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  • 05/2012 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    May 2012 by Gethyn Owen

    Report on-board My Way 2

    For a number of years now, April has always seen us bask in a mini heat wave, as a a few ridges of high pressures role over the country and reward anglers with settled seas and a good number of species and double figure fish, firmly wetting the appetite for the year ahead.

    2012 however, has bucked this modern day trend well and truly, wind and rain has scuppered many days out for anglers throughout the United Kingdom, especially in our small corner of north Wales. With the harsh weather never quite going away, we appeared to be cancelling far more trips than we were actually managing to get afloat.

    As reported a month ago, April was off to a flying start for us, with settled seas and a trip to the southern half of Holyhead deep rewarding the crew with huss & spurdog, the majority of both well into double figures.  The weather turned foul the following morning, putting any thoughts we may have had of fishing the deeps on hold once more.

    The fishing when we have been able to get out has been difficult to say the least. Inconsistent weather patterns have in a way been reflected in the fishing we have had. Inshore marks that have come up trumps one day with an early season haul consisting of dogfish, bull huss, spotted and thornback rays along with codling, coalfish, whiting tub gurnard etc. have the next day, struggled to offer even a dogfish.

    Regardless on most occasions the anglers have all caught well, the struggle has really been locating the fish at times and putting a finger on any form of feeding pattern.

    The weather cancelled one of our Easter children’s trips, but we did manage to get one day afloat, reduced prices, plenty of fish and certainly smiles and wonderful experiences for our young shipmates.

    Mid April and the wind abated for a day and allowed a brief sortie into Holyhead Deep, sadly I’d forgotten to inform all the marine life. A hand full of huss, plenty of dogfish and a solitary spurdog for Tash, who stole the bragging rights from the male crew was all the reward for our efforts.

    The rest of the month saw us venture out into the bay on a few more occasions, fishing large tides for a variety of inshore species inshore.
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    Hopefully the weather will start to sort itself out now as we prepare ourselves for a major highlight in the season aboard My Way - the influx of quality smoothhound. We have only a handful of spaces available for a normal day time sail, but do offer anglers the opportunity of fishing for these hard fighting small sharks during our popular evening trips. Sailing from 5.30 pm we return to port usually for 10pm. Please call or email if interested.

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