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18/05/2019
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
on Privateer (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
18 May 2019 by Jonathan Law
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First trips out this spring at last, with previous trips booked being very unlucky with the weather.
Big tides this weekend gone, but easily fishable on both days I don't think any one had to use a lead over 8oz which is very pleasant. We were slightly unlucky in that there was a bit of an algae bloom showing which cut down water visibility quite drastically and although not targeted on either trip, I had hoped we would pick up some of the Mackerel and Herring that are around by accident on the baited rigs but it didn't happen. Some of the other Rhyl boats that did try feather rigs caught a number of Mackerel but fair to say the last two days, numbers were down due to the water clarity.
To the trips. First on Saturday was the 2nd of the Rhyl species match series ... the 1st was cancelled for weather so this was the first opportunity of the year for most of the lads to get into their match fishing groove. The first hour was slow for species but plenty of Whiting, Dabs and Dogfish plus a couple of Gurnards kept the scorer busy but it wasn't the fishing we were after so a quick move onto some more broken ground livened things up a bit and the species tally started to rise with quite a few Codling and Huss showing. The Huss varied in size from the small up to double figures, with a couple estimated around 13lb, on match gear a good scrap. The scores were close around the boat with one angler getting a few high scoring Codling, whilst directly opposite him on the boat, another angler maxing out on his whiting. The rules in these matches are only the first 10 of a species count towards your score .... lots of banter around the boat as said angler no matter what he tried, just could not avoid more and more pesky Whitings ... infuriated him but kept humour levels up around the rest of the crew ��
As the tide eased it was time to try a bit of drifting. A little bit early for my drift marks but we gave it a try. Whilst it was not frenetic a few Ballan wrasse, Poor Cod, Codling, Pouting and Goldsinny were caught and nice to see that some of the Ballans were a good size and as one angler needed a photo with his card, for his yearly species hunt I grabbed a moment to give it a weigh .... 3lb 6oz which a nice fish up here but in future I must weigh a few more because last year we had plenty of larger ones ��
With the large tides, the short window of opportunity was soon over, it was time to steam to our last mark with the main target being Smooth hound.
The last couple of hours were used by the anglers to max out on their Dogfish and Dabs and shared amongst the anglers 15, 8 point Smoothies and a nice Thornback Ray. As the light faded we made our way back to the pontoon and to tot up the scores.
Between the 7 anglers overall 13 species were taken with most of the competitors having 9. The scores were very close which keeps the league nicely competitive but coming out on top was John Traynor with 9 species and 265 points in 6 hours actual fishing. The lads all enjoyed the fun but I'm expecting the points and species to rise quite a lot for the next one as the summer species arrive in numbers and the water clears a little ����
Sunday due the tide size and times was a 5 hour introduction trip for a family group of new anglers, most of whom had never caught a sea fish or any fish for that matter before. So with the water clarity and a bit of a northerly wind blowing I decided to stay close to port in more sheltered waters and set the crew up for bait fishing.
All the anglers caught which was great to see. Mainly Dabs, Dogfish and Whiting but a nice Huss and lots of hard fighting Smooth hound. A nice gentle introduction with lots of pics of their first ' Sharks' �� .... Next time out I'm pretty sure they will want to progress to the 50lb Tope and full strings of Mackerel �� ..... expecting them to arrive in the next couple of weeks in numbers ����
So all in all a nice start for me and I hope, think the anglers enjoyed it too. Thanks for reading and I hope your all getting a good bend in the rod very soon wherever you may fish ��
Tope are nearly here and I'm getting excited �� .. Cheers
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05/2019
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
May 2019 by Roy Smith
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Hi out over weekend but big tides fish caught pollack coalfish ( loads of them ) Huss whiting flatfish herrings . Mackerel spasmodic on big tides pictures to follow cheers roy
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30/04/2019
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
30 Apr 2019 by Gethyn Owen
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Experience. Will chalk off today to exactly that!
Hard day afloat, weather not as great as enjoyed of late and the fishing followed a similar path.
Drifting was good fun plenty of pollack and a few codling caught, with a few big enough for the table along with strings of small coal fish.
An hr inshore at anchor returned only dogfish with a few small small huss and 2 small rays.
The Deep ... Well having had our first couple tope of the year out on Sunday followed by a great amount of pack tope to 25lb on Monday, today turned out to be a struggle with dogfish and huss the bulk of the catches.
However Duncan and Harry enjoyed a small battle with our first smoothhound of the year and Rob managed to catch his first ever tope. A nice 15lber to finally tick this species of his list.
Hard work, but that’s fishing ��
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28/04/2019
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
28 Apr 2019 by Gethyn Owen
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First couple Tope of the year for us today, both fell to Leigh. A small one of around 15lb followed an hour later by this nice male of 30lb
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21/04/2019
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
21 Apr 2019 by Gethyn Owen
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After a fruitless search for spurdog yesterday we decided on a run down the coast today instead. Plenty of pollack and the odd codling on the drift, a few keepers touching 3lb for the table.
A decent mixed bag at anchor, including a good number of huss and rays. Some glorious sunshine and lovey seas adding to a great time afloat.
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14/04/2019
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
14 Apr 2019 by Gethyn Owen
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Great couple days afloat this week with Laura from Wobby Shark Savers, catching, weighing, measuring, tagging then releasing a great amount of spurdogs and some bull huss.
The data collected and with hopeful tag returns to come will help us understand more about the movement and growth of the small sharks in our seas.
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12/04/2019
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
12 Apr 2019 by Gethyn Owen
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Fun day afloat today with a great crowd of individual anglers. Couple sessions in Holyhead Deeps provided a bounty of spurdogs and a good number of huss too.
Drifting found a great number of early pollack and a few ballan wrasse. Nothing too big, but a few keepers making a fish supper this evening.
I wanted to try out a new rod and reel combo and managed to snare 4 spurdog for myself, but soon packed that in. Net skip, have you got the net, net please! Together with making the brews, serving up the sausage casserole, taking the obligatory trophy shot of at least one spur per angler ... oh and offering a trained eye on tangles ... whilst hobbling around the deck.
Yep, my reward was to be spiked early morning just under the right knee cap by a spur. Now have a right knee twice the size what it should be
... but happy days on another great day afloat.
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05/2019
Fishing Report by Pat Jones
on Kerrykim (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
May 2019 by Pat Jones
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Hi
Been out the last few days with excellent fishing. Early Mackerel, nice pollock and
Coley, good sized Huss and Ray, whiting and some Codling.
Starting well this season, I hope it continues.
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Cheers
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13/05/2019
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
13 May 2019 by Roy Smith
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hi out wrecking yesterday loads of coalfish and Pollack over 100 but in size range 7lbs to 4lbs. the coalfish mostly in 3lbs range being caught 3 at a time on feathers. A very good day with the weather and a good bunch of lads and great fishing. cheers Roy
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11/05/2019
Fishing Report by Rob Lee
on Luna-Sea (Merlin) (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
11 May 2019 by Rob Lee
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Got out again today, plenty of fish, 6 Skate, the best one over 11lb, a few Bullhuss including the best one ever had on the boat well over 16lb, lots of Dogfish, Whitings, a few Dabs Gurnard and Codling and good numbers of Mackeral and Herring starting to show , looking forward to tommorrows trip., thanks lads see ya soon
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