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  • 01/03/2010 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    1 Mar 2010 by Gethyn Owen

    With My Way returning to the water the last week in February following her annual 6weeks of Tender Loving Care we had our first trip out today. Weather was great with a flat calm sea and glorious sunshine. It’s always nice to get that first trip after the winter maintenance period under your belt, even better when the weather gods play ball.

    All on board where eager to simply get afloat and blow a few cobwebs from the tackle, and with a 33ft tide upon us, it was going to be strictly inshore work. Despite the daunting tide, we set sail with hopes of a few winter / spring species pulling the lines.

    Not electrifying fishing as far as records go, however all aboard were kept busy with a steady stream of dogfish and a few huss along with, codling, whiting, dabs from which a few keepers made it into the cool box. With cups of tea, biscuits and the customary sausage buttie, it was a calming and enjoyable day afloat.

    I hope you all have a great 2010 and get afloat as often as you can.

  • 01/2010 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Jan 2010 by Gethyn Owen

    Winter 2010 has been abysmal for most of the UK. We have been pounded with winds from all dirtections - the only common factor being the strength - the vast majority over 20mph.

    With a small fun match scheduled for Saturday 04th January, our last outing before My Way came out of the water for her winter TLC, the weather gods once again changed the forecast from a nice 10mph, to an un appealing 25mph W. Rendering the match a no go.
    However with no trip planned for the Sunday, organiser Chris Hamblin phoned around the troops and 6 brave souls were happy to try for the Sunday which had easterly winds of 10mph promised. Sadly other plans for the Sunday reduced our numbers from 9 to 6, never the less, we would set sail, un sure of what we would find in the sea following the barrage of Force 10 gales suffered on our coast earlier in the week. Sadly Chris also had to withdraw last minute, yet another victim to this viral bug doing the rounds.

    Setting sail in the morning, whether the fishing was good or bad - it was always going to be a fun affair. Arthur Beechey and Glyn 'Fester' Hughes are often likened to many famous double acts - Hinge & Bracket or the Chuckle Brothers spring alarmingly to mind.

    Glyn set his sights on first place before we had thrown the ropes away. Remembering the match we fished last October, Glyn claimed he was brought to the boat under false pretences. Apparently Arthur had mentioned an evening sail and laugh with the lads to Glyn, who was keen for an evening fish after work. Grabbing a few rigs and whatever bait was lying around, Glyn was lured to the marina only to be met by the other lads gearing up for a full match assault - we heard of nothing but this fact all evening!

    It wasn't to go Glyn's way early on - after catching the dreaded first fish, his catches slumped slightly as young Mike took the lead from Glyn, Alan and Pete with a succession of whiting and the odd dab. To add insult Mike also managed to snare a small codling and sizeable coalie to further frustrate Glyn's ambitions. What of Arthur? Well it took a while before his first fish came aboard My Way this day, but we wont mention the tying of rigs after the anchor was dropped.

    After a couple hrs we headed off to the mussel beds for some more sizeable quarry in the shape of the bull huss. Now then , this didn't quite go to plan! With a HW in the Tide Book for 1245pm, taking into account the local difference and a little more for the tide, we anchored up at 1130am, expecting the last of the flood. Shock horror, the tide was already ebbing. Now normally I would blame the skipper, but saying as I was at the helm this was obviously not the case. The moon, must have had a greater pull on the tide!
    With only a few dogs added to the tally in the half hr of comfortable fishing available to us we then moved inshore onto a patch of mud for more whiting and bits etc

    With sausage butties, pasties & Cadburys chocolate all washed down with plentiful amounts of tea & coffee, it was now an all out assault for lads to land first place in the match. By Now it was a close thing to call between Pete and Glyn, who had both been catching dogs and whiting far more constantly than the others. Mike was struggling from his bow draw to latch into the fish further down tide, whilst Alan was quite happy trying out all the new rigs and feathers it looked like Father Christmas had delivered the previous week. Not to be out done, Arthur picked this move to step his up game. Having finally decided upon the rig that worked he started to make ground on the leading pair with double and triple shots of whiting. A triple shot of dogs, also adding 12 much needed points to his wanting tally.

    The final assault though proved a little too late for Arthur when the results were counted up. Managing to over take Pete, Arthur was still left 14points behind Glyn who had exorcised the demons of the match in October by claiming the first place, well done.

