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20/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
20 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Hour and two 3 hour trips
Very strong south westerly winds today so most of today's fishing had to be close to the cliffs to avoid the winds as much as we could. Sea conditions were quite flat just a bit splashy and white water in areas where the wind could funnel through the land.
On all the trips we fished a similar area which overall produced loads of mackerel and a good amount of Pollock.
We tried many techniques throughout the day from drifting with lures to anchoring with bait when the wind freshened. Both techniques worked fairly well with neither really having a advantage apart from avoiding the mackerel with bait.
While at anchor we manage to catch other species like Ballen wrasse, pouting and coalfish as well as a few Pollock.
On the drift we mainly caugh mackerel and Pollock and a lonely weaver when had a tangle and drifted off the rock a fair bit
Majority of the anglers today were first time anglers which seemed to enjoy the mixture of fish. -
19/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
19 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
8 hour and 3 hour fishing trips
As the tides are now building we travelled inshore traveling to the marks we passed several porpoise surface on the drive and again further up the coast.
Plenty of mackerel been caught we moved to several marks and unfortunately we just couldn't get through the mackerel to catch anything else after several moves around we ran offshore to a inshore wreck as the tide was becoming slack water inshore.
On the wrecks we still were catching the occasional mackerel bit we did get some nice Pollock aswel as the tide turned the wrecks became unfishable with the drift speed rapidly increasing.
We then ran back inshore which like before we were plaged with mackerel and the occasional codling
The 3 hour trip we ran inshore as the winds had picked up a lot more.
Fishing was instant with plenty of plump mackerel coming over the rail. Shads seamed to keep the mackerel at bay and did manage to catch Ballen wrasse and codling. -
16/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
16 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Photos from todays 8hr trip
We started off just outside the harbour for a few mackerel which finally seem established. We quickly filled a few tubs for bait for the rest of the day.
We then ran offside with the winds and tide being favourable for wreck fishing.
First drift produced a couple of nice size cod and after a few drifts fishing dried up so we ventured out to another wreck. This seamed to be the same for most wrecks with a few fishing better than others.
Overall all the lads took home a really good stamp of cod with most been around the 5lb to 8lb area with very little codling making a show.
The angers also had a few strappy ling but today's focus was mainly for cod, one customer seamed to get some coalfish around 3lb area.
Best rigs today was baited Muppets and hokkais, with shads also working well.
Hopefully lots of happy anglers who have tried other boats recently and were really happy with the trip we provided. Glad they gave us a try and hope to see you all again soon -
11/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
11 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Photos from todays 8hr and 3hr trip
Fishing started off slow with a small picking of smaller Pollock and codling as the tide increased so did the fishing.
Overall the lads had a good amount of Pollock and mackerel to keep with plenty of sport with Ballen wrasse and dogfish throughout the day.
We did see a few codling, heaviest fish was a 7lb 12oz pollock
The 3 hour trip fished from the start with a good sign of mackerel showing in the late afternoon and some nice size Pollock also showing.
Tonight we had a very picturesque ride home with the sun setting behind the grand hotel and gannets and herring gulls diving behind the boat as we threw all the left over bait and guts over -
06/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
6 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Photos from todays trips
We started with a 6 hour trip this morning
Fishing was steady with mackerel and Pollock coming over the rail. We had a few quite periods in the day as we moved around but we managed to find a few fish
Heaviest Pollock today was 7lb
We then ran a 3 hour trip which was like a total different day with many Pollock making an appearance as well as a good amount of mackerel aswel.
Unfortunately we didn't see a cod or codling all day which was quite strange
After both trips we ran back out to be a casualty for the RNLI inshore boat to tow around for their training. -
05/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
5 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Only 4 customers fishing on today's 8hr inshore trip
Fishing steady away all day again today we had to keep moving around to find them.
Cod were abit thin on the ground today but the Pollock fishing made up for the poor show of cod.
