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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 20, 2019 16:15:25 GMT 1
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 20, 2019 16:13:04 GMT 1
No you Numpty! My foot went through the duckboard that I made to keep the anglers feet above the rainwater & the ice that hold on the original deck (which itself is about 6" above the hull) Some mothers do ave em Skipper Vi Read more: mmbfc.proboards.com/thread/58/put-foot-belle#ixzz65paFp831
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 18, 2019 22:25:33 GMT 1
MOST DISAPPOINTED IN YOU! I went down the marina to clean under the duckboards & put some more support under one piece. What I did find was some mortifying rags behind a bucket in the bow, & 4 pieces of perfectly cut up sprat on the gunwhale (this had not been skaken out of a fishes mouth) this was freshly cut up sprat. Now I know who was fishing in those positions & I will be having a word, I don't want to have to carry out inspections before the anglers leave the boat, but if they can't leave it clean I will have to! Shame on you! 😡 From Belle skipper Vic Lilygreen
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 18, 2019 16:39:01 GMT 1
Frustratingly slow day today aboard the Oystercat, went up to Aberthaw which was slow, dropped back to Porthcawl in the afternoon, which was slower!! We ended the day with a dozen or so conger to 25lb, 2 blondes, a few huss, a couple of whiting and some dogs. Weather was great, fish just didn’t want to feed. Maybe I should have gone wrecking for pollack instead!! Skipper Dean Gifford
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 17, 2019 16:54:37 GMT 1
Duckboard repaired. & several other jobs done ready for tomorrow, all we have to do is turn the key & cast off, lets hope thw weather plays ball Even my fat bum & big feet shouldn't go through that lol Skipper Vic
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 17, 2019 16:52:43 GMT 1
No you Numpty! My foot went through the duckboard that I made to keep the anglers feet above the rainwater & the ice that hold on the original deck (which itself is about 6" above the hull) Some mothers do ave em Skipper Vic
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 17, 2019 16:01:07 GMT 1
Very good day afloat Suprised that there were not many boats out today, weather was perfect, before low water it went from calm to dead flat, even had the sun for a while. Fishing was very good we had literally hundreds of whiting, with plenty of "keepers", we also had a huss, a ray, & a single pouting but no dabs. We also decided to hold a "Belle Barmy Army Xmas P*** Up" at a date yet to be becidied, I wouldn't mind betting we get a full boat for that trip lol Skipper Vic Lilygreen. Read more: mmbfc.proboards.com/thread/56/mumbles-belle-16-november-2019#ixzz65XzGMd8W
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Jun 6, 2016 16:53:55 GMT 1
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 6, 2015 13:28:49 GMT 1
Skipper John took his fishing party out to the Oyster Ledges and caught a load of Bull Huss. Due to the weather it was difficult to anchor the boat after the tide turned and decided on an early return to the marina. Nigel Davies 8lb Bull Huss Tom Sullivan 12lb Bull Huss John Elvins 11lb Bull Huss John Elvins with another 11lb Bull Huss
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Nov 3, 2015 18:13:32 GMT 1
1. After the success of the trip 2 weeks ago I put another trip together to head up to Aberthaw on Sunday. This trip was better supported by the membership. At 7am with 7 of us board we made ready for the long journey east. The sea was fairly flat so we made good time but as we hit Nash the visibility dropped considerably, as did the temperature as we made our way through the thick fog. Our first mark was a deep trench that is more commonly reserved exclusively for the smallest of tides, but as we were going to be passing at high water, I thought we'd have a hour or so either side of high water. We got the anchor down, we may have been a little early. 