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10/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
10 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
period 1-10 august......
summer storms have hampered the fishing but when able to get out,plenty of fish have been caught.
the codling remain prolific though the average size has fallen to about 2.5lb and haddock appear to be everywhere and in good numbers though they are mainly just under the legal limit...we have had a lot of sizeable fish with the best going a shade under 3lb.
the herring put in an appearance on friday and we had over a 100 coming up 4 at a time,something I have not seen before....
gurnard,mainly greys are everywhere with the odd red in between and they are upto 12oz
pollack upto 6lb are keen to take feathers at the harbour entrance
mackerel continue to be prolific though there average size is falling...there is still the odd good one in amongst (3lb 10/8/15)
huss are still around and we got our first spurdog of the year -
30/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
30 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
full 8hr trip today with 4 guys on..plenty of good fish caught and the anglers left with:
13 cod upto 6lb 4oz
15 haddock upto 3lb
a box full of mackerel at around the 2lb mark
the huss also put in an appearance and were all caught on baited daylites!
they weighed:
14.5lb(caught by skipper)
9.5lb
8.25lb
6.25lb
4.0lb
2.0lb -
29/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
29 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
2x 3hr trips today producing
codling, haddock, whiting ,pollack, coalfish. mackerel, herring, sandeel,grey and red gurnard and scorpion fish
water clarity still excellent and mackerel everywhere
largest fish again was the codling at around 3.5lb -
28/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
28 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
short 2 hr trip drifting the rough ground outside the harbour produced:
6 codling around 3.5lb
1 ling at 3lb
loads of small haddock and grey gurnard
mackerel continue to be thick and at all depths and everywhere -
27/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
27 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
just a short 3hr trip today with 2 guys on....excellent water clarity and a very slow drift produced :
cod to 3,5lb
haddock to 3lb
mackerel to 2lb
small grey gurnards
2 bull huss(8,5lb and 9.75lb)
all fish caught on baited daylights -
24/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
24 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
summary upto 25th july 2015
water clarity continues to be excellent and helps the fishing no end....great fishing is happening in 60ft of water 330 yards from the harbour entrance!!
the species landed this month:
mackerel(2lb 2oz biggest),herring,sandeel,cod(biggest 4.5lb),haddock(2.5lb),pollack (8lb 4oz),coalfish,dogfish,bullhuss(9.5lb),grey gurnard,red gurnard,whiting,dab,plaice,wrasse(2lb),conger ee(4lb)l,scorpion fish
the mackerel continue to be present in huge numbers and 500 in an hour is achievable....george wilson from dumfries and his team managed 30 mackerel in the 2lb range last monday but it is noticeable that there are a lot more joeys in the 4-6" size are showing(great for pike bait!!
the pollack continue to be present in the weeds and stewart walker and his boys managed to catch approx 70 on chrome leadheads and ragworm with Stewart taking the biggest at 8lb 4oz in the harbour entrance
cod continue to be prolific,both close in and out at 2miles,Rab and his 2 sons managed to catch 15 of size,biggest 3.5lb drifting the harbour and the Pirelli boys from from carlisle managed 35 cod to keep,biggest 4.5lb....on the 8 hr trips we are averaging70 codling but 95% are undersize,the same applies for the haddock.biggest hadock sofar is 2.5lb for Mark from pirelli
huss are still elusive ,but "lucky Dave" on a 3hr trip managed 4 huss(1.5lb/7.5lb/9lb/9.25lb) in 4 drops
we also experienced a tope following a codling all the way to the surface without biting!! the tope was approx 5ft long
prospects remain excellent and to book a trip aboard "Predator II" please ring or text me,Dominic on 07739231331 -
09/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
9 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
just a 3hr trip today after the storms....
water clarity not brilliant
thick with mackerel at all depths...about a dozen at 2lb
3 codling at 3lb plus lots of undersize ones
lots of grey gurnards -
05/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
5 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
w/e 4-5/7/15
had County SaC over the weekend and still plenty of codling and haddock but not in same numbers...also herring , gurnard,coalie, Pollack and a 2.5lb lobster along with plenty of doggies
water clarity not so good on these massive tides.....wonder if that affected the fishing? -
03/07/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
3 Jul 2015 by dominic wilson
week ending Friday 3rd july
still thick with codling on the 60ft mark
200 mackerel in 1hr yesterday
gurnards and small haddock/codling continue in mass proportions -
30/06/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
30 Jun 2015 by dominic wilson
period 24-30 june
many codling around averaging 20-30 fish per trip in the 2-3lb range
lots of mackerel along with dab,grey gurnard,haddock,coalies,pollack,doggies and huss
many small codling and haddock in 6-8" range with around 60-70 per trip which is a good sign!
caught a solo thornback ray
biggest fish was 18.5lb huss
some mackerel pushing 2lb
