Charter Boat: Privateer
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Looking forward to 2024 'Privateer', will again be operating out of the port of Rhyl. Rhyl has a nice safe ramp down to a pontoon for ease of boat loading. Has parking very close by, a cafe, toilets and a tackle shop onsite providing bait and all your tackle needs and best of all the angling is excellent with a wide variety of fish species and lots of fish attracting wrecks close by in Liverpool bay.
Annual maintenance will cover January, February and March this year and the boat will be shipshape and ready to go back in the water, as the fish arrive in numbers in, April/May.
. There will be opportunities for both individuals and groups/clubs and as well as General, Tope, wreck, etc, trips ..... I will be trying some, night, sole trips over the summer, light tackle Smoothound trips, fun matches and maybe some serious matches too ..... These will be advertised with plenty of notice.
As I am part time and predominantly a sport angling boat ... Please Note that respectfully, .... I do NOT do, FULL CHARTERS FOR MACKEREL FISHING ..... My trips include some fishing for the numerous Mackerel that appear off this coast in the summer and I have no problem at all with people taking fish to feed themselves and their family ... but this is an angling boat not a commercial fishing boat, please take that into consideration before making a booking to avoid disappointment thank you.
I look forward to seeing you aboard and getting some good fishing. Let's hope for flat sea's and good times for the year ahead.
All the best, to all for 2024.
Jon Law
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I reserve the right to not put to sea and cancel the booking, if I believe the crew are either intoxicated or planning to become intoxicated. Boat angling and Alcohol are not a good mix. Also, If I believe I have been misled over the intentions to take fish on a commercial level for profit. Sadly , I have to reiterate, this is an angling vessel not a commercial fishing boat. Thank you.
My name is Jon Law and I have been a very keen angler for 50 years although I really started charter boat angling regularly about 40 years ago and purchased my first boat 30 years ago ..... Doesn't time fly , seems like yesterday.
I have operated my own angling boats successfully, up and down the North west coast, mainly in North Wales and have progressed to the boat I have now .. Privateer. I hold a commercially endorsed skippers licence and all up to date, sea survival, PPR and first aid certificates.
My full time job ... if you can call a 4 day a week job full time :) .. was as a Safety engineer, on land. So I should describe myself as a part time charter boat skipper, at sea but as in both jobs your safety is paramount. The reason I got into chartering is to give something back to the sport that has given me so much, by providing good sport to others in this beautiful, part of the world.
I was fortunate to Boat fish in international and world competition for the country of Wales, seven times, and immensely proud to hold two team Gold medals .... rare things. Currently I still fish competitively all over the UK and I am always happy to share information that will make your angling experience more pleasurable.
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Upcoming Individual Spaces on Privateer
| Wed 22/05/2024 | 8 Spaces | 5 Hours | £50.00pp |
Need 4 more for trip go-ahead.
5 hours - sail : 08:15am
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8 hours - sail : 13:15pm (Fully Booked)
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| Sun 02/06/2024 | 6 Spaces | 10 Hours | £70.00pp |
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Catch Stats
- CBUK Catch Log: 20 Species have been caught onboard Privateer, including: Ballan Wrasse | Bass | Black Sea Bream | Bull Huss | Cod | Conger Eel | Dragonet | Goldsinny Wrasse | Ling (Common) | Mackerel | Red Gurnard | Red Mullet | Scad | Smooth-hound (Common) | Starry Smooth-hound | Thornback Ray | Tompot Blenny | Tope | Topknot | Tub Gurnard
Latest Catches 49 photos uploaded
Latest Fishing Reports and News
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04/06/2023
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
4 Jun 2023 by Jonathan Law
A great weekend of Fishing from Friday to Sunday. Friday on the 8 hour Charter we managed to catch 6 species Bass, Mackerel, Dogfish, Whiting, Gurnard, Flatties.
Saturday on the early 5 hour the Group targeted Tope and we fortunate to land one right at the end of the trip!
