Latest Fishing Reports: Dawn Venture
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22/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
22 May 2016 by dominic wilson
I had Ian and the fireman out on a glorious sunny day and they just wanted to fish for commons.....we caught 2.
first was a large male(123lb) and second was a female(148lb)....at one point,we had 4 on at once.
If you want to target the skate in only 70ft of water,with the biggest at 192lb(so far)....ring me ,I limit the trips to max 5 anglers at £60pp inclusive of tackle.belly pads and harness are also provided
ring me on 07739231331 -
16/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
16 May 2016 by dominic wilson
JACKPOT! JACKPOT!
today after steaming15mins from the harbour and only 10 mins fishing,jonathon hooked and landed(105mins) a common skate.
it was 7ft 3" long...5ft9"wide ...8.5" thick
using orkney skate trust data(with 5% deviation) it was registered between 192-202lb in weight -
14/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
14 May 2016 by dominic wilson
had stewart and the silver lure boys out.....a day that was all about the skate.
we had one at 17lb(weighed),one released in the water(hook straightened but hook trace held)estimated around 150lb and another landed and another at 150lb...in all 12 skate were hooked but only 3 landed.
there was a sprinkling of cod,whiting,haddock and dogs.we tried for pollack close in but fish are few and far between and small...biggest 3.5lb
orkney skate trust data was used to approximate fish weight -
13/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
13 May 2016 by dominic wilson
had the boys from heads of ayr today and had a mixed bag of dogs, whiting,codling and haddock plus a sprinkling of huss.best 8.5lb
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09/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
9 May 2016 by dominic wilson
had ian and rob out to target huss and commons......20 mins in and I had my first common skate(40"tip to tip/53"long) and approx 37lb...shortly afterwards and 8.5lb huss and a few bsmaller bits to the boys.Then I hooked into a larger beast...3 times on the surface,3 times it went belly up and it was just out of reach to handline in...the 4th dive snapped the rod and braid....according to the graphs it was 150-170lb
1st mackerel caught 8th may -
08/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
8 May 2016 by dominic wilson
COMMON SKATE......these beautiful creatures are making a comeback in southwest scotland.so far this year we have landed 2 males (22 & 32lb) but we are getting hooked into much bigger specimens and all in 65-85ft of water......not the 500ft of water at oban.
If you would like to target these skate in the shallows,contact me on 07739231331 -
08/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
8 May 2016 by dominic wilson
just a short 3hr trip as the tides are so big....just fishing around the slack period but we still managed 10 huss between 3 of us! biggest was 14.5lb plus a 12lb a 10lb and all others in the 7-9lb range.
also lots of doggies...
again we were hooked into another common skate but there was too much tide running and it found a weakness in the braid and made good its escape.thats 2 landed and 8 lost in the past fortnight. -
07/05/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
7 May 2016 by dominic wilson
just a short 4hr trip today that was perdominantly dogfish with a huss of 8lb and another common skate for "bearded chris",the skate was 37" across the wings and 48" long.
using the "orkney skate trust" weight chart it was approx 31lb.
another skate was hooked and lost.
we have now had 6 hookups and 2 landings in the past 2 weeks and we are only fishing in 70ft of water -
30/04/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
30 Apr 2016 by dominic wilson
had Ronnie and his pals out on saturday...bit of a scratching around day for doggies and whiting til we found the cod and haddock on a reef...we got around 20 cod with 13 keepers,biggest 4.5lb and 12 haddock to 1.5lb.
a decision to move was made and we started getting doggies and whiting again.....
then we got hooked into another common skate that just kept taking line against a rod bent double.35mins we tussled and made no headway and then the line parted.
thats 5 hook-ups in 10 days with 1 landed and we are only fishing in 65-80ft of water....the trouble with not targetting them is we arent using the gear to beat them...... -
14/04/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
14 Apr 2016 by dominic wilson
had 2 boys over from Hartlepool who wanted "huss" and "spurs" and thats what they got plus 4 "hook-ups" with common skate with a smaller one landed.This was a small male at 31" tip to tip and over 4ft long.the graph put it at approx 21lb.(see photo)
we also had doggies 4 huss at 6lb and 6 spurdogs(15.5/14.5/13.5/12.5/2 x 8lb.the spurs enjoyed peeler crab,oily squid, mackerel and mussel
