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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Sunday 27 February 2019
Skipper John Elvins
Oystercat trip trip was on;y half full, no juniors. With willing anglers on board we set of out on the 8.000 lock, to fish for 3hr. 2.5 hr out on our first mark found dogfish then a shout of "this is better" from Nigel. The rest of us were spurred on with some level of enthusiasm from then. Slow but steady we landed 10 spurs and lost 4 to bite offs 3 conger and a 5 inch whiting on the bank saw the day out.
Conditions were great and the company also enjoyable. Best fish Howard 24lb conger, I had a 14.5lb spur.
Skipper John Elvins reporting
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Jphn elvins doing the conger |
Up the spurs - Niel Wilson and John Elvins |
Les Chapman earning his spurs
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Howard Griffiths 24lb conger |
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Howard Griffiths nice spurdog
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Nigel Davies with a nice conger
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Sunday 24 February 2019
Skipper Dean Gifford
Really poor day on the oystercat today, beam on swell or chop seemed to follow us from mark to mark.
Had a few whiting, couple of small codling, dabs and dogs. Ended up coming in before the lock closures, which is only the 2nd time I’ve ever done that; the first time my Mrs threatened to kill me if I was late to a party!
On the plus side, I got to sit in the sun and shell the 2kg of mussels I had left, blow down the yellow tails and black lug ready for freezing and sort my tackle ‘bucket’ as I’ve been just dropping rigs in there for a few weeks thinking ‘I’ll sort it when I get home’... which I never do; every cloud has a silver lining I guess.
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Shore fishing Session
Allan Walters
18 February 2019
Fished Llangennith today in a big surf. Caught my first bass of 2019. The fish was 54cm in length approx 4.5 lbs. The fish swam away strongly.
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My first bass of 2019 - 54cm - 4.5lb
Swam away strongly after the photo and measuring
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Saturday 16 February 2019
Skipper Mark Thomas
It was a very hard day aboard the oystercat today. The weather
forecast was borderline for cancelling but decided to have ago and went
east 1st to try and find some spurs and ray .
Unfortunately failed and only managed to find dogfish a couple of
dabs, small whiting and a strap. The weather held back so a pleasant
day in the end.
Cheers
Skipper Mark Thomas
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Marina at 7 in the morning
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EELy good catch!! for John Spanner
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Friday 15 February 2019
Skipper Simon Clark
Started on the kidney bank where the wind resulted in quite a chop and
made it a bit uncomfortable. Fishing was slow with only a single spurdog
to Adrian, two whiting and the inevitable dogs (and not a lot of them
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thornback.
However, the company was as good as the weather and a good day was had by all.
Well done Simon great to have you "back" good to see the skippers
is still out front with the thornbacks. those southerlys play havoc at
anchor and should be banned ...
John Elvins
Thanks Skip, bit choppy in the beginning, not a lot of fish but the company and weather made up for it.
Shout of the day was Adrian pulling in a Spur Dog “ I ain’t touching that”
John Martin
Thanks for an entertaining day and good banter looking forward to trips great skipper would go out with you any time
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Albert Harris
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Mumbles through the looking net
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Thornback for skipper Si Clark
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Sunday 3 February 2019
Skipper Mark Thomas
Oystercat trip today turned into quite a reasonable day, started off with a lovely sunrise and calm sea.
1st stop produced 4hrs of entertaining fishing with lots of small whiting and dabs, mixed in with 11 spurdogs up to 13lb, mainly to the terrible two Phill Bowen and Nigel Davies!
When the tide turned the wind picked up and made it uncomfortable but we stuck it out for a while as the fish continued to feed.
Then decided to head inshore and get a bit of shelter where we caught more dabs, included a picture of the Belle to say thanks to Victor for letting me anchor next to him as i had no GPS unit today.
Cheers skipper Mark Thomas
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Sunrise at the start of the fishing trip |
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Feels like a very big one |
Oh no its not!! just a new species
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Phil Bowen wrestling hold one
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Phil Bowen wrestling hold two
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Phil Bowen wrestling hold three |
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Just the two of us Phil Bowen and Nigel Davies - top anglers of the day |
Mumble Belle full of fihersmen |
Mumbles Belle Fishing Trip
Sunday 3 Febuary 2019
Skipper Vic lilygreen
Poor day generally dabs were mostly of a good size, but the whiting were like goldfish!
We
moved out to the area of the Strombus at the start of the fllood &
it was useless, & choppy, decided to move back inshore only to find
that the anchor had caught another anchor rope (or a lost pot or pots.
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anchor brought a birds nest tangle of what looked like 13mm coarse
yellow rope with a length of blue rope attached like a dropper.
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were unable to get it above the surface to get it on our winch, only
managed with great difficulty to cut our anchor free, & made our way
back to Mumbles to carry on "dabbing".
Made our way back in at 3.30pm.
Is that it until the bream come back in April? Will have to make do with photos of the sun taken by Allan Walters.
Skipper Vic |
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Sunset
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Saturday 19 January 2019
Skipper Richie Pearce
Conditions were wet and damp as skipper Richies took
the Oystercat out into Swansea Bay. On board were 8 senior members of
the Club from STSCC, out on their first trip of the yesar. The seas were
moderate and calm annd the rain did not dampen their spirits.
On the mooring the fishing was slow with no outrages shouts for net
net!! However we caught a couple of small dabs, whiting and the dogfish
were a bit of a nuisance.
Come midday skipper Richie toook out his crystal ball, upped the
anchor and headed a further 2 mile west of Swansea. Dropped the anchor
and within minutes Andy Charles struck gold and was rewarded with a 12lb
spurdog, this was followed by a franzy of 25 spurdogs weighing 5 to
11lbs plus. Two anglers qualified for a Mission Acomplished Award.
What srated as a quiet day turned into a manic afternoon. Bait of the day was fresh mackerel.
Richie and Nigel Davies gave outstanding support and help with
their fishing and safety skills. Not to mention their exceptional
culinary skills, providing hot and cold food and drink that would put
Cunard and P&O to shame. Well done MMBFC
Bob Christie reporting
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Sunday 20 January 2019
Skipper Dean Gifford
A
great day aboard the Oystercat today; lots of conger to 30lb, loads of
spurdog to low teens, few whiting, dabs, small Huss and dogs. Weather
was very kind all day, allowing us to stay offshore until the tide
forced us back in.
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2 Congers - Ronnie Willams & Nigel Davies
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Just a pactice spur for Paul Eaton
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Paul Eaton & Nigel Davies - get their spurs
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Saturday 5 January 2019
Skipper Dean Gifford
Very chilli start to the day over in minehead today!
Didn’t find the bigger cod we hoped for but had a few small ones, lots of tiny ones, whiting, lots of strap eels, few thornbacks and dogs.
We added dabs to our catch tally when we got back in swansea bay.
A long but enjoyable day.
Due to the limited cod interest I now have about 3lb of black and yellow tail lug to blow and freeze down!
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Early start to Minehead |
Dave Snelling - Thornback
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Colin Albert - Cod for his species hunt collection |
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Oystercat Fishing Trip
Tuesday 1 January 2019
Skipper Dean Gifford
Good start to 2019 aboard the Oystercat today; started the day down Oxwich.
Where the fishing was steady through the morning, headed closer to home where the fishing picked up in the afternoo.
We ended the day with plenty of nice whiting, dabs, dogs, bull huss, pouting, cod(let) and a little spoted ray.
Weather was very kind, everyone had enough fish to take home and there was plenty of friendly competition in the Pearce-Williams family!
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Mark Thomas - spotted ray |
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