Latest Fishing Reports: Lucky Dip II
Back to Main Charter Page-
28/02/2021
Fishing Report by steve stringer
28 Feb 2021 by steve stringer
So what with this weather giving us some really settled seas me n the misses decided on a couple of hours fishing. The plan was to head out and fish one of our deeper (40m) marks at anchor. With the anchor set after just 15mins motoring we put two half mackerel baits down to see what was about while setting up our lighter rods. Before my second rod was ready my rod showed an interest with some gentle nods before line started to be taken. Setting the drag and lifting into the fish i just knew we had hooked my first target, a Common(flapper) skate. while i was coming to terms with a stubborn fish my misses landed a fine 10lb dark grey Spur followed shortly by a LSD. After an hour we finally had the skate aboard, unhooked from the barbless 10/0, photographed, and released this fine male went 107lb when measured. Another bait sent down saw me land one final spur of about 5lb before the tide started to rip through again. pulling the anchor we set of to scout a newly rediscovered wreck that seemed to hold a lot of fish and in just 56m water is prime for another session soon.
-
11/2017
Fishing Report by steve stringer
Nov 2017 by steve stringer
The weather has made getting the boat out fishing really difficult, but when we do get out the fishing has been of the wall!!! Lots of large Spurs were around until September with several over the 20lb mark and at least three of nearly 25lb ( the current Scottish record is 20lb 6oz ), lots of big tope are still showing as are large numbers of large skate with a very large one lost today(8/11/2017) . Plenty of other fish are still around for the catching so we just need the weather to sort itself out.
We are putting the price up next year from Jan 1st to £45 including free hot roll plus any number of cuppas!! -
03/12/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
3 Dec 2015 by steve stringer
We managed to get out on Thursday 03/12/2015 for a days angling. The rain was horrendous but within ten minutes we were into the fish with Whiting and Haddock being taken on the drift. We sat at anchor for a bit and still they came with some nice fish lost. Moving inshore to try and hide from the rain we were still picking up whiting and some really large LSDs. We moved up to try a flattie mark at anchor and It proved worth it with plenty of fine Dab coming up on some light gear with a good fight from them. More large LSD and a coalie topped off what was another great day afloat.
-
03/10/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
3 Oct 2015 by steve stringer
So the day started a bit slow with some massive tides making fishing hard, and the challenge of matching up to the lads trip to Norway that saw one Cod beating 70lb! finding some fresh bait was hard but we found the fish and hit into Herring and mackerel for fresh bait.
Tried a few marks but ended up fishing another spot I had kept an eye on and boy did it produce the goods! two Common Skate of 86lb and 110lb, 9lb Huss, one Smooth hound and 15 spurs to about 6lb. The lads went home aching but happy as did I. I think we managed to match Norway if not in quantity then definitely size!!! -
25/08/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
25 Aug 2015 by steve stringer
Took me n the misses off for a check of some marks to see how they were fishing and introduce June to some new species for her. Went off in search of fresh bait and put 30 mackerel into the tub so headed of to anchor up. another deep mark I have been keeping an eye on produced three thornbacks, and grey Gurnard. the tide really picked up so decided to try in the 300ft banks but the wind was holding us against the tide now so went scratching for species. Introduced June to scratching with light weight gear and some 50 codling, 30 haddock and a nice Tub Gurnard. We kept 6 of the largest fish for the table putting the rest back to fight another day before heading in to clean down the boat.
GREAT FISHING STILL!!!!
PS that's a 20lb class rod with the bend on!! -
22/08/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
22 Aug 2015 by steve stringer
Well the day started slow with only codling haddock and a few mackerel showing up on the first few drops. We decided a move was needed to target some Pollack on lightweight gear with ragworm baited leadheads, this seemed to pick out a few nice specimens but still relatively small so we worked a few marks picking up some hard fighting Pollack, a couple of Cuckoo wrasse and some nice Ballans too. With the tide still running the wrong way we anchored up to try for hounds and rays and wow. we picked up 15 ray with thornback in the majority but some nice spotted and blondes too. Also coming to the boat was a first for Robert and a nice Starry smouth hound going 8lb 10 on the scales. We also lost one nice fish after it made a few heavy runs and then wrapped the anchor warp!!!. Another move saw us back on the Pollack with mixed results but some cracking fighting fish upto 6lb. All these fish were released to fight another day baring a few Codling and Haddock. Check out the club "Silver Lures" for joining details.
-
03/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
Mar 2015 by steve stringer
We have managed a few trips out this last few weeks despite the weather and have found an assortment of species. Starting with Turbot, Dab, Spotted ray along with some nice Huss upto 14lb and the usual codling, whiting and Haddock. Trying a few deeper marks tommorow to see how they are fishing for rays, spurs and skate
-
04/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
Apr 2015 by steve stringer
We have had a few good days out on Lucky Dip II with the usual huss, whiting, codling and haddock along with a nice turbot and dab at 10.75" long. lots of short evening trips out on the flatties and trying to find some ray more local to us. going to be anchored up in some deeper water this week to look for them.
-
01/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
Jan 2015 by steve stringer
We managed to get out for a few trips just after new year and hit into lots of good Whiting(2 1/2lb), Codling, and Huss to 10lb+. A few smaller specimens made up a bag of over 100 fish with a nice last minute Haddock of just over 3lb being kept for dinner that night, not to shabby for a last minute trip out. We are trying a few new methods including some of the Isome worms and some slow jigs for over a few new wrecks. Keep your ears open for a major development for the company and you anglers along with a few events we are putting together
steve -
08/2014
Fishing Report by steve stringer
Aug 2014 by steve stringer
August was a bit on the windy side but we still made the most of it to bring in good numbers of quality fish. We also lost some fish due to tackle that was to light. Tope biting straight through 100lb hook lengths and a 20 minute battle with a large skate that just pulled the boat around on its anchor. We intend to fish on through the winter and target some of our larger species including Conger, Skate, Rays and Cod. Many thanks to all for another great months fishing. Look forward to seeing you all again soon. Steve
