Monday was a fantastic day on the Plaice, great crowd of lads on board boating over 70 Plaice guided by Ray the skipper who ive fished with on numerous occasions without ever having a disappointing trip, whether its Plaice,Bream,Turbot,Cod or Pollock Ray always puts you on the fish, he works very hard to find the fish with his vast knowledge of areas and tides,Ray is without doubt my personal favourite skipper, i always look forward to fishing with Ray on the fantastic Grey Viking knowing im going to have a great day with one of the very best Skippers
Fantastic day out with Ray as usual! Been out on the Viking a few times now and always have a ball, last trip was no different with over 200 cod boated, many released to chase a rubber worm another day. Highly recommended
Skippers Reponse: What a day Dean! Well over 200 cod caught and load put back which is lovely to see. Always a pleasure to have you aboard mate!
Ray had a cunning non conventional plan and we stuck with it. Result 55 cod, 15 pollack, 1 gurnard, 8 very happy anglers.
Skippers Reponse: Cheers Chris, thats two great trips for you recently, always a pleasure to have you aboard mate!
Great boat and great skipper. Ray certainly knows his stuff. my young lad and myself have done quite a few trips with ray this year. And weve had so many new species and pb's including 20lb ling, young conner had 5 turbot on 1 trip! species this year. plaice. black bream. conger.ling.cod.pollock.bull huss. red gurnard.tub gurnard.strap conger thats just some. you want a good day with a great skipper give him a go. top bloke.
Skippers Reponse: Hi Ian, It's been an absolute pleasure fishing with you and Conner this year and seeing you with some memorable catches !! You're both top blokes and anglers !!
great skipper put us on the fish had my pb pollock.Very helpfull, knowledge of ground is amazing ,cant wait till next trip thanks ray.
Skippers Reponse: Hi Chris, well done on the personal best and thanks for the kind words!
Another great day out, topped off with my son catching the biggest pollack. Thanks Ray
mojo back !!!!!! after two trips that left me puzzled as to how i managed to blank whilst others caught i had a much better day 2 cod 4 pollock thats better and the sun was out but the best thing of all the skipper made tea !!!! lol cheers for a great day out
tried every lure in my arsenal even tried squid heads nowt nothing nadda zilch blank thems the breaks with fishing
i turned up i fished i lost two fish into the wreck i broke up 5 times i had a top day though as usual on grey viking skipper plonked us over the fish --- i blanked very rare but it wasnt my day wont stop me booking again though those are the breaks with rod n line fishing
im not sure what all the fuss is about here to balance things out a little id like to give my opinion and experiance i first went out on grey viking 2 out of brighton on 20th jan we fished our self silly and only had 2 whiting and a pout i went home happy id had a days fishing the next day 8 anglers went out and caught 25 cod !! upset me naaaaaaa jealouse naaaaa well a smidge no complaints right place right time top skipper who put the anglers above the fish they did the rest and more than got their moneys worth (lets not forget we pay for the privalige of rod and line fishing on charter boats whilst a flotilla of french belgiun and a couple of english commercial trawlers circle us repeatedly indiscriminatly catching everything in their path )so i rebooked on grey viking 2 on 31 jan we had the day of our life cod pollock pouts and again we were treated to a great day out only this time it was us who posted big fish pics and had the stories to tell friends family and a few green eyed fisherbuddies lol .
ok its a few days after the most memorable fishing day iv had in my life and i feel that i need to leave a better worded review my last one was typed as the addrenaline was courseing still so here goes ---- arrived and parked the car free car park bonus !! walked across to the 24 hour drive through coffee and egg mcmuffin can my day get any better !! across to the tackle shop situated just above the dock its open so couple of packs of rhubarb and custard shads and walked down the ramp to grey viking dawn id near and ste weather is great calm no wind and ray was smileing from ear to ear - for the most part all talk was of the wreck trip a week ago that hauled in a massive 400lb plus of cod oh if only id been on that trip !!! out we go to the wreck ray selected and first drift everyone on board called fish on cheers whoops smiles greeted the first fish on deck great not going to blank today !!! i then dropped a bottle of wine on top of the wreck and returned my fish alive and well for my mate john (r.i.p) next drift fish on wow this is awsum fishing amazingly ray then said ok lets move to a little wreck a mile or so away what a call first drifts everyone caught then ray said im gonna try a differant part of this wreck and all hell broke loose the cod were just twice as big in an instant mid doubles as standard the pollock joined the party and reels were screaming all around the deck and that continued untill the last drift in all 60 cod 11 pollock pouts uncounted what a day over 700lb 4 days later i still cant believe i was lucky enough to be part of that trip and cant wait to go wrecking for a biiiig pollock soon grey viking is a recommend for a great days sport outstanding the fun we all had i tell ya lol the most important thing to take with you is your best joke the skipper has a full repatoire of jokes so be prepared !!!
WOW !!!!!!!!! words dont do justice 60 cod 11 pollock and pouts not counted the skipper was happy the crew were happy and the finest days fishing iv had in my life !!! the trip for me was a tribute to my friend john who sadley died at christmas and i dropped a bottle of wine on the wreck with his name on it also my first and last fish of the day both cod were returned alive and well in his name R.I.P. john im sure you were looking down on us and smileing from ear to ear
Very friendly crew, value for money and a fantastic day out with the skipper doing his utmost to find the fish in difficult conditions
A fantastic day out with a great skipper and crew. The skipper got us right on the fish and I will be recommending him and his boat to all my friends.