Latest Fishing Reports: South West Wales
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16/01/2011
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
16 Jan 2011 by David Hancock
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Well Folks,
we have officially had the coldest December since records began and today it's mid- January and Thirtteen degrees , Bizzarre !
Hopefully normal service will resume shortly.
The huge Cods that we were getting have slowed down and now it's mainly the mighty Dabs and whiting that are keeping us occupied.
Hopefully over the next couple of weeks we'll get the weather to be able to gett well offshore for some lunker Pollock, who knows, I'm not gonna try guessing the weather !
Keep at 'em ,
Dave.
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04/01/2011
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
4 Jan 2011 by David Hancock
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The cod are elusive at the moment but although the numbers are down the quality is up on most years. At the weekend most boats caught very little but cod to over 20 lb were landed.
The annual spratfest certainly makes things difficult but the lunkers are out there gorging on them. A thinkIng skipper will still find the fish. . .
If the waiting game for a lunker cod doesn't appeal then there's a fair bit of action close inshore for possibly one of our most under rated eating fish, the humble Dab.
They may not strip line off your reel at a rate of knots but they certainly make for a super supper !
Happy New Year to all our customers, old and new.
Thank you,
Dave.
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12/12/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
12 Dec 2010 by David Hancock
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Harder fishing this week but we still found a few Lunkers amongst the Whiting and codling. Best fish this week was a cod of 16 lb 8 oz to Marc Coombes. Best bait by far was cuttle fish with good old trusty lug and squid combos second.
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29/11/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
29 Nov 2010 by David Hancock
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Proper Lunkers showing now, get on down !
Great to have proper BIG fish showing rather than the 3 to 8 lbers we`ve been catching.
fish of 12 to 19 lb caught this week.
3 or more and we go !
Dave.
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06/11/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
6 Nov 2010 by David Hancock
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Codtastic !!!
Now showing in good numbers, fish from 8 to 14 lb today.
We also found skate to 11 lb.
Dave.
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04/11/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
4 Nov 2010 by David Hancock
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Can you hear that noise ?
Yep, the Cod are calling !
Dave.
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27/10/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
27 Oct 2010 by David Hancock
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Well done all for fishing hard in extreme conditions yesterday !
26 to 28 Knts of South Westerly kept us from getting offshore but it really wasn`t a problem as loads of fish showed close inshore.
Just a short steam from Ramsgate Harbour and we found lots of Doggies, lots of whiting and a few codling.
Great to see the return of some big whiting, probably better eating than the cod ! View Boats Page
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21/10/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
21 Oct 2010 by David Hancock
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Tides building nicely this week but we are beset by wind .
Luckily the cod and whiting are close inshore so we can get out to them in sheltered waters.
Squid, cuttlefish and lugworm proving to be the most effective baits, in that order.
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18/10/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
18 Oct 2010 by David Hancock
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Small tides and a bit of wind this week has meant the catches have been disappointing as we`ve not been able to get to where we`d like to go. Never mind the option of going shopping was worse ! Thankfully there`s been plenty of doggies and whiting pulling the strings at Kent charter fishing.
This week should see normal service resume as the tides are building and the wind going westerly, all in our favour for Kent charter fishing from Ramsgate.
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25/09/2010
Fishing Report by Ian Pratt
on Celtic Wildcat (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
25 Sep 2010 by Ian Pratt
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You have to be keen to go shark fishing. Well that's what I told myself anyway when the alarm went at 0350 and I drove down to Neyland for an 0700 departure.
Anyway, a great group of 8 lads onboard for the last Danglers shark trip of the 2010 season - last chance saloon for this year.
I was really looking forward to the day - I've already had a PB 130lb shark this year so was pretty relaxed - one under the belt; just have fun.. A few of the lads were virgins though and so the pressure was really on them to boat the big blue of a lifetime....
It's stunning motoring down the Haven on an Autumn morning. Nothing better. Good company, a day at sea, and a glorious Pembrokeshire sunrise. We rounded St Ann's and the swell picked up a little but nothing too horrendous. The northerly airflow made the air crystal clear and you could see for miles and miles.....right up to Grassholm and beyond
We stopped off at the Barrels to load up with mackerel. It took a little longer than usual as there was plent of small stuff. We also pulled in a few codling and pollack. Anyway, boxed up with chum, we motored way offshore to the shark grounds 28 miles from nowhere. The water was inky black and clear and soon the slick was oozing its oily summons to the ocean predators.
We didn't have to wait long - not even a boiling kettle length. First up we saw the shark dorsals patrolling around the boat right on the surface, taking in the heady mix of yummy, chummy mackerel. Then, the first shark headed toward one of the outside floats and made a dive. Moments later, the ratchet screamed off with the first run of the day.
After a good account of itself, Jason boated the first blue - so we knew it was going to be a good day. Well done fella.
We then had quite few really good runs which were lost - either through a dropped bait or through a combination of equipment failure and poor technique! The sharks also happily ploughed through everyone's lines as they made off with their free lunch causing a couple of small tangles and lost end tackle.
In between the runs, we watched the dolphins and gannets and some of the lads entertained themselves with the garfish - I think we had a round 20 all of a good size. These also proved by far the best bait for the blues as well as for tea!
The old shark-meister himself, Cpt. Pennar Pointer then demonstrated how it should be done. A text book handling of the run and playing the fish to oscar performance standard.
Now shark virgin Paul is normally the calmest and most placid man on the boat. However, having lost two very good fish earlier in the day, he was having to count to 10 quite often. Sharking does that to a man. Finally, he had a third run and this time, the fish stayed on.
Paul took his time and let the fish tire out, playing the clutch like a pro. This was a young male blue and boy did he go like a train - or maybe a lift: up and down; up and down; up and down
Well done Paul. A virgin no more. Congratulations
Huw Nash and Clive share another blue - in all I think we boated 5 and lost at least as many.
SkipperNick gave us a superb day out. Sharking on Celtic Wildcat is excellent fun with plenty of deck to space out - and to safely land and unhook the fish and take a quick photo. Thanks Nick for looking after us on the sharkers this year and we look forward to the ones we've already booked with you for next year. Great value for a 12 hour trip so far offshore and always bang on the fish.
Finally got home around 2130 and more than ready for a quick beer! What a day. Happy but tired.
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