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  • 04/2018 Fishing Report by Kevin McKie on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)

    Apr 2018 by Kevin McKie

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    If you are interested in fishing from the West Coast of Scotland, then this is well worth a read.

    We have now finished our 16 day trip to Scotland for Giant Skate, it’s been one hell of a trip.

    We managed 113 Common Skate to 220lb, total weight was 19361lb, with and average weight of 171lb 3oz.
    11 of them where over 200lb and 91 of them over 100lb!

    We caught Skate every day and out of 96 anglers who fished with us, only one angler never caught a Skate.

    If that wasn’t good enough we also caught one White Skate estimated at 160lb!!!
    More than twice the size of the UK record for this species of Skate!

    This was one hell of an achievement considering Kevin had never caught a Common Skate or fished for them before this trip.

    Some of the highlights of the trip was seeing the first ever Common Skate caught onboard Size Matters!
    Seeing the first ever White Skate caught onboard Size Matters and at more than twice the size of the current UK record.
    Watching Jon Pattern fight a monster Common Skate on a 20lb to 30lb class rod and reel in 477ft of water with only a 4/0 hook intended for a black mouth Dogfish!
    Having Dave Lewis onboard doing an article for Sea Angler Magazine about this adventure!
    Also seeing John Mcbride land our 100th Common Skate of the trip!

    Most of the anglers had never caught a Skate before the trip and most of them landed there biggest fish ever!

    Over the 16 days Kevin’s anglers spent over £6000 on accommodation, food, drink at the marina and local pub.
    Kevin also spent £2400 on fuel and mooring fees, if this is not a good thing for a small Scottish village at this time of year I don’t know what is.

    Please note all Skate where returned unharmed and treated with the up most respected.
    Next year we are looking forward to working very closely with the Scottish Heritage to tag all skate for conservation.

    In 2019 Kevin has already had over 60 whole boat bookings to do this trip again, he will be in Scotland from mid March till the end of May.
    But if he gets enough interest he will offer Reefing, Wrecking and Sharking trips up to 60 miles out from Scotland through the Summer of 2019.

    He would love nothing more than to anchor the off shore wrecks for Conger and Ling, just like he does from Plymouth with great susses.

    He would also like to do week long charters out to the Island of Barra, to fish the continental shelf in over 1000ft of water 50 miles off the coast.
    This type of trip would be ideal for a small group of anglers who want to catch something very special.

    If there is one boat capable of doing trips like this it’s Size Matters, she can carry enough fuel for a 450 mile round trip, and is fully coded and insured for up to 23 hour charters.

    Kevin can also help with booking self catering cottages at the marina, they are £125 per night, sleep 6 and are very nice.

    If that hasn’t wet your appetite for the West Coast of Scotland in 2019 I don’t know what will.

    Check out Kevin’s Facebook profile for all photos and videos from this trip to Scotland.

    Roll on 2019 because,
    SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER!!


    Thanks
    Kevin Mckie
    Size Matters (Scotland)
    07999628511
    mckiesfishingcharters@hotmail.com











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