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07/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Jul 2012 by Gethyn Owen
Report on-board My Way 2
Some nice settled weather in the middle of June and we were joined aboard My Way by a group of lads from Shropshire. The group had been fishing only a handful of times previously and were now keen to sample some of the fishing that Holyhead had to offer but in particular the smoothhound.
Conditions were not perfect for the hounds with late June being a little hit & miss for hounds in any great number. We started the day at anchor general fishing and the lads earned their strips catching dogs, whiting, codling, gurnards and dabs etc. 2 and 3 at a time, the odd bull huss and a couple small spotted rays joining. Once the tide was good for a try on the hounds, all the rigs were changed over to single running ledgers with prime fresh peeler crab as the number one bait.
It wasn’t long before we had the first run and after a tense 15minute battle the lads saw a quality double figure smoothhound netted at the side of the boat. We managed a few hounds during the few hours we tried for them with trip organiser Steve also getting in on the act with this 11lb specimen.
With Holyhead Marina not being tidal we are able to sail whatever time of day suits the anglers best, naturally taking into account tides and strengths to help out for a good day. Most of our sail times range between 8 and 10am. One morning though a nice an early 7am sail was required, to allow us to make the LW slack in Holyhead Deep. We could have sailed a little later and steamed straight to our chosen mark, but decided to break the journey down with an earlier sail and a fish for wrasse, pollack and mackerel along the way.
With the potential of only catching double figure fish Holyhead Deep is a great draw for many anglers. Huss, spurdog and tope are the usual suspects and it is always recommended that everyone tackles up on the big side, and goes all out to land specimen sharks. There are other species to be had, whiting, dogs and grey gurnards the most prolific, but these are also achievable inshore, no point in missing out when in the deeps.
We had 2 groups of individuals and regulars aboard My Way, Graham with family and friends from Chester and Dave with fishing colleagues from Urmston Sea Anglers. No one was to leave disappointed with the quality of the fishing they were to experience, with double figure bull huss and spurdogs averaging 12lb coming to the side of My Way with extreme regularity. You know the fishing is good and hectic when spurs fast approaching 14lb are being t-barred at the side of the boat with no call of a new PB.
Following the Streaked Gurnard featured in our last report, I didn’t think we’d have another first aboard My Way for a long while, but I was proved wrong by Scottish International angler George Bell. Whilst drifting under the cliffs of South Stack lighthouse George hooked into what could only be best described as a dead weight, calls of octopus and rock echoed around the boat until Georges catch broke the surface, an Anglerfish. Normally found in much deeper and colder water, this fish weighing at around 3lb was certainly lost at sea!
The general fishing around Holyhead and Trearddur bays has been improving daily and also as the wind and rain allows. Drifting has seen plenty of ballan wrasse and small pollack, the ballan wrasse growing in size with a few fish now reaching the 3lb mark and proving once again to be excellent sport on light gear. As we reach August and into September 4 to 5 lb wrasse will feeding well. Mackerel are as patchy as ever and nowhere near as reliable as we would like them to be. We managed the first of the black bream of the year recently for Stevie from Melthan & District SAC. We don’t get many through the year from Holyhead and most average at only 1lb in weight, never the less they are a welcome sight and especially for Steve who was fishing the clubs match and received additional points for species.
To target rays with any form of consistency requires a good steam around the coast to popular marks such as Rhosneigr and Ty Croes. However most trips into either Holyhead or Trearddur bay lately are seeing anglers land rays aboard My Way fairly regular; with a few days seeing a dozen rays landed aboard the boat. Small spotted rays are the most abundant with some thornbacks and blonde rays making up the catches.
Other species making regular appearances include the ever present dogfish, along with whiting, codling, grey, red and tub gurnards plus many more including bull huss ranging from 8oz to 14lb in weight. Some of the rougher inshore marks are throwing up congers, great straps for the area averaging 15lb in weight.
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
15 Jul 2012 by brian poppy
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Sunday weather wise was the better day over the weekend as we headed out to our outer marks for some Rooker and we were not disapointed we got on the mark with the last hour of the flood running it was steady fishing with some nice Rooker coming in to the boat and some nice sized Starys had a move about 13.30 things went a bit quiet headed to a bit of ground that has been very good in the past and it done us proud again with a few moor Skate and Hounds to finish the day well done all you boys and i hope you enjoy your catch,Brian.
