Latest Fishing Reports: Scotland
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12/10/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
12 Oct 2019 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
The 2019 summer season in Plymouth has now come to an end for Size Matters due to the very unsettled weather over the last few weeks.
We started the summer season in June this year two months later than normal because we where up in Scotland catch hundreds of giant Common Skate.
When we arrived in Plymouth we done our first trip of the year to Jurassic Park, catching no less than 12 Six Gill Sharks to around 500lb, the biggest we boated measured and released was 410lb!!
That was definitely a trip to tell the gran kids about in the future and a trip that we will try to beat in the next few years.
The wreck fishing on the drift was good from June to the start of August, once the algae bloom started to die and sink to the sea bed the fishing was very hard.
Wreck fishing at anchor for Conger and Ling was slow in June and July due to the lack of fresh bait available, but in August and September the fishing really picked up with up to 70+ Conger and Ling per trip.
Sadly we never caught any big Conger this year our best fish was 55lb, we did catch some monster Ling this year to 39lb 8oz a new boat record.
Shark fishing was very poor from June to July because of the massive algae bloom we had, I got told by a marine biologist it was the worst algae bloom in 10 years, just goes to show how polluted our oceans really are.
Once the algae bloom started to die and sink to the sea bed in August the shark fishing picked up a bit with our best day catching 19 Blue Sharks on a 23 hour trip and 11 Blue Sharks on a 12 hour trip, this is still very poor compared to previous years.
In July we had big plans to go well off the charts but sadly the weather put a stop to that so plan B was to try for Thresher Sharks.
We managed to pull it out the bag catching three Thresher Sharks to 150lb, pulled the hook on two more and missed one!!
It was great to go and do a trip like that for the first time and learn so much in just a short space of time.
It was definitely a very strange season not like any we have had in the last four years, the algae bloom didn’t help things either.
We only seen a few Sunfish this year, in the pasted I have seen 17 in just one day.
There was no Atlantic Bonito this year and last year you could catch them daily in September and October.
We only caught one John Dory this year and last year we caught 11.
This was the first time the wrecking fishing on the drift was over in August normally you can still chip away catching Pollack, Cod and Ling right through the year.
From the start of August the weather got more unsettled as the season went on, we had so many good trips booked in but the weather put a stop to them.
Even sailing back to Liverpool now we normally do some fishing but the weather window is too small so it’s 360 miles none stop.
We are now fully booked from Plymouth for 2020, we have no whole boat dates available in 2021 from Plymouth.
I have set a side dates in 2021 for individuals, so if you want the chance to fish on
Size Matters from Plymouth in 2021 here is your chance to book.
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21/09/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
21 Sep 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Well Saturday was tuff going with light winds but South East swell best fish an 8:8 lb ling . Saturday afternoon we sailed for calm seas upto redhugh with some nice pollock & cod with lots mackerel: Sunday proved a better day with lots small cod to return on the morning trip & the afternoon trip provided more keepers & a few pollock : spaces this Thursday & Saturday & Sunday tight lines
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21/09/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
21 Sep 2019 by Kevin McKie
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In just over a months time we will be starting our winter season in our home city of Liverpool on the mighty Mersey.
From the end of October to mid November we mostly try to target the off shore wrecks up to 60 miles out, the weather plays a massive factor for these trips.
If we get lucky enough to get out Wrecking you can catch Pollack, Cod and Ling most are 3lb to 6lb with the odd double figure fish every now and again.
If the weather is not so good we can fish the mighty Mersey as a back up, targeting Thornback Rays up to 60+ in a day, Cod in to double figures, but most are 3lb to 5lb, Whiting, Dabs and odd Conger.
From mid November to the end of February we fish the sheltered waters of the mighty Mersey, targeting Cod in to double figures but most are 3lb to 5lb, Whiting and Dabs.
Every season is different and the biggest issue when fishing a tidal estuary is too much fresh water can be a bad thing for sea fish.
We have over 2300 packs of top quality frozen black lug and 96 x 1lb frozen boxes of calamari squid in storage, this is only available to anglers fishing onboard Size Matters.
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17/09/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
17 Sep 2019 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
During the last week the fishing has been very up and down.
At anchor we have been catching Conger to 45lb and Ling to 21lb, our best day we caught 50 Conger to 45lb in just 4 hours.
But when we have had east winds the fishing has been very poor, this is very strange because we have had some of our best days on an east wind in previous years.
We did give the off shore wrecks ago on the drift with lures and bait.
Sadly there is no change and they are fishing very poor, on one of the days and we done a 15 hour charter traveling over 140 mile round trip for just 25 Pollack to 10lb and a Ling of 17lb.
