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  • 10/2012 Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)

    Oct 2012 by Gethyn Owen

    Report on-board My Way 2

    Following our last report we had a week of fairly unsettled weather in Holyhead cancelling a few trips and throwing the following weekends Fun Match amongst other trips into Jeopardy.

    One trip that we did manage was a short 4hr trip into Holyhead bay, the emphasis more on catching fish than targeting any particular species. Our skipper for the day was young Jensen, who guided My way perfectly to the mussel beds where we spent a good couple hours catching dogfish, whiting dabs and small huss in great number, with rigs coming back to the boat with single double and treble shots of fish. My Way fun competitions have been running for a good number of years, primarily autumn & winter trips with the odd match during the summer months, they are nothing special other than a good general days fishing.

    As you search for a variety of species and numbers of fish we record what you catch. These fish are awarded points against a pre-determined list, catch the most in fish points and you win! Prizes are also available for 2nd and 3rd places. Common fish such as dogfish and whiting awarded 1 point, wrasse and pollack 2 points and the likes of tope and huss the maximum 3points.

    We started our match on 20th October trying for a few wrasse and pollack on the drift; sadly we were only rewarded with a couple small fish. The breeze together with tide was pushing us just the little too fast for a successful drift and we lost a more traces than fish we actually caught. So we decided to drop the anchor in Church Bay and set about catching some fish and putting a few points on the scoreboard for the anglers.

    It wasn’t long before we had the first fish on the boat … a dogfish. A few more followed but before talks of kennels could be justified Tojo broke ranks with a nice coalfish followed by a small codling for Colin Gibson, both fish around the 1½ lb mark. In our fun matches there are no size limits. We have anglers of all abilities taking part and it is their ability to catch fish that gets rewarded, once baited and lowered to the bottom you cannot always tell what size of fish will be attracted to your bait, especially inshore during the latter months of a year.

    In typical My Way fashion a good lunch was enjoyed during a lull in the fishing and sausage, bacon and baked bean butty's were wolfed down by a hungry crew.

    After lunch the tide was starting to slacken off and we moved My Way to some slightly deeper water in Holyhead Bay. Fishing on the mussel beds can be as varied as anywhere in the bay, however with the immense tidal strength we are restricted to slack water anchors. On first drop the anglers were soon into a healthy mixed bag of dogfish, whiting and dabs, plenty of 1 point fish coming aboard in single double and triple shots.

    As the water slackened further the first call of net was heard, as, mixed in with the small stuff the guys proceed to catch 28 big huss in the 2 hours fishing we had at this spot.

    This very rare creamy white bull huss was caught by Tojo during the fun match ... more photos

    Our final move of the day was for a last hour on the mud just outside the harbour. Numbers of rays tend to move back into the bay this time of year, so they'd make a welcome addition to the score sheets. Only 2 rays obliged, falling to both the anglers named Colin :).

    The winning angler was Colin Gibson, his first time with us, who had caught a mixed bag including, dogfish, whiting, pollack, codling, poor cord and huss. 2nd place fell to Chris Nedon with Tojo in 3rd and completely delirious with the capture of his gorgeous looking bull huss.

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    Despite the neap tides perfect for getting off to Holyhead Deep, the weather once again kept us inshore for the next couple days. Fishing though remained constant with plenty of variety coming aboard My Way with the bull huss tipping the scales on most occasions just past the magical 10lb mark.

    On Tues 23rd Oct there was a break in the weather and we all geared up for some time in Holyhead Deep. We had plenty of baits at the ready ranging from mackerel, whiting and squid - all to be prepped on rigs hoping to avoid the dogfish and huss, concentrating solely on the big spurdogs.

    Thankfully we weren't disappointed, with an average size of around 8lb, the lads on board also caught a number of of excellent spurdogs at 16lb in weight. Helping cement some great new personal best weights for the sharks. We were also bit off a couple times by some monster spurs, despite using heavy mono ... maybe next time!

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