Latest Fishing Reports: Scotland
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14/06/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
14 Jun 2014 by dominic wilson
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full boat and plenty of fish....150 mackerel,30 herring,coalies,doggies,huss,pollack,whiting ,codling(3lb biggest) ,haddock,12 spurdog(5lb biggest) all caught at port logan on the wreck and reef
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13/06/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
13 Jun 2014 by dominic wilson
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5 guys out for a 5hr trip.....a smattering of mackerel,loads of tiny whiting,huss,doggies a couple of herring and some Pollack from the weeds(best 4.5lb) and a red gurnard
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10/06/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
10 Jun 2014 by dominic wilson
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many anglers are ringing and asking if "the mackerel are in"??
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and unfortunately ,at the moment they are sporadic and spread thinly,we are averaging about 10 a trip providing we have water clarity,any hint of gloom and everything "switches off"
when good numbers on all trips are showing I will put up a report,there are plenty of fish around to make up for the lack of mackerel,...Pollack upto 8lb have been caught in the weeds
Thanks
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09/06/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
9 Jun 2014 by dominic wilson
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more variety today...coalies,cod(3.5lb),haddock,whiting,huss,doggies,herring,red gurnard,a few mackerel and Pollack under the cliffs to 8lb...plenty of variety,plenty of fish
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07/06/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
7 Jun 2014 by dominic wilson
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mixed crew out today with a catch of coalies,cod to 3.5lb,haddock to 2.5lb,gurnard,whiting and some mackerel,,huss and dogfish ,pollack showing in the weeds and the best was 6lb
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03/06/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
3 Jun 2014 by dominic wilson
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2 short fishing trips today,huss,doggies,herring,gurnard,pollack and coalies whilst fishing at anchor with baited feathers.....best of the bunch were these 2 codling at 3.5lb each.
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mackerel are now turning up on every trip but not in great numbers and water clarity is vital -
30/05/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
30 May 2014 by dominic wilson
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another mixed bunch for 3 hrs and again clarity was a problem.managed to catch some doggies,small codling,3 sea scorpions and some Pollack from the weeds,biggest at 5lb
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29/05/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
29 May 2014 by dominic wilson
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had a mixed group out for 4 hrs,suffered with water clarity til tide ebbed.got the anchor down and caught doggies,small haddock& cod,biggest 2.5lb several bull huss with biggest at 9lb
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29/05/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
29 May 2014 by dominic wilson
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had a mixed group out for 4 hrs,suffered with water clarity til tide ebbed.got the anchor down and caught doggies,small haddock& cod,biggest 2.5lb several bull huss with biggest at 9lb
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05/2014
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2014 by Kevin McKie
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Species caught: Bull Huss, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Gurnard (Gray, Tub & Red), Ling, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Short Spined Scorpion Fish, Smoothound (Common & Starry), Thornback Ray, Tope, Weaver and Whiting.
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Due to the algae bloom, May started off quite slow but as the weeks went on the fishing got better and better. Most of the algae had gone by the last week of May and we started to see lots of dolphins, porpoise and seals. Fishing inshore was very good with a fish a drop 90% of the time; offshore the fishing was steady and the mackerel started to arrive in good numbers.
Notable Charters:
23/05/14 - A group of individuals had booked to go wreck fishing but with the weather conditions off-shore was not an option so I asked the 9 lads if they fancied going after Smoothound, Rays and Bass. Only 4 of the lads where up for it so the rest of them rebooked to go wrecking and I took the 4 lads out and what a day they had! It was a fish a cast from start to finish. Here's what they caught:
19 Smoothound to 6lb
40+ Codling to 4lb 6oz (mostly undersize)
5 Thornback Rays to 4lb,
Along with Plaice, Flounder, Dab, Whiting and Dogfish. Not a bad day between 4 anglers.
24/05/14 - I had 8 individuals booked on for the day. I suggested to go for the Smoothounds again and they were all up for it! Here is what they caught:
30+ Smoothound to 6lb 3oz
2 Bass to 2lb 12oz
3 Thornback Ray to 4lb
And lots of Whiting Dabs and Dogfish.
Fish of the month goes to Mark with an 11lb 8oz Thornback Ray caught on a whole Mackerel while fishing for Tope off-shore. This was not the biggest fish caught in May but it's the first double figure Ray this year on Brigand. Sadly it is a very poor photograph of the Ray - it has it's wigs folded in and it doesn't give it much scale because Mark himself is 6ft 7inches tall! The Ray was safely returned.