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28/10/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
28 Oct 2018 by dominic wilson
Finally managed to get out on the last sunday in October with Matt White and his boys and we had 11 species...we had Tope(23lb),spurdog(8lb),bullhuss(13lb)pollack and coalies from the harbour entrance(3.5lb),cod haddock,whiting,doggies,pouting and a very rare (and after much discussion!) a poor cod of 3oz! whiting were noticeable by their absence but those that landed whiting and fished them as flappers caught the better sharks. It is proven that whiting definitely outfishes mackerel for the bottom sharks and the common skate are quite partial to it also!
A date for the lift out at Girvan has yet to be agreed and so,the fishing continues with bookings being taken upto mid/late December providing the wind will let us! Looking at going uptiding for cod this year if anyone fancies their hand....some gear held onboard -
05/10/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
5 Oct 2018 by dominic wilson
covers period 5/6 october.....
the wind as always(it seems) has hampered the fishing and coloured the water.That said,we got out with Glenn Craggs' boys on the friday and caught loads of whiting some small codling/haddock,2 mackerel and the sharks decided to show up....
we caught 1 tope at 35lb,6 huss all around the 15lb mark and we hooked into and lost 3 common skate...one skate even snapped an 8/0 bronzed O'shaunessy hook!
pictured is the 35lb tope -
28/09/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
28 Sep 2018 by dominic wilson
The wind finally eased for the first time in weeks and we sneaked out to see what was on offer.....we caught a few mackerel and whiting for bait wit a sprinkling of grey gurnards and then it was decided to anchor up.First fish on board was a 60lb common skate which would be followed by 2 more at 139lb and 15lb(smallest onboard so far).we also caught several huss upto 15lb and about 60 spurdogs in the 3-7lb range....fishing was hectic but good for the boys.Pictured is Sandy with his 139lb common skate
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08/09/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
8 Sep 2018 by dominic wilson
the wind continues to blow and we have managed 2 days at sea this month so far! managed to get the Preston boys out on saturday and all the usual summer suspects showed up.The "over the moon" trophy was up for grabs and Jonathon swept the board with over a dozen pollack to mackerel belly,the best being 7lb out of the harbour entrance and he caught the only huss at 11lb on whiting flapper....well done pal
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04/09/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
4 Sep 2018 by dominic wilson
dated for 4th september...
only managed 1 day out prior to the weekend and it was a "pack-attack"...spurdogs everywhere,at anchor on the baits and on the feathers and also on the drift!we caught 55 in all with heaviest at 17lb and majority in the 12-15lb range...great sport but bait was scarce.very few mackerel/whiting but loads of grey gurnards and a sprinkling of decent haddock -
27/08/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
27 Aug 2018 by dominic wilson
this report covers the period 27 july to 27 august......
the wind,like last year has ripped the month apart and I have lost 17/30 days to the weather
when we have got out we have we have caught lots of fish and lots of species with most notable days being 2 good days on a northerly wreck with good sized pollack and coalfish and last wednesday the blackpool boys had an afternoon/evening on the pollack with john taking over 30 pollack with 2 over 8lb and 1 at 7lb and and a total boat catch of approx 100 pollack,all taken from the weeds under the cliffs at various points south of portpatrick.we also that day,caught tub gurnards on sidewinders!! we have also landed 3 tope this month,best being 35lb caught on a feather trace by myself and the next best at 28lb also caught on feathers! mackerel are everywhere and in really good numbers
below is a list of species caught this month with the biggest weight in brackets.......
tope(35),conger(7.5)spurdog(16)huss(15)blonde ray(12)thornback ray(12.5)ballan wrasse(2.5)pollack(8.5)coalfish(5)cod(3.5)haddock(2.5),whiting,pouting,ling,mackerel,herring,scad,launce,LSD,dab,scorpion fish,red/grey/tub gurnard(1.5)
24 species in total! -
20/08/2018
Fishing Report by patrick skiba
20 Aug 2018 by patrick skiba
had a great 3 days out with Dom Monday 20th took us out plenty of macs for bait did a bit of drift fishing over rough ground and a wreck had spurs up to 15lb Pollock in total 15 species Tuesday tried for cod and haddock not to many about so finished off on the pollock .Wed all of the lads wanted a full day on the inshore pollock and we were on them from the off fish up to 8lb right through the day many thanks Dom had a great time on the light gear
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15/07/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
15 Jul 2018 by dominic wilson
covers period 21/22 july....
Matt White brought a team down to see what portpatrick had to offer and it didnt disappoint!
At a conservative estimate we landed 110 spurs with only a couple under 10lb and the vast majority being 12-15lb and quite a few in the 16-18lb range with the best at 22lb! (an inofficial scottish record).
We also landed around 30 huss over the period with the best being 15lb... alot were dropped on the saturday and more were landed on the sunday.we had lots of mackerel and small whiting(flappers of which accounted for the better sharks).we also managed to prise some pollack from the weeds with the best going 5.5lb to skipper Dom.2 tope were also landed on the sunday at 30 & 32lb with a much bigger one(it snapped 200lb mono!) being lost on the saturday.
Over the weekend we caught: cod,haddock,whiting,grey gurnard,red gurnard,pollack,coalies,launce,tope,spurs,huss and Lsd and mackerel /herring
picture is of Willy with his 22lb spur(an unofficial scottish record) -
14/07/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
14 Jul 2018 by dominic wilson
period 14/15 july.....
big spring tides hampered the search for shark with only a small window around slack tide to get leads and bait down.....saturday saw 10 huss in 6-10lb range and a lone spurdog at 17lb.there were also plenty of pollack in the weeds with the best going 3.5lb.sunday was a day of drifting mainly and saw lots of small haddock and codling along with a bonus 1.5lb red gurnard and then we drifted the weeds with flowing traces and mackerel silver belly and it produced quite a pollack with the best at 7.5lb
over the weekend we landed....cod,haddock,whiting,pouting,pollack ,coalies,scorpion fish,red/grey gurnard,mackerel ,herring,doggies,huss,spurs -
07/07/2018
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
7 Jul 2018 by dominic wilson
Covers period 7&8th july
The boat arrived back in Portpatrick on 6th july ready for a full weekend of fishing and portpatrick didnt disappoint.....
mackerel were everywhere and in good numbers,we landed over 35 huss(biggest 14.5lb) with most over the 10lb mark.we landed 18 spurdogs with only 1 under 12lb (biggest 16lb) and we landed a tope at 26lb and lost another in excess of 6ft long when it snapped the hook! we also caught a lot of ballan wrasse with Scott catching 10 ranging from 0.5lb - 2.5lb
we landed 17 species over the weekend.......mackerel,herring,launce,cod,haddock,whiting,ling,ballan wrasse,red gurnard,grey gurnard,doggies,huss,spurdog,tope and a scorpion fish plus pollack from the weeds and small coalies......the harbour entrance is now alive with pollack,not massive at the moment but biggest at 3.5lb
A good weekend of variety and size.....again,the best sharks fell to whiting flapper apart from the tope that took mackerel
pictured is the 26lb tope
still no common skate landed
