Latest Fishing Reports: Scotland
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08/2015
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Aug 2015 by Kevin McKie
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Just finished 9 charters in a row, the weather gods have been on our side for once. It's been a very strange few days, we had to call the coast guard for assistance as one of my customers had a suspected hart attack. The rescue helicopter come to the rescue and took the man to Aintree hospital, thank god he is ok and a big thank you to all the lads onboard for your help. On a brighter note I had a customer a few days ago telling me he had the best bait in the world for sea fishing, now this man has been fishing for over 40 years. When he showed me the bait it was wood pigeon breast, I had fresh crab, lug, mackerel, squid, rag and he still insisted on using it all day to catch nothing. The same man was using a pirk and muppets in the Mersey!!! God give me strength ha ha!! On the fishing, we have caught Tope to 49lb, Bullhuss to 14lb, Thornback ray to 13lb, Ling to 8lb, Pollack to 7lb, Cod to 6lb, Ballan Wrasse to 3lb and many more.
Here is a list of all the available dates I have in August.
Friday August 21st, 8 places.
Monday August 24th, 6 places.
Wednesday August 26th, 7 places.
Thursday August 27th, 2 places.
Friday August 28th, 9 places.
Call me on 07999628511.
Cheers
Kev.
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10/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
10 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
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period 1-10 august......
summer storms have hampered the fishing but when able to get out,plenty of fish have been caught.
the codling remain prolific though the average size has fallen to about 2.5lb and haddock appear to be everywhere and in good numbers though they are mainly just under the legal limit...we have had a lot of sizeable fish with the best going a shade under 3lb.
the herring put in an appearance on friday and we had over a 100 coming up 4 at a time,something I have not seen before....
gurnard,mainly greys are everywhere with the odd red in between and they are upto 12oz
pollack upto 6lb are keen to take feathers at the harbour entrance
mackerel continue to be prolific though there average size is falling...there is still the odd good one in amongst (3lb 10/8/15)
huss are still around and we got our first spurdog of the year View Boats Page
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08/2015
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Aug 2015 by Kevin McKie
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As we all know the weather this year is very bad, you get out one or two days then you can not get out for over a week. When you do get out there is some good fishing to be had, catching 12 to 18 species a day. Here is a list of dates I have available this month.
August 6th 2 places available,
August 11th 9 places available,
August 12th 6 places available,
August 13th 2 places available,
August 20th 3 places available,
August 24th 7 places available,
August 27th 4 places available,
August 28th 9 places available,
Give me a call or text if you would like to book any of these dates.
Cheers
Kevin Mckie
Brigand Charters
07999628511 View Boats Page
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30/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
30 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
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full 8hr trip today with 4 guys on..plenty of good fish caught and the anglers left with:
13 cod upto 6lb 4oz
15 haddock upto 3lb
a box full of mackerel at around the 2lb mark
the huss also put in an appearance and were all caught on baited daylites!
they weighed:
14.5lb(caught by skipper)
9.5lb
8.25lb
6.25lb
4.0lb
2.0lb View Boats Page
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29/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
29 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
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2x 3hr trips today producing
codling, haddock, whiting ,pollack, coalfish. mackerel, herring, sandeel,grey and red gurnard and scorpion fish
water clarity still excellent and mackerel everywhere
largest fish again was the codling at around 3.5lb View Boats Page
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28/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
28 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
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short 2 hr trip drifting the rough ground outside the harbour produced:
6 codling around 3.5lb
1 ling at 3lb
loads of small haddock and grey gurnard
mackerel continue to be thick and at all depths and everywhere View Boats Page
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27/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
27 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
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just a short 3hr trip today with 2 guys on....excellent water clarity and a very slow drift produced :
cod to 3,5lb
haddock to 3lb
mackerel to 2lb
small grey gurnards
2 bull huss(8,5lb and 9.75lb)
all fish caught on baited daylights View Boats Page
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24/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
24 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
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summary upto 25th july 2015
water clarity continues to be excellent and helps the fishing no end....great fishing is happening in 60ft of water 330 yards from the harbour entrance!!
the species landed this month:
mackerel(2lb 2oz biggest),herring,sandeel,cod(biggest 4.5lb),haddock(2.5lb),pollack (8lb 4oz),coalfish,dogfish,bullhuss(9.5lb),grey gurnard,red gurnard,whiting,dab,plaice,wrasse(2lb),conger ee(4lb)l,scorpion fish
the mackerel continue to be present in huge numbers and 500 in an hour is achievable....george wilson from dumfries and his team managed 30 mackerel in the 2lb range last monday but it is noticeable that there are a lot more joeys in the 4-6" size are showing(great for pike bait!!
the pollack continue to be present in the weeds and stewart walker and his boys managed to catch approx 70 on chrome leadheads and ragworm with Stewart taking the biggest at 8lb 4oz in the harbour entrance
cod continue to be prolific,both close in and out at 2miles,Rab and his 2 sons managed to catch 15 of size,biggest 3.5lb drifting the harbour and the Pirelli boys from from carlisle managed 35 cod to keep,biggest 4.5lb....on the 8 hr trips we are averaging70 codling but 95% are undersize,the same applies for the haddock.biggest hadock sofar is 2.5lb for Mark from pirelli
huss are still elusive ,but "lucky Dave" on a 3hr trip managed 4 huss(1.5lb/7.5lb/9lb/9.25lb) in 4 drops
we also experienced a tope following a codling all the way to the surface without biting!! the tope was approx 5ft long
prospects remain excellent and to book a trip aboard "Predator II" please ring or text me,Dominic on 07739231331 View Boats Page
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25/07/2015
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
25 Jul 2015 by Kevin McKie
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The weather this year is the worst I have ever known, just cancelling charter after charter due to the constant west and north west winds. When we can get out, the fishing onboard Brigand is very good at the moment.
Tope to 48lb, Thornback ray to 12lb, Bullhuss to 11lb, Smoothhound to 8lb, Pollack to 8lb 6oz, Cod to 7lb 9oz, Ling, Whiting, Pouting,
Tub Gurnard, Gray Gurnard,
Red Gurnard, Scad, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Waver, Flounder, Dab, Plaice, Silver Eel and Dogfish.
Here is a list of available dates in August,
5th 5 places available.
11th 24 hour wrecking trip depart at 10pm return at 10pm on the 12th,
4 places available.
13th 8 places available.
17th 9 places available.
20th 9 places available.
24th 4 places available.
27th 7 places available.
Call me on 07999628511 or send me a message.
Cheers
Kevin Mckie
Brigand Charters View Boats Page
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09/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
9 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
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just a 3hr trip today after the storms....
water clarity not brilliant
thick with mackerel at all depths...about a dozen at 2lb
3 codling at 3lb plus lots of undersize ones
lots of grey gurnards View Boats Page
