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14/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
14 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Started off fishing close to the harbour producing whiting and mackerel
Travelled further afield with the anglers catching a few codling, mackerel, whiting, pouting a tub gurnard (we haven't caught one since 2014).
After fishing for a few hours the tides started to build so we anchored up.
Which produced more cod, a nice 5lb Pollock, a 5lb ling, loads more pouting, mackerel and several lesser spotted dogfish
Wildlife we had several sightings of bottle nose dolphins passing by, the occasional seal and pretty much every sea bird which can be seen this time of year.
Overall today the 8hr trip we turned into a species hunt having a go in the sands aswel which we hardly do.
Overall the customers had 11 different species. The young lad on the trip managed 8 different species himself which is a very good effort.
Overall the customers caught
cod, Pollock, ling, whiting, tub gurnard, mackerel, weaver, pouting, ballen wrasse, lesser spotted dogfish, and a dab
When we returned with the 8hr trip is was a swift swap over and back out again with a 3hr trip
As this pretty much followed on from the first trip catching mackerel, pouting, codling, and a cracking Pollock weighing 5lb 3oz -
13/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
13 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
Today we had a 8hr and 3hr trip
We started off running a few miles and fished on the drift with tides coming onto slack water.
Fishing was steady away catching a few small codling, mackerel and pouting.
As the tide increased we dropped anchor which produced a good selection of better fish.
Best fish today was a cracking 8lb 14oz Pollock caught by Alan.
This fish is the new heaviest fish of the month so far.
3hr trip
We started fishing some rock marks close to the harbour catching a selection of Whiting, mackerel, coalfish, and codling.
Overall everybody caught and had something to take home -
07/08/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
7 Aug 2025 by Nick Gough
First we had a 8hr trip starting at 8am
Winds were quite fresh off land but sea was finally flat after having quite alot of days ashore.
Headed out strait away found a good patch of mackerel with a mix of smallish Pollock showing.
First drift this morning on the Mackerel
As slack water approach we kept moving to try and get back on the fish again.
Best fish today and also taking the lead on the heaviest fish of August Competition was a Pollock weighing 7lb 1oz which is a good start.
Everybody caught something to keep with plenty to put back to fight another day.
On the trip plenty of seals and porpoise sighted.
3 hour trip leaving at 4pm
Was productive from the start with mackerel and Pollock been boated.
Overall everyone caught something to keep with majority of the anglers been new anglers.
Species caught over the two trips
Cod, Pollock, coalfish, ballen wrasse, pouting, whiting, and a weaver, -
27/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
27 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
First trip was a 8 hour leaving at 8am
Fishing was straight away with plenty of plump mackerel coming over the rails.
While fishing we had a small pod of bottle nose dolphins passing by.
Amongst the mackerel we saw a nice selection of cod and pollock also boated with loads returned retaining only the better fish.
3 hour trip leaving at 4pm
As soon as we arrived at the fishing location we had a Minke whale feeding close by.
First drop and nearly all the customers we strait into the mackerel and cod.
We watched the whale move further south across the North Bay we were shortly treated with 4 or 5 bottle nose dolphins heading north at speed.
On all the trips everyone caught a fish. The 3 hour trip is the first one we've ever had were we had whales, dolphins and a huge selection of sea birds flying around. -
26/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
26 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
A very long day for us today 3 trips back to back and lots of smiley faces.
Most of the customers today were new too angling and we managed to get them all a few fish.
Nothing huge but a few better size Cod and pollock.
Mackerel were quite patchy today probably the knock on effect of the recent northerly as some areas were quite coloured but we managed to find a few spots which were clear enough for the lures to work
Today felt like it should have been a species hunt as we had 11 different species.
Cod, Pollock, coalfish, mackerel, ballen wrasse, whiting, horse mackerel, weaver, whiting. Red gurnard,
As well as the fishing all 3 trips managed to see harbour porpoises pass by. -
17/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
17 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
Some of the fish caught on today's 8hr trip
Unfortunately we've been tied up most of this week plagued with strong winds and lumpy sea.
Today wasn't perfect with thick fog this morning which cleared then ran in from south for an hour then went. We also had quite a bit of swell still running.
This wasn't a deterrent for today's anglers who still found loads of plump mackerel, some good size pollock and cod.
Also caught was ballen wrasse, coalfish, whiting, pouting and a weaver. Totaling 9 different species for the day.
As well as the fishing we had loads of wildlife throughout the day with bottle nose dolphins passing by for the majority of the morning, loads of playful seals.
Throughout the trip we also had many species of sea birds buzzing about. -
12/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
12 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
8hr and 3hr trips today
Fishing started on the first mark we went to and it was steady away all day.
Majority of the fish fell for lures with a good picking of good size Cod and pollock. Overall the lads on the 8hr trip had 50-60 cod and pollock to keep with many smaller size fish returned to fight another day.
As well as the cod and pollock we have also had several ling, whiting, loads of pesky ballen wrasse and a good amount of plump mackerel.
Heaviest fish from the 8hr was a pollock just under 8lb.
With several cod around the 6lb area
We even had a large shark possibly a porbegle due to its size follow a mackerel up surface for a few seconds then disappeared.
The 3hr trip was pretty much the same with us getting the best fish of the trip on the first drop a nice 5lb Pollock.
They also caught many other Pollock and cod, ballen wrasse and dreaded weaver.
And a dozen mackerel enough for everyone busy with plenty of sport and everyone taking a good few fry's home.
Overall for the day the customers caught 10 different fish species.
Cod, Pollock, ling, coalfish, whiting, mackerel, horse mackerel, pouting, weaver, ballen wrasse -
06/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
6 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
We ventured offside as the winds had dropped and with a neap tide it was ideal conditions a lot better stamp of fish caught with the majority of the cod being around the 3 to 5lb area.
The heaviest fish was a Ling weighing 8lb 8oz.
Experienced anglers seemed to have a huge advantage on this trip with less experienced struggling to get the bites. But after a lot of mentoring all the anglers got a few fish to keep. One angler managed to catch over 60lb of Cod, Ling and Pollock himself during the trip. -
05/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
5 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
Saturday 5th, we had a very strong offshore wind and we were forced to anchor the majority of the trip as the wind and tide together made the drift speed was immense. With us being anchored the anglers were bombarded with pouting and ballen wrasse. But amounts these weeks did get some good size Pollock.
Heaviest fish was a Pollock weight 7lb 2oz
We also had a good amount of codling and mackerel later in the day. -
04/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
4 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
Friday 4th, we had a good offshore breeze so again remained inshore which was quite steady away, The best fish was a Cod weighing 5lb 1oz.
We did see a good amount of species in the day with one angler managing to catch 6 different species
