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  • 05/2021 Fishing Report by Kevin McKie on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)

    May 2021 by Kevin McKie

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    The Tope fishing in Cardigan Bay has finally started to come in to its own, our best day so far has seen 49 Tope boated and returned, with most days seeing 15 to 30 Tope per day and this will only get better.

    We have been extremely lucky to catch some cracking Tope to say the least, we have been using the shark measurements in inches,
    girth x girth x length divided by 800 to calculate the weight of the big females to insure we don’t damage the heavily pregnant Tope.

    Already we have been informed we should be weighing them in a cat fish sling like another skipper does on Anglesey.

    So we decided to weigh and measure the first eight Tope we caught today and here is the results.

    Measured weight, Actual weight,
    Female 29lb 33lb,
    Female 25.5lb 29lb,
    Male 16.6lb 20lb,
    Female 52.8lb 51lb,
    Male 15.6lb 22lb,
    Male 15.6lb. 26lb,
    Female 16.2lb 19lb,
    Female 27.5lb 34lb,

    From now on we will leave it up to the anglers to decide if the want to weigh the fish in our Skate sling, use the shark measurement calculator or simply unhook it at the side of the boat.

    The biggest Tope went to Luke Brennan from Preston it was his first ever Tope and measured out at 67lb 8oz it was an incredible fish a real tank.

    Andy Finney from Essex caught a monster Tope that measured out at 63lb and was his first ever Tope.

    Colin Higham from Preston has been fishing for over 40 years and he caught his biggest Tope it weighed 51lb.

    We have also had a few young anglers fishing with us catching there first ever Tope, just listening to them chatting about how good a day they have had gives me jobs satisfaction and why I love what I do.

    Big thanks to Holy Mackerel for sending us some oil that we have used in a recent Sea Angler Magazine article that will be out in the near future.

    Sadly we are fully booked in Pwllheli for the rest of the year, we do have dates available for Skate fishing in Scotland.

    NOVEMBER

    Monday 1st £110 pp 2 places available
    7am sailing.

    Tuesday 2nd £110 pp 3 places available
    7am sailing.

    Monday 8th £110 pp 4 places available
    7am sailing.

    Tuesday 9th £110 pp 4 places available
    7am sailing.

    Tuesday 16th £110 pp 5 places available
    7am sailing.

    Wednesday 17th £110 pp 5 places available
    7am sailing.

    Thursday 18th £110 pp 5 places available
    7am sailing.

    Friday 19th £110 pp 5 places available
    7am sailing.

    Friday 26th £110 pp 6 places available
    7am sailing.

    Kevin Mckie
    Size Matters (Pwllheli)
    07999628511

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