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  • 18/08/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    18 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson

    Had derek,keen float-fisher from hartlepool on for 2 days and pollack was the primary species.....funny 2 days really,hot and calm with excellent clarity and all the fish came from the harbour entrance after drifting some 4 miles of sea cliffs and inlets!
    chrissy took the best fish both days...on wednesday it was a 10.5lb pollack and on day 2 it was a 7lb pollack.
    weather was that good,we even managed a bbq at sea!

  • 19/08/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    19 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson

    as expected,the first of the mini-mackerel have arrived and they are truly tiny.....will reach plague proportions as the month progresses....great size for live baits or pike fishing!

  • 17/08/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    17 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson

    Derek from hartlepool booked the boat for 2 days pollack fishing(17 & 18 august) and werent disappointed.
    mackerel were prolific on the headlands and as we had no ragworm,this was the preferred bait.sandeel was floatfished with no success except 3 snapoffs....artificials took some fish but freelined mackerel belly was the best method accounting for the 2 best fish (10.5lb and 7lb) and they both came from the harbour entrance...some 30 fish on day one averaging 3-4lb,day 2 slightly smaller but still as hungry!!
    chris is pictured with the 10.5lb pollack
    all pollack returned

  • 14/08/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    14 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson

    had glasgow district angling on today and plenty of fish caught.mackerel were in sufficient numbers,cod and haddock also showed upto 2.5lb.
    the huss returned and there were quite a few caught with biggest at 10.7lb.plenty of spurdogs as well with all into double figuresand best went 14.6lb.
    pictured is peter with a 14lb'er!
    9 anglers took close to 150 pollack from 12oz - 6.5lb on chrome jigheads and ragworm or black jellys with red tails.
    some ballan wrasse caught as well

  • 13/08/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    13 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson

    jeff cowan and the boys on today...plenty of fish of 12 different species...cod haddock whiting coalies doggies pollack sandeel 3species of gurnard mackerel and spurdog,best going 12.75lb(pictured)

  • 13/08/2016 Fishing Report by Jake Cummings

    13 Aug 2016 by Jake Cummings

    Hi
    went out on predator II on saturday 13th August and we were delayed for an hour due to high winds but we got out there.The skipper Dominic kept us informed as we travelled from paisley onboard we met a great bunch of guys from Blackpool who kept the day going with some great patter we caught a great lot of different species today spurs,doggies,gurnard,cod,haddock,whiting,pollock mackeral.This was my first time in a while i've fished on open waters i have fished sea lochs and the clyde but this was the Irish sea a bit of a jolt to the system but i survived i only recently took up boat fishing again after years of trout bashing so i was looking for guidence which the skipper helped from the off looking forward to my next trip with Dominic in early september .the day produced 3 fine Spurdogs all taken on mackeral tipped feathers lots of decent haddock too on same,it was a species hunt dream today finishing off with some pollock bashing at the mouth of the harbour my mate caught and released a good one about 4lb mark good one Ian Hastie..once again thanks to skipper and the blackpool guys

  • 03/08/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    3 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson

    wind has been a major problem over the week and though nothing massive in size has been caught,we have been graced by some good sized tub gurnards(biggest 3.25lb) and plenty of other species with cod to 4lb,haddock to 2,5lb,pollack to 6lb,ballan wrasse to 1.5lb (in fact the police competion on tuesday saw 40 wrasse landed including 3 cuckoos!),some spurdog to 12.5lb and some jumbo mackerel to nearly 3lb!!
    other species are doggies,whiting,coalfish,herring,sandeel,grey and red gurnard,dab and several ling to 4lb and a tiny solo smoothound.
    fishing has been very varied but there are plenty of species on the rough ground and pollack are well established in the weeds on the headlands

  • 23/07/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    23 Jul 2016 by dominic wilson

    had Clive and the boys out today...we caught plenty of haddock,some codling,plenty of mackerel,4 spurdogs in the 9-13lb range,lots of pollack under the cliffs and we also lost another common skate at the boat side in the region of 120-150lb

  • 24/07/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    24 Jul 2016 by dominic wilson

    plenty of fish around this week,lots of mackerel,some herring and sandeels.plagued with small whiting,plenty of red/grey and tub gurnards(biggest 2.5lb) ,codling to 4lb and lots of haddock upto 2.5lb.
    more pollack in the weeds with overall size increasing upto 4lb

  • 09/07/2016 Fishing Report by dominic wilson

    9 Jul 2016 by dominic wilson

    conrad from belgium chartered the boat in atrocious south westerly conditions and wanted to fish for common skate
    we had 2 takes that were lost and we landed 1 at 166lb by his son Niels

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