, dogs, whiting, dabs, red/grey Gurnard, Dragonets, Bream, greater weaver, pollack, cod, coalies, ballan/corkwing/cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poorcod, mackerel, scad. -
12/2018
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Dec 2018 by Aaron Smith
That's us all done for 2018..
I would like to give a huge thanks to all whom have fished with us throughout 2018, Supported us through a very difficult start with the loss of Holyhead Marina and our boat's.
As a hole, we have had some great fishing this year! The wrecks fished like we've never seen before with huge amounts of 8-12lb Pollack. Our best session was done in a meer 2hrs, 14 drifts for 97 Pollack and 9 Ling to 15lb.
The Tope fishing was great with 6 going over 60lb to the boat, followed by massive shoals of Spurdogs boating 150+ in a 2hr anchor sessions.
As we look on to 2019, we have some great plans and expeditions to try put our anglers on the fish once again.
Tight lines to everyone, skippers and clients alike.
Aaron, Jess and Family �������� -
12/2018
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Dec 2018 by Aaron Smith
Update 4.12.18
Today brings us to the end of another week on the mighty Mersey. The fishing as a whole is going very steady with a constant run of Cod, Ray's and quality Whiting.
Our best day ended on 25 Cod, another few good days were 15-20 cod to size. There are plenty of 1lb size cod in the river which is a great sign for years to come. The majority of keepable cod are ranging 2-4lb with the largest to the boat of 6lb 6oz.
When the Cod have been a bit picky we have fallen back into the shallow waters up river to target ray's, these are still being pretty dominant on squid baits and an average size of 4-6lb, best of the week 11lb 1oz.
When we refer to quality whiting, we refer to the clunker 2lb+ fish that our side of the coast Selden see, however the vast area of the Mersey attracts these fine eating fish.
Remaining Dates 2018 -
Wednesday 12th - Boat available/10spaces 0230 start
Thursday 13th - 0330 5 spaces
Tuesday 18th - 0800 7 spaces
Tight lines, Aaron.
Tel - 07966061598 -
11/2018
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Nov 2018 by Aaron Smith
A round up of pictures from this past week aflaot on the mighty Mersey!
Cod are around however they are still being picky, our best day bringing 17 to the boat, mostly being in the 2-4lb range.
Rays are still about in abundance, 45 being our best afternoon session with most days bringing 15-25, best fish going 11lb9oz.
As ever the river is full of quality Whiting, many toping 2lb on the scales, these make for some superb eating ��
Species landed -
Cod,
Thornback ray,
Dab,
Plaice,
Whiting,
Pouting,
Flounder,
Conger eel,
Dogfish.
Our next days with spaces are -
Thursday 29th - 0400
Wednesday 5th - 1000
Tuesday 11th - 0115
Thursday 13th - 0300
Tuesday 18th - 0800
Friday 28th - 0345
£40pp / £350 whole boat hire.
All trips are in the sheltered water of the river mersey, sailing from Liverpool Marina.
Tel - 07966061598 -
11/2018
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
Nov 2018 by Aaron Smith
Good to finish the week off strong with 9 Cod to the boat and a good few ray's!
Quick chat to the lads and the decision was made to stay out an extra hour and watch the River Of Lights fireworks display, well worth it ����
Also pulled a couple extra cod!
The week rounded off with 46 Cod to the boat, approx 150 rays, Congers, Whiting, Dabs, Pouting and a few Doggies.
We take a 7 day break now as the tides are on the larger side, fingers crossed for colder weather and plenty of Cod when we return ������
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