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11/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Nov 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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The last couple weeks have seen a rest bite from the onslaught of gale force winds that have pounded not only north Wales but most of the British Isles for the past 2 months.
September and October are normally reasonable months where the weather is concerned, however despite a well-balanced diary My Way was tied up on its berth on more occasions than I care to remember.
On the odd occasion we did scramble out, the fishing was up and down, as the seas settled the fishing would pick up and offer the anglers plenty of variety along with numbers of fish, only to be knocked on the head once more as the next tail of a hurricane blew across the Atlantic.
Entering November and despite still suffering from strong winds, we have sailed on a number of occasions. The fishing has been fairly consistent for Holyhead in late autumn and entering our cold winter period, catches have maily been made up of dogfish, whiting, codling and bull huss with other species such as pollack, coalies and dabs adding to the mix.
November 13th saw the first of our autumn winter fun matches to go ahead, the previous 2 having been cancelled because of the weather.
The day though did start with a hiccup as I received a phone call to inform me that a group of 3 individuals where running late and would be unable to reach us for the 8am sail, in fact they finally arrived just before 9am.
So a couple cups of tea and a chat about world’s politics was required whilst we waited. Setting off at 9am, we had a party of 3 local lads from Bethesda, Dave and Tim form Cheshire and Barry and his fellow watchmakers from Wigan! The forecast for the day was a 17mph SE decreasing slightly, leaving the marina we had a good easterly breeze whipping up the sea. Our initial stop was changed and we travelled up towards Church Bay for some shelter and calmer waters.
By the time we had arrived, the wind had increased by a good 10mph and considering it was offshore we still had white water all around us close in. Here we dropped anchor and the lads prepared baits ready for the off; mackerel, sandeel, squid, black lug and ragworm.
All but Dave and Tim were relatively new to angling and were using rods and tackle off My Way – this was certainly well poised for a fun match.
With the wind restricting our movements, the fishing itself was going to be centred on, dogs, whiting and huss. The majority of anglers fished basic 3 down scratch rigs and occasionally changing tactics to have hooks off the ground whilst looking for other species such as pollack and coalfish.
This though proved difficult through the day with only the odd pollack and poor cod taking the baits.
Dogfish kept everyone busy for the best part of the 6hrs at sea, some anglers taking double and the odd triple shot. Over a dozen huss averaging 8lb in weight graced the boat to add to the species tally and reward the captor with a good 3 points instead of the one gained for a dogfish.
The fun matches are as titled fun and a great way to try hone your angling skills a little not just into catching a fish, but catching then in numbers and sometimes targeting different species, only this time, the wind dictated quantity and not variation!
Each group had their own pitched battles going on against each other and soon enough comments and banter was passing as all on-board vowed to outdo the last to catch; with each captor making certain that not only his friend knew of his catch, but now the whole of the boat.
The fishing could not be described in any form of imagination as world beating or even totally inspiring, but, it was consistent and along with the hot drinks, warm food and colourful banter throughout the day, the time soon passed by with jokes, dogfish and huss in full flow.
Good fishing through the day saw Dave finish in first place from Tim, by only 2 points. Tim had been able to claw back a 5 point deficit in the last half hour as Dave struggled to hook into the what ever was nudging his baits. Sadly for Tim, 10 minutes from the end Dave lifted his rod and wound into 2 dogfish to steal the victory and £25 from the jaws of defeat!
Please visit our website for details of our next fun match on 10th December, still spaces available.
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17/11/2011
Fishing Report by Peter Davis
on Warrior II (Looe, Cornwall)
17 Nov 2011 by Peter Davis
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Hi all
well what a season !! best since I started - 205 (all Blues) up to an official 154lb.
All told 613 sharks from all boats here in Looe so as you can see, we caught our share with our best day being 14 sharks between 2 anglers !!!
Winter fishing now, so those of you feeling tough and needing a day out give me a ring and we'll look at weather.
After such a good year you can imagine bookings for peak times 2012 are already getting scarce so please dont leave it too long to get organised.
