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12/08/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
12 Aug 2017 by dominic wilson
period 23/7/17 to 13/8/17......
wind,wind and more wind with some more wind!.......8 days at sea achieved in 21 days and this is supposed to be british summertime??
when we have got afloat we have caught:
mackerel,herring,launce,cod,whiting,haddock,poutingling,pollack (6lb),coalies,dogfish,scorpion fish, spurdog(17.5lb),tope(18lb),red/grey/tub gurnard(2.5lb).
the best session on the spurdogs was a week ago last saturday when we caught 17 upto 17.5lb and then yesterday we had a single tope but a good session on the light tackle for pollack...biggest was about 3.5lb with the best of the period being 6lb,what they lack in size they are making up for in quantity -
25/07/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
25 Jul 2017 by dominic wilson
period upto 28th july......
the wind has caused cancellations and on top of that,all the rain has coloured the water considerably making the flood tide unfishable.However,once clear water was found we have caught a variety of species.
mackerel are prolific at the moment with some herring mixed in.Plenty of cod upto 3.5lb and plump haddock to 2.5lb.spurdogs and tope remain elusive with the best huss going 12.5lb.all 3 gurnard species have been caught with the best tub at 2.5lb.
this week we havent fished for the pollack in close.
species caught.....doggies ,huss,mackerel,herring launce,cod,haddock,whiting,pouting,coalfish,grey/red/tub gurnard,horse mackerel,dab,small ling ,small conger,ballan wrasse -
09/07/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
9 Jul 2017 by dominic wilson
period 9th til 17th July.......
the wind has been kind and has allowed us out to fish the offshore banks and holes,drift the reefs and fish in the weeds for pollack.
the mackerel were scarce at the early part of the reporting period but now seem to be present in good numbers with strings of 4-6 the norm instead of the occasional.There has been a plague of mini grey gurnards with some red and tubs thrown in.doggies are ever present but the huss and spurdogs remain elusive with only a couple here and there.lots of flapper size whiting around with coalies,the odd dab,small ling and pouting thrown in.
the haddock are around in good numbers upto 2.5lb,codling the same but slightly larger.
plenty of pollack in the weeds to mackerel strip or ragworm with the Paisley boys taking over 100 pollack upto 4.5lb in two 1hr sessions at either end of the day last sunday.
some nice ballan wrasse are showing and the one in the photo weighed 4lb and was caught close in at the harbour entrance -
04/07/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
4 Jul 2017 by dominic wilson
period 28th june - 4th july.....
over this period we have caught...codling(4lb),haddock(2.5lb),whiting,coalfish,pollack(5.5lb) pouting,lsd,huss(15.5lb),spurdog (18lb),mackerel,herring,launce,dabs,grey gurnard(1.5lb) and tub gurnard(3.5lb)
notables....
28th june: 60 pollack on floatfished ragworm and biggest huss 14lb
29th june ...atrocious weather but a 2.5lb tub and 13.5lb huss landed
1st july biggest spur 16.5lb and best huss 15lb
2nd july....19 spurdogs caught ,all over 12lb and biggest at 15.5lb. also 10 huss to 8.5lb
3rd july....big tub gurnard at 3.5lb and 1st tope of year,seen at boat side and then it smashed rod.reel and trace(estimate at 5ft long/35lb)
4th july...17 spurs with biggest at 18lb and 8 huss ,biggest 15lb
plenty of mackerel everywhere in the clear water but biggest fish are taking whiting/haddock/cod flapper....not particularly interested in mackerel flappers -
20/06/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
20 Jun 2017 by dominic wilson
period 19/20 june......
monday......
the Ayrshire boys wanted to go wrecking and whilst waiting for the tide to ease,we anchored a reef and caught plenty of mackerel,whiting,doggies,some codling and then we were away.....
we drifted the wreck to find a shoal of coalies(80 ft high) sitting south of the wreck and another one of similar size north of the wreck and they were coming up 6 at a time until people scaled down but they were of no size,biggest 1lb.....also 3 ling,biggest 7.5lb,pollack to 6lb,2 pouting with the biggest at 1.5lb,some jumbo mackerel and a lone 4lb codling
tuesday.....
a windy day with lots of tide run and with it only being a short trip distance was limited but,the boys caught codling(4lb),haddock,whiting,grey gurnards,tub gurnard,plenty of mackerel,doggies and Rory managed a 6lb starry smoothound -
18/06/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
18 Jun 2017 by dominic wilson
weekend 17/18 june...
saturday...
