Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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22/05/2010
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
22 May 2010 by Aaron Smith
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Had some amazing weather over this last weekend and for a group of 20 lads on Saturday down on both our boats for a stag doe it was fantastic, with the guys wanting fish for the bbq in the evening we dicided to stay fishing the reefs all day and being a competition between each boat we both had our game plans.
Fishing was fantastic with majority of the fish being Coalies, Pollack, Codling and Mackeral with a few Wrasse, Whittings and Dogies thrown in, by the end of the day the score boreds were totalled up and with over 400 fish on one boat and just 150 on the other it was oviouse which boat was on top and yet again it was Bad Ladz skippered by Aaron.
On sunday the plan was to try the reefs for a couple of hours then back to Holyhead Bay later on for the smoothound but on arrival of Bold Angling Club a few were asking about the tope fishing at the moment which has been not to bad so we dicided to play it by ear and see how the fishing went on the reefs, With a fair amount of the usual Pollack, Colies and Codling coming to the boat we thought we would try for some mackeral as the day before we bagged up but was today going to be as easy, NOPE!! we tryed 3 marks over a 5 mile strech and not a single one so there still hit and miss at the moment so we had a chat and the plan was to try for some tope off-shore after a 45minute steam we anchore in 50m of water with all big baits on the bottom, it was a little slow to start but after 20mins or sooo the bites started with the first fish on the boat being a nice Spurdog of 16lb and the fish keept coming with plenty of Bull Huss to 14lb and two Tope to the boat at 25lb and one a bit smaller, we finished a little early at anochor so we could have a few drifts on a couple of reefs on the way back with a plan to try get a few more species on the boat but it was not to be with just the usual Pollack, Colies, Codling and Wrasse coming up and then it was time to head back with the day of 13 species.
Sunday Nite i had a 5hour trip with general fishing on the menu but with 60 crab on the boat we had to try our luck for a smoothound but with little tide and a slight breeze spinning the boat at anchor it was hard work but we heard the ratchet on a reel at the back of the boat wizzing away so it was a mad dash to the back too strike into the fish and then hell broke loose with it going mad swimming all around the boat and taking 4 other lines with it but after a 15 minute fight a lovely starry smoothound of 15lb broke the surface and straight into the net, weighed, pictures and returned as soon as posible and with the next cuople of hours just producing Codling and Whtting it was time to head back in.
FIshing so far -------- Species count is to 31 for the year with every trip exceding the last and the smoothound in the bay on light tackle shows some fantastic sport.
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18/05/2010
Fishing Report by Carl Davies
on SeaGem2 (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
18 May 2010 by Carl Davies
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SUMMER IS HERE !!! the mackeral are starting to show my boat and a couple of other local boats have been catching a wide variety of species including some lovely smoothhound skate . plaice .3 species of gurnard ,AND SOME NICE BASS CLOSE INSURE !! AS WELL AS THE USUAL HUSS , WHITING . DOGFISH . DABS . ETC!!
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15/05/2010
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
15 May 2010 by Aaron Smith
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Just a quick one to let everyone know how the fishing is doing, had a trip yesterday for Rays and general fishing, Stoped on a few reefs for the first hour or so with a fair few Pollack and Colies coming to the boat 2-3 at a time nothing of much size between 1-3 lb with the odd one 4-5lb with the mackeral no where to be seen, With a breakfast of sausage, egg and onion butties on the go we headed for the banks to try our luck for a few skate but once anchored it was a matter of seconds till the first Doggy!!!! was on the boat, with a ridiculous amount of them around and a few Dabs and a 10lb Huss thrown in, the Rays were just not getting a chance so we decided to head back to the reefs for the last 3 hours, We tried a few reefs to the south but with only a couple of small fish coming up, so we made a decision to head to South Stack with Pollack to be the target fish, Once we arrived the fish were coming to the boat thick and fast from Pollack, Colies, Codling, Wrasse and the odd Mackeral with the last drist producing a nice Cod of around the 6lb mark.
Fishing update Plenty of Pollack, Coalies, Codling, Wrasse and a few Mackeral on the reefs. Anchor is producing Dogies, Huss, Whiting, Dabs, Plaice, Codling, Rays and the odd Tope with the smoothounds arrving anyday now and a report from the local tackle shop telling us that a few are coming in off the shore. View Boats Page
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15/05/2010
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
15 May 2010 by Steve Andrews
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cracking day today only had a couple of lads on couple of no shows headed off for the smoothie and bass grounds first trip of the year looking for them .First into a fish was alan nice fish of 10lb , i then had a couple of bass ,ben had a huss some nice dabs then alan got this beauty 17lb of pure muscle all in all a cracking start to the smoothhound season
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13/05/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
13 May 2010 by David Hancock
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A nice days angling on the wrecks, Don`t believe the doomsayers that there`s no fish out there!
