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  • 09/2012 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    Sep 2012 by Gethyn Owen

    Report on-board My Way 2

    We ended August with another good run of smoothhound. In Holyhead we tend to get a late run towards then end of Aug early September however most of these hounds tend to be on the small side with the largest around 8lb in comparison to the smoothies in the high teens and occasional 20lb+ sharks from early season in Holyhead Bay. Never the less, anglers can have great sport on light tackle as Carl Burns proved by landing 4 hounds during one blustery trip aboard My Way.

    Sadly, it’s been a windy start to September once again this year, with the vast majority of trips being cancelled We have the tail end of the latest hurricane to blow over the Atlantic to thank for the relentless barrage.

    The month started with members of the Skegness Angling Club making the trek across the UK, to fish aboard My Way with 5 members also booking spaces aboard Spindrift. We spent the majority of the morning at anchor in both Church Bay and the Mussel beds slightly to the west. My crew, made up of anglers and novices to boat fishing were rewarded with plenty of fish, single double and treble shots. Where as the majority of the catches consisted of doggies, whiting, dab, codling gurnards and the odd huss, given the weather and the novices not having caught so consistently before the day was good.

    By lunch time the wind had increased dramatically and with a 30mph due south blowing, we headed for the shelter of Holyhead Mountain and dropped anchor within Porth Namarch where again the catches over high water consisted of dogs, whiting and the odd huss. Un deterred the guys an gals soldiered on whilst tucking into sausages, bacon and eggs!
    Once we had lost some water and tidal strength I upped and anchor and we went on the drift around the Chair Rock and North Stack rock ledges, here we caught an abundance of wrasse – ballans, cuckoos and corkwings together with the odd pollack.

    The weather for a few years now has left anglers with challenging situations on many occasions, but if you’re prepared to take the rough with the smooth, test yourself and accept some days don’t quite go to plan a great fun can be had. The few trips that we have been able to get out has seen similar fishing with the bull huss being the only double figure capture. Some of the whiting have gone a good size for Holyhead in the summer, these usually arrive mid August and see many anglers taking a good bag of 1 ½ lb whiting home for supper.

    Possibly the best capture for My Way so far in September has been our third new species ever. The Leopard Spotted Goby is the smallest specie that we’ve landed so far, but one that created great excitement for myself and captor Ari Jones. My initial call was a Leopard, but then struggled with the possibility of it being a common goby. I texted a couple friends and uploaded a photo to our Facebook page, where some species hunting friends confirmed the capture to be a Leopard Spotted Goby, happy days indeed.

    Hopefully the weather will start to settle down soon as this latest weather front moves on. Happy fishing where ever you go :)

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