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21/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
21 May 2017 by dominic wilson
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monday 22nd may......
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had the boys from halifax on for a 5hr trip and with excellent water clarity we did some drift fishing......in all,the boys took home 14 codling upto 2.5lb,1 decent haddock and some mackerel.
we also caught herring,whiting,coalies,grey gurnard and I hooked 6 pollack in the harbour entrance on a "savage gear:dirty silver" sandeel -
05/2017
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2017 by Kevin McKie
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The lads today decided to have a go at the Conger and they wasn't disappointed.
Before we got the anchor down we done a bit of drifting catching loads of Whiting to 3lb odd Ling to 12lb and Pollack to 4lb. After about 20 minutes on the anchor the Conger where on the feed They landed 50+ Conger to 52lb, between 4 of them in 3 hours.
If you would like to join us on one of our charters here is a full list of available dates.
MAY,
24th Reefing £60 pp 2 places available.
25th Reefing £60 pp 1 place available.
30th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places available.
31st Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 6 places available.
JUNE,
15th Whole boat available.
16th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 2 places available.
23rd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places available.
26th Wrecking £75 pp 1 place available.
27th Wrecking £75 pp 1 place available.
28th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places available.
JULY,
7th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 2 places available.
10th Wrecking £75 pp 10 places available.
24th Wrecking £75 pp 3 places available.
28th Sharking £110 pp 4 places available.
AUGUST,
3rd Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places available.
4th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 4 places available.
11th Wrecking £75 pp 8 places available.
19th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 1 place available.
20th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 1 place available.
21st Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 6 places available.
22nd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places available.
23rd Whole boat available.
SEPTEMBER,
1st Whole boat available.
4th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 7 places available.
11th Whole boat available.
12th Sharking £110 pp 1 place available.
13th Wrecking/Conger 3 places available.
16th Wrecking/Conger 3 places available.
19th Whole boat available.
20th Whole boat available.
21st Whole boat available.
22nd Whole boat available.
23rd Wrecking £75 pp 1 place available.
26th Whole boat available.
27th Whole boat available.
28th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places available.
29th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places available.
October
1st Whole boat available.
4th Whole boat available.
5th Wrecking £75 pp 10 places available.
6th Wrecking £75 pp 9 places available.
9th Whole boat available.
10th Whole boat available.
11th Whole boat available.
13th Wrecking/Conger 4 places available.
Pick up points are Sutton Harbour PL1 2LR or
Mount Batten PL9 9SJ (free parking).
If you need accommodation ask for our discount code for the Jurys inn Plymouth £75 per night and can sleep up to 3 in a room.
Cheers
Kev
Size Matters Plymouth.
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20/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
20 May 2017 by dominic wilson
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saturday 20th may.....
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finally the offshore bank decided to produce fish and what quality and amount did it produce!
after consulting with the boys afloat , it was agreed that we had landed in excess of 60 spurdogs with all but a couple over 10lb....the majority were in the 12-14lb bracket with the best at 17lb.The same amount of bull huss were landed with the biggest weighing 14lb....notable catches were Ron who had a double huss hookup with fish of 12.5lb and 8lb on the same line and Mike who landed a 14lb spurdog and an 8lb huss on a short dropper muppet rig.
preferred baits again were whiting or haddock flapper or mackerel head.
10 mackerel were landed along with grey gurnards,haddock,codling and whiting plus huss and spurs.
for the statistics,it is probable that we landed over 700lb of spurdog and around 500lb of bullhuss.....not bad for 6 anglers on a 7hr trip!!!
mike butterworth(pictured with a pb of 17lb) had a red letter day landing over 20 spurs and 10 huss -
05/2017
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2017 by Kevin McKie
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I had a group of individuals onboard today, they had originally booked to target Cod. But with the Cod thin on the ground we decided to do the same as I did yesterday and fish half the day on the anchor and half the day on the drift.
