Lady Helen Catch Reports & News

A few more decent sized cod showin ,best 10lb,a few whiting and thornbacks on the ground too

A few decent sized cod starting to show in the Brsistol Channel after a slow start to the season

Best fish of the day 10 1/2 LB

Fished a 2 boat competition with Anchorman3,for the sports council of Wales specimen hunt….9 seperate species boated on the day with the winner aboard Lady Helen..Ian bagging a total of six different species to secure the overall winthanks to a triple of pouting,codling and a doggie late in the afternoon

We locked out into NE winds of 25 knots and heavy swells .We took shelter in Sully Bay and were immediatly into fish. The inevitable amount of doggies with thornies to 71/2 lb. Gareth landed the blonde of 13 1/2lb just before high water. The ebb continued to fish with more dogs,thornies to 10 1/2lb and 2 spotted rays of 3lb. A bonus of a starry hound came an hour down the tide to Kevin and weighed in at 12lb. The weather became kind and the sea flattened off for the ebb. All in all a good day with a steady stream of fish coming aboard and 6 species boated

Double figure Starry Smoothound

13 1/2LB Blonde Ray

Spotted Rays


Thornback Rays to double figures

After a choppy start to the day the wind died off to a light breeze and the sun came out ,after a seemingly endlees carpet of dogfish dispursed we got in to the rays ,a spotted first followed by around 20 thornbacks ,no “biggies” all fish arounfd the 4-6lb mark…