Latest Fishing Reports: Wales
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01/09/2018
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
on Privateer (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
1 Sep 2018 by Jonathan Law
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5 anglers fished our species match today, with the 5am start probably putting off a few travellers. As it turned out it was pleasantly warm and with the dazzling �� deck lights the guys were comfortable setting up as we steamed out to our first mark of the day. By the time the anchor was set we were all treated to the sun peeping over the horizon.
To the action, the theme of the day was set with 5 different species in the first fifteen minutes, all the anglers contributing and by the time the tide eased the score sheet was beginning to look quite busy �� .... As slack water approached we pulled anchor and moved onto the drifting. Wrasse fishing being a big favourite of mine. The next hour turned out to be quite difficult ... for no apparent reason, except maybe the excellent water clarity over the marks but some nice Ballan wrasse to about 3lb were caught, 15 between the anglers but poor cod, Mackerel, Gurnard and Codling made up the bulk of the action ... thats fishing so another move was made back onto anchor. Plenty of variety and the boys kept the scorer busy, maxing out on on a fair few species and adding a few more.
As time rolled on and after pasties and more tea, we moved to the final mark, picking up a couple more species including three small feisty Tope and some reasonable Smoothounds and decent Huss.
As the 'whistle' blew for the end of the match, it was hard to tell who was victorious ... but giving the hard working anglers time to tidy their tackle I went thru the score sheet, before heading for port.
With a max of ten of each species the five anglers, returned 280 scoring fish between them and 19 species :
Tub Gurnard, Dabs, Dogfish, Bull huss, Ballan Wrasse, goldsinny Wrasse, lesser weaver, Thornback ray, Codling, pouting, Poor cod, Grey Gurnard, Plaice, Dragonet, Ling, Mackerel, Whiting, Smooth hound and Tope.
The winner : Dewi Roberts who travelled across from Anglesey and scored 367 points and 14 species. Well done mate ���� in a fun but competitive day you did the business ������
All in all an enjoyable day with plenty of fish and banter .... and it didn't even rain ��
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12/08/2018
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
on Privateer (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
12 Aug 2018 by Jonathan Law
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Not had a report for a while but thats not because the fishing has dropped off, far from it although there is a lull in the Tope action and the larger ones have proved hard work to find. Small ones are plentiful and growing fast and I expect those that survive till next year will come back large and fighting fit. In fact it has been noticeable how healthy and well fed all the species are this year. Even the often, too prolific Whiting we caught offshore last week, were pot bellied with quite a few very good sized ones already. I've probably mentioned this before but the Rays in the next few years should reach some specimen sizes and the numerous Tub Gurnards should get back to the sizes Rhyl was famous for, before the wind farm work, which will I hope be very nice for all. I honestly couldn't number all the species we have had in the last couple of weeks but its certainly respectable and even the odd Herring has not left the area.
This coming Month I am away for a week Conger fishing in Weymouth and I only have one date free so lets hope the weather remains kind. On the 1st day of September, i'm running a fun species match and I still have places .. if interested please message me �� .... i'm quite excited and I'm not even fishing lol .... the trip is 9- 10 hours to fit all the marks in and will cost £45 per angler. Its a 5am sail which is a slight bummer ... but it will be worth it.
Lastly Subject to weather I plan to have an evening into night trip, trying to get a Sole on the boat. Friday 7th September. 7:30pm till 12:30am. Quite specialised but will be quite something if we could find a few.
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08/2018
Fishing Report by Jack Thomas
on Incentive (Colwyn Bay, Conwy)
Aug 2018 by Jack Thomas
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Not posted in a while. As like with all skippers with this weather we've been busy getting out. Fishing is changing trip to trip, and that's IN A DAY, not a 'you should of been here yesterday' story. One trip good fishing, the afternoon a little quiet. Or vice versa. But we try out best as always.
This last few days has seen plenty of mackerel which is good as they were late to show. Alot of which a good size.
Around 20+ species landed over the last few weeks. Which adds to the variety.
A few individual spaces left this month so give me a call if you want to get out.
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27/07/2018
Fishing Report by Jonathan Law
on Privateer (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
27 Jul 2018 by Jonathan Law
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A late cancellation gave the opportunity to get my light rods out and try a few things myself this weekend. A quick call to a fishing buddy and a few packs of worm and we were away.
We had already decided to fish for smaller species with the aim of getting a bit of variety. Getting re acquainted with the angling out of Rhyl this year, has been a revelation or at least a reminder of something I must have weirdly forgot ��
We started off with the aim of targetting a few Wrasse and sure enough we found them in numbers which was a surprise but the quality was even more impressive with many fish around the 4lb mark, awesome sport on light gear and oh man they didn't half fight. We were very careful to play these fish slowly through the depths and we could honestly say that they all went back down, angry ��but in good health which is nice.
