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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 -
03/07/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
3 Jul 2025 by Nick Gough
8 hour trip today
As we left the harbour we passed a small Minke feeding.
Fishing was steady away with a good amount of cod coming aboard.
We even had a triple hookup weighing around 14lb in total.
As the tide turned unfortunately the winds picked up and we had wind with tide increasing the drift speed which slowed the fishing right off unfortunately.
As well as the cod the customers also caught a ling, a Pollock many pouting, whiting, and mackerel -
08/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
8 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
Well what a day.. two 6 hour trips with plenty of fish on both
First 6 hour trip we saw a good mixture of fish from cod, ling, coalfish, red gurnard, haddock, mackerel, whiting, pouting the majority of the catch was a good amount of cod from what you can see in the video.
Heaviest fish wasn't huge but plenty of fish around the 5lb area and best been 7lb at all but the amount certainly made up for that
2nd 6 hour trip was an absolute cod fest
With most of the fish taken on shads .there was also pouting and a few ling caught as well and similar stamp of fish to the first trip -
02/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
2 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
Another great 8 hour trip today
Fishing started off slow for the first few drifts then slowly picked up as the day went on.
A good stamp of clean cod caught today
With a few ling, Pollock, pouting, a Ballen wrasse, mackerel and even a lonely haddock.
Everybody caught a cod to keep which seams to be the norm this week and all the anglers had plenty of fillets to take home
One of our regulars Lorance seemed to be on fire today catching nearly every drift and ended up with a nice tub a Cod.
Dirty squid baited hooks seemed to be the preferred method today.
Shads we're working today but we're catching the odd ling and getting ripped to shreds in the process. -
01/06/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
1 Jun 2025 by Nick Gough
Back out today for a 8hr trip
Two days are never the same but we did still find a good amount of fish overall.
Winds today were a lot stronger up to 25kts at times from the south not really picking the sea up but definitely increasing the drift speed.
Like every other trip this week everyone caught a few Cod to keep which for quite a few anglers was their first time.
Best anglers today were all the younger anglers who just seemed to find a better size fish every time and made sure they made that known. The friendly banter today was brilliant.
Heaviest fish today was a cod weighing just under 6lb
Plenty of species caught today from Cod, Pollock, ling, whiting, coalfish, ballen wrasse, dogfish, and even a lonely dab.
Overall a brilliant day to be at sea as always -
31/05/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
31 May 2025 by Nick Gough
Well what a 8hr trip we've had today
Non-stop fishing all morning with 4 or 5 rods in at the same time all catching cod.
Then it was steady away for the rest of the day
All Cod were a good stamp and really clean fish between 3 to 5lb with the odd better 6lb been caught.
Overall the lads boarded well over 100 size fish and Sam's dirty squid was certainly doing the business today. Quite a few wrasse and pouting also showing an appearance.
Best fish today was a Ling weighting 7lb 3oz
I definitely believe these customers will be back soon, It was their first time fishing with us today. -
29/05/2025
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
29 May 2025 by Nick Gough
Out today with totally different weather to yesterday showers when the customers arrived on the boat. And a fresh south westerly blowing through not really picking the sea up much but a bit splashy in places
Overall everybody caught something to take home which is always a bonus the stamp of fish was alot better to yesterday's catch
Best fish today was a 7lb 3oz Pollock
Today baited feathers seamed to out fish the lures today possibly due to the conditions and stronger tide.
