Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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14/06/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
14 Jun 2011 by Aaron Smith
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Well the Mackeral are here in BIG numbers over 500 in 3 hours of fishing with plenty of Pollack, Coalies, Codling and Herring thrown in, Anchor produced plenty of Dogs, Colding and Huss also plenty of Mackeral !
Back to Smooth-hound fishing for the rest of the week.
Tight lines Anglers/Danglers
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14/06/2011
Fishing Report by John Todd
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
14 Jun 2011 by John Todd
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Just to say thanks to Steve the skipper of Supreme, for a great days fishing 12th June. Weather was awful but the fishing was great. The boat has loads of room for 12 people fishing comfortably and Steve does a good brew too, with a delicious hot pasty thrown in. Thanks again Steve. See you in November.
John, Paul, Steve, Lee, Sam, Gary, Dave, Steve.C, Colin, Fez, Fish, Giz View Boats Page
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10/06/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
10 Jun 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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Taken from the Editors Blog at http://www.boat-fishing-monthly.co.uk
Well, what an amazing day Friday was! BFM photographer, Jim Midgley and myself hopped on board Gethyn Owen's Holyhead-based charter boat 'My Way' for a spot of smoothhound fishing. The weather was cracking, with just a light breeze blowing and the sun beating down. Little did we know what we were in for.
There were just thre three of us on board today, so we decided to fish two rods each. I was testing the new Daiwa Procaster X spinning rod, plus their Kenzaki Braid 12/20 rod. And boy did they get a proper testing!
It was action all the way, right from the word go. By lunchtime we'd managed to boat and release 20 smoothounds between us, including a 20lb 1oz beauty and others of 17lb and 15lb 11oz. The afternoon session was a bit quieter, but we did Gethyn proud by finishing the day with a tally of 28 smoothies and one thornback ray, which beat the long-standing record for the number of hounds caught on board 'My Way' in a single session by two fish.
I was fishing like a pro, and managed to boat 14 of the 28 hounds, plus the 10lb thornie, but it was Gethyn that took all the monster fish including the 20, an 18 and a 17-pounder. What an awesome day's sport. I'll be editing and uploading a load of video footage, plus a few tips from Gethyn by the end of the week, so make sure you check back to see the all the mayhem!
Posted by Dave Barham
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12/06/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
12 Jun 2011 by Aaron Smith
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June fishing so far is producing plenty of good fish.
The Smooth-hounds are still in full steam with plenty coming aboard most days.
The Mackeral have arrived and are plentyfull along with Pollack, Coalies and Codling.
Offshore banks are seing plenty of Spurdog and Bull Huss with a few larger Tope.
Inshore banks a producing plenty of Bull Huss to 16lb, Codling, Dogs, Dabs with a few Whittings, Gurnards and Rays aswell.
We have yet to have the weather to venture down to fish the Turbot/Ray banks but fingers crossed for this month.
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03/06/2011
Fishing Report by Charly Schaller
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
3 Jun 2011 by Charly Schaller
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It was a fantastic day , as where the other three that week, but this day really topped it off with the best smoothound fishing i have ever seen ! With just Skipper Aaron, regulars Chris , Alan and myself onboard, loads of sunshine and hardly any wind ,buckets full of crabs, loads of cups of tea and the normal banter - what more do you want ?
We where into fish soon after anchoring up , the smoothies giving some fantastic sport with the od cod(ling) and ballan wrasse joining in on the crab menue ....we had 23 smoothound on board , lost 1whilst neting it and had at least another 15 hooked which we lost - all in all a fantastic result !
I will put a video of that day on you tube the next few weeks so that everybody can see the fantastic sport we had .
I highly recommend Bad Boyz and Bad Laz from Angleseycharterfishing , the Skippers Aaron and Mel do their absolut best to give everybody onboard a fantastic time ,always finding the fish - thats the reason why i have been going out with them for 14 years now - i rate it as the top boat in Holyhead !
Many thanks lad's and tight lines !
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06/06/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
6 Jun 2011 by Aaron Smith
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Fishing these last couple of weeks has been superb!
The well thought about North Wales Smouth-hounds have provided us with some fantastic sport and plenty of them.
With the best so far only being 18lb 7oz falling to skipper Aaron the ellusive 25lb's yet to come to the net but reports and pictures off a fellow angler in the local tackle shop showing a beaut at 26lb 6oz caught on the 4th June from his private boat is a sign that it only takes that one crab to hit the rite spot to find a Welsh Rocord Hound.
With 23 hound being our best day out so far and being caught with only 4 anglers on the boat this could have been a 50+ day if it were a full boat ( or if we didnt lose so many ha ), With Holyhead living up to its reputations for its brilliant Smooth-hound action we have yet to venture out to Holyhead deeps to try our luck on some summer tope but fingeres crossed the weather stays settled to have a go this weekend if we can tempt the lads to try for them instead of the hound but who is complianing when the sport is so good.
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04/06/2011
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
4 Jun 2011 by David Axtell
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Fished today with a group of lads from the Bridgend area and at last the wind has eased leaving us fish where we want to not where the wind lets us ! Mackerel were a bit thin on the ground first thing so rather than waste time looking for them we got the anchor down. Plenty of Smoothounds and Bull Huss came aboard on the rough ground followed by some Tope and more Bull Huss in the deeper water, quite a lot of Gurnard, Tub and Red showing also. I`m sure if the weather holds the fishing will only get better.
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30/05/2011
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
30 May 2011 by David Hancock
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14 runs and 8 tope upto 45lb landed on Bank Holiday Monday, kentcharterfishing.com Rocks !