At Kentcharterfishing we believe everyone can angle.
100+ cod for 8 anglers.
Dave. View Boats Page
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09/05/2010
Fishing Report by Nick O'Sullivan
on Celtic Wildcat (Aberystwyth, Ceredigion)
9 May 2010 by Nick O'Sullivan
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A good days angling was had by all on board. The target was Tope and we managed to land 20 fish(all male) from 18lb to 35lb. All were taken on Ammo Mackerel as fresh is still difficult to find. Some good Bull Huss up to 12lb were taken on fresh Whiting.
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05/05/2010
Fishing Report by Steve Andrews
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
5 May 2010 by Steve Andrews
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Out today on 10 hour general fishing trip dave and the crew had plenty of fish .species caught today dabs,whiting,coddling,huss,dogfish,plaice,we had our first mackeral and tub gurnard of the season today things are are looking good .There are some big double figured smoothhound about at the present time and some good bass to 7lb things are looking good for the coming months
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01/05/2010
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
1 May 2010 by David Hancock
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Darstardly North East winds again, limiting where we can get to but when we can get out there`s Terrific catches of Skate to be had.
Also seeing strong catches of good bass close inshore, Nice !
The first smoothounds are showing , mainly small but the big girls will be here any day soon.
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04/2010
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Apr 2010 by Gethyn Owen
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Fortunately April saw the change in our weather fortunes as more settled weather and high pressure spells nestled over the UK and treated us all to calmer fortunes.
This time of year we tend to go on the look out for big bull huss, spring spurdog and if lucky one or two small tope that often run with the spurdog packs.
Northern marks at the edge of Holyhead Deeps were not to let us down as our first jolly early April returned numerous double figure huss and spurdog to 15lb. Sadly no tope on this day, but being a good 6weeks before our general run started, we were not to down hearted. Approaching North stack on our way out, we noticed some dolphins playing in the water – deciding to take a slight detour we went to hae a look and were rewarded with over half an hours excitement simply watching a pod of over 100 bottle nosed dolphins playing and feeding in the spring sunshine.
The following day a slight change in actual mark we fished, gave us the huss, spurdog and this time the tope we had hoped for, weighing in at 22lb and 23lb for Milnrow Sea Anglers Ken and Dennis. During the trip we reached a good 12 species aboard My Way including pollack, coalie, ballan, cuckoo, a good start to our 2010 adventures.
Barring a few trips when the wind gods wanted to dampen our ever increasing enthusiasm for 2010’s fishing exploits big huss, spurdogs and even more 20lb+tope was how April continued. Inshore the drifting has improved almost daily with better Pollack and coalies moving in to populate the rocks and ledges surrounding Holyhead bay. The wrasse are still playing hard to get, but some nice ballans and cuckoos have started to make an appearance on this years guest list.
When the weather has hampered our days out and we have been forced inshore, there have been plenty of fish around in the form of dogfish, whiting, small codling, dabs, small huss and a few thornbacks – nothing to really get an IGFA world record, but battled on light tackle followed by a sausage buttie and cup of tea, always makes for a fun filled trip. View Boats Page
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22/04/2010
Fishing Report by Aaron Smith
on Bad Boyz VI (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
22 Apr 2010 by Aaron Smith
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Had the regualar guys down from Buxton wanting to try their luck on the Ray and Turbot marks. With the conditions perfect we set to sail at 0900hrs with the usual brew and biscuits on the go. We arrived to the first mark at 1030hrs with no tide so we had to move out a few miles were there was a bit more of a run with plenty of fish coming to the boat Dogs, Whiting and Dabs but not what we were there for, after the tide had turned the Rays started, with the next 40mins producing 10 Rays two just into double figures, then we thought we would have a move to try for the turbot, but after arriving at one of our marks the tide was hardly moving which was obviously not going to be good for our day on the Turbot, we perceiveered for half an hour but with nothin doing so we headed about 20mins back towards Holyhead to have a last anchor, with Dogs, Whiteing and Dabs still coming to the boat it was time to start the journey home.
Not a bad day for the Buxton lads with their first trip for a Rays being a success, and we are looking forward to seing them next month. View Boats Page
