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Day One 3 Holyhead charter boats, Coegfran, My Way and Spindrift were
utilised to take the 19 keen anglers out into the bay for the battle!
The weather for the day was to be relatively calm seas with a gentle
12mph SE breeze. All the fish had to be of a minimum 20cm in size. All
boats carried an independent steward who would record each anglers catch
on a clearly visible display board, with the skipper assisting in
measuring any fish that were deemed possibly undersize.
The in-size fish would be awarded points from 1,2 and 3 - with the
lowest scoring being the most prominent for Holyhead or simply the smaller fish
for the area.
The fishing was brisk for most of the competitors, with a great variety
of fish coming over the gunwales of each boat. |
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Species over the six
hours included dabs, codling, whiting, dogfish, pouting, poor cod, grey
and red gurnard, huss, thornback ray, blonde ray, spotted ray, ballan
wrasse, cuckoo wrasse and pollack.
Once the results were compiled for day one :-
Boat winners on 100% Jon Law, John Traynor and Phil Clarke
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Brief over view
for 19 anglers day 1 |
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Total 1 point fish |
919 |
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Total 2 point fish |
333 |
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Total 3 point fish |
16 |
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Total Fish Caught |
1268 |
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Day Two |
| Day two of the team trials was always one laden with concern for the
skippers. Strong winds forecasted to reach 35mph from the south! So a
slight change in plan was needed to keep the anglers on a fairly
consistent amount of fish. The first 90mins on the mussel beds was
hard going, fish were coming aboard however as the winder gathered pace
and the tide slackened off, the boat was starting to rock in a very
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| Despite the conditions, aboard My Way, Phil Clarke, a boat winner from the
previous day fished well claiming 3 rays and a couple bull huss amongst his
tally for the Mussel beds. After the full 2hrs had been fished, we had winds
gusting 30knots against a 29ft ebbing tide and a call for cover was made.
Getting the lads to sort gear, hide bait away, and huddle to the cover of
the cabin, we ploughed through the sea to the shelter of Holyhead Mountain.
It was certainly not safe to cut bait through the water as we hit a few
waves and threw water over the boat. Arriving at Rocky Coast fishing was to
continue on the rocky / broken ground. An anchor on the mud was sadly not a
possibility as it was far too exposed to the Southerly wind. |
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On arrival we allowed an additional 20minutes preparation time for that
lost whilst travelling through the rough sea. After which we were again
into similar fish to the Mussel beds, however the fish were far less
obliging as in the previous anchor, with a mixture of dogs, whiting,
codling and some more huss coming to the boat. Sadly, the winds had us
pushed safely into the Rocky Coast area of Holyhead Bay, without any
chance of venturing further a field for our 2hrs of drifting. By now,
(end of June), this area is full of ballan, cuckoo and corkwing wrasse.
However similar to reports from all over the UK, all the fishing seems
to be a month or so behind. Yes wrasse and pollack are around, but
nowhere near the numbers we are normally seeing.
The anglers worked hard on the drift to record a fair number of
wrasse and a few pollack in very difficult circumstance, not only were
the fish proving elusive but the continuous strong wind was hampering
any drift that wasn't tucked within a few feet of the rocks. |
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| Boat Winners for Day Two - James Theyer, Colin Orme Thomas and Aaron Smith. |
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Brief over view for 19
anglers day 2 |
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Total 1 point fish |
919 |
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Total 2 point fish |
333 |
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Total 3 point fish |
16 |
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Total Fish Caught |
1268 |
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| So at the half way stage for qualification to the WFSA National Boat Angling
Team for 2011, the league looks as follows |
| The final 2 legs to be fished out of Holyhead once again, aboard Coegfran,
My Way and Spindrift the end of July. |
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Name |
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Leg
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Leg
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Total |
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Aaron Smith |
87.13 |
100.00 |
187.13 |
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Jon
Law |
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100.00 |
86.44 |
186.44 |
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John
Traynor |
100.00 |
85.96 |
185.96 |
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Kev
Preston |
88.71 |
96.61 |
185.32 |
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Phil
Clarke |
100.00 |
81.36 |
181.36 |
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Rod
Adamson |
81.90 |
95.08 |
176.98 |
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Mark
Owen |
81.90 |
89.47 |
171.37 |
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Colin Orme Thomas |
70.97 |
100.00 |
170.97 |
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Chris Pucher |
82.18 |
84.21 |
166.39 |
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Chris Hamblin |
69.31 |
94.74 |
164.05 |
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11 |
Dewi
Roberts |
79.21 |
83.05 |
162.26 |
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Tim
Theyer |
66.13 |
88.52 |
154.65 |
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13 |
James Theyer |
53.47 |
100.00 |
153.47 |
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14 |
Gary
Hobbs |
62.90 |
85.25 |
148.15 |
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John
O Connor |
77.14 |
70.49 |
147.63 |
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16 |
Rob
Roberts |
90.10 |
54.24 |
144.34 |
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Mark
Done |
73.33 |
67.21 |
140.54 |
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18 |
Brian Moss |
70.16 |
49.12 |
119.28 |
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19 |
Mark
East |
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50.00 |
64.41 |
114.41 |
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Total 1 point fish |
919 |
585 |
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Total 2 point fish |
333 |
123 |
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Total 3 point fish |
16 |
33 |
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Total fish |
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1268 |
741 |
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Total Overall |
2009 |
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WFSA Boat Team trials 2010
- final
results Anyone interested in taking part in the 2011 WFSA National Boat Teams trials
for the 2012 team should keep an eye out for information at the WFSA website
- www.wfsa.org.uk .
Watching the guys this weekend ... I got the bug bag, thinking next
year I'll be back to taking part... and hopefully qualifying! |
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