Latest Fishing Reports: South of Scotland
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03/10/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
3 Oct 2015 by steve stringer
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So the day started a bit slow with some massive tides making fishing hard, and the challenge of matching up to the lads trip to Norway that saw one Cod beating 70lb! finding some fresh bait was hard but we found the fish and hit into Herring and mackerel for fresh bait.
Tried a few marks but ended up fishing another spot I had kept an eye on and boy did it produce the goods! two Common Skate of 86lb and 110lb, 9lb Huss, one Smooth hound and 15 spurs to about 6lb. The lads went home aching but happy as did I. I think we managed to match Norway if not in quantity then definitely size!!!
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05/10/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
5 Oct 2015 by dominic wilson
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period 2-5th october
the wind has been playing havoc along with big tides and coloured water ....we have "chipped away" at it and have caught mackerel (very few) doggies,whiting,haddock,codling,gurnards,ling, scorpion fish and a solo huss(photo at 6.5lb).
the pollack continue to feed round the headlands in the weeds preferring the ragworm or mackerel belly on jig heads(best 4lb) View Boats Page
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27/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
27 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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managed 2 6hr trips over the weekend with mixed groups and abilities....
codling to 3lb and some haddock with a few mackerel thrown in ,tho they seem to be becoming smaller and more scarce!
the pollack fishing has notched up another level with lots more 4-6lb fish and the best going 8.25lb View Boats Page
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27/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
27 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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managed 2 6hr trips over the weekend with mixed groups and abilities....
codling to 3lb and some haddock with a few mackerel thrown in ,tho they seem to be becoming smaller and more scarce!
the pollack fishing has notched up another level with lots more 4-6lb fish and the best going 8.25lb View Boats Page
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20/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
20 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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had alan and the "clyde specimen hunters" on today on a day that threatened rain but dealt us a snotty SE wind instead
most of the day was spent at anchor and 11 species caught in totalincluding :
6 huss...best 8.5lb another at 7.25 lb and 4 smaller others
1 smoothound at 9.75lb
pollack upto 7.5lb and about 50 of those landed......they really are starting to feed well in good numbers in the weed....chrome leadheads and ragworm were the order of the day View Boats Page
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19/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
19 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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had graham chappel and his boys on...caught 13 different species and the pollack fishing was great
best went just shy of 9lb caught on mackerel strip and flowing trace in 18ft of water View Boats Page
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18/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
18 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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the wind has played havoc with the fishing ,but a calm (ish) spell 18-20 let us out to sea.
the main stay of species has been cod haddock whiting dab coalie all 3 gurnards dogfish and then a sprinkling of huss,spurs and smoothies
pollack fishing close in has improved considerably as has the stamp of fish.....mackerel belly,sandeel or ragworm on a leadhead/flowing trace has done the damage.....about 40 pollack today with the best a shade under 10lb View Boats Page
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06/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
6 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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stewart walker and boys (sunday)
nw and n winds have plagued us all week and limited the distance we could travel for safety reasons
we did manage half day saturday and got some codling on uptided mackerel along with doggies gurnards whiting coalies and pollack
sunday was less windy and spent mainly at anchor..we managed :
3 bearded rockling(30 cm long )
huss 9lb 12oz
codling whiting mackerel and
tub gurnard 4lb 6oz !!! View Boats Page
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02/09/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
2 Sep 2015 by dominic wilson
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SUMMARY AUGUST 2015.......
fishing was good this month when the wind allowed us to proceed to sea.cod werent as prolific as june and july but still managed fish to 4.5lb....haddock were very prolific with the best going 4lb.
huss continued to feed with the best at 14.5lb(caught on baited feathers) along with the doggies and some spurdog,best at 16lb.whiting improved in numbers and size with the best at 1.5lb and some pouting around 2lb.
the wreck up north produced the goods and was full of coalies and pollack.
catches were padded out with red and grey gurnards ,dabs,launce
pollack were prolific in the weeds on the headland prefering mackerel belly strip to anything else but "welsh dave" caught 6 on a bass plug in the harbour entrance on the last 30mins of a daytrip!!.....
the harbour entrance really does producethe goods
prospects look good for september..... View Boats Page
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29/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
29 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
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the wind continues to hamper the fishing but with a mixed party on saturday we chased the clearwater and headed for the banks at port logan....mackerel were in abundance as were the gurnards whiting codling and haddock but the spurdogs put in an appearance with the biggest at 16lb
(CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE PHOTO WILL SHOW NO SPUR AS THIS WAS INSTANTLY REMOVED ON LANDING FOR SAFETY) View Boats Page
