Latest Fishing Reports: Dumfries & Galloway
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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
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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
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25/08/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
25 Aug 2015 by steve stringer
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Took me n the misses off for a check of some marks to see how they were fishing and introduce June to some new species for her. Went off in search of fresh bait and put 30 mackerel into the tub so headed of to anchor up. another deep mark I have been keeping an eye on produced three thornbacks, and grey Gurnard. the tide really picked up so decided to try in the 300ft banks but the wind was holding us against the tide now so went scratching for species. Introduced June to scratching with light weight gear and some 50 codling, 30 haddock and a nice Tub Gurnard. We kept 6 of the largest fish for the table putting the rest back to fight another day before heading in to clean down the boat.
GREAT FISHING STILL!!!!
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22/08/2015
Fishing Report by steve stringer
on Lucky Dip II (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
22 Aug 2015 by steve stringer
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Well the day started slow with only codling haddock and a few mackerel showing up on the first few drops. We decided a move was needed to target some Pollack on lightweight gear with ragworm baited leadheads, this seemed to pick out a few nice specimens but still relatively small so we worked a few marks picking up some hard fighting Pollack, a couple of Cuckoo wrasse and some nice Ballans too. With the tide still running the wrong way we anchored up to try for hounds and rays and wow. we picked up 15 ray with thornback in the majority but some nice spotted and blondes too. Also coming to the boat was a first for Robert and a nice Starry smouth hound going 8lb 10 on the scales. We also lost one nice fish after it made a few heavy runs and then wrapped the anchor warp!!!. Another move saw us back on the Pollack with mixed results but some cracking fighting fish upto 6lb. All these fish were released to fight another day baring a few Codling and Haddock. Check out the club "Silver Lures" for joining details.
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25/08/2015
Fishing Report by dominic wilson
on Dawn Venture (Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway)
25 Aug 2015 by dominic wilson
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evening trip of 2 hrs......
what a cracking trip under the castle in clear water...
stacks of mackerel
cod to 4lb
red gurnard to 12oz
ling to 4lb
pollack to 3lb
single kelp cod at 4lb (in photo)
all on baited daylites or pink feathers View Boats Page