20oz+ weights were needed to keep the baits firmly on the bottom, but as expected the tide started to ease and fish started to find the baits. First to arrive were congers and doggies. John Elvins with one of the congers weighing 15lb As the tide and boat turned Pete Jordan found a lovely blonde ray male). The fight was an interesting one, he'd hooked the ray as we we're swinging around which meant he brought the fish up and over the anchor rope. Pete Jordan with 10lb blonde ray The congers and dogs continued to feed as the tide started to ebb. John Bevan had a cracking spur dog - his first ever. Very lucky we landed this one as I messed up the first netting attempt. I was pulling the fish back towards the waiting net for a second time when it bit through the hook link. I just managed to scoop it into the net before it realised it was free of the hook. It pulled the scales down to 17lb. John Bevan with his first spurdog (17lb) 1. The tide was now starting to run harder so it was time to get the anchor up and head east to Aberthaw. We dropped the anchor outside the flotilla of boats already fishing there. We stuck it out for 30mins or so, but the wind and tide combined to trip anchor. Luckily for John Bevan, he'd hooked a nice blonde ray. Normally in this sort of tide run he would have had a hell of a fight on his hand, but luckily the boat was tripping anchor so that the boat was going along with the fish instead of having to pump the fish up. John Bevan - 9lb blonde ray With the anchor up we headed a little further west to Stout Point to see out the strongest part of the tide. Other than dogs and a few little congers it very slow. 1pm saw us edge back out to where we struggled to hold anchor earlier. Even though the tide would still be running hard, at least it would be easing for the next couple of hours so would only get better, and it dis. Fishing started pretty quickly with reasonable numbers of blondes, congers and dogs along with a lone spotted ray. Dea Gifford with 8lb blonde ray Nigel Davies with 7lb Blonde Ray Colin Albert 5lb blonde ray also Dean Gifford 5lb blonde ray John Elvins 11lb blonde ray John Elvins 5lb blonde ray, Nigel Davies 3lb conger Nigel Davies 10lb Blond Ray At 4pm we lifted the anchor and headed back through the dense fog to Swansea. In all a reasonably good day, a few quiet periods but during these the dogs kept the rods nodding. I was pretty disappointed that we didn't have any codling as we had loads of quality worm. Ah well, there's always next time!!
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Oct 19, 2015 16:55:50 GMT 1
With dropping tides and variable wind forecasts it didn't make it easy to formulate a plan for the fishing trip. I didn't really fancy a trip chasing bass, even though there are plenty about the times of the tide would have meant the day being a little broken up. I'd been ask recently about a trip looking for a few blonde rays, a species I enjoy fishing for. As the forecast was good for heading up east and we'd get a lot of shelter off the land, I put my name down to take an Oystercat fishing trip on Sunday (18 October 2015) up to the Nash Sandbank then around to Aberthaw. Its fair to say this trip was 'not well supported by the membership' come Sunday morning we only had 3 anglers down to go. In preparation for the trip, Saturday evening was spent doing the maths for a couple of different options as a trip of that distance split between 3 is pretty expensive. Rays were to be the target as Mal needed a blonde for his species hunts and Pete had never caught a ray, and I've been promising him a ray for ages. At 7:45am we met on-board and disused our options: Option 1 Stick with the Plan - Nash and Aberthaw £££ Option 2 Just go to Nash ££ Option 3 Head to the Scarweather ££ Option 4 - the super saver option, just go to the Mixon and wrecks in the bay £. Initially, it was decided we'd do option 3 and just sit on the Scarweather bank with a chance of catching a blonde, but more likely just small eyes. By the time we'd reached the locks the others wanted to head to the Nash instead to give a better chance of a blonde ray or two. The trip up Nash was lovely, sea was flat, passed a pod of feeding porpoises, off Porthcawl, and within the hour we were anchored up on the Nash Bank fishing. We stayed here for a few hours, but the dogs were relentless!! We did manage a few Small eyed rays, bullhuss and a little conger, but Pete still hadn't had a ray and Mal hadn't had a blonde. After lunch we had a chat, as we didn't have too much water left under us, we decided to get the anchor up and go up to Aberthaw. The move was definitely worth it, within 10mins of us settling on the anchor I landed the first blonde of the day followed by a steady stream of blondes to 11lb, congers to 23lb, bullhuss to 6lb and a lone Cod of 5lb. With the evening drawing in we got the anchor up around 5:30pm, after cleaning down etc we were away from the boat around 7:30pm. As I expected we'd not end up on the Scarweather I didn't bother picking up worm bait, I think we would have had a few more codling if we'd all taken worm! Next time.
