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  • 24/02/2020 Fishing Report by Aaron Smith on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    24 Feb 2020 by Aaron Smith

    Report on-board Bad Boyz VI

    Another great season from Liverpool, an unrivaled venue for the west coast ��

    We had cod to 10lb 8oz, Rays to 12lb 1oz, whitings 2lb +, Congers to 10lb, dabs, flounders...

    We managed to sail 51 times, for a tally of 1377 Cod with all bar 6 in size (35cm) I do however run catch and release up to 42cm as a 35cm codling is not worth taking....

    This put our average day catch at 27, although there were plenty days better and rightly so plenty of worse days!

    We failed to catch a cod on just the 1 trip, The main reason for this was the sheer volume of rays taking pure lug baits within seconds of them hitting the seabed! I stopped counting at 75 rays with a couple hours to go �� Scottish Alex had his hands full fishing 2 rods with Rays on both several times!

    On the other end, Our best 2 days afloat had a Cod count of 55 and 53, certainly an improvement over the last couple of years.

    Our best fish went just over the double mark @10lb8oz, much smaller than previous years of 15lb +

    We had a good run of 5-10lb fish from late October to mid December, The lack of larger fish was apparent thereafter however the numbers of 2-5lb fish that soon arrived really made up for it.

    We will be back on the river late October, if you want to secure a certain tide or start time then don't leave it too late... We already have 20 out of the 50 available days booked ����

    For those asking, we start back from Anglesey April 1st.
    Our main targets throughout April will be the large shoals of spurdogs that lay around Holyhead deeps ��

    As always, thanks to everyone that supports us and puts fish on the deck ����������

    Tight lines, skipper Aaron

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