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08/2009
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Aug 2009 by Gethyn Owen
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Goodbye August.
What a disgrace this summer weather has been! Personally I blame the education system, as whenever the kids break up for summer holidays, the weather turns foul .
The last 4 weeks has seen wind, followed by more wind, followed by the remnants of every Hurricane to hit over the other side of the Atlantic, wish they’d stay there. Our days afloat have been severely hit, so in all honesty there is very little I can off by way of a report.
Our best day over the last month was way back on 12th August, when John Angell (terrible blue nose) and colleagues enjoyed the early start of 0645am owing to the weather and neap tides. Fortunately the gang were compensated with a fair few tope, followed by baskets full of mackerel, with some pollack to 4 ½ and then ending the day with bull huss.
Since then, we have managed to sneak out on only a handful of times; and in all honesty the fishing has not been electrifying; considering the weather - consistent and enjoyable would be a little more apt I think. On the drift, the fish have not disappointed, wrasse are as usual in abundance with ballans, cuckoos and corkwings the mainstay, with a few goldsinnys thrown in. Mackerel and pollack have also shown, but not in any numbers to really crow about.
At anchor, typical inshore windy fish have come to our aid, doggies, whiting, gurnards, pouting, the odd dab, some decent sized huss a couple tope and a few more small haddock, a very rare sight this far south, Normally a colder water fish, associated with our fishing buddies in Scotland, we have landed nearly a dozen now; none of any mentionable size, but an interesting development in these times of Global warming.
I’m sat here now writing this on yet another windy day (06th September 2009), having not sailed for another 7 days. The forecast was a hard one to decipher yesterday as it showed 14mph at 7am, 17 mph-10am, then 21mph-1pm concluding with a 30mph at 4pm, the decision to fish or not was hard despite a southerly wind, that would in all honesty allow us shelter from the breakwater and Holyhead Mountain, Wind over a 29ft tide from 12pm would mean us sticking close inshore for a few doggies at best. Even the drift would be hard work with the amount of water as we reached the top of the flooding tide.
Isobars looked close together; 30mph later on could come early. What to do?
Cancel, you have to be fair.
Well, best call I think for all concerned, weather observations are showing it was 20mph at 7am and 22mph at 9am, think the F6 to 7 may be in early, so we would have been twisting at anchor, with the winds in our hairs (well those of you with hair), for very few fish.
Looking ahead, we are being told that September is going to be a far more settled month. The signs are promising – from this Wednesday (09th) the temperatures are climbing and winds are settling down. Fingers crossed, a nice run of trips and good fishing, would soon help us all forget what summer has had to offer.
Good luck and happy fishing where ever you try
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01/09/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
1 Sep 2009 by Colin Penny
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FLAMER III - AUGUST REPORT - The flatty fishing was just superb with plaice in the 4 to 5Ib plus range being landed and plenty of brill up to 7Ib 4oz and turbot up to 9Ib also being caught.For some reason the black bream fishing has not been up to what you would expect at this time of year.The reefs produced bull huss,congers,rays,cod,tope and lots of other species.The offshore wrecks still had some cod,ling and bass on them.My 5 day Flamer III Summer Festival was a great success and will be held in August again in 2010.The Flamer III species count for 2009 stands at 51 different species so far.Flamer III August Fish of the Month was awarded to Stewert Huggins for his near record Undulate Ray weighing 19Ib.(Stewert is pictured with his big Undulate Ray).
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08/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Baker
on Sally Ann Jo (Weymouth, Dorset)
Aug 2009 by Colin Baker
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Winds and weather were not kind in August, however when we have got out the fishing has been good. Pollack to 14lbs and bass from the wrecks on lures when the tides have been smaller. From the banks and reefs a variety of fish including bream, bass, rays, gurnard tope and hounds. Probably the best fish this month was a conger of 50lbs from rough ground at night to Trigger on his first boat trip and his first conger too! Now the evenings are drawing in more opportunity for an evening trip targeting this species are available before the water cools and they move into deeper water. Hopefully the weather will be better for the comming autumn.
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24/08/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
24 Aug 2009 by Colin Penny
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NEWICK CROWN HOOKERS SAC caught some smashing fish on their latest trip aboard Flamer III.Although the fishing was slow in the morning it certainly improved as the day went on.Simon Ramm was first with a cod weighing 14Ib.Then Mick Beech chipped in with a 3Ib plaice.Then a move to the famous Shambles Bank proved to be the icing on the cake with 6 brill and a turbot coming aboard in a two hour session.Guest Bill Walton landed two brill.
"Phil The Power Boswell" caught a 7Ib brill and a turbot with some of the other members adding to this flatty catch.The successful bait was mackerel strip.Needless to say the club were Happy Hookers at the end of their trip.Club chairman Les Whiteman known as number one unfortunatley failed to catch a flatty but vowed to improve and show the rest how it's done on the clubs next trip.
