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  • 05/2014 Fishing Report by Kevin McKie on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)

    May 2014 by Kevin McKie

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    Species caught: Bull Huss, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Gurnard (Gray, Tub & Red), Ling, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Short Spined Scorpion Fish, Smoothound (Common & Starry), Thornback Ray, Tope, Weaver and Whiting.

    Due to the algae bloom, May started off quite slow but as the weeks went on the fishing got better and better. Most of the algae had gone by the last week of May and we started to see lots of dolphins, porpoise and seals. Fishing inshore was very good with a fish a drop 90% of the time; offshore the fishing was steady and the mackerel started to arrive in good numbers.

    Notable Charters:

    23/05/14 - A group of individuals had booked to go wreck fishing but with the weather conditions off-shore was not an option so I asked the 9 lads if they fancied going after Smoothound, Rays and Bass. Only 4 of the lads where up for it so the rest of them rebooked to go wrecking and I took the 4 lads out and what a day they had! It was a fish a cast from start to finish. Here's what they caught:

    19 Smoothound to 6lb
    40+ Codling to 4lb 6oz (mostly undersize)
    5 Thornback Rays to 4lb,
    Along with Plaice, Flounder, Dab, Whiting and Dogfish. Not a bad day between 4 anglers.

    24/05/14 - I had 8 individuals booked on for the day. I suggested to go for the Smoothounds again and they were all up for it! Here is what they caught:
    30+ Smoothound to 6lb 3oz
    2 Bass to 2lb 12oz
    3 Thornback Ray to 4lb
    And lots of Whiting Dabs and Dogfish.

    Fish of the month goes to Mark with an 11lb 8oz Thornback Ray caught on a whole Mackerel while fishing for Tope off-shore. This was not the biggest fish caught in May but it's the first double figure Ray this year on Brigand. Sadly it is a very poor photograph of the Ray - it has it's wigs folded in and it doesn't give it much scale because Mark himself is 6ft 7inches tall! The Ray was safely returned.

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