Amlwch Port 12th & 13th October 2002.

1st £700 2nd £400 3rd £200

The Festival - a few notes

£437 was raised in aid of RNLI Moelfre Lifeboat Station - well done everyone!

The Festival was a 2 day charter boat angling event. Dates were Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2002. Amlwch Port hosted the 1st Isle of Anglesey Boat Festival, which was hosted and arranged by GO Angling. [For more details see link at bottom of page...]

The festival was fished as Catch & Release. Each fish caught gained for it's captor 1 point. There were no size limits. Expected catch for the 2 days fishing will include:-
whiting, dogfish, dabs with the possibility of tope, bull huss, codling, pouting, mini specie, + others.

A report from the organisor, Gethyn Owen of GOAngling.

ISLE OF ANGLESEY BOAT FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2002

The first ever Isle of Anglesey Charter Boat open took place over the weekend of 12th & 13th October 2002. Fished at anchor over two days, the main quarry was whiting and dogfish, with occasional dabs, codling, pouting and huss.
In all 95 anglers took part in the event aboard 12 of North Wales' finest Charter boats.

Day one saw a strong North Westerly blow delay the start from 0700 until 1300hrs. Furthermore owing to the blustery wind, the venue was moved from the waters off Moelfre to Bull bay at Amlwch and the fishing time reduced from 6 to 4hrs. Fishing was scratchy, with whiting, dogs and dabs the main species caught.
Once the results had been tallied, Saturday's competition saw 14 anglers tying on 100%, with Lancashire fireman Kevin Preston leading the pack on a fish count back of 60.

Day two saw all 12 boats fish in relative close proximity to one another, a couple miles off Moelfre, the festivals main fishing grounds. With a full 6hrs fishing planned, some of the anglers were in for a shock as to the sheer volume of fish available to them, with whiting and dogfish once again the main target specie. Scottish International Gordon Lyall took the most fish on day two with 172 being recorded for his score.

Once day one and day two scores had been added together, 4 anglers tied on the maximum 200%, however following a fish count back. Kevin Preston remained in front, and took the £700 first prize from Gordon Lyall with a score of 217 fish to 206.
Third place went to another Scottish International, Rob Reaich with 195 fish. Wales' Colin Orme Thomas in fourth with 173 fish.

£437 was raised in aid of RNLI Moelfre Lifeboat Station - well done everyone!

Results

1st -Kevin Preston England £700
2nd - Gordon Lyall Scotland £400
3rd - Rob Reaich Scotland £200
4th - Colin Orme Thomas Wales
5th - Steve Souter Scotland

4man blind drawn - Kevin Preston, Phil Clarke, Steve Souter, John Edwards
Floatation suit each from Bamber Bridge Tackle

3man blind drawn - Dave Wood, Walter Thompson, Gary Jenkins
Striker boat rod each from North Western Blanks

2man (Optional) - 31teams, Gordon Lyall, Steve Souter £310

Top Junior Nick Owen, Wales
12lb boat road from North Western Blanks

Top skipper Dave Livingston-Catfish
Based on average number of fish caught per angler over the weekend.
Crystal Loving cup and Penn Millennium Rod

The Boats were :-

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