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Oct 5, 2015 18:12:58 GMT 1
We're almost on borrowed time for summer species. Watching lures drop through the clear water will soon be swapped out for banging big smelly baits out from the boat into the racing chocolate coloured water searching for a cod. With that in mind, the tides were falling in size but the weather forecast was great so I outlined a trip to have another bash at the bass. We collected 4lb of live eel from Swansea Tackle and Bait, along with some lug and squid to see us through slack water periods. Arriving at the first mark we found the strong flooding tide had coloured the water up. Unsurprisingly we didn't have anything in the first couple of drifts so we made our way to the next mark - here we had far better clear water. In addition to a show put on by a pod of playful dolphins we were treated to a reasonable number of bass to 5lb+. The sandeel also attracted the interest of a large squid that let go right at the boat. Dean Gifford with 5lb+ Bass As the drift speed dropped we made our way to a large sandbank to put the anchor down for a few hours so we could have some food and try for some rays etc. The weed was a problem as the tide began to ebb but we found a few nice rays, a couple of gurnard, dabs and dog. Dean Gifford and Colin Albert with Rays Nathaniel James witha lovely Ray As the tide increased in strength we made our way back offshore to have another bash for bass. We returned to where we'd found the fish earlier in the day, but a few drifts didn't put us over the shoal. Earlier in the day the shoal was clearly on the move, so I was sure they'd turn back up at some point, but a large Bideford trawler was making its way towards the area so we didn't bother hanging around. We made our way west, joining the flotilla of boats lined up along one of the popular areas of Gower. The first drift yielded 2 bass and a few lost eels. Although there were a ton of boats there our hopes were pretty high. We averaged a fish every 2 drifts, which is OK but not ground breaking. Richie Pearce with 5lb+ Bass John Beval witha 5lb+ Bass A few fishless drifts signalled time for us to make a move, we ran back towards Swansea to have a few hours at anchor on Langland reef. Unfortunately, the bream didn't appear as expected, only finding one; but we found a few nice gurnard (all three common species) along with bullhuss and dogs by the bucket load. We had another little bash for bass as the light started to fade but we could only interest a large scad before we called time on the day. We got back to the marina around 7:30pm, finally got away around 8:30 after cleaning down and sorting the fish. Hopefully this nice weather will continue... but I have a feeling it won't be too long before my trips start targeting more wintry species.
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Oct 5, 2015 17:19:36 GMT 1
Lazy start, after picking up bait at Swansea Tackle and Bait I arrived at the boat at 8:30am. First mark was a little drift for some mackerel, we managed a grand total of 1! Not really a problem as we all had plenty of bait. The first mark produced a few small eyed rays and dogfish. Dean Gifford & small eyed ray Nathaniel James with small eyed ray After slack water we headed further east to a mark normally stuffed with smooth hounds. Unfortunately, the wind kept pushing us over the anchor rope resulting in tackle losses and generally poor fishing. I did manage to nick one little hound before we decided to move west and a little way offshore. Dean Gifford & smoothhound The fishing was a little more productive giving a couple of strap congers, bullhuss, smoothhounds and a thornback ray lost at the side of the boat. Dean Gifford with his second smoothhound Nigel Ellerton looks a bit **** off Towards the end of the day, the wind that had been a pain all day eased right off. We spent the last hour drifting off the Swigg looking for mackerel but only had a couple of Gurnards. Not the best days fishing by any stretch of imagination but sun shone all day and we did catch a few fish so can't complain too much. I also showed Nathaniel the importance of peelers over soft crab for smoothhound fishing.
