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10/2012
Fishing Report by Gethyn Owen
on My Way 2 (Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey)
Oct 2012 by Gethyn Owen
Report on-board My Way 2
September 2012 – has gone and good riddance – from a full month of bookings we sailed on a mere 7 occasions so bad was the wind. Additional to my last September report we did manage a couple days afloat in the middle of the month. With choppy seas to contend with we stayed inshore and managed to lift out a fair number of species with the biggest specimens coming from the many bull huss in Holyhead Bay.
During the first weekend of October the weather started to settle down, fortunately we were going to get a good few days afloat. Over the weekend we remained inshore and were rewarded with a good variety for species including more huss than I’ve seen in a long time on the mussel beds, with anglers pulling in at least 5 or 6 each.
On the drift we managed to locate some great inshore sport with pollock averaging 3lb for all the anglers with codling and poor cod mixed in. This was all great fun until our friend Colin the seal turned up and proceeded to remove the fish from the hooks without asking permission first, leaving just heads and gills attached to the traces.
Moving into the week, I was joined aboard My Way by some good friends from down south, Lloyd, Mike and Rob, all of whom make the 300 mile journey to fish aboard My Way a couple times of year. This month, the deep waters to the west of Anglesey were our chosen marks and we had been watching the weather change with immense regularity.
Owing to an increasing forecast the Monday was spent in the northern half of the deeps our reward was a good number of bull huss. Spurdogs was though what everyone wanted and they remained painfully absent for our valiant 4hour effort. We returned to Church Bay for the latter half of the day and just in time as a NE 20 blew through the bay.
Thankfully the weather forecast was to settle and with a sea predicted to flatten off nicely we decided the following day was to be spent in the southern part of Holyhead Deep, mid-October can be a great time of year for big bull huss, spurdog and the last of the big tope.
We were joined on the Tuesday by My Way regular Annie, who was going to show the boys exactly how to catch a few spurdog and after a couple hours playing with pollack and Colin the seal we made our way off to our chosen mark. On anchoring the tide was running hard, but this undeterred everyone fished through the tide retrieving bull huss and the occasional dogfish through the 130ft of water.
As the tide slackened we had a few irregular bites, a few thrashes of the head and the fish was lost, so tactics were changed slightly to encourage more bites from our intended target - the spurdog. It wasn’t long before Annie was into something big, pulling back and taking line from her reel and it was at this moment she reminded me that she was yet to catch a spurdog, despite numerous trips out! Today she wasn’t to be disappointed, managing to land 5 in total with a pb set at a very respectable 14lb!
Ann also went on to land a double figure spurdog and double figure bull huss on the same rig, from 130ft of water, great angling. The biggest of the day and another PB fell to the hook of Rob Field and topped the scales at an ounce of 17lb, again another superb spurdog.
The following day was again weather perfect for a venture to the southern half of Holyhead Deep. With a small group of My Way regulars from the Wirral, our day started once more trying to retrieve pollack underneath the nose of Colin the seal …. He won. Huss obliged and spurdogs obliged and yet again, it was another day of fun, fish and very dodgy jokes aboard My Way. The best spur so far for 2012 fell to Graham Ellis, until this point a spurdog virgin. At 19lb 12oz it was a mere 1oz under the current WFSA record, also caught and released aboard My Way a few years ago.
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06/10/2012
Fishing Report by jon old
on High Flyer 2 (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk)
6 Oct 2012 by jon old
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Todays charter we steamed out to 6 mile bank on the forcast of light winds. Unfortunately they lied again making conditions a little choppy so beaten by the weather moved inshore to the Roads. Plenty of whitting, few flatties, small dogs. Only one cod to show which fell off at the boat, still a bit early need some frosts to bring them in. Big thanks to Collin ,birthday boy and family Meryl,Joel and Sally pictured with her first sea fish for organizing. Also Southern water boys,James for organizing, Mick,Jon,Graham,Gary,Matt and Dave for crewing. Many thanks guys hope to see you all soon.
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Oct 2012 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER 2012 - Jon Trevett age 27 from Warminster,Wiltshire was overjoyed when he landed his Personal Best Plaice weighing 6Ib 2oz.John's previous Personal Best was 3Ib 11oz.John was using 8Ib class tackle with a trace that had lots of coloured attracter beads on.The successful bait was two prawns and a strip of Ammo squid.
Happy John is pictured with his 6Ib 2oz new PB Plaice.Johgn said "the next time he beats his Plaice Personal Best he will return the fish alive".
