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05/2013
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
May 2013 by David Axtell
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Seren y Mor is now back in the water and operating after our usual break. Fishing in May started off slow with everything being a little late this year due to the low water temperature, but in the last week fishing has improved quite considerably with Penywaun SAC landing 35 Smoothounds. Mackerel are being caught a little further west in good numbers so it looks as if summer is finally coming. Photo is of young Dylan Jenkins (12) giving the Penywaun boys a run for their money with a 10lb 6oz hound.
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05/2013
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
May 2013 by Gethyn Owen
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Smoothies, pollack, spurs - not bad when the winds don't blow ....
Despite a healthy calendar, early May still fell foul to the weather gods. High winds once again leading to the cancellation of far more trips than we actually managed to sail on.
When we did manage to sneak out, the back of the breakwater was still producing some nice Pollack. With plenty in the 1 to 2lb bracket, we also hooked into a good few up to 5lb in weight, offering a nice meal for the lucky angler. At anchor we started to see far more fish than the struggle we had through the bitterly cold weather in late March and April. With Dogfish , Whiting, Dab and Codling we also caught some small thornies and huss approaching double figures.
It was though Smoothhound we really wanted.
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After a break of 10days, cancelling every trip along the way through high winds, we managed a nice few days afloat from 17th May. This was to be our first attempt at landing a smoothie this year. Our day actually started with some drifting. Everyone tackled light and we had some great sport for a few hours catching pollack, cuckoo and ballan wrasse.
By lunch it was time to head over to our anchor and try for a few hounds. The waters though were still fairly cold compared to recent years; this was seriously affecting the crab moult. Cold waters had stopped the big spring moult required to bring the big Smoothhound to our shores on the feed.
Regardless we made our best attempt, primed with some quality Anglesey peeler crab. It took an hour before local angler Arron Miles had a clear bite and run from the first hound of 2013, as I jumped for joy and screamed "you hero" Arron lifted into the hound …… and lost it!
To which I called him something else, "hero to zero in 10 seconds" Billy pointed out!
Arron though had the last laugh as he went on to land the only two smoothhounds of the day and get My Ways Smoothhound hunt truly underway. The following day the wind was once again playing havoc with our attempts to get out fishing. Delaying the sail time to lunchtime, we once again set off with high hopes; sadly though no smoothies graced the decks of My Way that afternoon or evening.
Proof to the ridiculous nature of the unsettled weather we are experiencing this year was these few days. The scenario was Friday light NW, Saturday strong NE and then Sunday, sunshine, no wind and calm seas.
With the Smoothhound still being a little unpredictable I made the suggestion pm the Sunday that we make the most of the neap tide and glorious weather and head off shore in search of some bigger pollack action and maybe a few huss and spurdogs; not exactly what the crew wanted, but in fairness the guys were happy to take onboard my observations on the state of the current fishing situation.
With nervous anticipation I set My Way up for the first pass over the wreck and as I called the warning the sunken vessel was coming up, I could see Marks rod tip bend over as a hard fighting Pollack hit his lure. On the first drift we had a few nice Pollack grace the decks of My Way including a 10lb er for Mark. A few more drifts and everyone was hooking into fish and a few the wreck! A couple drifts and Mark in particular had 3 fish in his bag for a return of 27lb, not bad fishing at all for our small part of the world
Don Abbot also raised a smile when amongst his haul he managed a nice 10lb 4oz Pollack. At anchor we had spurdogs, a few small huss and a fair old number of dogfish! But returning back onto the drift when the tide was running, we were back into the Pollack.
A few more cancellations followed before we were able to get back out to try for the Smoothhound in Holyhead bay. Each trip though started with a small amount of drifting or general fishing before the waiting game of hound fishing. Thankfully we were rewarded with some smoothies, all being double figure sharks. Sadly though the hounds are still not in the great numbers we normally associate with this time of year.
But with the hen crabs now shedding shells in great numbers, each day should be a marked improvement on the last.
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20/05/2013
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
20 May 2013 by Colin Penny
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WEST COUNTRY TRIP REPORT - During the trip many different species were caught whilst fishing over Wrecks/Reefs and Banks.The wrecks produced some excellent Ling fishing along with other species like Cod,Pollack ,Conger and Spurdogs.The Reef action saw some good size Bull Huss along with Smooth Hounds,Grey Gurnards ,Thornback Ray etc. Plenty of Plaice were caught on the Skerries Bank. In all 16 different species were caught. Trophy awards went to - Over all Winner - Dodgey Dave Barton with 334 points,Most Species with 12 - Stephan Attwood,Best Fish 19Ib Ling - Steve Lysaght(Pictured),Best Flatfish 2Ib 12oz Plaice - Trevor pegg.
