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09/06/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
9 Jun 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Well another great morning at the Hirst with Nort Berwick SAC this double header a great sight on Sagittarius
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06/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Jun 2019 by Kevin McKie
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Our time in Scotland has now come to an end, the last three months have been a great experience for both anglers and my self.
Firstly I would like to say a massive thanks to all the staff at Croabh Haven Marina, they have been amazing and could not do enough for me and my anglers.
Also all the staff at the lord of the Isles pub where excellent no matter what time we would get back from fishing, the staff would have a table ready for all the anglers for food and drinks. (The food here is excellent).
If you have never been to this part of Scotland then you should definitely check it out, not just for fishing but the views, food, drink and wildlife is amazing.
The biggest thank you goes to the 244 anglers who booked with us and made the long journey up here from all over the UK and Ireland.
Most of them stayed for three to five days
spending well over £120,000 on accommodation, food, drink, fuel, fishing, bait and in some cases flights and hire cars.
The Skate fishing was truly outstanding at times, we totalled 641 Skate for a total weight of 80617lb!!!
We averaged 9.1 Skate a day with the average weight of 125lb 8oz!!
442 Skate where female and 199 were male, we caught 44 over 200lb and 359 over 100lb!!
When we fished inside the marine protection zone the recapture rate was around 20%, when we fished out side the marine protection zone the recapture rate was less than 2%.
The biggest Skate was caught by Wirrel angler Mick Walsh a cracking fish of 232lb!!
Bert Willams from the Wirral caught the first ever Blue Skate in Scottish waters all 22lb of it, this is an exceptional catch in UK waters.
The most Skate we caught in one days was 37 for a total weight of 2790lb, by Garry Streeter and his lads from South Wales.
The Liverpool A Team consisting of Phil Riley, John Owan, John Mcbride and Paul Hendrick, had the most weight in one day with 20 Skate for a massive total weight of 3590lb!!
The best part about this is all the Skate are out there swimming around to be caught again in future.
Anglers kept telling me each day what an amazing experience it has been for them to catch big fish in UK waters.
If you have never had a fish in UK waters over 100lb then this part of Scotland is definitely the place to do it, you mite even get lucky and catch a Skate over 200lb!!
Only four anglers never caught a Skate with us and on another day after returning from an off shore trip the lads wanted a few hours on the skate, this was the only day we never caught a skate.
Sadly we only got chance to fish for Six Gill Sharks once over 80 miles out, the sea bed was alive with sea lice and big baits where lasting 25 mins max making the fishing very hard.
We went shark fishing on the drift twice but on both occasions we had very tough conditions, wind against tide and no wind at all.
We also tried a few gravel and sand banks but once the Spurdogs moved in nothing got a chance at the baits.
We did find some amazing Pollack fishing no monster fish but 5lb to 9.5lb, on the both days we went there the lads had 120 Pollack in 2 hours the first day then 90 Pollack in 2 hours the next day.
It was great to see massive shoals of fish on the sonar, most importantly the lads only took what they needed for the table and all stopped fishing when they had enough.
Last but by no means least there is no way we could of caught this amount of fish without the top quality fishing tackle from our sponsors Shimano UK, thank you for your continued support.
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Scotland)
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02/06/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
2 Jun 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Been another fab weekend on Sagittarius with some better fish about Oceanic is also out angling today here is a nice cod or 2!
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26/05/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
26 May 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Well another FANTASTIC weekend on Sagittarius with best results 12 miles from Eyemouth,local inshore stuff had its ups & downs with no drift at times making it hard to find the fish,sidewinders seemed great with baites doing fair ,we also had Nigel from the Edinburgh Evening News out Sunday morning & he loved his morning out .
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19/05/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
19 May 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Well it was a hectic weekend,most anglers on the cod with a few sea sick on Saturday best angler 14 keepers,on Sunday weather was better with best angler 23 fish only keeping 6 for the pan tight lines: Needing a trip give us a call we go that extra mile
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05/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2019 by Kevin McKie
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Our Skate fishing charters have now come to an end, we are now getting ready to fish for everything other than Skate.
Over the next three weeks we will be fishing way off shore to see what other true fishing potential the west coast of Scotland has to offer.
These trips are very weather dependent and we mite catch the odd Skate as a by-catch when targeting much bigger species.
During the last two weeks of Skate fishing we have had a few slow days with just 3 to 7 Skate a day, as well as amazing days with up to 27 Skate in a day.
