Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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06/05/2011
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
6 May 2011 by Steve Andrews
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out on the 6th of may bit of a recce to see if there were any smoothhound knocking about myself,glyn and gwynie the skipper of the Goldilocks ,went to a mark up the coast from Rhyl first cast and I was into a fish of about 6lb then we had a couple more around the same weight I jammed a small bass .mission acomplished they were about so now looking forward to some bigger fish to come
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02/05/2011
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
2 May 2011 by David Hancock
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The Hounds are here Big Time !
Peeler crab will sort out the big mummas, with squid a close second.
The fishing has been great yet again from Ramsgate with lots of good hounds showing along with superb skate and brilliant Bass.
Although the northerly winds have slowed down the crab peel its still the number one bait atm.
Keep it Tight,
Dave. View Boats Page
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30/04/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
30 Apr 2011 by Aaron Smith
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With some fantastic weather and some not so good to finish the month off saw us getting a variety of trips out through the month with some brilliant results from numorous good sized Rays, Spurdog, Tope, Bullhuss, Codling and Pollack with a few PB's thrown in.
The last few days of april has seen Northeasterly winds up to 30mph with gusts over 45mph.
April 29th,
With NE 14-20knott winds the days fishing was to be shellterd around the south side of the island around south stack and as far as Rhosneiger with main targets to be Pollack, Colies, Codling, Wrasse and some possible Mackeral off the many inshore reefs and within 2 hours of drifting every target was acounted for with the edition of some beautifully marked Cukoo and Corkwing wrasse.
With the wind picking up as the day went on the plan chaged from targetting the many species of rays from the many banks off Abberfraw to ' trying ' to shellter from the wind under Trearddur bay.
As soon as the anchor had hit the bottom we had fish comming over the gunnels, With plenty of the usual Dogies, Dabs, Codling, Whitting, Small Huss and a couple larger but not qutie touching the double figure mark, After a couple of hours and a nice few bowls of Hotpot we decided to try a few more drifts over the reefs on the way home.
With some lovely Wrasse being caught and a few Pollack the last drop of the day was upon us once again and not to be dissapointment for a regular Dave who caught a nice codling just over 5lb mark.
April 30th
NE/E 20-30mph and gusts to 40mph threw out the plans for Offshore Tope fishing but with the crew that booked being another regular party they decided to try there look with 8 hours under the headland at Church bay, With a bit of a bumpy ride to get there we found shelter with flat calm sea's, loads of bait, plenty of food and plenty of fish to keep us busy all through the day.
With the majority of fish being Dogs, Dabs, Huss and Codling with Pollack, Coalies and Plaice coming up every so often, After the 7 hours of fishing we had almost a dozen or so Codling around the 3-4lb and once again the last drop of the day producing a lovely 2lb 7oz plaice ( pictured ).
With the wind behind us we set on our way back to holyhead only to be met by the challange of gettin back onto the marina with 40knots of wind pushing us off, Luckily our good friend Steve off a local pleasure fishing the Louise Clare was on hand to get a rope on for us ( Many Thanks Steve).
Sunday 1st was cancelled with it being a fishing club only wanting to fish the famous Holyhead Deeps but as i was hopeing to have a day off it was interupted by a very busy day for many of the lifeboats around the island especially with it being a bank holiday Trearddur bay accounted for 4 of the incedents which kept me busy for most of the day.
Sun, Sea, Fish and Wind another lovely weekend off the north Wales coastline. View Boats Page
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04/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Apr 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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Traditionally April is renowned for showers and cold blustery weather, however the last few weeks for much of the UK has been treated to some very warm and sunny spells. For those that gauge the weather with sun versus rain I’m guessing it’s been all smiles of late.
Afloat on Anglesey though, the latter half of April including the Easter period has been a mixture of fairly settled weather along with bursts of strong winds. Un deterred we have set sail on most days and been rewarded with some great fishing, banter and the occasional spot of sunburn.
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In shore drifting has again seen an increase in the numbers of pollack, coalies and codling coming to the boat. Whereas the vast majority of the fish are not really anything to write home about, the occasional one has topped the 4 to 5lb mark. Not monsters, but acceptable light tackle targets in relatively shallow water. Ballan wrasse are becoming more frequent as the days go by, hopefully the numbers will continue to improve and sizes grow as the year continues.
Spotted and Thornback ray numbers are on the increase, normally they are more prolific a little later in the year but 2011 has started extremely well, depending where we go we appear to be seeing a few rays most trips.
Pictured here is Brian from Warrington Sea Anglers, now the spotted ray the big fella is holding weighed a mere 2lb 2oz. But! It was still the first spotted ray this long established club had recorded. Given that Brian was also a new member on only his second boat outing a smile and photograph was certainly called for. You can read a couple reviews from 2 Warrington club members on this day via the My Way CBUK page..
Despite the neap tides this past week our deep water escapades have been limited owing to a combination of strong winds and also very early LW slacks. On the days we have ventured offshore, we have been fortunate to enjoy plenty double figure shark action. The vast majority of the ‘sharks’ though during these few trips have been bull huss, numerous beasts of the deep well into double figures, along with a few spurdog and also a few small pack tope, the biggest this time around estimated at only 10lb.
Our trip on 29th April 2011 was a get away from the Royal Wedding Fishathon ….. or was it ….. visit our webiste for more information.
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Sadly the 25mph ENE winds on the forecast for the next few days will see My Way remain firmly tied up to the pontoons – ready to get straight back to it when the winds ease as the week progresses!
