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  • 07/2011 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    Jul 2011 by Gethyn Owen

    Report on-board My Way 2

    They say time flies when you’re having fun, well I certainly hadn’t noticed that a whole month had passed by since our last report. Most trips were certainly fun, but then there were also those that despite all efforts still didn’t pan out as hoped for, guess that’s fishing!

    This report picks up the reigns mid-July, when we were joined by a group of local lads from Rhosneigr. An early sail saw us feathering up some mackerel at 7am en-route to Holyhead Deep. That should actually read attempting to feather up some mackerel, they have all but disappeared of late making a haul of enough for a decent days fishing wishful thinking. Granted, I can drift around for 6hrs catching a few for the bbq, but, fortunately most anglers appreciate the unreliable nature of this species for us and come prepared.

    Spurs, tope and huss all obliged the rods aboard, not as many as previous trips, but never the less, made the early wakeup call worth it, finishing the day on the drift for wrasse then at anchor with dogs, gurnards and rays making up the catch.

    On our way back inshore form the deeps we all noticed a very bright light shimmering on the sea a few miles NE from our position. After a few minutes of constant shine the light simply disappeared! Not knowing what we had seen, but being fully aware it was too bright for anything on land I alerted Holyhead Coastguard to the strange light in the area.
    As we made way in the direction of the light, maybe a ship light, flare or reflection from something, Rhoscolyn shore patrol were also tasked by the Coastguard to take a look onshore. After an hour, nothing had been observed and then a call came in from Holyhead Coastguard informing me that the shore patrol had observed a strange ‘metal wheel’ floating on the water. Trearddur Bay ILB was sent for a look and found a man inside what could best be described as a human sized mouse wheel. He was attempting to walk the sea to Holyhead. It’s more than likely what we had seen aboard My Way was the reflection his wheel cast in the bright sun.

    All’s well that ends well, I would like to thank Dafydd who texted asking if I had ‘Seen the light’ and also Gareth on Spindrift, who played ‘Blinded by the light’ to me on the phone!

    Off to the deeps again with Milnrow Sea Anglers, you can read a report from club secretary Paul Whiting on my website.

    Sadly the RAFA SAC had strong SW winds in the morning to bring a sudden halt to any thoughts of veenturing to Holyhead Deep. Those who know the guys and for those who follow their antics aboard My Way know only too well – fish, fun and food were still on the agenda. Check the video on our website orCBUK .

    Fortunately the settled weather returned for a few days of the neap tides the end of July and we set sail regular into the Deeps. Tope, spurs and huss served the anglers fairly well with the biggest of this set around the 30lb mark for Holyhead Angler Tony Dooney. Species Hunter Trevor Cozens managed to add his targets of cuckoo wrasse, spotted ray and eventually a tope to his 100 species of fish inside of 3 years from UK waters, check our links page for Trevors blog a worthwhile read.

    Geordie anglers Roy, Brian and Paul had a few days aboard My Way during this time also determined to get amongst double figure sport in the deeps. With Roy’s target being the elusive tope. Frustration was setting in with Roy as he witnessed a few tope come over the gunwales, but all on other anglers rods. It wasn’t until the last day when a tope finally put that smile on his face!

    The various reefs are producing well once again - wrasse, pollack and codling with the sizes of the latter reaching 6 or 7lbs on occasions, sadly the reliability not always as good as the anglers would hope for.

    Reliable though is the wrasse, plenty of good specimens averaging 2 to 3lb, with the odd fish going up to 4lb. As August continues these will improve and offer fish touching the 5lb mark on calibrated scales.

    On the larger tides when we are restricted inshore there’s plenty of sport fishing to be had on species hunts and small competitions etc. check out our websites latest Gallery uploads for a taste of the last 4 weeks - http://www.goangling.co.uk Gallery 79 | Gallery 80 | Gallery 81 | Gallery 82

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