Everybody caught a few Pollock to take home best been just shy of 7lb.
Plenty of dogfish, wrasse showing mackerel didn't really show today
Overall all the customers enjoyed the trip which is what matters
We have 1 space left on 6hr & 3hr tomorrow (Tues 6th Aug). -
04/08/2024
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
4 Aug 2024 by Nick Gough
Well it's been quite a while now since our last catch report. Today was our first trip out with passengers after a refit.
Photos from today's 8hr trip and 3 hour trip
Nothing huge on the 8hr trip but plenty of activity keeping the rods bouncing away
Loads of ballen wrasse and pouting caught
As well as a good amount of pan size cod and pollock.
We did have a few big mackerel too heaviest fish on the 8 hour trip was a 5lb 2oz cod
Great to see a young angler return from last years 3 hour trips taking on a 8hr trip and really getting into fishing.
Our first 3 hour trip of the year
Started off slow catching a few just size codling which were returned and mackerel
We also had several ballen wrasse and pouting
Then a 9lb 1oz Pollock jumped on the line
Another really good trip with mostly new anglers who I believe are all now hooked themselves. -
01/09/2023
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
1 Sep 2023 by Nick Gough
Today we had a 6hr trip planned with a 3hr and a 2hr afterwards
We set off at 9am and the customers were been quite impatient so we decided to get fishing ASAP on a rock mark close to the harbour and strait away was into mackerel. This kept the customers happy and we had several runs managing to find a good few cod and Pollock also.
As fishing slowed down with ebbing tide reducing we decided to run further up the coast to get some more tide.
Again we found more mackerel, a few more cod and some whiting just off the rock.
As soon as the tide started turning the sea started building to a good meter which wasn't forecast and with a few of the customers suffering the effects of sea sickness we decided to run back for some shelter to from the swell. As we ran back the sea carried on building. Unfortunately conditions had picked up to the point it was unfishable so we were forced to return earlier than expected.
As we approached the harbour we did see some bottle nose dolphins in the harbour mouth again.
We cancelled the 2 hour trip at this point and the 3 hour trip we cancelled in person as the customers had travelled and paid for the parking so we offered to take them on a free ride out to see the dolphins for half an hour.
As soon as we left the harbour they soon released why we had cancelled the trip and after a bit of searching they all managed to see the dolphins heading south. -
31/08/2023
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
31 Aug 2023 by Nick Gough
Today we had a 6 hour trip to start with fishing was instant for us this morning as mentioned in a previous social post the skipper got a cracking 9lb 3oz Pollock which ended up been the heaviest fish of the day.
Overall the customers had a few cod and Pollock was slow going compared to what we have seen recently but with the winds and the tides its coloured the water a bit but lures were still working.
Once the ebbing tide was gone we kept moving marks trying to locate the fish and it was slow going for a bit until we found the tide again.
The 3 hour trip was slow starting with a few Pollock showing and a few cod we tried several marks to try and pick up some mackerel but with no success until the last 30 minutes of the trip and we then managed to find them in abundance.
On the way back to the harbour we saw all the passenger boats stationary in the harbour entrance when we looked closer we noticed a pod of bottle nose dolphins so we came in slightly later than expected and watched the dolphins leave.
For the full in depth catch report with more photos and information please visit our website https://www.skylarkfishingtrips.co.uk/post/catch-report-31-8-23 -
30/08/2023
Fishing Report by Nick Gough
30 Aug 2023 by Nick Gough
Two days are never the same
Todays trip unfortunately was cut short due to the predicted winds coming earlier than expected but young Charlie did really well winding up fish most drifts as usual
Plenty of plump mackerel as the last few days
As the customers had some fish to take back and the fishing becoming very difficult and tackle hungry due to the wind and tide been together making the drifts really fast we decided to call the trip short after 5hrs
Full catch report on our website blog https://www.skylarkfishingtrips.co.uk/post/catch-report-30-08-23
