Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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06/11/2011
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
6 Nov 2011 by Steve Andrews
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Out from Rhyl 2 x 10 hour trips over the weekend Saturday had Leyland And Distric SAC onboard Supreme out to a mark approx 7 mile off Rhyl it was fish from the off with plenty of good dabs whiting,dogs,small huss,couple of red gurnard,a couple of coddling falling to Alan Jordan, 1 thornie ,poor cod and pout beautiful sunny day.
Much the same on Sunday with a couple of pollack thrown in for good measure for Matty and the lads who had plenty of room on the boat thanks to a group of 5 lads not showing up .
Supreme will be moving up to Liverpool marina from the begining of December bookings now being taken.
I would like to thank everybody for their best wishes with regards to Eileens recent illness .
We got the news we have been waiting for last Wed all clear so its back on with life and as they say onward and upward
many thanks Steve
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01/11/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
1 Nov 2011 by Aaron Smith
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October being a harsh month on weather only allowing is to sail on a few occasions but producing a large amount of Whitting, Dogs and Huss with a few Dabs, Rays and Codling fishing is being hectic all day.
* Pictured is the first squid to be caught off Holyhead weighing in at 2.2lb View Boats Page
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22/10/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
22 Oct 2011 by Aaron Smith
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2011 Fishing,
This year has proved to be one of the best years in a fair while, with Cod numbers increasing trip by trip on the offshore wrecks and reefs in and around St Goerges Channel and setting a new boat record of 281 Cod 6-14lb and 102 Pollack 2-12lb on just one trip makes 2012 a year to look forward too and with our boats being the only wrecking boats off Holyhead we have them all to our selvs.
The inshore fishing has been very good at anchor producing plenty of Rays, Codling, Gurnard, Whitting, Dogs, Huss, Dabs and the usual other suspects, The inshore Tope arrived mid August around Trearddur bay and early September for Holyhead bay with 19 Tope over 40lb with the largest been 70lb 2oz on the scales.
The inshore reef fishing started very well around april with plenty of Pollack, Cod, Wrasse and Mackeral but sadly became patchy around mid august.
Holyhead Deeps has fished exceptional for tope this year with record numbers coming aboard but sadly not as many Spurdogs as recent years, with all commercial fishing banned the Spurdogs should be making a come back.
The Congers on the many wrecks off Holyhead are feeding with a good amount being caught, unfortunatley with weather has not allowed us to venture off too the 10-15mile wrecks which produced some very nice fish through the summer.
PICTURED a lovely inshore Tope weighing 55lb 6oz from a recent trip.
Winter Rates,
Wrecks for Conger 10-15 miles - £350 10hr
Inshore Whitting, Huss, Strap Conger, Dogs and the usuals - £200 6hr / £250 8hr
The diary is filling up fast with only a number a weekends left,
Wrecking trips for Cod/Pollack on medium tides
Holyhead Deeps Tope / Spurdog / Huss on small tides
Inshore general trips for Smooth-hound / Rays / Turbot / Codling / Pollack / Wrasse and many other species on the larger tides.
Tight lines for the winter and fingers crossed the weather is kind too us all. View Boats Page
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09/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Sep 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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As we entered August, I’m guessing most boat anglers had fingers crossed for calmer weather conditions compared to the windy Augusts of previous years. Sadly 2011 has proved to be a similar affair, with very unsettled weather blowing through our country with increasing regularity.
Flicking through the diary it is though fair to say we managed to sail on the vast majority of days in August, sadly many of these days were with restrictions as to where we could search out our prey. With many days seeing us sail no further than Holyhead Bay itself.
All said, inshore fishing around Holyhead bay can be very rewarding, if anglers are prepared to change tactics and baits in search of the vast variety of species ... you can be in for a fun filled day afloat.
On occasions some choose to sit out in the hope of a good inshore Holyhead tope, these are amongst the largest in north Wales, with the current Welsh record of 79lb caught and released aboard My Way 6 years ago. Despite numerous fish from the deeps in the 25lb bracket and a few tope in the bay, our largest tope this year has barely hit 40lb. The largest confirmed capture for our port in 2011 stands at a whopping 70lb, landed aboard Spindrift in August.
Consistent through the year have been the rays, I’d never take a trip to set out and target the rays, with blonde, spotted and thornback being our most common. But when on a few particular marks there is always a good chance of a ray if particular baits or rigs are used. As these photos show, there are some nice fish to be had.