New web site almost there, will keep you informed.
Thanks to all that came down, looking fwd to seeing you all next year, - have a great Chritmas and new year,
Tight Lines, Pete View Boats Page
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14/11/2011
Fishing Report by Peter Everett
on Amino (Shotley, Suffolk)
14 Nov 2011 by Peter Everett
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Out today with the Abbott family-the weather held again for us and on a relatively calm day there were plenty of fish once again with a dozen Codling to 3lb and Whiting to 1lb making up most of the catch, although mark also had a nice Pouting of 1.5lb.
I am now fully booked at weekends up to 17th December, however I have plenty of weekday dates available should you wish to come and have a go for the Codling whilst they are about. View Boats Page
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15/11/2011
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on Gwen-Paul-M (Conwy, Conwy)
15 Nov 2011 by Carl Davies
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Plenty of pollack and coalfish to 9lb on offshore wrecks on 15th November, space on 10 hour trips 19th and 20th November
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12/11/2011
Fishing Report by paul sykes
on Trojan Warrior (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
12 Nov 2011 by paul sykes
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WOULD YOU EXPECT STILL TO BE CATCHING MACKERELL IN THE NORTH EAST?
ITS HAPPENING AT WHITBY!
WINTER COD FISHING IS NOW View Boats Page
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12/11/2011
Fishing Report by paul sykes
on Trojan Warrior (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
12 Nov 2011 by paul sykes
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WOULD YOU EXPECT STILL TO BE CATCHING MACKERELL IN THE NORTH EAST?
ITS HAPPENING AT WHITBY!
WINTER COD FISHING IS NOW View Boats Page
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13/11/2011
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
13 Nov 2011 by brian poppy
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13/11/2011 Forcast was giving a fresh 4/5 increasing easterly not the best we have been in it was not to bad up till about miday very rolly with the sea broad side on fishing back at corton a bit closer in today ytings every cast double hookers the sea is full of them some lovely sized fish as well, the cod were a bit slow Marty got the first we managed to boat 7 all around the 3lb--4lb mark still plenty of weed to contend with the boys from Green Jack had plenty of fish to take home see you all soon,Brian/Paul.
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12/11/2011
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
12 Nov 2011 by brian poppy
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12/11/2011 With the strong s/e wind on Friday it looked like we would be canceling the weekend trips but the wind droped enough for us to fish inside off the church with a bit of lee it was a bit rolly but the fish came thick and fast stacks of yting with some touching the 2lb we had 2 small cod around the 3lb mark,plenty of red weed the boat looked like a garden centre my thanks go to Roy and his mates for making the journey to Suffolk and look forward to seeing you all soon,Brian/Paul.
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11/2011
Fishing Report by Tony Harrison
on Optimist (Portishead, Somerset)
Nov 2011 by Tony Harrison
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Seems a long time since my last update.... A good few days at sea, some very good, some good, some average. Cod starting to show in numbers, but more some days than others. Still plenty of Thornbacks around, and the Lesser Spotted Dogs are hanging around this Autumn to fill the slow bits....
Good to see six-year-old Leia Griffiths catch a Thornback on Saturday, see the photo on this site. I bet that grin takes a while to wear off! View Boats Page
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12/11/2011
Fishing Report by RICHARD SAXBY
on Valkyrie 6/8 (Gosport, Hampshire)
12 Nov 2011 by RICHARD SAXBY
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We had a trip out with Glen targeting rays and bass in a lucky break in the winds yesterday.
the first session at the bass was unproductive with just a single whiting landed and a few bass either dropped or missed. as the tide died we put the anchor down to target some blondes. we managed 6 in 1.5 hours upto 26lb along with some huss to low double figures and conger to 20lb and the ever present doggies.
as the tide picked up we went back on the drift and after a few moves we found some feeding bass and ended up with around 20 with a best of 11lb 11oz we also dropped a few decent ones with the average size of the fish landed at over 5lb. A great day on a top boat with a hard working skipper in decent winter weather. View Boats Page
