North Wales

[Pastor]

Will call Alex in the morning and try any tie him down to a time, I would guess around 10 but if he cant do thursday then 8 would be better for a shore dive in the current
I'll pm you some directions to my place tomorrow too

[tecdave]

cool see you then

[Pastor]

Dave, sent you directions how to find me. You may be interested in the Rhosneigr beach cam that points out towards Ynys Ferrig and Cerrig-y-gwyr. Give you a rough idea of the local conditions, which at the present are f#:$ing gorgeous!

[tecdave]

Cheers for sending that, cant bloody wait!!!
What sort of time do you want to meet??

[Pastor]

Just spoke to Alex, he says as long as the wind doesnt pick up and he has to go teaching kites we should be OK for about 10 am. If not we can still get in on a couple of other reefs nearby, so can you get to mine by say 9:30 - 10:00? The house is only 10 mins max from the A55. Should be in for about 5 - 6 hours, 1/2 hour here and 1/2 hour there, maximum depth no more than about 10 - 12m at a guess.
Just seen your old british record apnea time!!! We're both very impressed, you'll have to bring your instructors hat with you too
See you in the morning

[tecdave]

Am dusting the hat off as we speak!!
Will be there for 9.30 hopefuly, see you in the morning.
dave

[Pastor]

I think I need a hat myself
Its looking good, bit of a breeze up but still very nice. Viz looks good, I'm using a 90 and Alex has a 100, not sure what size guns you use but there's plenty here if need be.
See you in the morning

[tecdave]

Have been using a 90 recently with a reel, but have a 130 cannon if the viz is that good and the bass have recently doubled in size

Have 75 but am really not that confidant with it, took it out on my first hunt of the year and I missed 6out of 7 bass!!! so its not seen a drop of salt water since!!!!!!
Had a look on the web cam it looks great!!

Getting stuff sorted now!

[Pastor]

Just back in from a grand day out. Dave cleaned up! I dont even know how many fish he caught, Bass, Mullet, Plaice and flounder. I bagged a couple of Bass and Alex got three I think.
Well I think I deserve the golden welly award for missing the easy shots a 5 pounder-ish about 1m away in the weed, bang - missed then later on a 10 - 12 pound-ish fish practically giving my spear tip a BJ, bang - missed Dave I think saw the same fish about 10 minutes later and didnt get a chance at a shot. Still in disbelief to how I could miss that one

Dave's hangover withstanding we should be out for another go tomorrow

[Pastor]

Well it seems the hangover wasnt that bad so we headed out again. A bit more sea than Thursday, Dave was threatening to show us his 8 pint consumption from the night before First drop off was on some shallow islands at the end of the bay to look for the monster from the day before but to no avail. Strangely enough Dave and I both saw a fish of about 4 lbs with a tear off mark on its head, either from a missed shot of mine from the day before or a break off of Alex's from a couple of weeks ago. Then on to some deeper reefs, Alex dropped us off on the furtherst reef in some pretty choppy water, after about 10 minutes it started to get quite unpleasent but like real soldiers we stuck at it and worked our way down the reef. I only had a 10m float line with me which was a pain in the arse as my gun was being knocked all over the place as my bouy was bouncing in the chop Aspetto's were incredibly short even by my standards, dive down kneel in the kelp and instantly want to hack up breakfast saw a couple of bass come in but as it happens my gun was pointing completely the wrong way so no shot. On one drop I was lying in a gulley and a bass came swimming along it closely followed by another one slightly bigger, I took aim and then my gun got jerked by the bouy the fish spooked a little but I got back on target and bagged the bugger but only just.
Final count for the day was 2 bass for me, 1 minnow bass for Alex and a Plaice for Dave. All in all a couple of very enjoyable days

Edit bit: Interesting fact of the day, Dave logged 116 dives for the Friday session

[tecdave]

Hey Pastor,
A huge thanks for the invite over to Anglsey, Had a wicked few days and was great to try different diving and hunting styles. Was hard work on the last day!! and its hard to concentrate when you havent seen a fish for a couple of hours.
Say a big thanks to Alex as well as it was great to get out in a rib as nearly all my diving is done from the shore.

Have a awsome time in Sharm but remember to leave the gun at home!!!!
Hope to show you some of our spots down the lleyn when you get back.
Cheers

[Pastor]

I had a look on multimap at those spots you told us about, they look good will come and visit you there when we're back.
How are the new fins looking? Im looking forward to hearing how you get on with them spearing, got to be better than your cressi's they make my wetsuit knees look brand new