Post by georgieb on Jul 17, 2006 17:37:04 GMT 1
A group of us met up at last minute for a trip to Moelfre early on Sunday. Wall to wall sunshine and a light o/s breeze.
Lots of people out on all forms of craft at all speeds- had to keep an eye on the incomming mini-tsunamis. Fishing was slow at first but picked up with no end of mackeral falling to feathers of all types with the sinker jigged along the sea bed on the drift. We all tried targeting other species using many techniques and baits and lures, tried to find some bigger things, had some great bites and in the end martin scored with a reasonable strap conger. Species on the day in the middle of the day in water of 30-50 feet with everything caught on or near the bottom were mack, small gurnard, dogs and a conger. Great day out which ended with some fun with the stripped down kayaks at the end. Sorry about all the photos couldn't decide which to put up and some smudges (handling fish and bait dont do well for photography)-
Launching at moelfre
Paddled out in good conditions a few hundred metres to find the mackeral
Onto ynys moelfre (meolfre island)
more mack comming up slowly
view from island to headland (crowded- moelfre's own mackeral rock)
island outlook to shore at moelfre and benllech
Martins extra-mini rod hooks into something
A nice strap conger for him.
As the ebb got underway and water levels fell the sea changed quickly on the south east side of the island where we were anchored - very fast moving water and strong odd currents developed like an overfall, it was hard going to even stay static. So we paddled hard and got out sharp to calmer water in the bay especially as we had a newbie with us.
Paddled back to moelfre for some fun and games. martin's stand-up act- we all know he can't resist.
over we go and re-entry-my mate anthony looking on in my boat.
and despite his big catch of fish zebra just couldn't make it with the birds .
For me its grilled mack with butter tonight- a meal someone once described on this forum as 'dining with the Gods' - i agree especially if i have some shiraz with it.
Thanks for a great day fellas- all the best to everyone.
Lots of people out on all forms of craft at all speeds- had to keep an eye on the incomming mini-tsunamis. Fishing was slow at first but picked up with no end of mackeral falling to feathers of all types with the sinker jigged along the sea bed on the drift. We all tried targeting other species using many techniques and baits and lures, tried to find some bigger things, had some great bites and in the end martin scored with a reasonable strap conger. Species on the day in the middle of the day in water of 30-50 feet with everything caught on or near the bottom were mack, small gurnard, dogs and a conger. Great day out which ended with some fun with the stripped down kayaks at the end. Sorry about all the photos couldn't decide which to put up and some smudges (handling fish and bait dont do well for photography)-
Launching at moelfre
Paddled out in good conditions a few hundred metres to find the mackeral
Onto ynys moelfre (meolfre island)
more mack comming up slowly
view from island to headland (crowded- moelfre's own mackeral rock)
island outlook to shore at moelfre and benllech
Martins extra-mini rod hooks into something
A nice strap conger for him.
As the ebb got underway and water levels fell the sea changed quickly on the south east side of the island where we were anchored - very fast moving water and strong odd currents developed like an overfall, it was hard going to even stay static. So we paddled hard and got out sharp to calmer water in the bay especially as we had a newbie with us.
Paddled back to moelfre for some fun and games. martin's stand-up act- we all know he can't resist.
over we go and re-entry-my mate anthony looking on in my boat.
and despite his big catch of fish zebra just couldn't make it with the birds .
For me its grilled mack with butter tonight- a meal someone once described on this forum as 'dining with the Gods' - i agree especially if i have some shiraz with it.
Thanks for a great day fellas- all the best to everyone.