Take a Lok at this link http://2glimpseafish.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/to-fine-places-plaices/=
WEST COUNTRY TRIP 20-24 MAY.Trevor Pegg wrote - This was my first experience of Colin,s West Country trip which started with us sailing from Weymouth to our base in Dartmouth picking up some wrecking along the way. With good weather, the following day was ideal for drifting for plaice which saw over 40 fish to the boat. A great bonus is not having to drive long distances after a day,s fishing and the social side with good company is excellent. A good variety of fish were caught with ling to 20lbs and a couple of "firsts" for me. As ever you need to be lucky with the weather but this really is a trip with a difference and to be recommended. Thanks Colin for all your efforts to keep us on fish.
Skippers Reponse: Thanks Trevor, I am glad you enjoyed the West Country Trip and hope you book on again next year.
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27/05/2013
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
27 May 2013 by Rich Ward
Report on-board Shy-Torque III
26.05.13.
Another mixed party today with our regular Polish group from Nottingham amongst the group.
After one of the biggest seas I can remember seeing on Thursday/Friday this week there was only one place to go to get a result yesterday. Yes it was another run out to the "Wall"
Fortunately with the water being so much deeper out there and the ground so much harder the storms seldom affect the clarity there.
We were listening to the lads working inside again with reports of how quite the fishing was due to mucky water. It was like Gin on the Wall luckily!!
Still nothing big showing yet with our best fish being a ling of 7lb. Plenty of codling though with our final count up at the end of the day being around 45.
In reality a good day really after the storm.
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26/05/2013
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
26 May 2013 by Paul Kilpatrick
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The last two days have been more like summer after the big storm here on friday the fishing has slowed with the murky water it was pollock yesterday which we targetted and a few doubles came on board the cod fishing should explode by the end of this week end of may and june and july is prime cod time just need the weather now and clear water.
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25/05/2013
Fishing Report by Malcolm Collins
on Just Mary (Christchurch, Dorset)
25 May 2013 by Malcolm Collins
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'Oceans Eleven' - 'Onamission' Reunion - Saturday 25th May 2013. One of Eleven Anglers onboard our spacious 35 foot Angling Charter Boat 'Just Mary' from Poole today was my old friend Kevin Gardner. Fishing with me for over ten years, since the early 'Mary Anne' days, Kev's loyalty and our perseverance was rewarded with this prime condition male Black Bream of 3lb 2oz. Also landed from the Same Reef Mark that we fished All Day were further Black Bream, Mackerel in good numbers, Garfish, Pout, Wrasse, Plaice and Dogfish. Bait for this Quality Fish was a single calamari squid presented on a flowing trace with Shimano rod and reel and braid mainline. 'No Fish - No Fee' not needed ! All eleven onboard left for home after their trip with fish fit for the table. After a slow start to the season quality Specimen fish like this one are a welcome sight so was that big yellow thing in the sky (!)..... See you soon !
Many thanks to my old friend Chris Clark for sending this report and photo to the Southampton Evening Echo who published this on Thursday 30th May prompting several phone calls from some of my old Southampton customers.....thanks Chris.....all the best ! Malc..... View Boats Page
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25/05/2013
Fishing Report by Dave Mumford
on Anchorman (Beaulieu, Hampshire)
25 May 2013 by Dave Mumford
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Had a great day on the Bream again today the weather was fantastic. Lots of bream on board the biggest was just over 3lb. Also had a conger, smooth hound, pout, wrasse and dogfish. Had a nice group of people on board and it was an enjoyable day. The Anchor decided it liked it there a bit too much and didnt want to go home so we had to leave it there lol. Tomorrow we hit the tope!
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24/05/2013
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
24 May 2013 by jon old
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Today was spent with the special forces pictured here see if you can recognize any of them. All fish were returned today, well done men ,nice to have a bit of conservation now and then. We ended up with having a half day down to the weather not playing ball, bit on the windy side but managed to catch about 25 spotty dogs of all sizes and one skate. Big thanks to the lads, thank you for teaching me unarmed combat skills and how to strip a SA80 in ten seconds might come in handy one day if i get attacked by Somali Pirates off Gt Yarmouth!
Pleasure to have you aboard was a enjoyable day and good luck for the future for one particular man. Mums the word! All the best. Jon. ( High Flyer) View Boats Page
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18/05/2013
Fishing Report by robert penfold
on Kingfisher II (Brixham, Devon)
18 May 2013 by robert penfold
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well its been an up and down month with the kingfisher being sold which took us a bit by suprise! we have now formed a new partnership and are in the process of coding the new boat for chartering so hopefully will br back in action soon ! meanwhile we have been out in the new boat on a couple of trips and had some great fishing with large numbers of pollack to 19lb,cod to 37.5lb we recently took a jaunt to guernsey and had 19 turbot and 9 brills for the day between three of us i also managed to snag 2 pb,s on the trip across with a 6lb john dory and a 37.5lb cod so fishing is good !watch this space as hopefully soon we will be back up and running again cheers olly
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24/05/2013
Fishing Report by Brian Kent
on Panther (Eastbourne, East Sussex)
24 May 2013 by Brian Kent
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great cod fishing now with plaice and makerel now showing.
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