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Oct 5, 2015 17:09:43 GMT 1
With the evenings and bad weather starting to draw in as we move closer and closer to winter, we decided to make the most of the reasonable forecast the weekend. On the Saturday we went down to Lundy, probably for the last time this year. We got the first lock out of Swansea marina and made our way down to the island stopping to fish for bait on the way, here we found lots and lots of Launce along with 4-5inch mackerel and interrupted occasionally by a few weaver fish. We started fishing on the north side of the island where we found plenty of pollack around the rocks until the drift speed dropped enough for us to fish the massive pinnacles of the hens and chickens reef. We had a few good fish here but were inundated with pollack of barely 1.5lb hitting lures both as they dropped to the bottom and as they were quickly wound up through the water. When the tide built enough to force us off these pinnacles and as we started loosing gear, the next stop was the large reef at the south end of the island. This reef didn't disappoint, plenty of medium sized pollack were being caught on every drift. The 3 Pollacks - Dean gifford, John Bevan & John Elvins Nathaniel James with Ballan Wrasse After a couple of hours we headed east to give a wreck a try, after 10mins of marking the wreck up we started the fishing. Skipper Dean stayed at the helm plotting the structure as Oystercat passed over the wreck and making sure we were heading in the right direction. On the 3rd drift Dean dropped a redgill down with the rest of the anglers and was rewarded with the only fish we had on the wreck - a nice bass of around 6lb. Dean Gifford caught this 6lb+ Bass. A few more drifts didn't yield anything so we a move to horseshoe rocks, but as we rounded Hartland Point the water got very dirty so we decided to call it quits and head back to home to Swansea marina. The easterly wind meant we had a very messy journey back. Luckily, by the time we got back into Swansea Bay the conditions were much nicer so we dropped the anchor for a hour or so. While everyone else kept the pouting, doggies and mackerel coming over the gunwales, Nathaniel and Dean went ahead cleaning the pollack that we'd bled before leaving Lundy. After all the pollack were sorted the bass was still swimming strongly around the live well making Dean feel guilty. Having more than enough pollack, the bass was returned and with a flick of its tail it shot down to join its welsh relatives! Skipper Dean Gifford
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Post by Mumbles Motor Boat Fishing Cl on Oct 5, 2015 16:56:15 GMT 1
I'd marked this one as a conger trip and a bit of reefing thrown in during the afternoon. We boarded at 6:30am, unfortunately the weather wasn't to be kind to us. I offered the option of hitting the bass mark again for a hour or 2 as the state of tide was near enough the same, but the guys were keen on heading out to the wreck so we decided to stick with the original plan. We had a reasonable amount of mackerel from the day before along with frozen mackerel and squid, but you cant beat fresh mackerel. So the plan was to have a little jig for some more bait on the way out. A little motor round didn't show much on the sounder so I headed for a area that can be productive - as luck would have it, drifting over the mark saw strings of bass coming up on the feathers. Typical, the day before we'd covered 60miles+ to get a few bass; We went out for a few mackerel and found loads of bass 20mins from the pier heads!! We arrive at the wreck on the 2nd time of trying and we dropped into the right area. Within 15mins we had our first eel onboard, only a strap of 8lb or so. I soon after hooked a sea monster but after 5mins my braid failed and all was lost. Strangely, that was the end of the conger fishing, we didn't seem to get any more interest until we swung off the wreck and began finding double figure bullhuss - these were the worst behaved I've encounter for a while; normally I can handle them fairly well and get them to settle down quickly but all these wanted to do was bite your face or forearm!! Colin Albert & BullHuss Pete Jordan & BullHuss Dean Gifford & BullHuss Pete Jordan & BullHuss 2 Colin Abert with a nice thornback ray Other than a few whiting, dogs and little tope we didn't find anything worth staying out wide in the increasingly sloppy sea (Wind over tide) so we ran into Oxwich - again to replenish our bait stocks for the afternoon. Scad were plentiful but we wanted mackerel which proved harder to find, but after watching a couple of gannets for a little I managed to put us over a shoal that saw the bait bucket filled quickly. We had a few drifts over the wreck, but only had a few pout and poor cod, the wind and tide meant anchoring was not an option. We moved outside the moorings and anchored for a few hours. Here we had a few gurnard, dogs and a nice 11lb Thornback. We called it a day around 4pm - not the best days fishing we've experienced but nice to be out and back in at a reasonable time!
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