After a slow start the fish started to feed and the lads caught 30+ Conger to 53lb, 8 Ling to 24lb and 15 Pollack to 17lb before it was time to head home. This is pretty standard fishing off Plymouth at the moment, if you fancy getting in on the action give me a call, text or email.
This Monday to Thursday we will be targeting the inshore reefs, these trips are ideal if you like catching Pollack, Ling, Bass and Cod on light tackle.
Cheers
Kev
Size Matters Plymouth
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05/2017
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2017 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
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First day of the season back on the anchor chasing Conger and Ling. The plan was to fish the first 3 hours on the anchor then go on the drift for Pollack.
7 lads onboard who booked the whole boat, most of them had never see a conger let along caught one.
After about 20 minutes of the baits hitting the sea bed, the rods where bent over with conger and Ling hooked up. One angler Chris landed a cracking Conger of just over 80lb and it was his first time Conger fishing, followed by Colin with a nice fish of 60lb, most of the Conger where 20lb to 40lb. Best Ling tipped the scales at 19lb and on the drift there was plenty of Pollack to 8lb. Now we have set the standard for our Conger fishing this year, last year our best Conger was 86lb and this year I would love to get one over the magical 100lb mark.
If you have already booked a trip on Size Matters then you are in for some cracking fishing this season. If you haven't yet booked and want to start catching big fish then give me a call, text or email.
Cheers
Kev
Size Matters Plymouth
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05/2017
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2017 by Kevin McKie
Report on-board Size Matters
[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
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The summer has finally arrived here in Plymouth, the weather is starting to settle and the fishing is as good as it gets.
Our Best day so far has been 81 Pollack to 15lb and 10 Ling to 20lb, most days we are catching 50 plus Pollack and Ling a trip.
Best Pollack so far tipped the scales at 17lb 5oz with very good numbers of double figure fish showing too. As for the Ling, most are 15lb to 20lb. We have also had the odd Cod to 6lb and Coalfish to 4lb. This time last year we where catching Cod to 17lb and in good numbers, this year they seem to be a bit late arriving.
We will start to put the anchor down starting from tomorrow, this should result in us catching some very big Ling and Conger.
If you haven't fished onboard Size Matters yet then you are missing out, we try our best to put you on big fish day in and day out.
Here is a full list of available dates for this season.
MAY,
20th Wrecking £75 2 places.
24th Reefing £60 pp 4 places.
25th Reefing £60 pp 1 place.
30th Wrecking £75 pp 6 places.
31st Wrecking £75 pp 8 places.
JUNE,
15th Whole boat available.
16th Wrecking £75 pp 3 places.
23rd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
26th Wrecking £75 pp 1 place.
27th Wrecking £75 pp 1 place.
28th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places.
JULY,
7th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places.
10th Wrecking £75 pp 10 places.
24th Wrecking £75 pp 3 places.
28th Sharking £110 pp 4 places (Max 6).
AUGUST,
3rd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
4th Wrecking £75 pp 4 places.
11th Wrecking £75 pp 8 places.
19th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 1 place.
20th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 1 place.
21st Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 8 places.
22nd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
23rd Whole boat available.
SEPTEMBER,
1st Whole boat available.
4th Wrecking £75 pp 7 places.
11th Whole boat available.
12th Sharking £110 pp 1 place (Max 6).
13th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 3 places.
16th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 3 places.
19th Whole boat available.
20th Whole boat available.
21st Whole boat available.
22nd Whole boat available.
23rd Wrecking £75 pp 6 places.
24th Sharking £110 pp 1 place (Max 6).
25th Sharking £110 pp 1 place (Max 6).
26th Whole boat available.
27th Whole boat available.
28th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places.
29th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places.
OCTOBER,
1st Whole boat available.
4th Whole boat available.
5th Wrecking £75 pp 10 places.
6th Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
9th Whole boat available.
10th Whole boat available.
11th Whole boat available.