    A hard days fishing, in extremely cold conditions with an unforgiving easterly breeze. Would we do it all again - yes I suppose so. Sometimes it's nice just to get out there and blow them cobwebs away. With the banter and jokes flowing at regular intervals, it makes for a fun time afloat.

    A total of just short of 158 fish were caught between the 5 anglers fishing
    Top 3 slots went as follows:

    1 Glyn Hughes 119 100% £30
    2 Arthur Beechey 105 88.24% £20
    3 Pete Minns 99 83.19% £10


  • 12/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Dec 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    2009 - Review of the year

    After returning My Way to the water in mid March following her winter maintenance period, the fishing could have been best described as un eventful. Fish were around, but nothing too electrifying - dogfish, whiting, coalies, etc with the biggest catch being the reliable bull huss. That said, for the middle of March it is consistent fishing and what Holyhead can deliver on days when just getting afloat and blowing winter cobwebs away is all that is required.
    This time of year most anglers out fishing are simply getting back into the swing of things and anticipating the year ahead. Based on the previous years successes or failures our angling goals are decided upon - so many species to catch, or a tope over 50lb, smoothie over 20lb.

    We all have different targets.

    With the winds settling down for the Easter break it was with nervous anticipation that I planned the fishing trips for the weeks ahead. The weather over the Easter period was certainly a god send to many of us involved within the angling industry. Friends with boats, shops and a few in the wholesale trade all reported brisk business, with many grateful for the fairly settled spell of calm seas and sunshine

    During the first few weeks of April we tend to see more fish moving inshore. This can range from more dogs, bigger huss but also some pollack and coalies. 2009 has followed the same trend, but with exceptionally high catches of good sized pollack.

    Not to double figure standards, but the inshore rocks were reliable enough to deliver pollack averaging the 3lb mark. With some anglers often hooking into a brace, or if lucky 3 at a time. When drifting in 25 to 50 foot of water, close inshore, pollack to 6lb give a great account for themselves on light tackle.

    Rig choices varied for many of the anglers with the bigger fish falling to those prepared to work baits or jellies on flying collar rigs.

    Rough ground marks out in the deeps had been generally slow, few huss, spurs and congers, but a boundless amount of doggies infuriating most anglers with the 180ft haul up from the sea bed. With nothing to lose, a change of tact was required and a search for new ground. There is such a vast amount of sea available to us, there is never any harm in trying out new marks. In reading a chart, and having a run over with the echo sounder - gems can often be found.
    A good nose through the charts in early April and a series of 170ft rocks in and around a 240ft bed seemed like a nice holding point for a variety of species. A few miles off my usual haunts it was going to be an interesting mark to try out. Well, the move proved successful, no spurs sadly, but this mark produced more huss than dogfish with most of the specimens topping double figures with many around the 15lb mark, add these catches to 2 dropped tope (early season for us, so not geared for them), this is mark was without doubt going to be re-visited at a later time in 2009.

    All species have a hold on us for different reasons. Tope and smoothies for example, bait out, ratchet on and wait, adrenalin pumping waiting for the ‘click click’ of the ratchet. Pollack over wrecks – wind up nothing, drop down, wind up again whilst waiting for that short pluck of a pollack teasing your lure – then bang your losing line as the fish makes a bid for freedom.
    Wrasse fishing though can offer you all this adrenalin pumping action and more, basically a much greater chance of success. Most anglers who fish aboard My Way know of my passion for drifting inshore rock marks for wrasse and pollack. With 5 main wrasse species in the UK - ballan, cuckoo, corkwing, goldsinny and rock cook all making regular appearances aboard My Way, 2009 was an exceptional year on the drift.

    Unlike the past couple of years, good fortune fell upon us for most of May and June. Both months were far more settled than the previous couple of years. Light winds saw us set sail on many occasions, searching for a variety of species whether it be on the drift or hard at anchor. One of our main targets during this period is smoothhound.

    Again, 2009 was not to disappoint. Where north Wales has long been associated with some very good catches of smoothhound, My Way certainly sets some standards for consistent numbers of quality smoothhound. With us smashing the WFSA record for smoothhound in 2008 with the capture of a 25lb 6oz starry, hopes were set quite high for 2009. sadly though despite a few hundred double figure hounds and many in the 17 to 19lb bracket we failed to reach the 20lb plus target. However based on the theory of a 2year cycle for hounds we're hoping for a great run in 2010.

