Any fish, anywhere

Any fish, anywhere!

Well I've been every where man...

Wednesday evening Rhyl Low up,
Thursday dawn Low at Kinmel Bay
Thursday afternoon High East of Prestatyn
Friday afternoon High at Holyhead
And this morning out on Mytime at first light for a couple of hours until conditions dictated that the only sensible thing was to head in before the flood






















































































Tired now!

Great report and lovely set of pictures. It's a shame there was so few fish but the ones you did catch did smile for the camera.  

In the 4th picture is that a Seabite alarm Notbad I can see on the longest rod? 

kirky's dad wrote:

In the 4th picture is that a Seabite alarm Notbad I can see on the longest rod? 

No mate, it's a chemical light in a permanent holder, ie a holding tube with sliding grips, easier than fussing with tape, it's a bit bulky but never seems to snag the line on casting

Had a bite every drop down the wall at Holyhead, quarter inch of rag tipping shrimp rigs, hitting them was the problem, but after ferreting in my box for some very small hooks I landed a good few minis, the distance rods weren't troubled. ( feathered for mackie too but no customers )

very good report and lots of good pics with fish in some of them and all that fresh air you had
got to be better out than in the house well done

What fish is the one in the second to the last fish pictures the Ballan Wrasse being the last one. Looking at some pictures it looks like a Meargar, but I have never seen one so would not know. 

kirky's dad wrote:

What fish is the one in the second to the last fish pictures the Ballan Wrasse being the last one. Looking at some pictures it looks like a Meargar, but I have never seen one so would not know. 

second to last picture is a Goldsinny Wrasse last pic looks like a Corkwing Wrasse       

Nice photos  

kirky's dad wrote:

What fish is the one in the second to the last fish pictures the Ballan Wrasse being the last one. Looking at some pictures it looks like a Meargar, but I have never seen one so would not know. 

I thought it was a Gold Sinny, never heard of a Meargar

I thought the last one was a female Cork Wing Wrasse. The males being more colourful in breeding plumage ?....

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Goldsinny+Wrasse&Form=R5FD2

But if anyone knows better please tell us,

I'm not that keen on catching minis really but in the absence of much else this week it was a chance to try out the shorter spinning rod I bought at the Bodelwyddan Boat Jumble recently. Only £6 and its a better length for using on Notbad 1 than my 9 foot spinner

Thanks Steve, you posted as I was typing.

Trying to recall what the second Holyhead fish is, the shedding of scales ( see pic ) distinguishes it from something similar I believe

Notbad wrote:

Thanks Steve, you posted as I was typing.

Trying to recall what the second Holyhead fish is,  the shedding of scales ( see pic ) distinguishes it from something similar I believe

poor cod  

Can't find a Meargar on the web, is this an alternative / local name??

My search engine suggests Meerkat or Margaret Thatcher,
I've done a lot of meagre fishing of late though ...

This report and pics. deserves a nomination for an Oscar award for its content,information and cracking pictures, well done, enjoyed it.    

Phil the Bill wrote:

This report and pics. deserves a nomination for an Oscar award for its content,information and cracking pictures, well done, enjoyed it.        

Aw thanks Phil !

I get ( nearly ) as much fun from SunnyRhyl as actually fishing.

By the way, in the first Lifeboat pic Rhyl's Lil Cunningham is on her way to assist the Flint inshore boat rescue the Dolphin from up the Dee, later they both passed as they took the Dolphin to Rhyl Flats.

The lifeboat at Holyhead is a former Cemaes lifeboat being towed in, for I guess the traditional sailing event at Holyhead this weekend

Which is a good enough reason to plug the Fun Day at Prestatyn Sailing Club today  

Phil the Bill wrote:

This report and pics. deserves a nomination for an Oscar award for its content,information and cracking pictures, well done, enjoyed it.        

As Regine Velasques would say "Its written in the sand"!

Notbad wrote:

kirky's dad wrote:

What fish is the one in the second to the last fish pictures the Ballan Wrasse being the last one. Looking at some pictures it looks like a Meargar, but I have never seen one so would not know. 

I thought it was a Gold Sinny, never heard of a Meargar

I thought the last one was a female Cork Wing Wrasse. The males being more colourful in breeding plumage ?....

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Goldsinny+Wrasse&Form=R5FD2

But if anyone knows better please tell us,  

I'm not that keen on catching minis really but in the absence of much else this week it was a chance to try out the shorter spinning rod I bought at the Bodelwyddan Boat Jumble recently. Only £6 and its a better length for using on Notbad 1 than my 9 foot spinner

Thanks for putting me right on the fish all of you. Never seen a Goldsinny Wrasse before. Did you know all Wrasse are born female.
Notbad if you look up Meagre also known as Shade fish. It likes warmer waters so probably seen more in the south. My spell check changed the spelling to Meargar. Sorry about that.    

Good report Paul ,I had one little bass yesterday at kens mark ,my mate had two ,fished penmeanmawr last night dogfish soup ,just at pensarn now same story foul hooked little weavers and pin whiting ,pants ..going dinas tonight hope it. Fishes better there  

The little one was a poor cod, they lose scales as soon as you touch them,pouting hang onto theirs a bit longer, the sea scorpion was a long-spined ,and the corkwing and goldsinney were as you already know.

What about in picture 17  

This is picture 17 Logger

http://devour.com/video/snuffy-the-seal-returns-to-the-sea/

 

logger wrote:

What about in picture 17  

It might be a lost Labrador  

Some great contributions there!

There's been a " lost Labrador" at pretty well every beach venue I've fished of late.

I've just added a post to sea fishing chat about sneakers gonads and sleeping Corkwings