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02/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Feb 2012 by Gethyn Owen
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Having cancelled 3 days afloat a week earlier because of the high winds a more settled forecast for the last weekend in February was greeted with a very thankful smile. The tides once again on the large size cancelled any thoughts of a venture to Holyhead Deep, so inshore Holyhead was the order for the 2 days.
Saturdays crew of regular My Way anglers were looking forward to the laughs as well as the fishing. Pete ‘chilli’ Chant and company were all eager to get afloat, catch a few fish and have a good giggle at each other through the day. The fishing was fairly consistent for a cold February day – dogfish, small huss and small codling similar to 2 weeks ago were making up the bulk of the catches.
Amongst them, we also found a few coalies around 2lb in weight and a few decent sized whiting.
Pete though decided to go one better than everyone aboard and landed a very nice inshore ling, the ling went un-weighed but was estimated at around 4 to 5lb. Pete also showed the other guys how to hook into a better bull huss than the small pups the rest appeared to be catching.
The Sunday forecast was giving a little more wind, as everyone called in on the Saturday evening I relayed our exploits from that days fishing and confirmed a good day afloat was on the cards for Sunday, albeit with a little more wind. Sadly, on arriving at the marina it was clear that we had a lot more blowing and within an hour of sailing our wind speeds had increased to around 20mph with gusts nearer 25!
Never the less everyone tried hard to catch, whatever a day afloat in February could throw at them, today though in complete contrast to the previous day was proving very hard, with even the dogfish playing very hard to get. Everyone soldiered on, however with only a few dogs and small codling recorded. Towards slack water I wanted to move a few miles out and try our luck for bigger huss, but as the wind increased and the boat started to move more into the weather we decided to make a move for calmer waters.
A few dogs and whiting graced the decks as we enjoyed a bowl of chilli and cuppa, but with strengthening winds, tangling rigs and morale now at low point, we decided to knock the day on the head a couple hours early, saving a few quid for a better day in the future. Beaten but not dejected, we rescheduled a few places for mid-March, fingers crossed the weather gods are going to settle down for us!
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02/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Feb 2012 by Gethyn Owen
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On 07th February My Way was re-launched following a 4week stint in the boat yard having some well-earned TLC following the rigours of the previous year afloat.
The next few days were spent completing a few odd jobs before getting the kit ready for our first trip of the 2012 season.
This trip was on Sunday 12th February, with a 30ft tide and 8 novices and 1 angler; it was going to be an interesting day afloat for early February. The big tides would keep us inshore, but a pleasant enough day was on the cards with a few different species.
Fortunately the day went without too much of a hitch for our newcomers, the inexperience not really showing through as each of the lads took to using the gear fairly quickly. Sadly though the fishing was fairly slow on all the marks that we tried through the day.. Ever present were the dogfish, many coming to the anglers in braces and on the odd occasions as triple shots, mixed in with a fair number of small huss.
A few coalies graced the decks and with weights of around 2lb, they were quickly despatched as thoughts turned to a fish n chip supper for the fortunate anglers.
A few very small codling also came aboard along with a couple dabs. Gareth P a regular aboard My Way and experienced pleasure and match angler managed to break the monotony of double shots of dogfish with a small ling of a few lb. We also managed to boat 1 small female thornback of around 6lb in weight.
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12/02/2012
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
12 Feb 2012 by Aaron Smith
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12th Febuary
A short 6hour trip and Coiles and Congers were on the cards with good banter and a big pot on Chilli!
Unfortunatly we couldnt manage to boat any Coiles as it was a rather large tide but once the tide eased we moved from hitting Dogs, Dabs and whitting on every other drop to anchor into a shallow wreck to try our luck, within 10 minutes of the anchor going down we had the first Conger on the boat all be it was only 12lb.
In the next hour we manged another two ells and droped the same.
The day finished off with a fair amount of Dogs, Whtting, Dabs, Pollack and 3 Congers, best fish of the day was a Conger just shy of the 30lb region ( pictured mark with his PB Conger)
Still time to get some Conger trips out to the wrecks in St, Goerges channel with Special winter rates.
Tight lines Aaron View Boats Page
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11/02/2012
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
11 Feb 2012 by Steve Andrews
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Back on the water all ready to go for 2012
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10/02/2012
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
10 Feb 2012 by Aaron Smith
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Well the winter has been hard with more wind then we have ever seen, only being able to get out on a few trips this year so far and producing plenty of Coalies, Whitting, Dogs, Codlings and a few Huss thrown in.
SPRING TOPEING in april still has a few dates left for small tides.
WRECKING, with last year being such a productive time out in St.Goerges channel for Cod and Pollack the dates a being filled quickly.
There are a still a few dates left so get them booked to avoid being dissapointed.
WITH BAD BOYS BEING THE ONLY WRECKING BOAT OFF HOLYHEAD we have many wrecks that we fish all too ourselves.
Tight lines
Aaron View Boats Page
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07/02/2012
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
7 Feb 2012 by Steve Andrews
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Supreme all dressed up ready for 2012 .
Big launch on Saturday ready for the season again.
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06/02/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
6 Feb 2012 by David Hancock
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Lots of skate still being caught and some good cod inshore aswell.
The offshore wreck fishing has been difficult the last few days after the North Easterly winds which have dropped the water temperature . It'll improve over the next few days as we all aclimatise !
Rare individual spaces on a weekend this Sunday 12th.
Keep it tight,
Dave.
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29/01/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
29 Jan 2012 by David Hancock
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Plenty of Skate coming up amongst the codling at the moment.
Herring chunks and squid are the killer baits,
Use plenty of lead and short traces to make sure its anchored close to the seabed.
Always spaces on weekdays, still some weekend availability.
I always carry my diary and will do my best to get you out fishing.
Full time professional Skipper/Owner.
Keep it tight,
Dave. View Boats Page
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15/01/2012
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
15 Jan 2012 by David Hancock
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Wrecking is HOT, HOT, HOT !!!
lots of good pollock coming from the wrecks when the weather allows us to get to them.
Pehaps the day you book will be another one when we find the Bass shoaling up . . .
The unpredictability of it is what keeps us coming back !
The inshore fishing is as expected, quite predictable, cod, skate, dog, whiting, cod, skate ,dog, whiting, cod, skate etc !
novices and experienced anglers welcome on Ramsgates` Full time Angling boat.
Keep it tight,
Dave. View Boats Page
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07/01/2012
Fishing Report by John Mcbride
on Goldilocks (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
7 Jan 2012 by John Mcbride
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With only 3 of us turning up and winds gusting 30mph NW we where lucky to Get out
Glad we did as it turned out to be a half decent day with plenty of decent whiting,dabs and 11 cod
All but one of the cod fell to me :fish: everyone was happy though with plenty of fish coming aboard
And a very big thanks to the skipper (Gwynie) who as per usual looked after us and entertained us
Nice one m8
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