    Tope is another big draw for anglers to north Wales. Sadly the last 2 years from Holyhead have been hard work on the tope fishing front. Strong winds coinciding with the neap tides that are required for us to have a successful time tope fishing have all but ruined trips in 2007 and 2008. Fortunately that little piece of good fortune mentioned earlier helped out in 2009. this allowed for many more forays into the deeper water in search of the tope with excellent results. Paul took the helm of My Way late June for our first venture after tope and the crew from the Wirral were rewarded with 25 tope and 15 huss in 2 and a half hrs of hectic action.
    Our last venture for tope came in mid October with a crowd of paramedics from Conwy. With such a stressful job, these guys really wanted a day of rest and plenty of fish. Tope, Rays and huss a plenty certainly was what the doctor ordered. The video below was taken by one of the crew. Line screamed from Jasons reel as he hooked into what appeared to be the best tope of the day. Thus the 5 mins turned into 30mins as Jason took time to play his 40lb shark to the side of My Way.

    2009 also saw 2 surprises landed aboard My Way. Were as not exceptionally large fish, both of them were first captures aboard My Way and also the first heard of in the area. Our first new addition to the species tally came whilst drifting an inshore mark in early June. . Weighing no more than 4 or 5 oz, the Topknot was certainly the fish of the year so far, A first for it’s captor Monty Burns, but also a first ever aboard My Way. A few months later Jon Law hooked into the first of many haddock that came into Holyhead bay. not big by any north sea standard, but another first and much appreciated aboard My Way.

    In October we held another Sponsored fishing day to help raise funds to send a very brave girl on a very special holiday, Cath's Community and Ronald McDonald House Charities . As the anglers turned up at Holyhead Marina, it was clear to see that everyone had made that special effort with fancy dress costumes. What the lovely yacht owners thought of the variety of costumes including Ozzy Osborne, Superman, Vicky Pollard, Jason from Friday 13th A couple Indians, Katie Price and my very own Bet Lynch impression descending on their idyllic pontoon setting we’ll never know.

    My Way species list for 2009 - total 44
    bass, black bream, bull huss, coalfish, codling, conger eel, dab, dogfish, dragonet, gobi -rock & black, gurnard - grey, red & tub, haddock, herring, ling, mackerel, pollack, pouting, plaice, poor cod, , ray - thornback , blonde, spotted, cuckoo, rockling 3b, sandeel, sea scorpion ls &ss, smoothhound - common & starry, spurdog, tadpole fish, tope, topknot , tompot blenny, turbot, whiting, wrasse - ballan cuckoo, corkwing goldsinny & rock cook,

    Thank you to everyone who has supported us through 2009.

    Hope you have a fish filled year ahead and we look forward to seeing you in 2010.

  • 10/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Oct 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    October has been a very hard month afloat. High gale force winds have only served to cancel most of our days afloat. That said when we have sailed, the fishing and the banter has been second to none, with some exceptional catches for the time of year.

    A day afloat was just what was ordered for regular My Way lads from the Rafa Club on the Wirral. We had already cancelled this trip last August due to high winds, so fingers and legs were crossed that the weather wouldn’t disappoint and the fish played ball. Fortunately the weather all week was looking good and with a set of neap tides beckoning, a trip out to Holyhead Deep was on the cards.

    Well the fish were informed, and all aboard were treated to a fair number of tope and huss in the deepwater; excellent fishing for the middle of October. Inshore we set about drifting and had wrasse after wrasse – a great end to a good days fishing. Wondering if it was just a good day afloat, I returned a few days a later with a crowd of Paramedics from Conwy area.
    With such a stressful job, these guys really wanted a day of rest and plenty of fish. Once again the sun shone down and the winds stayed away. We started our fishing for the day were we left off with the Rafa guys - on the wrasse.

    Plenty of obliging wrasse came to the gunwales - ballans up to 3lb and a few cuckoos and corkwings to add variety. With our venture to the deeps nearing, the lads soon stowed away the small scratch rigs and broke out the big guns. 150lb mono and 6/0 to 8/0 hooks. It looked like they meant business, bigger fish is what they wanted now.

    It wasn't long before Bryn Thomas called for the net after heaving what looked to be a dead weight from the 200ft murky depths of Holyhead Deep. Fortunately for Bryn, it turned out to be a double figured thornback ray - pictured right. As the day went on Bryn also managed to add huss & tope to his double figure haul. Despite other tope being landed around the boat and spurdog to 14lb, it looked as though the day was to be Bryn's, with the heaviest tope.