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12/07/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
12 Jul 2012 by Colin Penny
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JULY 2012 - Graham and Darren Latimer and four friends joined Flamer IV for their annual Ray Trip and struck gold again landing several blonde rays up to 23Ib along with a 14Ib 8oz Undulate Ray and one Spotted Ray.They were all using 30Ib class tackle and pennel rigs baited with whole Ammo calamari squid and a fresh mackerel fillet.All the rays were returned alive.A friendly competition was done with Graham winning and son Darren Runner Up.Biggest Ray award was won by Jery Knight with his 23Ib Blonde Ray.Graham and Darren are pictured.
FANCY doing some Ray fishing ? Then give me a call on 07968972736 0r 01305 766961. View Boats Page
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12/07/2012
Fishing Report by David Phillips
on Supreme (Rhyl, Denbighshire)
12 Jul 2012 by David Phillips
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Second trip of the year with Steve and it was going to be tough to follow our first trip, but Steve took us out to a wreck We caught a number of decent size cod as well as a variety of other species and as usual Steve was on hand with his expert guidence, the brews, and the butties, not to mention pitching in with the banta with the lads, cheers Steve another great day!
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Nigel Storey
on Sunbeam III (Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk)
15 Jul 2012 by Nigel Storey
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Sun 15th July- Left the quay at 6:15 on some small tides to go wrecking with 6 customers... Got to the wrecks within the hour and started to drift the first few... off to a bit of a slow start with a couple of cod landed here and there... as the morning progressed more cod was landed on some different wrecks getting bigger and bigger... Lots of pouting and whiting about also. Over 20+ Cod landed, lots of sunshine too.
Half day trip- Left the quay with a full boat at around 15:00 got out to the mark very quickly and straight into the fish!! 80+ mackerel landed and gutted, lots of happy customers... Good day had by all. View Boats Page
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Philip Tennant
on Ocean explorer (Hartlepool, Durham)
15 Jul 2012 by Philip Tennant
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me and my mate had never been on the wandering star before so we were both unsure what to expect although turns out we didnt have to as they were extremely helpful giving tips whenever they could and we both caught decent sized cod, between us we caught 7 cod. Great days fishing and we will be using them again without a doubt in the very near future. Thanks a lot Lee and John will be seeing you both very soon :-D
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Vicky Gough
on Skylark (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
15 Jul 2012 by Vicky Gough
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A good 6 hours Mornings wreck fishing,
John (In Photo) with Several Mackeril, a flounder, several Pouting (blegs) a couple of Ling and a Cod.
also caught that day by me was Several Ling, Several Cod, 2 Poor Cod (which were returned) Pouting and several mackeril.
Even the skipper Martin, mananged to have a go at the action and landed a few cod and Ling.
also on the second trip of the day with the Dads And Lads (and Daughters) a good 3 hours Mackeril Fishing with a few whiting, Every Angler caught a good amount of fish. View Boats Page
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
15 Jul 2012 by Rich Ward
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Since the end of the Summer comp the lads sailing with us on the Shy-Torque have been seeing some good catches.
The ground and wrecks within 5 miles have been producing some lovely cod and ling with the best fish this last week being cod to 12lbs and ling to 13lbs. Our bigger fish all coming off the ground!
Pictured is Stuart Spinks from Beverley East Yorkshire with a lovely Whitby cod for his tea tonight!!! View Boats Page
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08/07/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
8 Jul 2012 by Gary Flint
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Sunday 8th July
PSS Lads.
Out on the 8th with the lads from PSS. Such a surprise with the weather being nice for a change. Fished several marks today. First produced some pollack, pouting and gurnard. Then we went and dropped the anchor. Straight away the lads started getting huss. Mark hooked into a decent fish only for it to come off. A few of the guys landed smaller huss to 9lb. Then Shaun hooked and landed a massive 17lb 1oz BullHuss. 12yr old Francis who had never fished before kept catching doggies and other bits until patience paid off and he landed a lovely 13lb 13oz huss, which was nearly as big as him. Plenty more huss were brought aboard. Some nice tub, grey and red gurnard were brought aboard. Plenty of scad were brought in with a lovely 1lb 13oz specimen by Nev. With the sea like a mirror some of the guys (after a late night on the ale) decided to chum. This clearly brought on the doggies as Phil seemed to be the dog fish king. One of the lads( Not mentioning names MARK) doesnt believe in suntan cream as he was the colour of a tomato by the end of the day.
Great bunch of lads who we look forward to seeing soon.
A PICTURE SPEAKS MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS
Gary View Boats Page
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15/07/2012
Fishing Report by peter stubbs
on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
15 Jul 2012 by peter stubbs
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Early start again today wind W 4-5 only 7 half miles out today we fished 3 wrecks took cod and ling to 10lb with one guy bag the most and the best 10lb cod and 10lb ling end of the day billy from seaham took bout 8 home,
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