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  • 12/2016 Fishing Report by Kevin McKie on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)

    Dec 2016 by Kevin McKie

    Report on-board Size Matters

    People say there is a story behind every photograph and this was know exception.
    Here is Brian Houghton from Preston with a 15lb 8oz Cod he caught onboard Size Matters fishing in the river Mersey.
    He caught the cod in the first hour of the trip during darkness, it was his personal best Cod. The photographs where not the best because of the poor light, so I filled the fish bin with sea water to keep it alive until we had enough daylight to get some better photographs. After we got the photographs we wanted, Brian bleed the fish ready for the table. A short while later I spoke to one of the other skipper's and I said when we go into the marina later can I weigh the Cod on your scales just to verify it, he said yes not problem so we kept the Cod in water to hold its weight. When we got back to the marina 8 hours later and after the Cod was bleed it tipped the other boats scales at 14lb 9oz. I was gutted and even more so was Brian who caught it, I couldn't believe it had lost 15oz and I was sure my scales where not out by that much. Later on when I was cleaning the boat down i emptied the fish bin full of water and at the bottom of the fish bin was a half digested whiting about 8oz, crab's and shrimp's. I got on the phone to Brian and said when you gutted the Cod was there anything in it's stomach, he said no and he thought it was very strange for a Cod like that to have nothing in it's stomach. I then told him it's belly contents was all in the bottom of the fish bin!
    Moral of the story, always check the fish bin when weighing a fish or you could ruin someone's Christmas ha ha.
    On that note Merry Christmas and all the best for 2017.
    Thank you to everyone who has fished with us this year roll on 2017!!

    Availability in January.
    Tuesday 3rd, 6 places available,
    Wednesday 4th, 12 places available,
    Thursday 5th, 12 places available,
    Wednesday 18th, 12 places available,
    Thursday 19th, 9 places available,
    Friday 20th, 7 places available,
    Monday 23rd, 5 places available,
    Wednesday 25th, 11 places available,

    Cheers
    Kev
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