    After 3hrs in the deeps, the tide increased in power and we were starting to struggle to hold bottom. As I called for lines up a cry of "I've got a bite" came from Jason on the port side. Ok, 5 more mins I relented.
    Seconds later the line screamed from Jasons reel as he hooked into what appeared to be the best tope of the day. Thus the 5 mins turned into 30mins as Jason took time to play his 40lb shark to the side of My Way.

    On October 17th we held our Fish for Courtney sponsored fishing event. The whole day was an overwhelming success and helped towards a total now nearing £7000 for 3 very good causes http://www.goangling.co.uk/2009/Gallery51/gallery51.htm

    Happy fishing

  • 20/09/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    20 Sep 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    Last Saturday, 20th September saw us set sail with the first of our autumn/winter fun matches. Weather conditions were great for what we class as fun filled matches more than serious angling competition – sunny and warm is always a good way to start a day afloat. With tides of 32’ upon us the fishing was to be kept fairly local to Holyhead bay, with the maximum distance offshore being a slack water over the mussel beds.

    Despite the fun element, the day was planned to test the anglers slightly with varied fishing over different grounds. Our day started approximately a mile from Holyhead breakwater on a small bank of mud that has a tendency to throw up all manner of species from dogs and whiting, to huss, rays and tope on occasions.

    Fishing started well for most on board, whilst not hectic a constant stream of dogs, whiting and poor cod came over the gunwales, broken only when a cry of haddock came from Gareth P on the port side. Having already reached 50 species for 2009, Gareth was soon camera and species card in hand to record his 53rd specie of fish from British waters in 2009; a great achievement.

    Pete Minns added 2 haddock to his tally, and quite possibly the smallest codling I have ever seen; speedy our old Goldfish was bigger!!

    With the tide book showing slack water at 1230 we moved to the mussel beds for 1130 to catch the last of the flood and hopefully a few huss. Sadly though, my timings or the tide book was slightly out! More to do I think with the large tide of the day, with slack water upon us, we had a brief 45mins on this mark before the tide ran through like an express train. After a fruitless mud anchor, Simon finally got into the action here with dogs and whiting. A few dogs and whiting later, with a solitary dab for Jon, we upped anchor to go onto the drift for wrasse and a few pollack.

    Drifting over the shallow reefs around Holyhead is a firm favourite of mine, and a style of fishing we’ll always partake in during a day afloat. With the big tides and slight E wind we opted for a west facing patch of rocks where we spent an hour in search of wrasse. Ian was the first to land a small pollack, not in size for the pan, but as we were fishing Catch & Return all size of fish count – 6 points for Ian. Gareth P recording the only goldsinny of the drift
    The trio of Gareth P, Pete Minns and Jon Law catching consistently throughout the drifts, with Jon catching the rocks as many times as he caught a fish. Good fun as it is, drifting can sometimes become a little disheartening when snag after snag tackle is lost, slightly more disheartening for Garth P this time, who decided to snap his 6lb rod in the process!!

    After our drift, we sheltered from the large tide in Church Bay. Here the fishing was consistent, with dogs, whiting and a few huss coming to the baits. Jon was slowly sneaking away with the odd dogfish adding 4 points apiece to his tally when Gareth P appeared to be struggling with a good bend in his fishing rod. Assuming a decent huss, it went slightly better for Gareth when his rig broke the surface with a brace of dogfish and a small huss attached.

    Standing with his back to his rod, Pete Minns relayed yet another interesting joke to us all as Jon and I watched his rod tip bounce into action. As the rod started to bend over and the ‘fish’ appear to take line, we thought it best to let Pete know he had an enquiry!

    After 10 minutes of action on Pete’s SuperSensor2 fishing rod, a small smoothhound of around 8lb broke the surface, attached to his size 6 hook, baited with a small slither of squid.

    For a couple years now, Pete has tried to break his smoothhound virginity with a double figure smoothie aboard My Way. Despite being aboard as many smoothies have been landed and also despite helping others with rigs, bait and bait presentation – Pete’s mission for a smoothhound of his own has failed. Well maybe sometimes we just try too hard and when you’re least expecting ….

    Simon, having suffered a fairly poor day with us so far, managed to catch the second smoothie of the day. Made more satisfying once again as it was another first ever.

    With half hour to go, Pete had dropped back slightly, possibly due to the excitement of catching his smoothhound, however it was honours equal between Jon Law and Gareth P, not a fish scale separating them both. Once again it was touch and go for each angler as they matched each other for fish. Finally Jon got the break with a double shot of dogs, followed by a bull huss to edge him 7 points clear as the final whistle blew.

