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11/06/2018
Fishing Report by Nick Halstead
11 Jun 2018 by Nick Halstead
Monday 11th June. A scheduled 7 hour trip turned into 8.5 hours thanks to Neil keeping us catching some lovely cod.
Fished the southern land rock in almost perfect conditions with very light winds and a smallish tide. The catch consisted of almost all cod in the 3 to 7lb range and in excess of 70 keepers to the boat with no end of smaller fish returned.
The fish came to both bait and lures, fresh worms and mussel took a lot of fish but the stand out bait was undoubtedly a large squid bait which although didn't take the numbers of fish as the worms it certainly produced the bigger stamp.
Best lures were a sandeel type of shad with all colours seemingly effective.
All in all a fantastic enjoyable day with plenty of top quality fillets for the freezer. -
21/05/2016
Fishing Report by Neil Horsley
21 May 2016 by Neil Horsley
Skippers report.
Had a 7hr trip fishing at anchor on the southerly rough land rock , producing 18 codlings to 4lb to 6 rods. Fish were taken on downtide and upside techniques , the fish being of better average size than of late. Dabs and Ballan wrasse making up the final tally. -
01/05/2016
Fishing Report by Neil Horsley
1 May 2016 by Neil Horsley
1st May 2016. by Neil Horsley, Our last trip was in challenging conditions and produced 9 codling up to 4lb bait fishing at anchor on the hard ground to the south. The water was murky with no interest shown in artificial baits . With the water now clearing we are hoping for some better sport hopefully akin to last spring. When we had on occasions 100 fish days. Tight lines . Regs Neil H..
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22/08/2015
Fishing Report by Nick Halstead
22 Aug 2015 by Nick Halstead
My second trip out with Neil and Paul was just as enjoyable as my first.
Two weeks ago I caught a dozen Cod in the 6 to 8 pound range, On Saturday it was mainly Ling with a smattering of Codling.
The boat is clean and spacious, not the fastest I have ever been on but rides the sea well and is very comfortable.
Mackeral were hard to come by for bait but Neil did his level best to ensure we had enough fresh bait.
I have to comment on his ability to not only put the boat on the fish but also to keep it there as long as the conditions allow, he is a very skilled boatman and understands anglers needs well.
Some belting Ling were caught with the best (unfortunately not to my rod) weighing in at over 18 pounds.
I found baited Hokkais were best during the slacker periods of the tide then switched to a small baited Shad fished on braid.
Loads of takes and I honestly lost as many fish as I landed. A fab day. -
04/2012
Fishing Report by James Miriel
Apr 2012 by James Miriel
Alex Sheldon, James Miriel (The Northern Fishing Syndicate) + Laurie Mcintyre & Joe Gonzawa
Great days wreck fishing with Neil, there was constant rod bending action from start to finish. Neil had great knowledge of the local area and was excellent at postioning the boat accurately over the wreck every time.
This is the best experience we have ever had on a Charter Boat and would highly recommend the Queens Ferry to anyone else.
Our 5 hour trip consited of- 36 Cod, a good handful in double figures. All caught on single hooks and with only 4 anglers. We had a cod on the boat with every drift over the wreck and on more then one occasion we had multiple hook-ups. Neil has found wrecks that other charter boats are unaware of and he alternates from each one to avoid over fishing. They were only a short travel away from port and not much time was wasted in getting into fishing.
All tackle was provided and Neil charges only 5 pounds an hour, the rods and reels were new and upto date. not like the old stiff poker rods and old fashioned scarborough reels. nice multiplier reels and fast action boat rods provided enabling us to get the most out of the fish and their fight.
Neil gutted alot of the fish for us and was always on hand with the gaff