13th Wrecking £75 pp 4 places.
Cheers
Kev
Size Matters
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13/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
13 May 2017 by dominic wilson
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period 13/14 may
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the wind was kind to us initially and then turned nasty curtailing both trips early.the boys had to work hard for the fish but what was noticeable was the increase in the amount of bull huss(6 each day).we are still just getting the odd mackerel along with loads of doggies,small haddock/codling/whiting/coalies.
the paisley boys fished the jigheads and ragworms in close for the pollack on sunday and we caught 5,biggest at 3lb so it appears that they are not there in any numbers yet.
biggest huss this season so far to jonathon at 11lb(his p.b) and pictured -
05/2017
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
May 2017 by Kevin McKie
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[This report was written when Size Matters was operating from Plymouth]
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At the start of May the weather was not the best and this resulted in us losing 8 charters in a row including our first 4 day Guernsey trip of the year. When we did manage to get out we have been on the fish, catching Ling to 20lb, Pollack to 15lb, odd Cod to 5lb and Whiting to 3lb. If you would like to join us this year here is a full list of available dates from Plymouth this season.
MAY,
12th Wrecking £75 1 place.
16th Wrecking £75 6 places.
20th Wrecking £75 2 places.
24th Reefing £60 pp 6 places.
25th Reefing £60 pp 1 place.
JUNE,
16th Wrecking £75 pp 3 places.
23rd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
26th Wrecking £75 pp 1 place.
27th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places.
28th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places.
JULY,
7th Wrecking £75 pp 2 places.
10th Wrecking £75 pp 10 places.
24th Wrecking £75 pp 3 places.
28th Sharking £110 pp 4 places.
AUGUST,
3rd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
4th Wrecking £75 pp 4 places.
11th Wrecking £75 pp 8 places.
19th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 1 place.
20th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 1 place.
21st Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 8 places.
22nd Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
SEPTEMBER,
4th Wrecking £75 pp 7 places.
12th Sharking £110 pp 1 place (Max 6).
13th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 3 places.
16th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 3 places.
17th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 2 places.
18th Sharking £110 pp 2 places (Max 6).
23rd Wrecking £75 pp 8 places.
24th Sharking £110 pp 1 place (Max 6).
25th Sharking £110 pp 1 place (Max 6).
28th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places.
29th Wrecking/Conger £75 pp 9 places.
OCTOBER,
5th Wrecking £75 pp 10 places.
6th Wrecking £75 pp 9 places.
13th Wrecking £75 pp 4 places.
Here are a list of dates for whole boat or group bookings.
May,
18th, 30th, 31st.
June,
15th,
August,
23rd.
September,
1st, 11th, 19th, 26th, 27th.
October,
1st, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th.
Cheers
Kev
Size Matters
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04/05/2017
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
4 May 2017 by dominic wilson
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period 1-5 may
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last week was blown off as was the weekend but we managed to get out this week.
We have caught grey and tub gurnard(early),codling to 3lb,some better haddock upto 2.5lb,more huss with the biggest at 8.5lb,whiting,doggies,dabs,small ling....
On tuesday we visited a wreck and even though the water was green,we took plenty of pollack and coalies from it with the best of both at around the 4lb mark.We then came back towards the village to fish for common skate and we caught 2...one at 64 lb and the largest to me at 174lb
mackerel are yet to show again after the windy weather -
19/04/2017
Fishing Report by zygmunt szwajkowski z70t
on Blue Fin (Oban, Argyll & Bute)
19 Apr 2017 by zygmunt szwajkowski z70t
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Fished with Roger Eaton on Blue Fin this year as I enjoyed the experience so much last year , 3 people fished this year including Ken who is 80 years old with Rogers help and assistance he managed a 168lbs skate we had a total of 17 skate best 199lbs over a 3 day period for a total weight of 1971lbs Thank you Roger for a brilliant experience and would recommend Blue Fin charter to anyone who loves fishing.
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