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  • 28/05/2017 Fishing Report by dominic wilson on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)

    28 May 2017 by dominic wilson

    Report on-board Dawn Venture

    period covered 21-28 may 2017....

    monday saw a 5hr trip with the halifax boys and we had codling,haddock and whiting on every drift along with quite a few mackerel and 2 herring,plenty of grey gurnards and some coalfish.cod averaged 2.5lb ,same as the haddock and I caught six pollack(all returned) in the harbour entrance on savage gear eels.

    wednesday was the same as monday but with a lot more mackerel,tub gurnards,scorpion fish,small ling.Another 6 pollack came from the harbour entrance but nothing bigger than 2.5lb
    thursday was poor with big springs and coloured water...2 mackerel and 2 codling
    friday was same as thursday with poor conditions but at anchor we managed some doggies and small huss and 2 pollack at 5lb were caught in the harbour mouth
    saturday was pollack drifting day and we managed 25 fish,largest was 5lb by Lee on a silver/grey paddle tail

    sunday....the silver lure score card showed 134 fish of which70 were huss,biggest was 16.5lb with next largest at 12.5lb and another 8 over 11lb.we also caught doggies,dab,whiting,haddock and codling

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