Latest Fishing Reports: South of Scotland
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28/08/2016
Fishing Report by John Crowther
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
28 Aug 2016 by John Crowther
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John Crowther; Spurdog 19lb 8oz
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24/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
24 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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Success at last.....2 tope landed .
really hot and sunny today and landed 2 tope(19.5lb and 26.5lb) some spurdogs(upto 14.5lb),bullhuss (upto 10.5lb) and lots of pollack from the weeds at the harbour entrance on artificial and mackerel belly(biggest 6.5lb) along with cod, haddock, whiting ,mackerel, herring, sandeel, dogfish, all 3 gurnard species,wrasse and coalies
stewart hooked into 5 other tope but failed to land any as they bit through his wire traces View Boats Page
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18/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
18 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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Had derek,keen float-fisher from hartlepool on for 2 days and pollack was the primary species.....funny 2 days really,hot and calm with excellent clarity and all the fish came from the harbour entrance after drifting some 4 miles of sea cliffs and inlets!
chrissy took the best fish both days...on wednesday it was a 10.5lb pollack and on day 2 it was a 7lb pollack.
weather was that good,we even managed a bbq at sea! View Boats Page
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19/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
19 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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as expected,the first of the mini-mackerel have arrived and they are truly tiny.....will reach plague proportions as the month progresses....great size for live baits or pike fishing!
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17/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
17 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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Derek from hartlepool booked the boat for 2 days pollack fishing(17 & 18 august) and werent disappointed.
mackerel were prolific on the headlands and as we had no ragworm,this was the preferred bait.sandeel was floatfished with no success except 3 snapoffs....artificials took some fish but freelined mackerel belly was the best method accounting for the 2 best fish (10.5lb and 7lb) and they both came from the harbour entrance...some 30 fish on day one averaging 3-4lb,day 2 slightly smaller but still as hungry!!
chris is pictured with the 10.5lb pollack
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14/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
14 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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had glasgow district angling on today and plenty of fish caught.mackerel were in sufficient numbers,cod and haddock also showed upto 2.5lb.
the huss returned and there were quite a few caught with biggest at 10.7lb.plenty of spurdogs as well with all into double figuresand best went 14.6lb.
pictured is peter with a 14lb'er!
9 anglers took close to 150 pollack from 12oz - 6.5lb on chrome jigheads and ragworm or black jellys with red tails.
some ballan wrasse caught as well View Boats Page
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13/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
13 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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jeff cowan and the boys on today...plenty of fish of 12 different species...cod haddock whiting coalies doggies pollack sandeel 3species of gurnard mackerel and spurdog,best going 12.75lb(pictured)
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13/08/2016
Fishing Report by Jake Cummings
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
13 Aug 2016 by Jake Cummings
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Hi
went out on predator II on saturday 13th August and we were delayed for an hour due to high winds but we got out there.The skipper Dominic kept us informed as we travelled from paisley onboard we met a great bunch of guys from Blackpool who kept the day going with some great patter we caught a great lot of different species today spurs,doggies,gurnard,cod,haddock,whiting,pollock mackeral.This was my first time in a while i've fished on open waters i have fished sea lochs and the clyde but this was the Irish sea a bit of a jolt to the system but i survived i only recently took up boat fishing again after years of trout bashing so i was looking for guidence which the skipper helped from the off looking forward to my next trip with Dominic in early september .the day produced 3 fine Spurdogs all taken on mackeral tipped feathers lots of decent haddock too on same,it was a species hunt dream today finishing off with some pollock bashing at the mouth of the harbour my mate caught and released a good one about 4lb mark good one Ian Hastie..once again thanks to skipper and the blackpool guys View Boats Page
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03/08/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
3 Aug 2016 by dominic wilson
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wind has been a major problem over the week and though nothing massive in size has been caught,we have been graced by some good sized tub gurnards(biggest 3.25lb) and plenty of other species with cod to 4lb,haddock to 2,5lb,pollack to 6lb,ballan wrasse to 1.5lb (in fact the police competion on tuesday saw 40 wrasse landed including 3 cuckoos!),some spurdog to 12.5lb and some jumbo mackerel to nearly 3lb!!
other species are doggies,whiting,coalfish,herring,sandeel,grey and red gurnard,dab and several ling to 4lb and a tiny solo smoothound.
fishing has been very varied but there are plenty of species on the rough ground and pollack are well established in the weeds on the headlands View Boats Page
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23/07/2016
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
23 Jul 2016 by dominic wilson
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had Clive and the boys out today...we caught plenty of haddock,some codling,plenty of mackerel,4 spurdogs in the 9-13lb range,lots of pollack under the cliffs and we also lost another common skate at the boat side in the region of 120-150lb
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