[cod king]

Are you aloud to fish in south haven skomer have fished in ther ebefore and caught pollack but since i found out it was a maritine reserve im not sure.

Any help will be appreciated thank.

 

[lurelover]

I,ve fished all around skomer m8 and never had a problem, I think you would only have probs if you were comercial.

We go right in tight to the rocks casting lures, awsome sport.

 

[cod king]

Thanks for that lurelover. What do you usally catch?

 

[lurelover]

Cod in the summer, pollack, coalfish, ocasional bass, makerel, huss and conger of the bottom.

 

[cod king]

How big do the fish grow to. Do you spin with the abu tobys. What baits do you use for the conger and the huss.

 

[lurelover]

How big do the fish grow to. Do you spin with the abu tobys. What baits do you use for the conger and the huss.

The pollack and cod can go to double figure, so can the bass but more often the bass are up to 5lb. We use small pirks up to 60grm, and the traditional toby's ect with 12-16lb braid. If you find yourself there at dusk then try to get in close and use some surface poppers.
Usual baits for the conger and huss of makerel, squid, large sandeel.

 

[cod king]

Thaks lurelover for that will try it next time i am out at skomer.

 

[joejarvy]

hi lads

i do all my fishing out of solva and its seems relitively similar, but we eint got cod!!!


i no there is cod out on the sylvia but i only have a small 15 ft dingy and its too dangerous.
is there a charter service running from martins haven, or do you use your own boats?

how deep are the cod aswel?

tight lines
joejarvy

 

[lurelover]

There are cod there at this time of year but you need to fish tight to the bottom.

As far as fishing there in a 15ft dingy, it all depends on what sort of boat it is and what weather you can handle. If you aint happy about going there with your boat then dont even think about it. I fish in a 440 and a 16ft bonwitco 350 or 400c. They are both fine for a bit of weather but it's down to your own judgement.

 

[cod king]

Me and my mate are saving up for a small boat. Could you get out there in most weather?

 

[lurelover]

I launch from hobbs point in the haven so anything over a force 4 with westerly and we dont get out of the haven if there is a tide running agianst it. Or if there is a low coming the swell usually puts us off.

There can be a good tide running around the islands so you do need settled weather.

 

[cod king]

Thanks lurelover have you ever fished mid channel rocks and st annes reef?

 

[lurelover]

Yes the mid channel (or known locally as the pole) is usually the first port of call on a day out. You can usually get some makerel from there. St Annes is another favourite but the fishing has not been as good this year.

Both marks produce using flying collar on the drift with frozen sandeel or artificials when the tide is running well and using ragworm on a flying collar when the tide is running slow. Bottom fishing is possible with fish baits and rag working equally well.

 

[taff2]

i like to fish the knoll betwen the two islands with a light spinning rod and small ragworm i have had some very good dabs and wat ever comes along brill

 

[lurelover]

I've only fished the knoll about a dozen times. I've had some nice dabs there and a few blonde ray a couple of years back. Funny place to fish though with the odd tides. A freind of mine fishes it quite a lot and pull's out some nice fish from there.

 

[Bass Buster]

do you catch your dabs on the drift at the Knoll???

 

[lurelover]

do you catch your dabs on the drift at the Knoll???

I caught mine whilst uptiding, I'm not sure wether you can get them on the drift. But I cant see why not if the drift is slow enough.