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  • 07/10/2013 Fishing Report by dominic wilson on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)

    7 Oct 2013 by dominic wilson

    Report on-board Dawn Venture

    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!

    less travelling,more fishing

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