"PHIL THE POWER TAYLOR" is pictured with his 7Ib Brill. View Boats Page
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24/08/2009
Fishing Report by David Hancock
on Excel 2 (Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire)
24 Aug 2009 by David Hancock
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Good numbers of bass shoaling up on the bigger tides at the moment, many fish in the 5 to 8lb range.
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16/08/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
16 Aug 2009 by Colin Penny
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FAMILY FLATTY PLEASURE ON FLAMER III - Rick Hawkins belated 50th birthday family fishing trip saw the group catch five flatty's in two drifts on the famous Shambles Bank.The best flatty was caught by 25 year old Ciara on her first ever fishing trip,she landed a 7Ib 4oz brill followed by a turbot on the next drift.Mum Jenny and Ciara's boyfriend Sam both landed brill as well with Rick joining in with a turbot.All the flatty's were caught on mackerel strip bait.Later in the day anchored sessions on mussel beds and a reef produced black bream,bull huss,red gurnard,dog fish and pouts.Needless to say all of them enjoyed their day out on Flamer III.The picnic Jenny provided was very enjoyable as well.
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08/2009
Fishing Report by Dave Saunders
on Kellys Hero Charters (Brixham, Devon)
Aug 2009 by Dave Saunders
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Recent species hunts have proved very popular with visitors to Brixham trying sea fishing for the first time. Most have tried the local 2 hour, Mackerel fishing boat (Brixham Belle 3 skippered by Barrie) then though they would like to experience a longer trip.
Species caught during August are:
Ballan Wrasse
Cuckoo Wrasse
Ribbon Fish
Mackerel
Horse Mackerel
Red Gurnard
Launce
Whiting
Pout Whiting
Ling
Blenny
Conger
Black Bream
Bull Huss
Dog Fish
Dab
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14/08/2009
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
14 Aug 2009 by Colin Penny
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The 2nd FLAMER III SUMMER FESTIVAL was held in AUGUST 2009 - this 5 day competition was a great success.A variety of fishing was done over the 5 days including 2 species hunt days,a conger and ling day,a lure only day and a specimen day.In all 27 different species were caught.
Results - Overall Singles Champion - Dave Thompson 544 points,Runner Up - Peter Collings 526 points,Weakest Link - Stewert Huggins 378 points.Pairs Winners - Dave Thompson and Peter Collings with 22 species.Most Species - Dave Thompson with 20.
Best Flatfish - Mick Nunn - Brill 6Ib 8oz.Best Specimen - Stewert Huggins 19Ib Undulate Ray.
Pictured are some of the guys with their trophies etc. View Boats Page
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15/08/2009
Fishing Report by Dave Saunders
on Kellys Hero Charters (Brixham, Devon)
15 Aug 2009 by Dave Saunders
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Recent local reef fishing has produced several unusal species namely:
A large 'Ribbon fish' which was approx 2 feet long and caused quite a lot of interest from the lads onboard today.
Species off the local reefs this month are:
Pollack
Ballan Wrasse
Cuckoo Wrasse
Red Gurnard
Tub Gurnard
Pout
Channel Whiting
Mackerel (in abundance)
Garfish
Launce
Bass
Conger
Black Bream
Although we have been busy with 4 and 6 hour trips we are still available for 8 and 10 hour trips to offshore wrecks. View Boats Page
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08/2009
Fishing Report by Pete Rose
on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
Aug 2009 by Pete Rose
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This weekend has been a cracker for big cod, on Friday regular local lads Karl and Ken came out with a small group hoping for a few fish and a few personal best’s were well beaten, during the morning mostly small cod and ling were coming aboard and mid day things slowed down because of the size of the tides I guess, then the afternoon brought a second slack and with the sea urchin positioned over a favorite wreck of mine Ken was the first to hit into a fine cod around 12lbs each drift produced more cod around double figures, I then quickly moved the boat over another good wreck which likewise was producing good size cod the last fish of the day fell to Karl which was a personal best for him a cracking cod of 15lb which made his and my day as he only really took up sea fishing last year and has really put the effort in which finally paid off well done mate,
Saturday was a similar day with another local group who were newcomers to my boat and had not been sea fishing for many many years fishing was similar to the previous day with the best times when the tide eased and in the afternoon things really picked up with double figure cod coming aboard now after relating the previous days tale of the 15lb cod one of the anglers Jim I think, hit into a really good fish and he was using one of my hire rods and reels I have started to guess quite acuratley to the size of fish an angler is winding in by the bend in the rod and I said to him take your time this is a nice fish ( in my head I put it around 13lb or so) and as it came up through the crystal clear water I thought good guess until I realised it was still 40 foot down as soon as it hit the surface I knew it was the biggest cod we had seen this year and on the new boat as well a record for the sea urchin and Jim just over 18lb on the boat scales View Boats Page
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