    Unlike a Home Game for Man Utd, we play to the correctly allocated times!

    1 Jon Law 165 £25 + 1 individual voucher
    2 Gareth P 158 £20
    3 Pete Minns 138 £10

  • 08/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Aug 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    Goodbye August.

    What a disgrace this summer weather has been! Personally I blame the education system, as whenever the kids break up for summer holidays, the weather turns foul .

    The last 4 weeks has seen wind, followed by more wind, followed by the remnants of every Hurricane to hit over the other side of the Atlantic, wish they’d stay there. Our days afloat have been severely hit, so in all honesty there is very little I can off by way of a report.

    Our best day over the last month was way back on 12th August, when John Angell (terrible blue nose) and colleagues enjoyed the early start of 0645am owing to the weather and neap tides. Fortunately the gang were compensated with a fair few tope, followed by baskets full of mackerel, with some pollack to 4 ½ and then ending the day with bull huss.

    Since then, we have managed to sneak out on only a handful of times; and in all honesty the fishing has not been electrifying; considering the weather - consistent and enjoyable would be a little more apt I think. On the drift, the fish have not disappointed, wrasse are as usual in abundance with ballans, cuckoos and corkwings the mainstay, with a few goldsinnys thrown in. Mackerel and pollack have also shown, but not in any numbers to really crow about.
    At anchor, typical inshore windy fish have come to our aid, doggies, whiting, gurnards, pouting, the odd dab, some decent sized huss a couple tope and a few more small haddock, a very rare sight this far south, Normally a colder water fish, associated with our fishing buddies in Scotland, we have landed nearly a dozen now; none of any mentionable size, but an interesting development in these times of Global warming.

    I’m sat here now writing this on yet another windy day (06th September 2009), having not sailed for another 7 days. The forecast was a hard one to decipher yesterday as it showed 14mph at 7am, 17 mph-10am, then 21mph-1pm concluding with a 30mph at 4pm, the decision to fish or not was hard despite a southerly wind, that would in all honesty allow us shelter from the breakwater and Holyhead Mountain, Wind over a 29ft tide from 12pm would mean us sticking close inshore for a few doggies at best. Even the drift would be hard work with the amount of water as we reached the top of the flooding tide.

    Isobars looked close together; 30mph later on could come early. What to do?

    Cancel, you have to be fair.

    Well, best call I think for all concerned, weather observations are showing it was 20mph at 7am and 22mph at 9am, think the F6 to 7 may be in early, so we would have been twisting at anchor, with the winds in our hairs (well those of you with hair), for very few fish.

    Looking ahead, we are being told that September is going to be a far more settled month. The signs are promising – from this Wednesday (09th) the temperatures are climbing and winds are settling down. Fingers crossed, a nice run of trips and good fishing, would soon help us all forget what summer has had to offer.

    Good luck and happy fishing where ever you try

  • 07/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Jul 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    Only last month I was praising weather, for the last couple years June has been a windy and wet affair but this year warm settled seas have seen us sail regular with high hopes for the following months.

    In typical fashion, good old British Summertime kicked in during July, just as the kids break form school and many anglers look forward to the summer days afloat. Wet, windy and to quote from a radio station I was listening to recently - typical April weather'. Un deterred we have set sail on many occasion in search of numerous species including last years elusive tope.

    Tope fishing has been a hard push the last couple years with the weather putting paid to many a trip. Those who sail with us on a regular basis know only too well that small tides and no real winds are required for our Holyhead Deep adventures.

    So far we have managed to fish in the deeps on quite a number of occasions with some fairly good results.
    The tope have not been big by Holyhead standards, but the number of pack tope averaging 20 - 25lb offer some excellent sport on light gear and also great hopes for the coming weeks, when numbers tend to increase and sizes tend to double and often exceed the 60lb mark.

    Returning to our recent catches, all species have a hold on us for different reasons. Wrasse fishing though can offer you adrenalin pumping action and more, basically a much greater chance of success. Whilst afloat the most popular and productive form of fishing for wrasse is on the drift. More often than not the grounds you will be fishing will be relatively close to shore, in shallow waters of below 60ft. By nature of the wrasses habitat, these grounds will be weed covered rocky areas; therefore tackle loss will be inevitable during your quest for these hard fighting species. But lb for lb, they are offer some of the best sport in UK waters
    With plenty of huss, rays, gurnards, dogfish, whiting, codling and many other species coming aboard My Way, hopefully the weather for the next few weeks will settle down for us to enjoy our fishing once again.