As the tide picked up we set the anchor on some rough ground and the species count rose quite dramatically, with plenty of mini's, Tub and Grey Gurnards .... surprisingly no Reds ! More Wrasses and a nice surprise and new species on the boat, a Topknot about 25cm. We were having great fun by this time and Kev caught a nice little Ling. we tried for a little Conger but failed .... only half a dozen Dogfish later the tide had started ease so we went back on the drift picking up more Wrasse and bits .. so with an hour and a half before we could get back ashore we decided to have a change and head inshore to see if there was any smoothies , Dabs and Bass biting .... well we failed to catch 1 Dab inshore ... un surprising as, our rods never stopped with small Hounds and Bass smashing the baits. 3 Small Tope managed to jump on, as we used up our last full squids. Again all brilliant sport on light rods �� .... finally we ran out of bait and it was time to return to base, having taken our tally to nineteen species. these were . Ballan wrasse, Goldsinny wrasse, Pouting, Codling, whiting, Poor Cod, Tub Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Ling, Dogfish, Topknot, Dab, Tompot Blenny, Mackerel, Scad, Dragonet, Tope, Smoouthound and Bass.
When you consider the possibilities and species not on that tally it has to be said that few ports can match the variety of sport Rhyl has on offer. The prolific Ray and Huss, big Tope and not to mention the offshore wrecking. This has been an excellent boat move for Privateer and I have to scratch my head why I have taken my local port for granted in recent years. It is proving excellent to get re aquainted with the port I pretty much started my boat angling journey ��
I have a date, Saturday 1st September allocated to fish a friendly species comp. the trip will be 10 hours 5am till 3pm and I will be aiming to fish the above marks and a couple more so if you would like to have a go, please message me for more info. The cost will be £45 per person, not including bait and there will be a small trophy for the winner and lots of good humoured banter ��
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07/2018
Fishing Report by Roy Smith
on SWN Y MOR (Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey)
Jul 2018 by Roy Smith
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hi out wreck fishing when weather permits Pollack in 6 to 13 lbs range inshore some good tope about with many lost with bite outs on line loads of huss many of large size. September off amlwch is best moth for the larger Pollack I,ll take you to them weather permitting . Offshore wrecking with me 10 hours £450 bargain price cheers Roy
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07/2018
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
Jul 2018 by David Hancock
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Inshore and offshore, the fishing is red hot in West Wales !
Good catches of pollock & cod on the reefs.
Huge catches of Spurdogs on the correct tides, over 70 in 3 hours last week.
The Shark season is now full steam ahead with some great catches.
See calendar for availability,
Keep it tight,
Dave.
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10/07/2018
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
10 Jul 2018 by Gethyn Owen
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My Way regular Jonathan Hudd was the winner on day one of our July competition generously sponsored by Pure Fishing UK Ltd. Jon’s total of 164 points was achieved with a number of species including hound, huss and numerous double figure spurdogs during yet another frenzied time in Holyhead Deep.
We have 1 space remaining for the July completion on Friday 27th, can you beat the leading 164 points and claim the PENN Battalion 20lb boat rod and PENN Fathom 15 star drag reel with a combined retail price of over £300 for yourself?
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Please message or call 07971 924046
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My Way is sponsored by Pure Fishing - PENN Fishing Greys Fishing Shakespeare Fishing Abu Garcia
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07/07/2018
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
7 Jul 2018 by Gethyn Owen
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Lads down once again from the North East wanting a change from cod and ling, last year it was the hounds.
This year cuckoo wrasse and spurdogs.
Both species were obliging, especially the spurs. Countless double figure specimens many two at a time.
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03/07/2018
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
3 Jul 2018 by Gethyn Owen
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The RAF continued their impressive form yesterday for the final practise day before two days of competition that start today
Over 620 fish caught in total over the 6hrs
7 minies
42 whiting
87 pollack
15 wrasse
200 dogfish
4 cuckoo wrasse
48 pout / p cod
3 dabs
3 cod
3 Smoothhound
31 huss
179 extras ( mainly dogfish as max 20 allowed for full points per angler ) View Boats Page
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30/06/2018
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
30 Jun 2018 by Gethyn Owen
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A good mixed bag today for the final day for our June competition sponsored by Pure Fishing (UK) Ltd.
My Way 2 regular Jeff Eve the eventual winner in the day with 100 points and also the overall winner for the month of June winning himself a brand new Shakespeare Fishing Agility Tipster rod and a PENN Fishing 5500 Spinfisher reel.
Jeff’s haul included hound, rays and huss
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