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13/07/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
13 Jul 2012 by Gary Flint
Friday 13th July
Black Horse Fishing Club
Today we had a group of guys from the Black Horse Fishing Club. With the wind forecast to drop we locked out and headed up the Mersey. As we entered the Rock Channel, their was a slight swell. The guys had decided to go offshore. We got to our first mark and started to fish. Mackeral started coming in thick and fast. We moved to another mark and carried on fishing. Even more mackeral and some Pollack were brought aboard. The conditions had got worse instead of getting better, so the guys decided to go for Smoothound and Bass. We made our way back in and dropped the anchor. Whilst most of the guys were baiting up, Shaun had already cast out waiting for his first bite, which seemed to be straight away. The first bite didnt produce but the second cast out and he had hooked into a nice Smoothie. Getting it into the net and bringing it aboard, weighing in at 13lb. After this everybody on the boat seemed to be landing them one after the other. To add to the mix, Dabs, Weavers and Doggies were brought aboard, aswell as more mackeral. The total Smoothie count for the was 36 to 13lb. The weather conditions were not good with a constant driving rain all day that soaked everybody. Shauns brother stuck it out in his shorts and wellies, while everyone else took shelter under the canopy.
Some nice fish brought in by a great group of guys.
A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS!
Gary -
12/07/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
12 Jul 2012 by Gary Flint
Thursday 12th July
We left the marina with the hopes of getting offshore. As we approached the lighthouse we could see the turbines spinning and didnt know how far we could get out. The forecast was for a decresing wind all day, we all made the choice to bottom fish whilst waiting for the wind to decrease. We dropped the anchor on a mark 28miles from Liverpool. The lines were in the water and straight from the off we were into mackeral, gurnard, dogfish. With everyone getting plauged with doggies we decided to head offshore. We got to the chosen mark and fished straight away. A few decent Cod and Pollack were brought aboard and with everybody happy we decided to go to another mark further out. With various baits over the side, John Tandy hooked into a nice bullhuss of 17lb 10oz and Nev hooked into and boated a very nice Cod of 7lb 10oz closely followed by Paul with another Cod. The guys were enjoying themselves that much that knowbody noticed it was time to head in.
A good day was had by all.
A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS!
Gary -
08/07/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
8 Jul 2012 by Gary Flint
Sunday 8th July
PSS Lads.
Out on the 8th with the lads from PSS. Such a surprise with the weather being nice for a change. Fished several marks today. First produced some pollack, pouting and gurnard. Then we went and dropped the anchor. Straight away the lads started getting huss. Mark hooked into a decent fish only for it to come off. A few of the guys landed smaller huss to 9lb. Then Shaun hooked and landed a massive 17lb 1oz BullHuss. 12yr old Francis who had never fished before kept catching doggies and other bits until patience paid off and he landed a lovely 13lb 13oz huss, which was nearly as big as him. Plenty more huss were brought aboard. Some nice tub, grey and red gurnard were brought aboard. Plenty of scad were brought in with a lovely 1lb 13oz specimen by Nev. With the sea like a mirror some of the guys (after a late night on the ale) decided to chum. This clearly brought on the doggies as Phil seemed to be the dog fish king. One of the lads( Not mentioning names MARK) doesnt believe in suntan cream as he was the colour of a tomato by the end of the day.
Great bunch of lads who we look forward to seeing soon.
A PICTURE SPEAKS MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS
Gary -
17/06/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
17 Jun 2012 by Gary Flint
Sunday 17th June.
We left the marina at around 10:30am with a slight breeze blowing. We knew that at first it would be choppy, but as the day went on it would flatten. As we were half way to the first mark, Alan decided to start chumming early. When we arrived at the mark the anchor was dropped and everybody started to fish for mackeral. After a while the first of the day were brought in and after that you couldnt even get the lines to the bottom. Joeys and Jumbo mackeral came in their hundreds.
After plenty of mackeral had been brought aboard "H" decided to have a second go at catching his first and elusive Tope. The waiting finally paid off when a good few knocks on his rod and "H" hooked into his first Tope, that took off like a missile. With a few hints and tips and the dive lift lowered it was time to bring it in. When it surfaced you could see that it was nice fish. Once it was brought aboard "H" had is photos taken with it and it was weighed in the sling. The final weight was 32lb, not bad for his first ever Tope. Whilst the photos were being taken Daz, hooked into another Tope which made a very fast run away from the boat. Managing to turn the tope it proceeded back towards the boat and took a very fast dive which snapped the line. The guys who were standing next to daz as he was fighting it, said it was visibly twice the size of the one boat, when they saw it on the surface next to the boat.
With a few hours left we decided to head to a mark closer to home to go for SmoothHound, and it didnt take long for Alan to Catch a nice 6lb Starry Smooth Hound.(Even though he had spent most of the day cleaning the deck fast asleep at the front of the boat). We then moved in for Flatties, which we got straight away with a lot of nice keepers. A small codling was also brought aboard, which was good to see. Amongst the other things caught during the day were mackeral, doggies, whiting, dabs, weevers, smooth hound, codling etc.
