Latest Fishing Reports: Scotland
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21/04/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
21 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson
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just another 3 hr trip today with conditions against us(wind wise!) but the sun shone and the dogfish fed,amassing about 25 and Ian from paisley caught 3 on one drop.
reports are filtering in that mackerel land herring are being landed at Port Logan,some 6 miles south of Portpatrick, so our summer species cant be far behind??
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19/04/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
19 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson
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back out again with steve and jack from Essex plus a couple of others,again the Pollack proved elusive again but doggies were willing to keep us entertained...took about 15 and a couple of times it was 2 at a time! also some small whiting
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18/04/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
18 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson
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took a couple of the Essex boys out today and its apparent that we need the mackerel to arrive! we tried drifting and then freelining with sidewinders for Pollack which produced a couple in the 3lb bracket and finally anchoring with bait that produced a small codling and about 10 dogfish.
a couple of days previous we took about 30 coalies in the 1-1.5lb bracket and some small whiting View Boats Page
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20/04/2014
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
20 Apr 2014 by steve stringer
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We had a couple of short charters out today and racked up 7 species including Huss, codling, haddock, whiting and LSDs too. Nothing of any real size but put smiles on everyones faces as two youngsters were new to fishing. The mackerel are not far away now and the wrecks seem to be filling up well. we have also had some success from close in using light weight tackle and various jellies! Happy days.
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19/04/2014
Fishing Report by Jack Ellis
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
19 Apr 2014 by Jack Ellis
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Hi.
Thanks for the great couple of days I had.
I caught a load of pollack and dogfish with the odd codlin. We tried about 3 different types of fishing with all being successful.
Defiantly worth the money.
Thanks Dominic.
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10/04/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
10 Apr 2014 by dominic wilson
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First trip off today with a mixed bunch of lads and only small stuff to report,lots of small whiting and about 20 coalfish around the 1lb mark and this strange brown fish about the 8oz mark!
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03/2014
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Mar 2014 by Kevin McKie
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Species caught: Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Herring, Ling, Lobster, Pollack, Pouting, Thornback Ray and Whiting.
Usually, March is a slow month when fishing in the North West but this year fishing was surprisingly well. This was likely due to not having a very cold winter, which has raised the temperature of the water, causing the spring fish to arrive earlier than usual.
While there is still a few Cod and Whiting, with good numbers of Rays, Flounder, Dabs and Plaice in the River Mersey, a new off-shore mark we fished was holding some good numbers of both Cod and Pollack. That being said, we still had a few hard days fishing off-shore this month, mainly due to harsh easterly winds.
Also, don't forget on April 23rd is our first Brigand Charters sweep stake competition where you could win £960 cash!!! Full details can be found under "Competitions".
Notable Charters:
On March 25th we had a small group of anglers on-board who fish with us every month. They had a good day before we even got to the fishing grounds. We encountered a pod of over 50 dolphins that where jumping out of the water and following the boat for about 30 minutes. When we did get to the fishing ground they totalled 14 Pollack to 4lb 10oz, 9 Cod to 3lb, plus Whiting and Pouting.
On March 26th we had a full boat of individuals on-board. We decided to fish the same rough ground as we did the day before. We totalled 15 Pollack to 5lb, 4 Cod to 3lb, 1 Ling, and plenty of whiting, dabs, and dogfish.
On March 27th we had our monthly trip with the lads from Taskers Angling on-board. We went back to the same grounds as we had fished the last two days and there were still plenty of fish showing on the sounder but it was hard going with the easterly wind - the fish just didn't want to know. We had a few Pollack, Cod, Whiting, Dab and Dogfish, but we did witness something we will never see again! Jimmy from Taskers Angling hooked something while on the drift over rough ground using a jelly worm. He said to me that it felt like he'd hooked some old rope as he was struggling to reel it in. I said it could be a sea sponge from the sea bed or a Lobster. When it came to the surface it was the biggest Lobster I have ever seen, about 6lb must have been 30 years old and it was hooked in the face. We let the old fella go to fight another day.
The Fish of the Month goes to Tom Aldwinckle (again) with his 6lb 5oz Pollack. Thats two months in a row now. Congratulations on your free individual charter, Tom! View Boats Page
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09/03/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
9 Mar 2014 by dominic wilson
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Small tides,shining sun and 50ft of water were not the best of conditions for uptiding trip but perseverance paid off....we landed 23 codling all in the 1.5-3lb bracket except the one in the photo.....21lb in weight!! what a cracking inshore fish. Squid and worm were the order of the day but adding crab cart made the difference. we also caught 6 pouting upto 2lb and a strap ling
Nice cod Igors at 21lb !!! View Boats Page
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03/03/2014
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
3 Mar 2014 by steve stringer
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Have been making good use of this more settled weather to get out and check some of our marks. Very happy to see they are holding good stocks of fish on them with good size Pollack, Coalies and a few Codling coming up on the rods. Looking forward to checking out some more over this next few weeks and enjoying some fresh fish suppers!!
getting lots of interest for the light weight fishing too on both lure and fly! View Boats Page
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02/2014
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Feb 2014 by Kevin McKie
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Species caught: Cod, Dab, Flounder, Plaice, Thornback Ray, Whiting.
February started off very well with some nice Cod being caught in the Mersey, but towards the end of the month, the Cod fishing became patchy on some days and then good on others. The large shoals of Whiting that were present in the Mersey during the Winter have moved off-shore and the Cod will do the same over the course of the next few weeks. With the temperatures rising we’ve seen a few Thornback Rays, Plaice and Flounders being caught which shows that the Spring fish are starting to arrive.
Notable Charters:
February 7th seen a small group of anglers who hired the boat, landing 12 Cod between 2lb 8oz and 11lb 8oz. Included in this catch were Cod of 5lb 2oz, 5lb 4oz and 5lb 10oz, along with Whiting, Dabs and plenty of under-sized Codling.
February 11th was a full boat with a total of 11 Cod caught between 3lb and 11lb 4oz, along with Whiting, Dabs and plenty of under-sized Codling.
February 21st was another full boat with a total of 13 Cod caught from 3lb 2oz to 7lb 4oz, along with Dabs and plenty of under-sized Codling.
The Fish of the Month goes to Tom Aldwinckle with his first ever Cod at 11lb 4oz. Although Carl O’Neill caught the largest at 11lb 8oz, he kindly passed the prize onto Tom as this was his first ever Cod and Carl thought Tom deserved it more. Congratulations, Tom! View Boats Page
