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  • 30/05/2012 Fishing Report by Carl Davies on Gwen-Paul-M (Conwy, Conwy)

    30 May 2012 by Carl Davies

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    May 30th 2012.

    At last, more than a week of largely settled weather, with only one hiccup really, last Saturday when an easterly blow curtailed any thoughts of venturing out. We've had a few angling trips and potting days. Mackerel are still very patchy, although we did have a couple of dozen on Sunday. The normal May algal bloom has been at its height the last couple of weeks which affects the fishing adversely, notably inshore. The algal bloom happens every year and is vital for the sustainability of the whole marine ecosystem. Most species time their spawnings with the algal bloom, which provides the lowest link in the marine food chain. So even though fishing can be difficult during the bloom it is of benefit to us for the rest of the year.

    There are plenty of small whiting and dabs inshore, with an odd small codling and tub gurnard mixed in. The odd bull huss, ray and plenty of dogfish too.

    The water is far clearer and free of algae offshore and a trip to the offshore wrecks today resulted in a great day's fishing with cod, pollack and coalfish. The best cod was about 6lb, pollack 7lb and coalfish 4lb. Fishing very steady on the ebb tide but unfortunately the fish went off the feed on the flood. Its the most cod I have seen for a few years, we must have had 30 or 40. Weather was good too, flat calm all day.

    The algae will decline over the next couple of weeks and hopefully the mackerel will turn up in numbers. Once that happens fishing over the whole spectrum should improve. Over the last few years we have had a good run of inshore Tope from about the third week in June onwards, for around three weeks. Hopefully it occurs again this year as the best tope we had last year was 44lb.

    We have room on various trips at the moment including an offshore wrecking trip on the 13th June with a similar itinerary to today. They are all listed in the trips update page on my website www.sea-fishing-trips.co.uk

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