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19/11/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
19 Nov 2011 by Gary Flint
SAT 19,11,11 KINGYS WORM DANGLERS AND AND 4 OTHERS.
WE LEFT LANGTON LOCK AND FISHED A MARK IN THE MERSEY. AS SOON AS WE HAD ANCHORED THE LADS HAD FISH WHICH INCLUDED THORNBACK RAYS ,WHITING ,POUTING,DABS AND COD, AS THE RUN DIED OFF A MOVE WAS SUGGESTED TO THE LADS WITH THE IDEA OF CATCHING THORNBACK RAYS AND FLATTIES ONLY TO BE VOTED OUT WITH THE LADS WANTING TO STAY PUT FOR THE FLOOD, THE FISHING WAS PATCHY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COD BEING 29 THE BEST OF 6 LB 4 OZ TO CARL AND THE 2ND HEAVIEST TO CARL AT 4LB 11OZ PLUS THE POOL TO CARL OVERALL EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE NEXT DAY OUT WITH US PLENTY OF BANTER A GOOD BUNCH OF LADS
GARY FLINT. -
03/11/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
3 Nov 2011 by Gary Flint
3.11.11 INDIVIDUALS TRIP,
WE LOCKED OUT OF CANADA DOCK WITH FOUR GROUPS OF ANGLERS FROM ALL OVER THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND. WE HEADED UP RIVER AS SOON AS LANGTON LOCK GATES OPENED AND DROPPED ANCHOR AT A MARK WE HAD FISHED TWO WEEKS PREVIOUS,WE STARTED OF CATCHING WHITING AFTER ABOUT 20 MINS THEN A COUPLE OF RAYS CODLING POUTING DOGFISH PAUL DURRINGTON LED THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAYS ONE OF 9 LB 2 OZ AND 1 OF 9 LB 4 OZ A THE BEST CODLING AT 4LB 8 OZ, HE ALSO LOST A CONGER EEL IN THE 15LB TO 20 LB BRACKET WHILST TRYING TO NET IT, TOTAL FISH TODAY 32 CODLING, 4 RAYS, LOADS OF WHITING DABS AND DOGFISH AND POUTING .WE LOCKED BACK IN AT 5.30PM WITH THE LADS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THERE NEXT TRIP, OVERALL A GOOD DAY WITH MOST OF THE FISH RETURNED FOR ANOTHER DAY ALTHOUGH IN SIZE. GARY FLINT -
21/10/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
21 Oct 2011 by Gary Flint
21.10,11 JIENG WENLONGS PARTY.
We left the marina at 7.00amto fish a mark in the Mersey with the target species of Cod and Whiting.
We arrived at the mark with the lads eager to start fishing, but before the lines where wet they were given a demo by the skipper on how to present the bait on the hooks. After about 10 minutes the lads had all mastered it so fishing began. The lads started pulling fish in the best fish of the day was a Cod of 6lb 14oz closely followed by a 6lb 9 oz Cod with over 15 3lb+ loads of whiting, Thornback Rays to 10lb 8oz plus numerous dogfish and flatties. It was great to see the lads walking out of the marina with plastic bags on the backs with the fish in, heading back to their university halls in Manchester, talking about who was cooking that night. I would imagine there was some fishy smells on the train journey home for them. Overall a great day was had by a group of lads who had only fished twice before. Gary Flint -
08/10/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
8 Oct 2011 by Gary Flint
KINGYS AND BRIANS WORM DANGLERS TRIP
We left the marina at 9.00am to fish the Mersey we anchored and started to fish, The wind was blowing 22 kts and gusting 32 kts sw the rain was horizontal, but this did not dampen the spirits of kingys worm danglers, they started to catch dogfish straight away then, codling and then kingy hooked a thorn back of 8lb 12oz. Tony landed a strap conger which hit the scales at 12lb and cool Karl just kept fishing away at the front of the boat bagging 7 codling in tital for himself with the best Cod for him being 5 lb. Total fish caught numerous whiting, dabs,dogfish, 15 codling, 5 rays,1 strap conger.
