Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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01/04/2012
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
1 Apr 2012 by Steve Andrews
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Out on Sunday mixed group of anglers onboard ,one match angler ,2 lads who knew what they were doing and 7 newbies to boat fishing.
It was fish from the off 2 and 3 at a time dabs ,whiting,dogs,sea scorpions,1 small huss ,and 1 solitary coddling .
Nothing massive but plenty of them , one of the other boats that were out on Sunday had a few Mackeral and a couple of thornbacks things look like there on the way up
tight lines
Steve
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02/04/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
2 Apr 2012 by David Hancock
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The fishing has come alive at Ramsgate !
Big hauls of Thornback Rays from the Sands along with some bonus Spurdogs. 4 lads from East London that had the whole boat to themselves on an individuals booking on Friday were treated to a big haul of Skate along with a 14lb and 19 1/2lb Spurdog.
A group of Lithuanian lads took over 20 Thornbacks home on Saturday but sadly lost a huge Spurdog at the side of the boat as she bit through the mono trace.
On Monday we returned to the Sands for more Skate on a Birthday fun trip. The birthday boy was a slow starter, everyone else was into quality fish while he stood there looking bemused ! Luckily he soon got the hang of it and by the end of the day had caught the biggest Thornback weighing 14 1/2lb, a proper Birthday treat !
Now booking evening Bass trips.
Keep it tight,
Dave.
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31/03/2012
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on Gwen-Paul-M (Conwy, Conwy)
31 Mar 2012 by Carl Davies
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A trip to the offshore wrecks last Saturday (31st March) resulted in some good pollack fishing for the time of year, in the end. We had to steam a long way offshore to find fish, ending up closer to the Isle of Man. Pollack average 3-4lb with the odd one in the 7-8lb range. Fishing was good over low water and first of the flood but did go off on the flood. We had some big pouting too, one of which I filleted off and shallow fried for my tea. Even pouts can taste good if they are kept well on board ;).
The water temperature is on the rise, about 9 degrees over the weekend so it won't be long now before the season starts proper. I now have a thermometer linked to the echosounder and it was interesting to note that during February the water temperature was as low as 6 degrees! View Boats Page
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02/04/2012
Fishing Report by Stuart Denman
on Ebony May (Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire)
2 Apr 2012 by Stuart Denman
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Out today. weather a bit colder sea state smooth to slight, fished close marks again, Mackerel now starting to show along with herring and whiting all caught on Hokai lures.
Bait fishing producing dogs lsd and gsd the odd thornback, plenty of flounder, small bass hopefully things will improve by the day as the bait fish show on the reefs. Will try some marks in the sound today will report back tomorrow. View Boats Page
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27/03/2012
Fishing Report by Stuart Denman
on Ebony May (Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire)
27 Mar 2012 by Stuart Denman
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March 27 fished close marks plenty of fish, flounder, whiting dogs and small bass, the Mackerel are just starting to show but in small numbers this weather should bring them in very soon in quantity. sjhaols of whitebait in the harbour so if the bait fish are here the predators will not be far behind, looking forward to a good Easter, fish baits are producing the most fish but worm also quite productive.
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03/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
Mar 2012 by David Hancock
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Evening trips are booking now.
4.30 leave harbour. Bring rag or lug. Good bass showing inshore.
Keep it tight,
Dave.
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24/03/2012
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
24 Mar 2012 by Aaron Smith
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Well the weather this last week has allowed us to head off around 20-30miles to fish some rough ground and leave the other boats fishing the shallow waters.
With the expectations of fishing into a wreck for Congers soon to be put on hold by the amount of marks on the sounder over the rough groung, which from the bottom to 30meters up could only be one thing SPURDOGS!
Thick shoals of spurdogs which surrounded the our area of fishing ment Congers had no chance.
With an average of 15-20 Spurdogs per angler over a 2 hour slack water and with no Dogfish and flat calm seas it has been pretty much fishing heaven.
Wrecking trips for 2012 are being very popular with only a few dates left. View Boats Page
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03/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Mar 2012 by Gethyn Owen
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During the second week in March we had some pretty mixed fortunes with the weather in Holyhead; both sunshine and rain in equal amounts and the winds not quite knowing what they should be doing, so it was great on Friday evening to finally check the weather and be in a position to say yes to the voices on the end of the phone.
Once again, the more settled weather early season had fallen on spring tides, big springs as well, with both days just under 33ft in height. Not a terrible thing, but owing to the big tidal strengths around our area of operation it restricts our movements to inshore work. A good day of mixed species for early March was still on the cards.
The weekend aboard My Way was filled by 2 local groups of anglers, keen to make the most of the settled spell. However fishing in the Bay on a big tide in March can be hard work at times. Saturday I had decided to try a small patch of rough ground that I’d not fished before for the first hour and see what happened. It wasn’t long before dropping anchor that the dogfish moved in on our baits, with single and double shots coming over the sides. Not too bad a start, at least fish were present
We also had the odd small codling and pouting before Clive grabbed hold of his fishing rod as it received a few thumping bites. Using only general scratch rigs with small hooks on it was now a battle of wills between Clive and whatever had taken his bait.
Slackening off the drag to take any unforeseen dive from the fish and also slowly lifting the rod up to retrieve on the downward motion Clive skilfully brought the fish to the surface of the sea.
Whilst the battle continued we discussed what Clive may have caught, bull huss or thornback were the main suspects, at which point it also needed to be clarified what the £5 a head pool money was for – largest fish, most fish, most species or … sexiest fish! Hmm!
When the surface was finally broken, Clive had played a cracking small Conger eel of 16lb. Great catch for inshore and a superb testimony to his angling skills ….. and My Way rigs!
We had a move later on in the day to more broken ground and were rewarded with more fish and a few species additions. Dogfish made up the bulk of the catches along with a good number of huss, the odd codling, whiting and poor cod.
The day though was enhanced considerably with some nice coalfish. Not monsters at a few lb in weight, but tasty fish that went home with a few of the lads.
Sunday we started the day on our new mark once again, with a bit more tide I hoped we’d maybe see a couple more eels or rays. Thankfully we were rewarded early on with 6 thornbacks making it aboard My Way, all of though them small between 3 and 6lb but still first rays for the majority of captors.
Sadly the largest thornback threw the hook just as it broke surface … it looked double figures as it swam away. I can assure you no one laughed!
Leaving this mark, we tried a favourite spot on the mussel beds over HW slack, however this proved a bad move, with only a few dogs coming to the boat over the next hour. Normally a very productive area, early spring can be a little hit and miss when fishing the more tidal areas. The rest of the day was similar to that of Saturday, with bull huss, coalfish, Whiting and small codling joining the fun along with a few other species.
A nice mixed bag of species and a good laugh for an early March weekend.
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12/03/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
12 Mar 2012 by David Hancock
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Mothering Sunday, this weekend , 18th.
Super Special Offer.
Book the boat and I won't tell your Mum !!!
Keep it tight,
Dave. View Boats Page
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06/03/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
6 Mar 2012 by David Hancock
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February has been a hard month for us, some blinding good days but some very disappointing too !
Hopefully now we`re into March things will pick up. The Sprat shoals are starting to break up inshore so the cod fishing will turn back on again and the Skate are showing in greater and greater numbers.
The offshore wreck fishing is starting to improve with more and more cod showing.
As the evenings get longer we will be running our popular 4 hour Bass evening trips again. Ring for availability.
Keep it tight,
Dave.
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