Hopefully some fish will turn up on the off shore wrecks before we finish our season in October.
Thanks
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Plymouth)
07999628511.
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11/09/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
11 Sep 2019 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
After taking time off for a fantastic family holiday, we are now back in on the action.
Over the last four days we have been fishing at anchor for Conger and Ling.
We have boated 202 Conger to 54lb
(all returned) and 23 Ling to a massive
39lb 8oz and a new boat record for
Size Matters!!!
On our best day the lads boated 72 Conger with four over 50lb with the biggest at 54lb and 8 Ling to a massive 39lb 8oz!!!
The massive Ling of 39lb 8oz was caught by Jason Morgan from Tintern, we took a few photos of the Ling so you can see just how big it was, well done Jason.
Tony McQuillan caught two Conger on the same trip over 50lb with the best tipping the scales to 54lb, this was his personal best Conger and it was his birthday, well done Tony.
Sadly the wreck fishing on the drift with lures and bait is extremely poor, just the odd small Pollack and Ling showing.
Over the next few weeks we will try to get the anchor down as much as possible to give our anglers there best possible chance of a good days fishing.
Thanks
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Plymouth)
07999628511.
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#Shimano
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08/09/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
8 Sep 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Was a quiet days fishing on Saturday with North East swell in the sea, Sunday was the better day with Sagittarius netting a few nice cod & ling
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08/2019
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
Aug 2019 by dominic wilson
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this report covers the period 16th August -26th august.....
The wind has wreaked havoc with our ability to get to sea and its a shame as there are plenty of fish out there both in species and size.We have continued to land a good number of tope averaging 25-30lb,spurdogs have dwindled in numbers and the huss are putting in a show again averaging 15lb.we have also hooked into more common skate but landed only 1 at 179lb.All the usual suspects are still at sea with grey gurnard in plague proportions and mini-mackerel everywhere.The pollack fishing in the weeds has improved vastly with mackerel belly outfishing the artificial lures.
bookings are still being taken for this year with first available weekend being 19/20 October and with the boat staying afloat this winter,I am looking at doing uptiding for cod .
diaries for 2020 have now been released and bookings are now being taken so please ring for best tides and dates
picture is of Piers and his 179lb skate View Boats Page
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08/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Aug 2019 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
As the old saying goes, when the wind is in the west the fish bite the best, when the wind is in the east the fish bite the least.
That sums up the fishing from Plymouth during the last week, there is never two days the same in the fishing game.
Sharking is definitely not a patch on previous years, ebb tide has been much more productive than the flood tide for the sharks and we have only had blues to 60lb and Porbeagles to 20lb this week.
Fishing at anchor for Conger to 55lb and Ling to 24lb has been good when the conditions are right, but every wreck we have fished this week has had lost wreck nets on and we have been having to pull the fish through the nets, this is a nightmare when trying to land big Conger.
Thanks
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Plymouth)
07999628511.
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16/08/2019
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
16 Aug 2019 by dominic wilson
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This report covers period 19th july - 16th August
When the wind allows,we have been getting out and the fishing has been good with some days being great.I have lost track of how many spurdogs over the 20lb mark we have landed with the best at a whopping 23lb....these sharks are getting bigger each year and more prolific and I don't doubt that some will top 25lb next year!....the best tally for spurdogs in the reporting period is 38 landed with all being 12-17lb with a few bigger ones mixed in. we have had mixed results with the huss with the best going 18.5lb in the past month.The tope are more numerous this year and we have had 5 in a day twice last month which is well up on last year and we have lost a good few through biteoffs!...more common skate continue to show with the last 2 at 185lb and 188lb.The pollack fishing in the weeds has improved vastly with floatfished mackerel belly being very productive...there was also a good run of codling and haddock during the big spring tides where we were fishing closer in out of the tide run.
The mini mackerel have now arrived in plague proportions and strings and strings of them are possible....at less than 6" long they make great bait!
Species landed this month : cod ,haddock, whiting, pouting, pollack, coalfish, poorcod , ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, common skate, tope, spurdog, huss, smoothound, LSD, mackerel, herring, launce, red/grey/tub gurnard, dab( 22 species)
bookings still being taken for this year but first available weekend date is sunday 13th October
the boat is staying afloat this winter so uptiding for cod is on the agenda
bookings now being taken for 2020 (mobile 07739231331)
photo is 188lb common skate View Boats Page
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11/08/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
11 Aug 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Been a tuff few weeks with sea winds & lots of mackarel , cod & pollock rare but some better size fish
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