The afternoon 8 hour on Saturday again produced a mixed bag of Thornback Rays, Mackerel, Gurnard, Flatties, Whiting and Dogfish.
Sunday’s 10 hour Charter Trip turned out to be a successful day for the Thornback Rays with a total of 22 caught! Other species caught Mackerel, Gurnard, Whiting, Flatfish and Dogfish. -
29/05/2023
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
29 May 2023 by Jonathan Law
Monday 29th May 2023
8 hour chartered trip today which started off a little slow with the NE winds. However, after a cuppa and moved to a different location it wasn’t long before the Rays started to show ����.
Some really nice fish landed and a mixed bag.
We ended the day close inshore and were rewarded with some Tope which were taking freshly caught Mackerel as bait.
Todays species: Mackerel, Whiting, Tub Gurnard, Thornback Ray, Dab, Dogfish and Tope.
Boat still available midweek and some weekends are free also. Call Blythe on 07793362045������ -
18/05/2019
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
18 May 2019 by Jonathan Law
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 -
09/2018
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
Sep 2018 by Jonathan Law
��Advance notice��
��2019 Rhyl species challenge��
Next year I shall be running a league of matches, out of Rhyl, on Privateer. There will be 7 dates, all Saturdays and tho the precise rules are to be finalised. Best 4 results will decide the overall winner ( you do not have to fish all 7).
There will be Prizes and Trophy's for : Overall winner - Runner up - Most species - Most unusual species ... maybe more. There will also be a cash prize of : £200 Overall winner and £100 Runner up.
There will be more details to follow but the cost will be £45 per entry, per comp. No bait restrictions. This comp is catch and release for points.
Dates:
Saturday 27th April - sail 07:15
Saturday 18th May - sail 13:35
Saturday 1st June - sail 12:45
Saturday 29th June - sail 11:00
Saturday 13th July - sail 11:00
Saturday 24th August - sail 07:00
saturday 7th September - sail 08:00
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01/09/2018
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
1 Sep 2018 by Jonathan Law
5 anglers fished our species match today, with the 5am start probably putting off a few travellers. As it turned out it was pleasantly warm and with the dazzling �� deck lights the guys were comfortable setting up as we steamed out to our first mark of the day. By the time the anchor was set we were all treated to the sun peeping over the horizon.
To the action, the theme of the day was set with 5 different species in the first fifteen minutes, all the anglers contributing and by the time the tide eased the score sheet was beginning to look quite busy �� .... As slack water approached we pulled anchor and moved onto the drifting. Wrasse fishing being a big favourite of mine. The next hour turned out to be quite difficult ... for no apparent reason, except maybe the excellent water clarity over the marks but some nice Ballan wrasse to about 3lb were caught, 15 between the anglers but poor cod, Mackerel, Gurnard and Codling made up the bulk of the action ... thats fishing so another move was made back onto anchor. Plenty of variety and the boys kept the scorer busy, maxing out on on a fair few species and adding a few more.
As time rolled on and after pasties and more tea, we moved to the final mark, picking up a couple more species including three small feisty Tope and some reasonable Smoothounds and decent Huss.
As the 'whistle' blew for the end of the match, it was hard to tell who was victorious ... but giving the hard working anglers time to tidy their tackle I went thru the score sheet, before heading for port.
With a max of ten of each species the five anglers, returned 280 scoring fish between them and 19 species :
Tub Gurnard, Dabs, Dogfish, Bull huss, Ballan Wrasse, goldsinny Wrasse, lesser weaver, Thornback ray, Codling, pouting, Poor cod, Grey Gurnard, Plaice, Dragonet, Ling, Mackerel, Whiting, Smooth hound and Tope.
The winner : Dewi Roberts who travelled across from Anglesey and scored 367 points and 14 species. Well done mate ���� in a fun but competitive day you did the business ������
All in all an enjoyable day with plenty of fish and banter .... and it didn't even rain ��
