Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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04/06/2012
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
4 Jun 2012 by David Axtell
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Now that the May weed has started to clear here fishing has improved. Today`s party from Mountain Ash had a go at the Hounds, trip organiser Daniel Grant got off to a flying start with a nice hound first cast. The fish came to the boat steadily all day with a total of 79 being landed throughout the day. Top rod for the day was Luke Lewis with 18, but Matthew Parfitt pushed him all the way finishing on 15. Daniel also landed a nice Bass of 5lb 14oz which was returned to fight another day. Most of the fish landed today were in the 9lb-12lb bracket but after catching the first fish of the day Daniel also caught the last a nice Hound and biggest at 13lb 2oz. Well done boys look forward to seeing you in July.
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05/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
May 2012 by Gethyn Owen
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With the first few weeks of May turning out to be a major disappointment owing to consistently high winds, we were feeling fed up having cancelled far more trips than we had actually sailed. The only highlight was our first smoothhound of the year, topping the scales at over 20lb in weight; we certainly wanted to catch more!
As the 3rd week of May approached, so did a far better forecast, north Wales was finally going to receive some settled weather, allowing us to set sail more often. Sunday 20th May was an individuals day aboard My Way and included 3 members of the Wirral based Rafa Sea Angling club, whose current club record for smoothhound was set at just over 22lb last year by Graham, who was after even bigger in 2012.
Sadly this wasn’t to be Graham’s day, but fellow cub members Nige and Ian both acquired new PB’s with hounds of 17 and 18lb respectively. Check out a video of Ians 18lb hound here More hounds including a pb 16lb’er for Terry made for a great day afloat.
A few trips recently were made up with individual anglers, all regulars and all looking for some great sport from big Holyhead smoothhounds. Wirral angler Kev Pye was on a mission to bag a smoothie, a specie that had so far eluded him on his fishing exploits. The angling gods were looking down on Kev and not only did he land a smoothie but also managed his fist ever ray, only small but a tick for rays, spotted in particular.
The same week we were joined aboard My Way by members of the north Wales Environmental Agency. More used to the rivers and waterways of north Wales the guys wanted a crack at the big smoothies regularly caught aboard My Way. It was though proving to be a quiet day with only a couple small ones falling to the bait of organiser Joel that was until young Matt, making up the numbers on his dads work trip started fighting what looked to be a very good hound. After a 20 minute struggle that saw the smoothhound make many dives away from the boat a big smoothie was safely in the net. A few photographs and a weigh in the sling and Matt had landed a 22lb 12oz beauty.
One of the many football adversaries that I have made over the years is Curly a true blue Manchester City fan, loves to mention the ascendancy ‘Citeh’ have found themselves enjoying in recent years. The fact it is all down to charitable donations from an oil rich sheik and not true footballing genius as when LFC conquered home and European football is apparently irrelevant … ! Never the less, we helped Curly bag his first smoothhound with a hard fighting hound on light sensor tackle weighing 12lb 8oz. Not to be out done, Dave also a Manc, but quieter, landed a 12lb 6oz first!
Sticking on a footballing theme, Colin Hughes, a hardened Evertonian was determined to catch a double figure hound. Having already blanked on the hounds a couple days earlier, this was to be the day when the bitter and twisted blue nose (really he is, even Ketchup is banned in the Hughes house) landed a quality 16lb smoothhound ……. and kissed me on my cheek to say thank you … would everyone please note that this is not a requirement when catching anything!
The same day we had 3 generations of the Keegan family fishing aboard My Way and all wanting PB hounds … we succeeded with Mr Keegan snr also catching the most smoothhounds :)
Some of the days have been a struggle with the hounds. One day can see many double figure small sharks come aboard My way and the next only 1 or 2. That's fishing as they say .... when afloat there is always that chance!. More photos please check out Gallery 90 and also watch the video Windy Smoothhounds.
Our June day sails are currently full, if spaces become available they will be listed online as soon as possible, so please keep checking back. We do also offer anglers the opportunity for various typos of fishing during our popular evening trips. Sailing from 5.30 pm we return to port usually for 10pm. Please call or email if interested. View Boats Page
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03/06/2012
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on SeaGem2 (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
3 Jun 2012 by Carl Davies
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THE WEATHER HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO US THIS WEEK THE MACERAL ARE HERE IN FORCE HAVIN HAD OVER 2000......... THIS WEEK THE TOPE ARE HERE ALSO ,WE LANDED 4 THIS WEEK WHICH WAS NICE TO SEE ALSO PLENTY OTHER SPECIES ABOUT PLENTY OF DOGGIES ,WHITING ,DABS ,BULLHUSS ,SMOOTHOUND,DRAGONET,HERRING,COD,PLAICE, BUT TA NAME A FEW LETS HOPE THE WEATHER LETS US CARRY ON PLAYIN CARL.
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03/06/2012
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on SeaGem2 (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
3 Jun 2012 by Carl Davies
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THE WEATHER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD THIS WEEK WITH A SLIGHT LUL TODAY 3RD JUNE THE FISHING HAS REALLY PICED UP MUST OF HAD OVER 2000 MACERAL TIS WEEK ALONG WITH WHITING,DABS DOGFISH .SOME BIG BULLHUSS UPTO 12POUND ,GURNARD TUB AND RED,HERRING,COD,PLAICE DRAGONETS BUT TO NAME AFEW LETS HOPE THE WEATHER HOLDS UP AND LETS US FISH HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON CARL
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03/06/2012
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on SeaGem2 (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
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05/2012
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
May 2012 by Steve Andrews
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May turned out ok in the end no thanks to some fantastic weather at the end of the month.
The summer species have also arrived in numbers,plenty of Mackeral ,Dabs,Whiting ,Huss,Dogs,Thornback Rays,Tope,all Gurnards, Scad,Herring Smoothound,Bass ,we have also had the odd Black Bream ,large sea scorpion,.
I am running a competion on board Supreme for the biggest Tope of the Summer and leading at the moment is Steve with a fish of 40lb 7 oz.
Please note no other skippers catches or info was used to write this report, NO BULL JUST RESULTS.
Long may the good weather continue
Tight lines
Steve View Boats Page
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31/05/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
31 May 2012 by David Hancock
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May has been an Awesome month for us. Lots of Big Tope inshore, along with Bass, Skate and smoothounds.
Good numbers of Cod to 14lb on the wrecks offshore and a few late pollock,
See the pics in the gallery.
No Bullshit, Just results.
Keep it tight,
Dave. View Boats Page
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30/05/2012
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
30 May 2012 by David Axtell
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Seren y Mor is now back in the water fishing after an engine refit over the winter. The May weed is now showing signs of clearing here and on Sunday we had our first good catch of Mackerel. The Smoothounds are now present in good numbers and the Tope are due at anytime.
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30/05/2012
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on Gwen-Paul-M (Conwy, Conwy)
30 May 2012 by Carl Davies
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May 30th 2012.
At last, more than a week of largely settled weather, with only one hiccup really, last Saturday when an easterly blow curtailed any thoughts of venturing out. We've had a few angling trips and potting days. Mackerel are still very patchy, although we did have a couple of dozen on Sunday. The normal May algal bloom has been at its height the last couple of weeks which affects the fishing adversely, notably inshore. The algal bloom happens every year and is vital for the sustainability of the whole marine ecosystem. Most species time their spawnings with the algal bloom, which provides the lowest link in the marine food chain. So even though fishing can be difficult during the bloom it is of benefit to us for the rest of the year.
There are plenty of small whiting and dabs inshore, with an odd small codling and tub gurnard mixed in. The odd bull huss, ray and plenty of dogfish too.
The water is far clearer and free of algae offshore and a trip to the offshore wrecks today resulted in a great day's fishing with cod, pollack and coalfish. The best cod was about 6lb, pollack 7lb and coalfish 4lb. Fishing very steady on the ebb tide but unfortunately the fish went off the feed on the flood. Its the most cod I have seen for a few years, we must have had 30 or 40. Weather was good too, flat calm all day.
The algae will decline over the next couple of weeks and hopefully the mackerel will turn up in numbers. Once that happens fishing over the whole spectrum should improve. Over the last few years we have had a good run of inshore Tope from about the third week in June onwards, for around three weeks. Hopefully it occurs again this year as the best tope we had last year was 44lb.
We have room on various trips at the moment including an offshore wrecking trip on the 13th June with a similar itinerary to today. They are all listed in the trips update page on my website www.sea-fishing-trips.co.uk View Boats Page
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28/05/2012
Fishing Report by Thomas Dunford
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
28 May 2012 by Thomas Dunford
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sailed sunday brill days fishing plenty caught by everone, macey bashin for bait then skipper got us on
rays,huss,allgood sizes and the usual dog, flatsand finally the smoothies 17 in the first hour all great fighters plenty of good advice and service from the skipper just booked 4 more trips with rest of the lads, for the money you cannot get any better value well done the supreme View Boats Page
