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10th June 2005 

Pwllheli South beach producing Thornback and Spotted rays to sand eel. Bream reported from South beach and harbour mouth marks.  

Porthmadog harbour and estuary plenty of bass to 3lb using crab or harbour rag. 
(We've got peeler crab available in the shop). 

See report on www.castandcatch.com.  

5th November 2004 

All beach marks are fishing well for winter species. Criccieth itself is producing whiting, dabs and of course dogfish.  Evening and night tides are the best and the fishing is just as good on the neap tides as the the spring tides.  

 largest carp this year from the mixed lake is 10 lb 8 oz

The carp lake has produced a fantastic 129 lbs by an angler who caught nothing over 3 lb. The carp lake can easily produce bags of 60 lbs + from now onwards.

The biggest carp to date is14 lb 9 oz so there’s plenty more big fish to come out.

The New Trout Lake has proven to be a great success, the biggest rainbow to date is 12 lb 13oz, 95 % of the anglers come away with their limit.

9th August 2004 

Mullet are being caught up to 10 lbs on the Dwyfor estuary on bread.  Bass are also being caught in and around the river mouth. Plugging over the beach towards the mouth of the Dwyfor at high water has produced  some great sport with bass. Pwllheli Harbour and Porthmadog Estuary (down to the Powder House) are both producing good bass.

Boat Fishing

The causeway is producing some good bags of bass plugging and spinning over the reef and there are more than enough bream to 3 lbs to keep everyone happy. The Tope fishing has died down a bit but there are plenty of bullhuss in the 12 - 14 lbs bracket.

Mackerel are being caught from most beaches with Criccieth doing particularly well over high water from the jetty and off the beach on the Marine Terrace side.

30th June 2004

Local anglers have been catching some good sea trout , What's been caught so far : early June - 12 lb 8 oz Sea Trout and a 9 lb Sea trout caught by Graham Beacher of Criccieth. Steve Thredgill from Criccieth caught a 5 lb Sea trout . Mid June catches : Chris Saxon caught two Sea Trout in one afternoon weighing 8 lb and 4lb . Junior angler Nathan Davies from Criccieth caught a 13 lb sea trout on his first day 's fishing for Sea Trout . Michael Williams from Criccieth caught a sea trout weighing 4 lb during the end of the month. A small spate moved all the sea trout up into the woods section during the last week of June .

30th June 2004

Bass are now roaming most of the local coastal waters. The channel into Porthmadog and the Harbour at Pwllheli are producing Bass. Local angler Keith Dawson from Criccieth is on his 58th Bass of the year ( this figure includes returned fish, ) 4 lb 8 oz his best so far. Most of his fishing has been done at Porthmadog ang Pwllheli. A few local anglers have had some bass at Criccieth weighing up to 5 lb. Some big bream around the 3 - 4 lbs have been recorded fishing around the Pwlheli area. Also a large number of thornbacks have been caught off Pwllheli South Beach. Tope are giving great sport from boats around the bay.

30th June 2004

The Carp lake is now coming round after most of the spawning now over . Individual bags from pleasure fishermen are around 80 lbs .Heaviest fish on pole so far this year was caught in a match weighing 9 lb 8 oz to maggot. Heaviest fish caught with rod and reel 16 lb 4 oz to meat. The mixed lake is producing around 30 lb of mainly rudd ,roach and skimmers. The trout lake is proving  to be very popular with a 12 lb rainbow the heaviest fish to date.  

Anglers are reporting large catches of whiting and dogfish from beaches on the south of the peninsula with 30 to 40 fish per angler in a single tide not uncommon.

Geoff Jones from Stoke on Trent had a bit of a surprise when he hooked into a big bass fishing into the channel opposite Borth-y-Gest from the Harlech side. The long walk was worth it he said after he landed his double figure bass of 10 lb. He caught it on large sandeel tipped with mackerel.  Date caught 22nd Sept around 1 pm slack water at low tide.

 

Large Bass from Borth-y-Gest

21 August 2003

A Bass weighing 15lb has been caught from Borth-y-Gest. The lucky angler is believed to be a visiting angler from Sheffield. The bass fell to a bunch or harbour rag worm over high water.

Sunfish Spotted

21 August 2003

A sunfish estimated at between 30 & 40 lb was spotted off Criccieth/Porthmadog by local boat anglers. The fish leapt completely clear of the water allowing a positive identification. Unfortunately it was too quick for rod and line or camera.

Double Figure Sea Trout

15 August 2003

Michael Williams from Criccieth caught a specimen sea trout weighing 11 lb  6 oz on Aberkin section of the Dwyfor. The fish was taken on worm just after midday on the 15th August.
Follow this link for a photograph.

Prospects/Latest News

6 August 2003

Mackerel from Criccieth are now being taken when high water falls in the evening. Bass to 4 lbs are being caught from Pwllheli harbour and from Gimlet Rock.. thornbacks are still being caught also..

