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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 J.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Isobars looked close
together; 30mph later on could come early.
What to do?
Cancel, you have to be
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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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