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29/04/2011
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
29 Apr 2011 by Steve Andrews
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well what can I say what a difference a couple of days can make .The last two days fishing has been hectic and non stop with 12 species taken on wed and 11 taken on thurs these have included some nice huss to 12 lb ,thornies to 9lb , gurnard red and tubs ,couple of mackeral,herring,plaice plenty of good sized dabs and whiting ,looking good for the next few weeks just need the weather to play the game
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23/04/2011
Fishing Report by graham squire
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
23 Apr 2011 by graham squire
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Had a club trip aboard My Way skippered by someone who's name i forget.Anyway the weather wasn't exactly the best and the banter even worse.Started drifting just outside the breakwater where we were catching plenty of Pollack and a few wrasse,but the wind was making fishing difficult.We then went over to church bay and done a few drifts before going to anchor.At anchor there was plenty og dogfish to be had along with codling,poor cod ,ling huss and a ray of some discription,as always the skipper kept us well feed and plenty of warm cups of tea.All in all an enjoyable day afloat with Holyheads finest,although i'm lead to beleive it got reported we blanked? Must be some bad boyz around
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23/04/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
23 Apr 2011 by Aaron Smith
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Easter 2011,
Starting from April 16-23 and spring tides most days,
Fishing has improved dramatically over the 10 trips of easter with number and quality of fish improving.
The reefs have seen a few slightly bigger fish with a couple of pollack up to 5-6lb and a lovely cod of 6lb 10oz.
All the slack waters have been fished at anchor targeting inshore huss and codling with great results.
With 51 bull huss into double figures and many smaller, and a lost count in numbers of codling there has been many smiles aboard the boat this past week.
A few more fish are turning up with some beautifuly marked male cukoo wrasse and the first gurnards of the year with 2 reds.
Due to the size of the tides it has made it allmost impossible to get out to fish Holyhead deeps but with neep tides this weekends we are looking forward to getting back into the superb Tope action.
Tight Lines Guys! View Boats Page
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24/04/2011
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
24 Apr 2011 by David Axtell
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Fishing seems to be improving at the momement, plenty of Dabs around and the Rays starting to show in better numbers. Heavy Metal Danglers fished with me on Sunday 24/04/2011, Janice Cowan being the first into the Small Eyed Rays followed by Dave Frampton, Mike Middleton, Paul Canning and Evan Davies with the best Small Eye of 9lb 12oz. Dave went on to land a couple of Blonde Rays of 10lb 12oz and 9lb 12oz and Mike following up with the best Blonde of 11lb 2oz.
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04/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Apr 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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After the joys of our previous April report that contained the words huss, spurdog and tope we have recently been brought back down from the giddy heights of early season double figure fish.
With the neap tides abating we were left with the onset of 30ft plus springs and decisions on where to fish.
Fortunately the weather has remained good of late as a nice high pressure settled over much of the UK, looking at the various forecasts around this settled spell looks set to continue well into the Easter Holidays.
The fishing has been fairly consistent for the time of year with high yields of fish wherever we tend to go. Nothing has set the world alight or would really get the magazines to ‘stop press’, but never the less the anglers have been catching throughout our day’s afloat with a mixture of both sport and fish for the pot being taken.
Our fishing has varied with marks both in Holyhead Bay and around the coast in Trearddur Bay used at anchor and a variety of rock ledges in between for our drifting. Anchor work has seen numerous species including the ever present dogfish, dabs, plaice and codling being the main catches, along with plenty of small huss. The larger species have come by way of slightly bigger huss and a few thornback rays.
Drifting is starting to show more positive rewards inshore, especially with the numbers of wrasse for those wanting to drift closer to the sea bed. Other species include a good number of herring, pollack, codling and coalies. The latter 3 though not having too much weight to them, quantity wise there are plenty around, but with only the odd couple touching the 3lb mark, it’s fruitless to spend too long a time trying to catch them!!!
Every now and then we get a visit from the guys and gals at Trearddur Bay RNLI station. When not on a shout they are often seen around the bay training on various aspects of their voluntary duties.
A cup of tea and a slice of cake us is the least we can do for the efforts they put in on behalf of all sea uses.
http://www.rnli.org.uk/
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18/04/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
18 Apr 2011 by Aaron Smith
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Saturday 16th April,
Saturday saw the first 6 mackeral caught off the north side of Anglesey
The reefs are producing plenty of Pollack, Codling, Ballans, Cuckoes and Colies all between the 1-4lb mark with a couple of Codling hitting the 5-6lb mark.
Fishing at anchor inshore is producing plenty of Dogies, Codling, Dabs, Huss, Whiting and a couple plaice.
Sunday 17th April,
The reefs were a little harder on sunday but the quality of fish was a bit better with a fair amount of Coalies and Pollack around the 3lb mark but with no Mackeral cauht they are still hit and miss.
Anchor way the same as saturday plenty of fish caught.
Monday 18th April,
Had a 4 hour trip which was to fish over the slack water, plenty of Dogies, Codling, Dabs with a couple of Huss and Plaice also the first Smoothound of the year at 5lb hopefully a good thing and fingeres crossed the big Hounds turn up like recent years.
Plenty of mid-week dates availble with special rates available
Get you trips book for the May Smouthound run and our mid-week Holyhead Deeps to try your luck with some fantastic sport for Tope, Spurdog, Huss and Rays.
Tight lines for everyone fishing in this fantastic weather :D View Boats Page