.had some newcomers from Belshill and they wanted to catch something of size,which they did....huss (10.5lb) and some cod and haddock,which they did taking about 3st with cod to 3.5lb and haddock to 2lb.they also caught coalies,whiting,mackerel,grey and tub gurnard and the ever present doggie.......nothing massive but plenty to keep the boys interested,some who hadnt been to sea in over 9 years!
sunday......
Tam McKracken organised the boys from Greenock and Paisley and wanted Huss(15.5lb biggest) and spurdogs(17.5lb biggest)....the sun shone,the sea was calm and they caught 42 huss and 2 spurs along with grey/red/tub gurnard,whiting ,codling,haddock,ballan wrasse,launce and loads of mackerel and 90 mins produced around 40 pollack on the LRF gear.......a very rare but very welcome 5lb cuckoo ray was caught also -
03/06/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
3 Jun 2017 by dominic wilson
period 31st may til 4th june..........
had mixed bunch of boys out this wednesday and we caught gurnards,codling,haddock,whiting,pollack ,coalies ,doggies,scorpion fihs,ling and huss with the best at 13.5lb but no mackerel or herring
saturday,only 4 boys showed instead of 8 but we had some 10 mackerel on the last of the flood,plenty of huss upto 14.5lb about 12-15 codling around the 2lb mark and some pollack from the harbour entrance,biggest 6lb and a common skate at 204lb(according to the graph) which took an hour and a half to land....it was 7ft 3" long x 5ft 7" tip to tip
sunday....another choppy day but over 50 huss biggest 13.5lb and loads of codling around the 3lb mark,gurnards,small haddock and whiting also but no mackerel -
28/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
28 May 2017 by dominic wilson
period covered 21-28 may 2017....
monday saw a 5hr trip with the halifax boys and we had codling,haddock and whiting on every drift along with quite a few mackerel and 2 herring,plenty of grey gurnards and some coalfish.cod averaged 2.5lb ,same as the haddock and I caught six pollack(all returned) in the harbour entrance on savage gear eels.
wednesday was the same as monday but with a lot more mackerel,tub gurnards,scorpion fish,small ling.Another 6 pollack came from the harbour entrance but nothing bigger than 2.5lb
thursday was poor with big springs and coloured water...2 mackerel and 2 codling
friday was same as thursday with poor conditions but at anchor we managed some doggies and small huss and 2 pollack at 5lb were caught in the harbour mouth
saturday was pollack drifting day and we managed 25 fish,largest was 5lb by Lee on a silver/grey paddle tail
sunday....the silver lure score card showed 134 fish of which70 were huss,biggest was 16.5lb with next largest at 12.5lb and another 8 over 11lb.we also caught doggies,dab,whiting,haddock and codling -
21/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
21 May 2017 by dominic wilson
monday 22nd may......
had the boys from halifax on for a 5hr trip and with excellent water clarity we did some drift fishing......in all,the boys took home 14 codling upto 2.5lb,1 decent haddock and some mackerel.
we also caught herring,whiting,coalies,grey gurnard and I hooked 6 pollack in the harbour entrance on a "savage gear:dirty silver" sandeel -
20/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
20 May 2017 by dominic wilson
saturday 20th may.....
finally the offshore bank decided to produce fish and what quality and amount did it produce!
after consulting with the boys afloat , it was agreed that we had landed in excess of 60 spurdogs with all but a couple over 10lb....the majority were in the 12-14lb bracket with the best at 17lb.The same amount of bull huss were landed with the biggest weighing 14lb....notable catches were Ron who had a double huss hookup with fish of 12.5lb and 8lb on the same line and Mike who landed a 14lb spurdog and an 8lb huss on a short dropper muppet rig.
preferred baits again were whiting or haddock flapper or mackerel head.
10 mackerel were landed along with grey gurnards,haddock,codling and whiting plus huss and spurs.
for the statistics,it is probable that we landed over 700lb of spurdog and around 500lb of bullhuss.....not bad for 6 anglers on a 7hr trip!!!
mike butterworth(pictured with a pb of 17lb) had a red letter day landing over 20 spurs and 10 huss
