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20/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
20 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
had alan and the "clyde specimen hunters" on today on a day that threatened rain but dealt us a snotty SE wind instead
most of the day was spent at anchor and 11 species caught in totalincluding :
6 huss...best 8.5lb another at 7.25 lb and 4 smaller others
1 smoothound at 9.75lb
pollack upto 7.5lb and about 50 of those landed......they really are starting to feed well in good numbers in the weed....chrome leadheads and ragworm were the order of the day -
19/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
19 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
had graham chappel and his boys on...caught 13 different species and the pollack fishing was great
best went just shy of 9lb caught on mackerel strip and flowing trace in 18ft of water -
18/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
18 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
the wind has played havoc with the fishing ,but a calm (ish) spell 18-20 let us out to sea.
the main stay of species has been cod haddock whiting dab coalie all 3 gurnards dogfish and then a sprinkling of huss,spurs and smoothies
pollack fishing close in has improved considerably as has the stamp of fish.....mackerel belly,sandeel or ragworm on a leadhead/flowing trace has done the damage.....about 40 pollack today with the best a shade under 10lb -
06/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
6 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
stewart walker and boys (sunday)
nw and n winds have plagued us all week and limited the distance we could travel for safety reasons
we did manage half day saturday and got some codling on uptided mackerel along with doggies gurnards whiting coalies and pollack
sunday was less windy and spent mainly at anchor..we managed :
3 bearded rockling(30 cm long )
huss 9lb 12oz
codling whiting mackerel and
tub gurnard 4lb 6oz !!! -
02/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
2 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
SUMMARY AUGUST 2015.......
fishing was good this month when the wind allowed us to proceed to sea.cod werent as prolific as june and july but still managed fish to 4.5lb....haddock were very prolific with the best going 4lb.
huss continued to feed with the best at 14.5lb(caught on baited feathers) along with the doggies and some spurdog,best at 16lb.whiting improved in numbers and size with the best at 1.5lb and some pouting around 2lb.
the wreck up north produced the goods and was full of coalies and pollack.
catches were padded out with red and grey gurnards ,dabs,launce
pollack were prolific in the weeds on the headland prefering mackerel belly strip to anything else but "welsh dave" caught 6 on a bass plug in the harbour entrance on the last 30mins of a daytrip!!.....
the harbour entrance really does producethe goods
prospects look good for september..... -
29/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
29 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
the wind continues to hamper the fishing but with a mixed party on saturday we chased the clearwater and headed for the banks at port logan....mackerel were in abundance as were the gurnards whiting codling and haddock but the spurdogs put in an appearance with the biggest at 16lb
(CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE PHOTO WILL SHOW NO SPUR AS THIS WAS INSTANTLY REMOVED ON LANDING FOR SAFETY) -
25/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
25 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
evening trip of 2 hrs......
what a cracking trip under the castle in clear water...
stacks of mackerel
cod to 4lb
red gurnard to 12oz
ling to 4lb
pollack to 3lb
single kelp cod at 4lb (in photo)
all on baited daylites or pink feathers -
25/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
25 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
Mr jenkins...
had 3 welsh cumbrians on for a full day and with smaller tides and gin clear water it fished its socks off....
cod to 4.5lb and haddock to 4lb all on baited hokkais and daylites...about 30 fish to take away
padded out with plenty of mackerel,red gurnards,grey gurnards,pollack,coaly,whiting,sandeel,dogfish and huss
dave fished the floating bass plug in the harbour weeds and landed 6 pollack, biggest 4lb
photo shows 2 4lb haddock by skipper dom -
25/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
25 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
Heads of Ayr sea angling club....
the guys booked 3 days and only managed to get out on saturday due to the wind but a good day was had landing many pollack and coalfish off a wreck up north,plenty of pollack from the weeds and some good haddock to go away with
other species included a bull huss off the wreck,ling at 5.5lb,club record pouting at 2lb 1 oz and haddock close to 3lb -
17/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
17 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
period 10-17 august....
big tides colouring the water and strong winds have hampered the week
mackerel are not as prolific but are of a better average size
gurnards grey and red are everywhere from 2-12oz
cod are still present with the best going 3.5lb(rock red cod)
haddock are very prolific with trips averaging 25 keepers best at 3.5lb
pollack feeding well on sandeel and mackerel strip and some double headers on the feathers...best 6lb
huss are feeding whilst anchored and some tiny ones coming up...best 10lb
other species are launce,herring,whiting,doggies
