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01/2022
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Jan 2022 by Kevin McKie
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Size matters is about to embark a 235 mile steam from Pwllheli to Craobh Haven in Scotland, on its last leg as a charter fishing vessel, as always we don’t do anything by half’s!!!
90 days, 90 nights, 90 charters, no days off, this is not day sailing or pleasure boating this is Skate fishing, Scottish Skate fishing, what we like to call earning a living!!!
If you have followed Mckies Fishing Charters for the last nine years you will know when it comes to putting meat on the deck Size Matters is the boat that achieves this with ease in any port it visits.
If you are booked on with us in Scotland then you are very wise and know where your bread is buttered when it comes to Skate fishing.
We have just a few individual places available if you would like to join us in Craobh Haven to fish for Giant Common Skate, White Skate and Blue Skate.
All top of the range Shimano tackle is available free of charge and we also have 3 Black magic harnesses available free of charge, this makes catching up to 37 to over 200lb per day a walk in the park for anglers even in there 70s!!
When you have the right tackle fighting Skate you can have a cup of tea, eat a pot noodle or read a fishing magazine, we like to make sure our anglers are very comfortable when fighting Scottish monsters!!
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Craobh Haven)
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10/01/2022
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
10 Jan 2022 by Lee Brown
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Cod to 6 lb few nice whiting call Lee for down tiding
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03/01/2022
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
3 Jan 2022 by Lee Brown
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Good laugh coddling to 4 lb call Lee 4 spaces 07974252450
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16/11/2021
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
16 Nov 2021 by Owen Mallia
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Another day out on the Bream & Bass for Outlaw today
Fishing went from steady to hectic and then back to steady
One or two nice specimens for my group
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15/12/2021
Fishing Report by Owen Mallia
on Outlaw (Dartmouth, Devon)
15 Dec 2021 by Owen Mallia
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Out on the Channel marks today, fishing was very patchy, with a few decent Pollock showing up here and there, top man was Ziggy from Somerset with a cracking 12-1oz
Top job Zig✔️
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UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Outlaw
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30/12/2021
Fishing Report by Allan Skinner
on JFK TWO (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
30 Dec 2021 by Allan Skinner
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30th dec 2021
out today again. and we managed a few fish probaly about 10 fish to keep best colin pictured cod 6.5lbs
so weve only managed a few trips in december with mixed results.and so far the winter fishing at anchor has been patchy
so definaterly hoping for better in 2022
so tight lines and all the best to all our customers old and new for 2022 View Boats Page
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12/2021
Fishing Report by Steve West
on Aries 3 (Weymouth, Dorset)
Dec 2021 by Steve West
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Blink and you will miss it
another year done and duste4ed what started out as a dream quickly became reality when Aries came up for sale. she needed a lot of work to get the coding sorted which involved a lot of late nights , help and advice from friends. once we got going though it was quickly apparent it was all worth it as we enjoyed some excellent fishing with many species coming to the net. the shorter trips for the holiday makers were excellent as well. the boat claimed top prize in the WIBAC competition although i have to be honest i was away that week and had Richard English run the boat and he certainly hasn't forgotten what to do .
we ended the season with a great run of bream and bass as well as rays congers and Huss if you could get through the bream.
id like to thank everyone that help me get started and everyone that came fishing its been great seeing old faces and meeting new ones and cant wait for next year to get started.
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12/2021
Fishing Report by Kevin McKie
on Size Matters (Craobh Haven, Argyll & Bute)
Dec 2021 by Kevin McKie
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The end of 2021 is upon us, here is a recap of how the year went onboard Size Matters.
In January we only fished the first two days on the Mersey and the fishing was terrible to say the least.
As lockdown approached we had no option to stay in Liverpool Marina because the lock gates where being taken off till May for scheduled maintenance.
So we decided to get the boat to Scotland as we where fully booked from mid January to April, sadly we never managed to get any charters on in Scotland as the lockdown just kept extending.
We did manage to catch a few Skate while we were in transit and dropped the anchor for a few hours with the biggest at only 197lb, it was a shame we didn’t get to do any charters as the fishing would of been excellent.
Our biggest issue now was finding a port to fish from, Liverpool marina wasn’t ready till May and reports of the lock gates still being faulty made us look elsewhere.
We tried Plymouth, Falmouth, Newlyn and Milford Haven they where all full for any vessel over 12m, then we tried Pwllheli and got a berth from April 1st.
Now I personally hadn’t fished from Pwllheli for over 18 years, but I did have all my old fishing marks, we had our work cut out for us as we never planned on operating from Pwllheli.
Thankfully the fishing marks I had still held good numbers of fish and at the start of the season we went wreck hunting up to 70 miles from Pwllheli this paid off massively as the season went on.
The Tope fishing was excellent from April to June, we had some fantastic Tope fishing with the biggest measured at 67lb, with these big pregnant female Tope we think it’s best to measure them than weight them.
The wrecking was excellent from mid April to mid November with massive catches of over 200 Pollack to 15lb 6oz, we also had Cod, Coalfish and Ling as well.
The Bass fishing was ok from July but the best month was November it was outstanding with massive catches of over 200 Bass per trip.
We also done the first ever 10 day live aboard charters from Pwllheli, these trips where designed to give anglers a chance of going where no other charter boat in the UK has gone before to catch what no other charter boat has caught before.
On three of the 10 days live aboard charters the lads managed to catch Tuna to 620lb, Six Gill Sharks to 548lb, Porbeagle Sharks to 227lb, Blue Shark to 108lb, Blue Skate to 28lb and all manner of different species.
The highlight of these trips is the amount of Six Gill Sharks out there we had 32 in just 3 days fishing, also we hand fed Tuna to over 700lb, seen our first Loggerhead Turtle and a few hooks got straighten on fish we never got to see.
The plan now moving into 2022 is to get the boat to Scotland in January to fish till April for Common Skate, White Skate and Blue Skate, this all depends on the next Scottish government announcement on January 7th.
If is bad news from the Scottish government then Size Matters will be going to its new owner and everyone booked on for Skate fishing will be given a full refund.
We would like to thank our sponsors Shimano UK and Gerrys of Morecambe for there continued support.
From everyone at Mckies Fishing Charters we would like to wish you all the very best for 2022.
Kevin Mckie
Size Matters (Pwllheli)
07999628511
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28/12/2021
Fishing Report by brian poppy
on Cleveland Princess (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
28 Dec 2021 by brian poppy
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Took the Party off Corton Church as the last 2 trips in that area have proved to be very good with a few small Cod showing on each trip and this was no different we boated 2 nice sized fish and lost 3 on the way as the weed came into play a bit,plenty of decent Whiting showing as well that are now full of roe,i am now taking dates for Bass trips to the Enterprise Banks and inner and outer Gabbard wind farms plus we will be running out to EA1 wind farm and Wrecks as well all these trip will be subject conditions for full details and costs call 07771926590 or mail,BP.
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30/12/2021
Fishing Report by Lee Brown
on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
30 Dec 2021 by Lee Brown
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Well canny day coddling to 3 lb nothing big pan size loads whiting and a dog fish and lobster
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