Get on down to Ramsgate for some of the UK's finest sport fishing on board Excel 2.
More pics on Facebook at David Hancock.
Keep it tight,
Dave. View Boats Page
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05/2011
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
May 2011 by Gethyn Owen
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The My Way Smoothhound Challenge
A long time ago, we set the date of our inaugural smoothhound challenge for Bank Holiday May 30th 2011. This was based on the time of year when My Way specialises in landing some of the biggest hounds caught from Holyhead.
Fear though filled the air for weeks leading to the date, with high winds blasting our shores since early May, the chance of the match actually getting fished was slim to say the least. In the previous 4 weeks we had cancelled 14 trips and only fished on 5 occasions. The latter 3 trips were to target the smoothhound, a report from which hs already been posted.
The day of the competition loomed, the 30mph winds of the previous morning had all but dispersed and 9 mad keen anglers arrived at the pontoon with beaming smiles all round. The challenge was to simply catch the heaviest Smoothie of the day, do so and your reward would be a Fladen Sensor Tip rod and 444 sized reel. These light multi tip blanks offer superb bite detection and sport to any angler, they are one of our favourite rods for taming big hounds. It was possible though, that we were in for a hard day afloat. Many factors were edging against our day today – the high winds of late, the early peel of the crab and also the size of our hounds!
The smoothhounds off our shores do not run in the big packs normally associated with sharks of this type. Whereas smaller hounds, say below 8lb can often be caught one after another; as they increase in size they appear to become more solitary when feeding. Our best day afloat after smoothies had seen in the region of 26 hounds caught, but with all bar a couple over 12lb, this was gratefully accepted.
Despite all this, those opting to fish our smoothhound challenge were well aware of the potential Holyhead offers for smoothhound anglers. For a few weeks of the year, this really is where the action is!
As we set sail and made way to our fishing grounds I started to rue my last report and uploading it to the world! Our previous few trips in between the high winds had seen My Way and it’s anglers in a peaceful paradise catching some excellent hounds with only the odd yacht passing by. The last two occasions though, another boat was nearing on us with each anchor drop – by this third day of the current spell of settled weather it was out before us and was slam bang on top of the mark we tend to fish in this area. Now I do accept that no –one owns any particular spot, but funny how your exact marks attract so much attention at times!
The previous day had only seen 5 small hounds come to the boat despite some very experienced smoothie anglers aboard. So fortunately we had already decided on a slight move to hopefully encourage a better catch. Moving only 1/4 mile, with the tides as they were for the match we had more depth and also slightly more flow compared to the Sunday.
15 fresh peelers were supplied as part of the entry fee to our fun challenge, but some of the anglers had also come prepared with a selection of peelers, softies, crinklies, velvet peelers and hardbacks. It was going to be an interesting time for the next 6hrs.Pegged on the stern, Shaun Hughes was first off the mark. Inside an hour of the anchor going down Shaun was soon fighting his very first Smoothie. Weighing quickly in our purpose made shark sling, Shaun’s hound came in just shy of double figures at 9lb 12oz. Maybe it was something in the name, spelt differently though, next up was Sion landing a nice hound, this time into doubles at 11lb 15oz.
Having had his hands on the rod & reel prize so early in the match, Shaun was keen to regain his position as top dog. This perseverance saw Shaun land the 3rd hound of the day and this time raise the bar significantly higher to a great 17lb 2oz. As the day went on smoothies came to the boat at a steady pace, we never had a double hook up or pack frenzy, most of the hounds came individually, Gareth P secured a new PB and also first double figure smoothhound with a nice 15lb 8oz specimen.
Watching his brother catch 2 smoothhound and take a commanding lead with his 17lb shark had Gareth Hughes a little green with envy. Despite other hounds coming to the boat, none matched the size of Shaun’s catch and this was starting to eat at Gareth who decided to do something about it. Around lunch time Gareth Hughes hooked into what looked to be a good size Smoothie. After struggling to control the hound for 20 mins, Gareth finally broke the surface – it looked big ….. it looked close!
I weighed the hound a couple times to be sure of the reading, brotherly love never came into this as both eagerly awaited the decision. Mark Cain adjudicated on the weight having accepted that his hounds of around 6 and 10lb would not equal Gareth’s combined! This hound went 18lb 4oz, photo above, a smoothie first, a stonker of a PB, but more importantly a hound that took first position. The family smiles moved from Shaun to Gareth.
Sadly no other hound was to come near Gareth’s 18lb starry. As I called time to days fishing, a few anglers had sadly blanked on the smoothies, with a couple having only the odd dog or small codling to show. Congratulations though still went to Gareth who posed with his new rod and reel and vowed to defend his win in 2012, when the My Way Smoothhound Challenge returns for its second year, Bank Holiday Monday 28th May
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30/05/2011
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
30 May 2011 by Aaron Smith
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May has seen most trips cancelled due to the bad winds of up to 65knots but this last week we have been alble to venture out to try our luck with the mayhounds as we call them and to be rewarded with almost 20 in a few days with only a couple of hours here and there targeting them, with the biggest fallin just off the 20lb mark and most being 6-12lb ( if you could stop the codling getting to your bait first).
Anchoring in the slighty deeper water has produced over 70 huss in 4 days up to 14lb 5oz along with the usual Dogs, Dabs, Whiteing and Gurnards.
The reef fishing around the famous South Stacks is producing endless amounts of Pollack, Codling, Wrasse and a few Mackeral but mainly 1-2lb with just a few fish 2-5lb.
Weather is picking up again for tomorrow which delays the Smothound another day :(
Get your rods out summer is almost here so come down and have a chance to catch a welsh record Smoothy. View Boats Page