FLAMER IV for FLATTY'S - The next trip with places available is on October 29th and is a 10 hour Flatty Trip (must have own tackle).DON'T MISS OUT.
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11/10/2012
Fishing Report by David Lumley
on TRIO lll (Hartlepool, Durham)
11 Oct 2012 by David Lumley
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Hi
Well again we were out fishing yesterday when the others were just thinking about it
and it proved to be another great success
Mackerel were a bit scarce but the lads brought plenty of bait with them proving invaluable
with plenty of cod and ling coming aboard on every drift
the best cod was about 8lb and best ling about 12lb
Heres a photo of one lads catch what another great day
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11/10/2012
Fishing Report by Rich Ward
on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
11 Oct 2012 by Rich Ward
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Sadly the weather today was forecast to be far too inclement to fetch the lads across from the West coast.
A real shame, as the fishing for the lads aboard the boat yesterday was superb yet again. We steamed back out to the "wall" as intended because of the previous 3 days superb fishing. The big Northerly swell we've been experiencing for the last couple of days had eased, however, it did slow things up a little with the clarity not being quite as clear, so it was time to try some different spots in the deeper water.
The first lump of ground released some 40 or so fish and the second piece of ground we tried giving us another 50 plus fish. Ling to just in to double figures and cod going to over 15lbs.
A 50/50 split so far as what caught best yesterday, with the majority of ling falling to the squid, whilst most of the cod fell to the artificial lures.
Here's hoping the weather patterns recover in our favour soon and we can get back at them again!!
Pictured is Steve Bore from Grimsby with the best cod on the boat at 15lbs 4oz.
Tight lines
Rich. View Boats Page
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07/10/2012
Fishing Report by David Axtell
on Seren y Mor (Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan)
7 Oct 2012 by David Axtell
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Ray fishing is really good at the moment. Odyssey SAC landing 60 rays on Sunday between 6 anglers, with top rod for the day being Paul Evans with 16 rays. Top baits are mackerel and squid. Saturdays trip was a mixed party again the rays were there in good numbers with Declan Williams (aged 13) having a good day. Hopefully the whiting will arrive in the next few weeks.
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10/10/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
10 Oct 2012 by Gary Flint
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Wednesday 10th October 2012 - Andrew and the Lads from Wigan
We locked out of the marina at 7:30am with 5 anglers on who had booked the whole boat for the day. There was a bit of a breeze but nothing to be bothered about, so we headed up the river to our first mark of the day and dropped the anchor in. It didnt take long for the first fish of the day to be netted in the shape of a 4lb Thornback. A few whiting followed this in and then another thornback of 5lb 7oz. Plenty of whiting and doggies until the first cod of the day was caught by Andrew which was around the 2lb mark. We then decided on a move out of the river.
Once we had anchored, everybody began fishing again. The same as before the doggies and whiting began to show, until another thornback of around 3lb was landed. Some Dabs were caught before we decided to go and try another mark back down the river.
Yet again were got hammered by the doggies and whiting. With some more dabs and a couple more Thornbacks. Andrew sealed the day off with another Cod Just under 2lb.
A good bunch of lads who we will be seeing next month for another trip after Cod.
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10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin Penny
on Flamer IV (Weymouth, Dorset)
Oct 2012 by Colin Penny
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OCTOBER 2012 - Andy Wheal from Kent broke his Personal Best Plaice record three times during the same trip aboard FLAMER IV.Andy caught PB plaice weighing 5Ib,5Ib 2oz and 6Ib.Andy was using 8Ib class tackle with a trace that had lots of coloured attractor beads on.The successful bait was ragworm tipped with a strip of Ammo squid.Andy is pictured with his 6Ib Personal Best P.laice.
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10/10/2012
Fishing Report by Colin De Block
on Lead Us (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
10 Oct 2012 by Colin De Block
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out of lowestoft on Lead Us 10/10/12
headed out on a lovley morning with 7 anglers on board a bit of a slow start but then the whiting came on the feed constantly thoughout the day with over 100 good sized fish taken home and many more thrown back and some of the biggest dabs ive seen for a long while a good day had by all View Boats Page
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10/10/2012
Fishing Report by Paul Kilpatrick
on Sea Otter 2 (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
10 Oct 2012 by Paul Kilpatrick
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With the weather forcast being good with light winds and fairly calm sea everthing looked nice and it was for this man 1st time on boat he get a cod 15lb and ling 16lb what more could you ask all in all the lads at the end of the ended up with a nice show of fish on the day .
1st time at sea and double figure cod very nice. View Boats Page
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