Species Hunting

This blog will record my fishing progress via the REPORTS tag, list marks fished through the VENUES tag, and may also help you identify your own catch through the SPECIES tag on the right hand side of the webpage.


2013 - 32 species : 2012 - 32 species : 2011 - 33 species : 2010 - 33 species : 2009 - 35 species : 2008 - 46 species : 2007 - 46 species : 2006 - 35 species : 2005 - 36 species



Sunday 27 January 2008

Dogfish, Lesser Spotted




Llansteffan, Caramarthenshire

Llansteffan

Pic to follow.

Known Species - Flounder, Bass, Mullet, etc

Hobbs Point, Pembroke Dock

Hobbs Point



Known Species - Codling, Whiting, Conger, Dogfish, Bass, Pollack, Coalfish, Mackerel, Ballan Wrasse, Scorpionfish, Thornback Ray, Rock & Black Goby, Shanny, Tompot Blenny, Bass, Pout, Poor Cod, etc

Neap tide mark. Long cast required to reach clean ground. Very rough ground close in!

Friday 25 January 2008

Coalfish




Bream, Black





Conger Eel




Shark, Porbeagle




Chesil Beach


View from Portland



Bridging Camp

Known Species - anything can turn up!! Codling, Dogfish, Whiting, Pouting, Poor Cod, Bream, Plaice, Turbot, Ray, Conger, Pollack, Triggerfish, Red Mullet, Mackerel, Garfish, Scad, Wrasse etc.

Main venues - Abbotsbury, Wet Bexington, Bridging Camp, etc (best do a search on the internet for further info, as I could write a whole blog on Chesil!).



Most popular marks on Chesil, such as Abbotsbury, can get very busy with the 'mackerel bashers' out in force during the summer months.

Beware fishing the venue in a westerly wind - the swells can be dangerous!



Shanny

 
 

Ray, Thornback




Ray, Cuckoo



Smelt, Sand



Gurnard, Tub






Smoothound, Common







Smoothound, Starry

Whiting






Report, Milford Haven

Date - 23rd January 2008
Time - 7pm (HW) to 10pm
Venue - Milford Haven
Species Caught - Whiting, Poor Cod, Pouting, Scorpionfish

Decent number of fish about - Plenty of activity later on in the session, but it was very slow to start off.

Garfish



Mumbles Pier

Mumbles Pier

Pics to follow...

Known Species - Whiting, Codling, Pouting, Dabs, Flounder, Dogfish, Bass, Conger, Tub Gurnard, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Black Bream, Triggerfish, Sand Smelt, Red Mullet, Thick Lipped Grey Mullet, Garfish, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Pollack, Smoothounds, Scorpionfish, - etc

Anytime venue - there is always water at end of pier.

Pollack






Pouting


Poor Cod


Turbot






Dab