Latest Fishing Reports: South of Scotland
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06/10/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
6 Oct 2014 by dominic wilson
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The first of the autumn storms graced us with its prescence and we had waves of upto 25ft battering the coastline.A short trip out was possible before it came and we caught over 40 dogfish in 2 hours,along with 6 huss,the best of these being just over 10lb.
the water is now the colour of mud and it would be safe to say the mackerel will have departed as there numbers were dwindling in the latter part of September.
Cod are now the target species and uptiding will be the preferred technique.The boat is running all through the winter. All uptiding rods are held on board with reels grip leads and pennel rigs.
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07/09/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
7 Sep 2014 by dominic wilson
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Kristof and the Glasgow boys came out on a blustery day and a rough sea through the night had coloured the water.A trip down to Port Logan produced plenty of mackerel,whiting and small codling and haddock.the wreck was tried to no avail and pollacking in the weeds was fruitless due to poor clarity.the anchor was dropped and we got gurnards,whiting,mackerel and a strap conger (5lb).water clarity needs to improve!
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06/09/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
6 Sep 2014 by dominic wilson
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had Adrian Moon and the preston boys out on a blustery day.Had plenty of codling and haddock and some larger whiting along with 3 types of gurnard,mackerel,pollack,plaice and dabs.Fresh lugworm definitely made the difference.
best fish was a 6lb Pollack from the weeds View Boats Page
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08/2014
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
Aug 2014 by steve stringer
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August was a bit on the windy side but we still made the most of it to bring in good numbers of quality fish. We also lost some fish due to tackle that was to light. Tope biting straight through 100lb hook lengths and a 20 minute battle with a large skate that just pulled the boat around on its anchor. We intend to fish on through the winter and target some of our larger species including Conger, Skate, Rays and Cod. Many thanks to all for another great months fishing. Look forward to seeing you all again soon. Steve
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03/09/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
3 Sep 2014 by dominic wilson
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Strong south westerlies blew thru Friday causing a massive sea and all clarity was lost over the weekend but by today we had clarity equivelant to the swimming pool and a light breeze....drifts were long and slow and what a difference it made!
the Carlisle boys landed 24st of mackerel(biggest 3lb!!),about 40 codling of which 20 were keepers(biggest 3lb) and one lad pulling up 4 at once! in the region of 20 haddock of which 12 were keepers(biggest 4 lb),whiting (1.25lb).Pollack(6lb) 4 jumbo herring(1.25lb each!),1 solitary ling(4lb) and a scorpion fish.....all told,there was about 45st of fish(quarter of a tonne!)
pictured is the 4 cod on one drop... View Boats Page
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02/09/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
2 Sep 2014 by dominic wilson
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this report covers 13/8 - 2/9/14. we have struggled with srtong NW winds and gale force southerlies ,lots of days lost in august and water clarity was poor,we have however managed to catch mackerel(lots are 5inches long!),Pollack in 4.5 - 6lb range,huss to 5lb, dogfish,some whiting and gurnards(best 1lb 6oz).towards the end of august the whiting have started to show and are averaging about 1.25lb.
the picture is of Kai with the best gurnard of the season View Boats Page
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08/2014
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
Aug 2014 by steve stringer
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We have been pretty busy this last few weeks, lots of trips with lots of fish. While the wrecks seem to be taking a rest we have been targeting the banks and reefs taking huge amounts of fish. We have been getting plenty of double figure Huss, lots of codling, whiting Haddock and Gurnard. A few unexpected Tope runs along with an epic battle this Sunday with a large fish, probably a large Skate, taking baits meant for the Huss. Big enough to pull the boat around while at anchor. More big baits will be getting put down over the next couple of months!
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08/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
Aug 2014 by dominic wilson
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whilst transitting Labrax reef to the north of portpatrick we witnessed in the water a sunfish....a foreign visitor to these waters an estimated at about 15-20lb....quite happily sunning himself!!
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14/08/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
14 Aug 2014 by dominic wilson
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This report covers period from 29/7 - 13/8/2014.the mackerel continue to be well shoaled with strings of 5/6 or more ,possible on a regular basis,we managed 6 stones in 90 mins with 6 novices.we are averaging 15 species a day and there are a lot of greater launce around which are working well as live bait for the Pollack in the weeds(biggest 10lb 4oz)as well as huss (11lb), cod(3.5lb) red gurnard(1.5lb) mackerel(2.5lb) sea scorpion(9 oz) ling (3.5lb) and a lobster(6.5lb)
we were also privileged to see a sunfish while fishing on labrax reef.
we are currently experiencing a run of strong northwest winds which means we have been tied up since Monday and prospects don't look good til next Tuesday....however if there is an eye in the weather,we will go View Boats Page
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29/07/2014
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
29 Jul 2014 by dominic wilson
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The mackerel finally decided to turn up in numbers from last Friday(18th july). Strings of 5's and 6's are now the norm and for those wishing to fish for them 100's are possible.there are some pushing 2lb in amongst the main catch and the average size has increased.we have also been landing cod (3.5lb) haddock(3.5lb) huss(7lb) Pollack (5lb) ling (3.5lb) along with gurnards,launce,whiting,pouting,doggies...in fact the most species in a day has been 15,tho' herring are scarce.
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