Schoolies mostly from Borth-y-gest in the channel. Good size flatties have been caught in Pwllheli harbour and the channel in Porthmadog....

In the river Dwyfor there have been a few salmon running.

The winner of the T Williams salver on the Eisteddfa Fishery was Paul Jones from Llangefni,Anglesey.

Fishing Match 26th July 2003

1 July 2003

Open match competition, the T. Williams cup will be held at Eisteddfa Coarse Fishery on 26th July 2003. Kindly sponsered by T. Williams Building Contractor, Pentrefelin, Criccieth.
Entries in by Monday 21st July. Big cash prizes . . . Contact the shop by e mail celt@anglingwales.co.uk or telephone 01766 522805 for more info.
 

River Dwyfor

25 June 2003

Len Penberton from Criccieth caught a sea trout weighing 13 lbs on worm from the Aberkin stretch. He's not revealing the exact spot.

Eisteddfa Fishery

REGULAR BAGS OF 60 lbs + are now being caught on the carp lake.

An open day was held at the fishery on Saturday 21 June organised by the ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY to introduce new anglers to the sport. It was a very good day with 55 new anglers turning up to fish. 

Bass In Numbers . . .

Bass are being caught in all the favorite spots most being between 2lb and 3lb in weight. Mackerel are now being caught from the shore at Criccieth evening high water being the best time when large shoals have come in very close to shore.  

Better Bass at Last . . .

10 June 2003 

Today Mike Williams from Criccieth caught a cracking bass weighing 5 lb 10 oz at low water from the rocks close to the Moranedd Cafe. The fish fell to peeler crab that had started to go off and was very smelly. The conditions at the time, there was a slight surf, it was fairly windy and bright.

Ray From Pwllheli

2 June 2003

Celt sent a party of 7 visiting anglers from Felixstowe to Pwllheli's Gimlet Rock on Saturday. They caught 12 ray between them including a specimen blonde ray of nearly 5 lbs. The largest of the  thornbacks weighed in at 12 lb 10 oz.

Plane Sailing!

2 June 2003

Paul Westhead and his son from Wrexham had a bit of a surprise whilst fishing from the rocks at Black Rock Sands, they caught 10 doggies ,1 flounder , 15 dabs , a 3lb spider crab and . . .  a remote controlled aero plane with a 5 foot wing span! The plane had 2 hours earlier crash landed about 500 yds out to sea, those witnessing the event suspected that would be the last they'd see of it. That was until Paul and his son foul hooked it and landed it by rod line. Apparently it gave a good fight kiting off in the tide making full use of its 5ft wing span!

River Dwyfor

19 May 2003

A local angler has taken the best sea trout so far this season from the Dwyfor. Fishing with worm on the lower reaches of the river he hooked and landed a fine 9lb 8oz fresh run sea trout. 

Also local legend Emrys Owen has caught his first ever May run sea trout weighing 6 lbs. This was also a lice covered fresh run fish.

Eisteddfa Coarse Fishery

19 May 2003

John Lord and his father Roger from Sheffield bagged 157 lbs of carp between them in a 6 hour session on the carp lake.  

John Heald from Old Colwyn had a fantastic session recently fishing an evening ticket on the carp lake. He bagged over 100 lbs of carp with his biggest being 5 lb. He said it was one of his best ever sessions fishing. 

David Wright from Manchester bagged 65 lbs of silver fish on the new mixed lake . Both lakes are fishing very well.

New Welsh Record Black Bream

15 May 2003

Criccieth Angler Alan Smith had a pleasant surprise while bass fishing at Pwllheli on Friday 2nd May 2003. He was fishing a size 4/0 hook baited with a lug, crab and squid cocktail when he struck into a bite. He was hoping for a bass but was left speechless when he saw his bass was actually a monster black bream.

The fish was weighed at the time of its capture  and the scales went to 5lbs. The fish was weighed again the following morning (Saturday) in the shop (Companions) by Celt on a calibrated set of scales, it registered 4lb 9ozs. This fish is 1lb 2¾ozs heavier than the current Welsh shore caught black bream record.   

The record claim is now with the W.F.S.A  who are authenticating it before it can be accepted as the official Welsh record black bream. 

Doggies Around Criccieth

15 May 2003

Dogfish are on the menu from beaches and the stone jetty in Criccieth. Anglers are taking 30+ fish bags in 3 to 4 hours fishing. The fish have been just as plentiful in daylight as after dark. Frozen squid, sand eel and mackerel are the doggies preferred baits.   

Small Bass From Borth-y-Gest

15 May 2003

Reports coming into the shop indicate the bass being taken from the Glaslyn estuary around Borth-y-Gest and from the harbor at Porthmadog are still only small fish up to about 1lb. The larger fish are still absent, hopefully they'll put in an appearance during the second half of May.