Gary Flint -
10/06/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
10 Jun 2012 by Gary Flint
Benchmark Summer Trophy, Points comp,
We left the marina at 6am with a perfect weather forecast,with a 90 min journey to the 1st mark. The day started well with a mix of species coming a board,we tried various wrecks and then headed into try and pick up a smooth hound which we did the winning score was 33 point Norman, 29 points Pete,23 points John,21points Big Steve overall 10 species where landed great days sport well done Norman . -
17/05/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
17 May 2012 by Gary Flint
Alex Smeatons Species Hunt - 17th May 2012
The lads had travelled down to Liverpool from Scotland and Ireland on a Lads weekend.
Locked out of Liverpool Marina at 10:30am, with everybody buzzing for a good day fishing. Headed out over the bar to hit the first mark of the day. On the way we had a drift over a very small wreck and that proved friutless, so we carried on to our first mark. The intention was to spend a few hours here bottom fishing, then head off to another mark. We dropped the anchor and began fishing and within minutes the first few mackeral of the day were pulled in. Followed closely by various different species. Once the guys had caught a few different species and Gordon had laid a susbstantial amount of groundbait for us, rigs where changed yet again onto more substantial tackle. This proved to be productive as Simon hooked into the first of man Bullhuss which weighed in at 11lb. Once everybody saw Simon catch one, everybody wanted a huss and the tactics changed. Once all the rigs were changed the Huss came in two at a time, with Simon landing 2 Huss and a doggie at the same time. His Huss weighed in at 10lb and 6lb each.
Not to be outdone the Colonel, landed a decent 10lb Huss. The fishing got more and more frantic as we had 6 landed Bullhuss on the deck at one time, trying to weigh and record details of them all. In between all of the Huss coming aboard, there were plenty of whiting, mackeral, doggies, Red an Tub Gurnard. Simon managed to catch a decent 10lb Thornback, rebaited and dropped his line back into the water only to hook another Bullhuss which weighed in at 14lb. Once the guys had broken our boat record for the number of Huss in a day(in 4Hours). We still needed to up the species count. So off we went to a mark further offshore. Straight away we managed to pull 3 Cod aboard with the best falling to John at 6lb.
Immediately we set off to another mark, to catch Plaice,Flounder and Dabs. Alex was the first to pull in a nice Dab, followed by Simon with 1lb 5oz Plaice. Gordon landed the first Flounder of the day. Plenty more Dabs were pulled aboard. The Colonel hooked a nice Plaice, but didnt know whether to land it or leave it swimming around the side of the boat. Once we we got it aboard it weighed 1lb 5oz. After dropping his line back into the water, he hooked into a Flounder(which turned out to be his first, as he had never got on before).
As the day was drawing to a close we tallied all of the fish numbers up and we had broken their previous fish caught record of 176 with 188. This was over 14 different species.
A cracking day out, with a real good bunch of lads. Even the Shimano Scotland Rep had a laugh on a Diawa sponsored boat.
Gary Flint -
05/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
May 2012 by Gary Flint
04,05,12
Stag Trip from Blaenau Ffestiniog NorthWales.
We left Liverpool marina at 11am and headed out into Liverpool Bay,
Our plan was to see what fish are about.The lads where keen to get started so we stopped at a mark and tried for cod with a 4 lb codling hitting the surface within minutes,we tried various marks throughout the day, with the best cod just under 6 lb.
we also caught a lobster which was well in size,which went in the pot. 8 species in all where caught,Overall a good day by a group of first time anglers. -
04/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
Apr 2012 by Gary Flint
Just a quick update for the last couple of weeks.
Have been out when the weather allowed us to, fishing marks around the river and rock channel. One trip over the bar had mackeral early on. Fishing has been quiet due to the change over from winter to summer. Expecting the fishing to pick up any day now. The times we have got out, plenty of dabs, plaice, flounder, whiting, doggies and the occasional rays and codling have made an appearance.
Roll on the warm weather!
Gary Flint -
03/02/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
3 Feb 2012 by Gary Flint
03.02.12 Individual Day
We left the marina at 8:45 and headed to our first mark. It took Geoff(after 3 trips with us) not long to boat the first fish which was a 3lb Cod. A steady stream of fish was had all day with Whiting and Dabs thrown into the mix. Laughs were had by all. Total Cod for the day 9, biggest weighed in at 4lb 4 oz, too many whiting and Dabs to Count.
Gary Flint -
05/02/2012
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
5 Feb 2012 by Gary Flint
5 FEBUARY 2012 DAVE STALLWOODS TRIP
WE LEFT MARINA AT 9.45 AM FISHING FOR COD, LOADS OF BANTER FROM THE LADS, AS WE CRUISED UP THE RIVER TO OUR MARK. I WAS HOPING FOR A BETTER DAY, THAN THE PREVIOUS TRIP THE DAY BEFORE,IT STARTED OFF SLOW SO I GOT MY GET ME OUT OF THE ?$$? ROD OUT AND LANDED A 4LB COD IN ABOUT 10 MINS. THIS GAVE THE LADS A NEW LEASE OF LIFE AND WE TRIED 3 DIFFERENT MARKS. WHICH PRODUCED 11 COD TO 3LB 9 OZ, DABS AND WHITING WITH DAVE MANAGING TO BREAK IN HIS NEW UPTIDER AND REEL WITH THE HEAVIEST COD
WELL DONE LADS
GARY FLINT
