Spearfishing in the Gower ? ? ?

[gserghiou]

hi all,

I will be in the UK (near Wales)in October . I have visited the Gower Coast before (my wife is from Hereford) and always wondered how spearfishing would be like there !!!

if someone could answer these questions it would be great:

1. Do i need a spearfishing permit (and if so can i obtain one, i come from Cyprus - Europe !!!)

2. What is the water temperature (degrees) like in October !!!

3. is visibility good enough (October) to try it out ???

4. what size gun would you reccomend (id like to bring one with me)

5. What fish-shelfish are you allowed to fish-get ???

6. Tides and Currents. Where i come from we have NO SUCH THING !!! this is the one and only thing that worries me. I know that i would have to go with someone that has good knowledge of the area , so if any of you are interested for a session or two , please drop a line


Thank you,

George

 

[scottie3030]

hi buddy
ive dived a few spots around the gower, theres some good fishing to be had but it doesnt take alot to mess the viz up (anything from the southwest)! you dont need a permit over here its pretty much a free for all but you have to keep to the min land sizes! water temp depends on the summer but should be around 15-16 degrees! gun size, i use a 77cm gabbiano but anything from 75cm-100cm is ok. most spearos over here use guns around 75cm. as for currents there is some strong ones around ( JamesT knows about them haha) but i dont know the area that well and i had a boat when i dived it so i didnt worry about it, somebody else might be able to help on that if not ask in a fishing tackle shop, dive shop or the coastguard. hope that helps have fun

 

[gserghiou]

hi scottie,

Thanks for your reply,

i now know that the water temp will be the same as our winter temps here !!! 5mm then...

short gun then....85 ...

ill need to be lucky for the visibility !!!

ill check the min sizes....

TIDES-CURRENTS !!!! this one is the one that still worries me . i think the only way to tackle this is with a dive buddy familiar with the area and the tides...
ill hang around see if i can 'fish' a dive buddy !!!

Thanks,

George

 

[foxfish]

Hi George, it might be worth posting here as this is the most active thread in that area...
http://forums.deeperblue.com/wales/66565-spearing-north-wales-42.html

 

[Broseidon]

Hi George, it might be worth posting here as this is the most active thread in that area...
http://forums.deeperblue.com/wales/66565-spearing-north-wales-42.html

Cough, cough, the Gower is in South Wales, cough, cough.... rofl

gserghiou, you could try around Mumbles area if it's very calm, which I doubt it will be. Maybe Langland Bay or around Caswell? If you fancy more of a trip, you could always try heading over to Pembroke?

 

[foxfish]

Cough, cough, the Gower is in South Wales, cough, cough.... rofl

gserghiou, you could try around Mumbles area if it's very calm, which I doubt it will be. Maybe Langland Bay or around Caswell? If you fancy more of a trip, you could always try heading over to Pembroke?

Cough, cough, Pembroke is in Guernsey ....rofl

Night diving Pembroke Guernsey...http://forums.deeperblue.com/attachments/guernsey/7573d1137703187-guernsey-2006-p1020201-1-.jpg

 

[gserghiou]

cough cough...i might just get a gps :t !!!

my wife knows of these places..ill talk to her and have a look on google earth...

ill try and post the same thing over in the section suggested by foxfish !!!

Thanks,

George

 

[Broseidon]

Cough, cough, Pembroke is in Guernsey ....rofl

Night diving Pembroke Guernsey...http://forums.deeperblue.com/attachments/guernsey/7573d1137703187-guernsey-2006-p1020201-1-.jpg

roflYou're FRAUDIN!rofl

Pembroke's in Wales, I refuse to believe otherwise!!!!! :t

 

[scottie3030]

cough cough sounds like that flu stuff thats going around

 

[Broseidon]

cough cough sounds like that flu stuff thats going around

Oink oink... what flu? :duh

 

[Old Man Dave]

I tried to ring the swine flu hot line but all I got was a nasty crackling roflroflrofl

Pembroke bay is my nearest beach. Where's Wales?

Dave

 

[Mr. X]

I started a S. Wales thread last year, as there seemed to be a surprising lack of discussion on that whole coast lines (what with Gower, Ogmore & Pembroke) - although admittedly the tidal range can be large & the water can be murky.

http://forums.deeperblue.com/wales/78691-south-wales-west-wales-2008-gower-pembroke-ogmore.html

 

[Mr. X]

Cough, cough, Pembroke is in Guernsey ....rofl

Night diving Pembroke Guernsey...http://forums.deeperblue.com/attachments/guernsey/7573d1137703187-guernsey-2006-p1020201-1-.jpg

Guernsey have annexed Pembroke?! When did the boats land? I thought you Duchy of Normandy guys already "owned" all of the UK & NI?!

 

[foxfish]

Pembroke is in fact a beautiful large sandy bay in the North of our Island
The bay is surrounded by a anti tank wall built by the Germans during the Islands occupation however Pembroke was uses to land the British troops who liberated us on May 9th 1945!
Pembroke is used for many different recreational pass times like kite surfing, sand surfing, diving & fishing. Many fishing records come from the bays headland including British records.
The Bay Apartments Guernsey Pembroke - The Bay Guernsey Self Catering Accomodation

 

[Mr. X]

re. shell fish, I've never dived Gower but there used to be some impressive mussel beds there when I was a child. When I visited a decade later the mussels were fewer and much smaller -- not sure if that was just due to the time of year or pollution/etc.. In recent years, pollution controls were increased (although Gower never really struck me as polluted - it is has Swansea & Port Talbot on one side of it & the Pembrokeshire oil installations down the otherside (albeit quite some distance away) but I read in a sea angling magazine this year that one of my favourite beaches is being undermined by offshore dredging nearby. They tried to launch a boat and I think the sand collapsed under the trailer causing them some headaches -- whether caused by dredging or not, something to look out for.