  • 07/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Jul 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    Unlike the past couple of years, good fortune has finally fallen upon us with June far more settled than the previous couple of years. Light winds and plenty of sunshine has seen us set sail on many occasions, searching for a variety of species whether it be on the drift or hard at anchor.

    Smoothhounds continued into June, but became harder as the weather improved. With the catches dwindling we soon resigned ourselves to wait for the 2nd run later on this year.

    Drifting the many rocky outcrops that surround the north western edge of Anglesey can be a fantastic experience not only from the fishing but the scenery as well, South Stack and its array of birdlife including the likes of cormorants and puffins always a favourite with the camera buffs. Close in under these cliffs however; anglers have been having a field day with numerous catches of pollack, coalie, mackerel & wrasse - ballans, cuckoos and corkwings. Using light sensor tips and an average ballan size of 2.5lb, the ballan wrasse fights extremely well; with tackle certainly under test when you have a brace fighting in all directions.

    A recent surprise whilst drifting this mark came in the form of a Topknot. Weighing no more than 4 or 5 oz, this is certainly this fish of the year so far, A first for it’s captor Monty Burns, but also a first ever aboard My Way and a welcome addition to our species tally for the 2009.

    Anchor work has improved with each passing day. Inshore has seen a variety of species including, gurnards, red, grey and tub, huss, mini specie, ray – thornback & blonde, smoothies and congers to name a few. Offshore marks are also starting to produce a few nice fish.

    From mid June we turn our attentions a bit more to chasing after the tope. With settled weather on Thursday of last week Paul Whittle took the helm of My Way for me in search of some double figure shark action at the bottom of Holyhead Deep. With only a 3hr window to fish, the crew from Merseyside were rewarded with 20 tope to 25lb, over 20 huss averaging 16ld and a couple spurdogs, along with whiting and dogfish. The best of the spurdog last month went to Sam Smith with a cracking 17lb 13oz specimen. Not bad for our first foray after Holyhead’s tope. As time progresses the numbers should increase along with the size of tope.

    Chicken cam is proving a bit of a hit and adding a little fun to our days fishing The unfortunate soul who is first to leave a rod un attended whilst venturing to the toilet is rewarded on return to his or her rod with the fight of a lifetime. Chicken cam is certainly raising a giggle amongst the crews, no one knowing when the chicken will be despatched!

  • 06/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    Jun 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    As May drew to a close our attentions turned to the influx of quality sized smoothhounds on offer.

    For what we lack in numbers aboard My Way (a normal day averaging 15) they certainly make up in size, with the catches to date averaging the 12lb mark, with the best fish landed topping the scales at 19lb. that said, 2 definite 20lb+ smoothies were dropped on the surface – too light hook lengths or simply me too slow with the net.

    I argue the first case!


    The smoothie fishing however has slowed down the last week with the change in the weather. Hopefully the NE east blow we are currently experiencing will help bring them back on the feed, that said, armed with hundreds of quality welsh fresh peeler, a smoothie assault is on the cards fairly soon.

    Fishing has continued to be brisk, with additional to the smoothies, ballans plus plenty of cuckoo wrasse, huss, dabs, whiting, pollack etc and the wonderful north Wales Tiger Shark, aka the dogfish all in abundance to add to a trip.

    Ray numbers are on the up however seeing boxes being landed at the marina yesterday may soon put paid to that, some people have no shame; never the less we’ll strive to put our guys on to the fish.

    Fingers crossed for coming weeks and settled weather and great fishing for you all.

  • 10/05/2009 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen

    10 May 2009 by Gethyn Owen

    As the season progresses the fishing is continuing to hot up nicely.
    Pollack are still being caught on the inshore rock marks; with an average stamp of 3lb, we’ve had a few coalies thrown in but mainly on the small side. Mackerel are now inshore in relatively good numbers, which is in all honesty early for us. We usually see a good run of the mackerel appearing around the end of this month.

    Another early starter is the number of tope around, not in the great numbers or sizes as is witnessed later on in the year, but averaging 25lb and up to half a dozen in a few hrs fishing has been a pleasant surprise to some of our fishing trips.

    Smoothies and rays are showing slowly as the month continues, Mike Green from Hindley Hare and Hound SAC struck gold with an excellent Thornback ray of 16lb 2oz to take his clubs pool money on a recent trip.

    Short and sweet for today, happy fishing all