A group of lads from the Wirral done very well with 45 Skate over two days there best day was 27 to 199lb with 14 over 100lb, the following day they had 18 Skate to 202lb!!
Bernie Foreshaw from Liverpool and Paul Simpkins from the Wirral both had the biggest Skate over the last two weeks cracking fish of 202lb each, Paul’s Skate was in a bad way with two very big white scars on its wings and a rope around its tail.
We removed the rope from its tail but sadly it was through to the bone and was ready to drop off.
Adam Loftus from the Wirral also had a cracking Skate of 201lb.
Allen Rimmer from the Wirral was the lucky angler to catch our 600th Skate of the season!!
We have also caught one skate with a bite out of its wing and was still bleeding on the deck and we also had a very big Skate (199lb) with a deformed spine and humped back (check out the photos).
There has been some very big Thornback rays caught on the Skate baits most are 12lb to 13lb but we did get a cracking one of 16lb 8oz (the photo doesn’t do it justice).
We have now caught a total of 641 Skate for the season so far with 44 over the magic 200lb mark!!!!
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Scotland)
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12/05/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
12 May 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Great weather at the weekend with Sagittarius having great results as far east as Spittal Hirst,best angler on Saturday 17 keepers & on Sunday 14 keepers with some nice sized fish aboard tight lines
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05/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2019 by Kevin McKie
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During the last week the Skate fishing has been truly amazing.
The best day was when Garry Streeter brought his lads up for just one day all the way from Swansea.
They caught a record breaking 37 Skate in one day with the biggest going 198lb, them lads worked there socks off well deserved!!
Biggest Skate this week was caught by Mark Granger with a cracking Skate of 213lb, his lads from South Wales landed 45 Skate over two days with the best day seeing 30 landed!!
Matthew Hart caught a cracking Skate of 210lb with his lads from London, Essex, South Wales, Bristol and Durham, they landed 53 Skate over two days with there best day seeing 28 landed.
I must say a massive thanks to the lads who have been willing to try for much bigger fish than Skate when we have had good weather.
Its only a matter of time before all the hard work pays off and the fishing in Scotland gets a very welcome surprise.
We have now caught a total of 518 Skate for the season so far with 41 over the magic 200lb mark!
To be honest I thought we would be lucky to catch more than 350 in the 3 months we are here, but we still have over a month to go so hopefully the fishing continues to be good.
Please note if you are booked on with us over the next month make sure you bring a minimum of 30kg of bait per day, or if you are booked as individuals you need a minimum of 5kg per day, we have had a few days where we have nearly ran out of bait!!
Sadly we are fully booked but if you want to get in on the action give Buoy Alba Charters a call on 07854 888293 and Davie will put you on the Skate.
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Scotland)
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28/04/2019
Fishing Report by DEREK ANDERSON
on Oceanic & Sagittarius (Eyemouth, Scottish Borders)
28 Apr 2019 by DEREK ANDERSON
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Well what a great weekend on Sagittarius with over 300 fish for Saturday & Sunday great to see the fish moving inshore again
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04/2019
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Apr 2019 by Kevin McKie
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The fishing this week has been extremely good and extremely bad.
On one of the days we managed to catch 32 Skate to 208lb! With 2 over 200lb, 13 over 100lb, total weight was 3219lb with an average weight of over 100lb!!!
On that day we had our first quadruple skate hook up and three triple skate hook ups, it could possibly be the most Common Skate caught in one day ever!!!
Louis Cooper from Kent had the biggest Skate of 208lb, followed by Nigel Mclouchlin from Reading with a Skate of 205lb, this was Nigel’s first ever Skate!
Then when the weather has not been in our favour we have had to fish sheltered marks catching only one to four Skate per trip.
On another day the weather was much better so we went back to our honey hole and we managed 19 Skate to 202lb, 1 over 200lb and 9 over 100lb.
The biggest Skate went to Dan Dixson from Manchester with a 202lb Skate that was his first ever Skate.
At the moment putting the miles in and finding new marks is paying off big time.
As we move into May we will start to target the off shore wrecks, reefs, banks and deep holes.
There are some very keen lads booked on with us who are hoping to get good weather, so they can get the chance to target even bigger things than Skate.
This takes our total to 351 Skate for the season so far with 39 over the magic 200lb mark!
We have still managed to have no blank days but sadly after catching 300 Skate we had four lads who never managed to catch Skate on the days they where fishing with us.
Sadly we are fully booked but if you want to get in on the action give Buoy Alba Charters a call on 07854 888293 and Davie will put you on the Skate.
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Scotland)
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