Peter has held a valid Boatmasters Licence since 1983. Peter and Grant both hold valid
RYA/MCA Advanced Skippers Licenses. Which are commercially endorsed.

SOUTH WALES
South Wales which includes Carmarthen Bay and the Gower Coast is one of, if not the
PREMIER BASS FISHERY IN THE UK

The Bristol Channel is warmed up by the Gulf Stream, which brings in may other species, which include,
Sharks blues and Porbeagle, BASS, Tope, Plaice, Turbot, Pollock, Bream and Rays.

The summer months attract shoals of Bass, second to none around the British Isles. Sharks such as Blues and Porbeagle are plentiful, and now that we have a new modern fast boat in PANTHER we are able to cover the Bristol Channel to locate these predators. A lot of other warmer water fish are predicted to arrive around Welsh waters due to global warming.
BASS FISHING
Bass arrive in Carmarthen Bay towards the end of March, where Peeler Crab seem to be the best bait at this time, although Bass sometime seem elusive, one of the main factors to success is their feeding habits, and best baits are, Sand - Eels, Joey Mackerel, Mackerel Strips, Lugworm and King Rag Worm.

MOST OF THE SUMMER BASS FISHING IS PRACTISED BY DRIFT FISHING LIVE BAIT

TOPE FISHING
May sees the early run of large Tope, which we return alive. Our largest was 66lbs, after she dropped her pups on the deck (all returned alive). Also around this time the Mackerel shoals arrive. This is the time when you feel the summer fish have arrived, and the species that Carmarthen Bay and the Gower Coast hold are :-

Plaice Bass Black Bream Codling Gurnard Dab

Thornback-Ray Small-Eyed Ray Blonde Ray Cuckoo-Ray Plus the inevitable Dogfish

Blue Sharks Porbeagle Sharks Smooth hounds Bull-Huss

OFFSHORE MARKS

Pollock Turbot

Shark Blonde-Rays

Bass