Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom
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11/2013
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Nov 2013 by Kevin McKie
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November 2013
Species caught: Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Pouting, Thornback Ray, Whiting.
November has not been as good as previous years - it has been far too mild. There have been lots of 1lb+ whiting in the river and if you fish for them you can catch them all day long in certain places, along with dabs and the odd thornback ray. As far as the cod fishing goes it's still a bit patchy and there are loads of tiny codling in the river from 5oz to 10oz - these little fellas still manage to steal your cod bait on 5/0 hooks along with the whiting and dabs so it makes it harder to catch the better fish. But all these little codling is a good sign for the future stocks.
Notable Charter:
On 23rd November the lads just wanted to fish for cod all day as the conditions where perfect. We caught 17 codling, the best being 4lb 6oz, and we had 7 keepers - the rest where returned alive. We also lost 5 good fish as well, just didn't get a good hook hold. Better luck next time.
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01/12/2013
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
1 Dec 2013 by dominic wilson
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uptiding.....managed to sneak out after Fridays storm on the back of a swell forecast that was 50/50. however juris and his guys came up from derby for uptiding. early on with wind against tide made it nigh on impossible to fish with the boat swinging on the anchor but a move into 38ft of water and the first push of the flood saw 15 fish landed,biggest 9lb.
then it was a case of hunting for the fish!
we were out 7.30 til 4.30 and we managed 32 cod,biggest 9lb,3 at 7lb and the rest in the 1.5 - 3lb bracket.we also got a box of whiting,some the size of "bin lids"(about 2-3lb) and 3 jumbo whiting(2.5lb+)
no single bait was overly productive but calamari squid with a black lug "wrap around" seems to be taking its fair share...always handy to have some crab cart in your "back pocket" View Boats Page
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09/11/2013
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
9 Nov 2013 by dominic wilson
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uptiding is well established and this weekend we had 3 local lads out for uptiding under the cliffs at robin hoods bay and the lighthouse at hawsker.
squid and crab cart was the killer combination with nicky from Whitby having 10 cod for 36lb
this was the third of my "proper uptiding trips and by far the most productive....19 fish for the day with biggest at 8lb 7oz and it was a 5 hour trip.
all fish were hooked on the top hook of the pennel rig and the hook of choice is a 3/0 circle hook View Boats Page
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07/10/2013
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
7 Oct 2013 by dominic wilson
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summer summary.....a bit late in the year,but better late than never!
cod were scarce this year but the whiting made up for it in numbers and size(biggest 3lb!).mackerel turned up late and then in their thousands and then became sporadic...the latest I caught them in the boat was the 7th October and then poor weather finished them off.
ling came in vast numbers off the rough ground in late august til early autumn with a trip averaging 50 ling,mostly 5-8lb lots in the 10-14lb and the largest went 21lb 7oz (caught on a chrome Norwegian pirk with muppet and mackerel on the bottom....pirk was dragged! not worked,a favourite method of my Latvian customers)...we are now well into uptiding.....reports to follow.
fish statistics: largest of species caught
ling 21lb 7oz
cod 14lb 7oz
haddock 4lb 10oz
whiting 3lb
dab 1lb
mackerel 2lb 12oz
red gurnard 12oz
and all of these fish were caught inside 5 miles offshore!
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30/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
30 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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SATURDAY 30TH NOVEMBER
DAVE CATON AND INDIVIDS
WE LEFT THE MARINA AFTER CODLING WE ANCHORED UP AND SET ABOUT RIGGING THE RODS UP WE STARTED OFF WITH A CODLING STRAIGHT AWAY WE THEN MOVED TO VARIOUS MARKS AROUND THE RIVER ENDING UP WITH 19 CODLING OF WHICH 10 WHERE TAKERS ALTHOUGH SOME WHERE RETURNED ALTHOUGH THEY WHERE IN SIZE PLENTY OF WHITING AND SOME NICE DABS ERIC AND JOHN SHARED THE POOL WITH A 2 4LB 1OZ CODLING A GREAT DAY HAD BY ALL GARY View Boats Page
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28/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
28 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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THURSDAY THE 28TH NOVEMBER
INDIVIDS DAY
WE LEFT THE MARINA AT 6.45AM AND HEADED DOWN THE RIVER WE DROPPED THE ANCHOR AND STARTED CATCHING WHITING AND SMALL MICRO CODLING (5 0Z ) AND THEN PAUL D STRUCK INTO A NICE FISH AFTER 5 MINS IT WAS IN THE NET A NICE 7LB COD WE THEN CARRIED ON CATCHING SMALLER STUFF AND DAMIEN SHOUTED FISH ON AFTER ABOUT 5MINS HE TO HAD A 7LB1OZ COD IN THE NET WE CARRIED ON AND ENDED UP WITH 8 CODLING TO 4LBS AND 1 OF 7LBS AND 1 OF 7LBS 1OZ WELL DONE TO PAUL D ON A PB AND TO DAMIEN M ON A PB SEE YOU AL;L SOON GARY View Boats Page
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27/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
27 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER.
DAIWA FISHING TACKLE SHOP DAY
WE LEFT THE MARINA AT 6.15AM WITH A GROUP OF FISHING TACKLE SHOPS FROM AROUND THE NORTHWEST AND NICK FROM DAIWA SPORTS UK IN THE SEARCH OF CODLING WE ANCHORED UP AND CAUGHT SOME NICE WHITING ONE WEIGHING 2LBS WE CAUGHT 15 CODLING IN TOTAL AND MANAGED 7 KEEPERS WITH RENEE FROM FOXTONS TAKING THE POOL WITH A 4LBS CODLING WELL DONE EVERYBODY SEE YOU IN THE SUMMER GARY
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26/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
26 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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Tuesday 26th November
KINGYS CREW AND INDIVIDS
We left the Marina at 5.15am to head out to a mark to fish for Codling,we where hammered by whiting and small microscopic Codling all day . at the end of the day we had 3 codling to 3.5lbs with Stevie B winning the pool on the day,the main thing is Kingy had us all in stitches all day Brian cracked a few classics today he was in the birthday spirit well done lads a good day by all gary
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24/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
24 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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Sunday 24th November
CHRIS AND FRIENDS
We left the Marina at 3.40 am we headed down the river to a mark to try for Codling we immediately caught Whiting after Whiting we where starting to think of a move when we caught a couple of Codling to 3.5lbs,we then after a further hour of Whiting moved to another mark and picked another Codling up a couple more moves resulted in buckets of Whiting for the lads and 5 Codling to 4lbs Gary View Boats Page
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23/11/2013
Fishing Report by Gary Flint
on Discovery (Liverpool, Merseyside)
23 Nov 2013 by Gary Flint
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Saturday 23rd November
jOHNS GROUP
We left the Marina at 3.15am, We where expecting a good day the conditions where perfect we bagged loads of Whiting and Dabs some of the Whiting touched 1.5lbs we had plenty of very small micro codling and 5 codling keepers to 4lbs the banter flowed all day a great bunch of lads Gary
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