Huss and dogfish are plentiful, the latter being the scourge of many anglers, but also the blank savour on the odd day. Often referred to as the match anglers favourite, light rods, 3 at a time, fun can even be had with the trusty old dogfish ….. honest! Huss though can be fun, with specimens regularly exceeding 12lb in weight, they have two fight modes – give up or scrap, you just never know!
If species hunting for the smaller fish in our waters, then your rigs really do need to be honed in to near perfection. Fun can be had on a number of marks when searching out the more elusive of species such as scorpion fish, blennies, gobies and corkwing wrasse etc. Maybe not on the A-list in fish, but these can be a welcome tick to many a species list for that year, or even lifetime species goal.
September has followed suit, hurricane winds across the pond leaving us with extreme gale force weather has hammered last month to the ground. With 28days booked afloat with for us and only managing to actually sail on 10 occasions, not exactly a winning ratio is it. The fishing has been hard on the days we have managed to get afloat with the sea left behind not allowing us to do everything we had planned.
Needless to say some angler have been able to catch a variety of species and quantity of fish and on other days nothing has gone right, with the crew struggling to locate the even the dogfish, but hey that’s fishing, not for the want of trying for certain.
Where ever you’re reading, hope the seas have been kind to you of late and fingers crossed for some settled weather for everyone. View Boats Page
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06/10/2011
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
6 Oct 2011 by David Hancock
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An EXCELent start to the inshore Cod season, a beautifully conditioned 14 1/2 lb fish for Darren `Lucky Hat` Padfield. Caught 1.5 miles from Deal pier.
Garys` crew from Essex found 19 Bass to 6lb along with lots of gurnards and mackerel on a mid channel wrecking trip on Sunday.
Remember on any weekday if i`ve got 3 or more we`ll go.
3 x £40 will get you out on the South Easts` top fish catching boat.
I've still got a few days available between Christmas and New Year.
We are a full time professional Charter boat with a full time skipper .
See website www.kentcharterfishing.com for online booking and Gallery.
See Video 2 for a wild days` Tope shark fishing.
No Bullshite here, Just results. See Gallery.
Book early for best tides in 2012.
Full time Skipper/ full time Angling boat. View Boats Page
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30/09/2011
Fishing Report by William Kinlin
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
30 Sep 2011 by William Kinlin
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Chatered Steve's boat Supreme on Sunday 25th September 2011. Should have been a 10 hour trip but because of weather conditions we could only do 5 hours. great Skipper and a great boat. fastest boat in Rhyl, get you to the fishing marks very quick.
Steve can provide you with everything you need i.e. tackle, bait feathers, hooks etc. He also served up tea and coffee in clean mugs and Cornish Pasties. Alternatively you can take your own which can be heated up. I am going to take a pan of stew on our next trip. If you are new to Sea fishing, Steve is your man, very helpful with beginners. We caught a selection of fish, well over the 100 mark.
WELL DONE STEVE
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25/09/2011
Fishing Report by stephen jackson
on Goldilocks (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
25 Sep 2011 by stephen jackson
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had a grate day out with gwynie on goldielocks three adults with theres young sons and myself caught fish all day long dabs whiteing bull huss and mackrel a grate day was had by all with a really easy going skipper i would recomend gwynie and goldielocks to anyone top day top skipper.steve
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09/2011
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
Sep 2011 by Steve Andrews
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Well what can I say about Septembers weather BLOODY AWFUL the few occasions that we have managed to get out the fishing has been good ,still plenty of mackeral ,gurnards,dabs ,whiting,thornback rays,huss,dogs ,early sept produced some tope and plenty of pollack and a few cod on the wrecks.
Due to unforseen circumstances the Supreme wont be fishing the river Mersey this winter .
I will be fishing from Rhyl so if you fancy keeping your hand in through the winter please give me a call
tight lines Steve View Boats Page
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16/09/2011
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on Gwen-Paul-M (Conwy, Conwy)
16 Sep 2011 by Carl Davies
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2nd successful 2 day Isle of Man trip completed in new vessel, Gwen-Paul-M',at the weekend 16th-17th September. Pollack to 9lb, Coalfish to 4lb, Spurdog to 18lb and ling to 15lb.
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08/2011
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
Aug 2011 by David Axtell
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The weather played a big part in the fishing again this month with strong winds restricting where we could fish, the mackerel moved offshore and the inshore fishing became patchy. The ray fishing is now very good with 30 fish in a couple of hours not uncommon. Evening bass trips proved ok with fish up to 6lb. We had several parties trying their hand at the species comps. these trips are getting more popular every year.
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