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  • 01/2018 Fishing Report by Kevin McKie on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)

    Jan 2018 by Kevin McKie

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    The Cod fishing on the Mersey during January has been hard at times, this is due to all the flood water flowing down the river. We have managed to land some nice Cod to 11lb 9oz and with our best day being 13 keepers to 8lb 8oz. The anglers who change there baits every 15 to 20 mins are getting the best results. On one of the trips we hadn’t caught a fish for the first two hours, so to turn the lads in to lean mean Cod fishing machines. I offered to give anyone who catches a Cod over 10lb £100 cash and anyone who caught a 20lb Cod £500 cash. The lads started changing there baits regular and about an hour later Martin Grimshaw landed a Cod of 11lb 9oz it was 29 inches long and as fat as a big girls shoe!! To top it off it was Martin’s 62nd birthday, he caught his PB cod and took £100 off the skipper, well done Martin. It just goes to show if you put a little bit more effort in and anything can happen.
    On another trip I told the group of lads who had booked the boat we had wind against tide on the flood SSE 18 to 25 Knots. I told them the boat was going to swing all over the place, they told me they don’t mind and still want to go. Now I have cancelled quite a few trips this winter on this type of forecast even though the lads still wanted to go. On this occasion I went with what the anglers wanted to do, big mistake when the flood tide arrived the boat was swinging from side to side for over 4 hours totally wasting half there trip because they couldn’t fish properly. I am not in this business to rip people off, if you book on my boat and I cancel due to wind against tide in the Mersey this is the reason why!!

    Here are the last dates available this winter onboard Size Matters.

    January
    Tuesday 23rd Mersey 4am sailing 2 available.
    Wednesday 24th Mersey 5am sailing 2 places available.
    Thursday 25th Mersey 5am sailing 1 place available.
    Friday 26th Wrecking 5.30am sailing 2 places available.

    February
    Monday 5th Wrecking 4am sailing 5 places available.
    Tuesday 6th Mersey 5am sailing 3 places available.
    Thursday 8th Mersey 5.30am sailing 2 places available.

    If you would like to book any of the above dates or like more information please contact me.

    Cheers
    Kevin Mckie
    07999628511
    mckiesfishingcharters@hotmail.com

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