Overall plenty of banter and a good wet windy day.
GARY FLINT. -
09/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
Sep 2011 by Gary Flint
24/09/11 top of the trent club
We left the marina at 9.0am the forecast was not to good but the lads wanted a shot at one of the wrecks for conger,i explained that it would be lumpy and we might be better in the river ,the lads had a vote and readied there wrecking rigs.When we had reached the Bar Racon i explained that we would not be able to go the distance we had wanted to so we picked a couple of nearer marks placing us only 20 miles from the marina,We started the 1st drift with everybody ready but the boat was was rocking a bit to much for some who immediately fell ill,darren caught a pollack about 4lb some smaall guarnard where picked up plus a poor cod.we had another couple of drifts and decided that the wind was becoming stronger it was now 22 kts SW.So we picked another wreck nearer home and heade for that when we got there we decided to fish for mackerel,we caught 6 and headed back into the river with the plan to fish for thornback rays.we eventually dropped anchor in the river 1 hr before slack water and bagged thorn back rays, whiting dabs dogfish etc every body caught fish even though we had wind recorded at 28kts -
22/09/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
22 Sep 2011 by Gary Flint
23/09/11
We left the marina at 8.45am to fish the river,The talk was of cod i explained it was very early in the year but well give it ago to my amazement we had 5 codling to 3.5ibs whiting, dogfish,dabs thorneback rays and a spotted ray,plenty of banter between the lads all day well done lads -
10/09/2011
Fishing Report by Peter Hughes
10 Sep 2011 by Peter Hughes
Hello Gary and Daz, as promised we were back again to try our hand at deep sea fishing. This time based in the Mersey. We had the added entertainment of the power boat championships and a four plane aerial display team keeping us amused. As usual Gary and Daz had everything ready for us including baits and rigs, and with the historic skyline in view, set out to catch. Fishing was slow at first but began to pick up as Gary plumbed the depths of his experience to keep us going in difficult conditions. Hot tea and pies cooked up by the skipper kept coming and so did the fish as various Rays and dogfish were landed.
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09/09/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
9 Sep 2011 by Gary Flint
09.09.11
longs party from university 4 hr trip.
all total novices We left the marina at 7.45 am and headed to a mark to bottom fish some 6 miles away we arrived at the mark and dropped the anchor, to immediately start catching 10 dabs/ 5 dogfish,1 smoothound,2 thornback ray ,1 spotted ray, we then dashed back to the marina for 11.30 am,with the group already talking about there next trip -
14/08/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
14 Aug 2011 by Gary Flint
Paul,Ray,Lee,John,Gav,George,Mark and Ian
What A trip! non stop banter all day.
we left the marina at 9.30 am to head out in search of Cod. We headed out over the Bar and after sailing for 30 mins Ian(Captain Ahab) decided to make an offer to Neptune for a safe passage which was last nights curry, I turned round to ask if he was ok to see three or four phones filming him, i thought how cruel. The lads settled down for a while with Ian rushing to the side of the boat again, to give some more offerings to neptune. He later explained he was ok until the lads let him watch himself making the first offering on video. Any way back to the fishing. We tried a couple of marks which produced Pollack to 9lb and Cod to 6lb, Coalfish to 5.5lb pouting and mackerel.
A great day had by all.
We cant stop ourselves laughing with some of the jokes they were playing on each other.
Gary Flint Skipper. -
06/08/2011
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
6 Aug 2011 by Gary Flint
Saturday 6th August
Kingys Party
We left the marina at 5:45am to head offshore. We stopped for some mackeral on the way out and filled a bucket. We then proceded out 2 and a half hours, to the first mark. We immediately started to haul in Pollack to 8lb 8oz.
We then moved to another mark and had fish straight away after having a few hours on the second mark, we moved to a 3rd mark and were into fish from the first drop. On the way in we stopped for some more mackeral. We arrived back into the marina at 4:45pm. All in all a cracking day with a cracking group of lads. We look forward to welcoming Kingy and the gang back in the winter for some Mersey Cod fishing.
Gary Flint
