Bad Weather

Lately the weather hasn't been up to much although some people think that's my fault.

On the days we have been able to get afloat Dally Bay is producing good Plaice and Thornbacks to
11lb.

Offshore wrecks are producing good Pollock and Tope to 46lb in Loch Ryan.

New online tackle shop

Our new online tackle shop was launched this week www.sea-fishing-tackle.net
Its run by anglers for anglers.It will be well worth keeping an eye on it.Once we start getting a bit of traffic on the site,we will be able to do some super deals and offers.

We found a new wreck this week just west of the Genoch Rocks it only stands about two meters,and is covered with fish mostly good Pollack,Coalfish and Haddock. My mackerel feathers worked the best.

Braid or Mono

I used to think that braid was the best thing since sliced bread.

But we have lost a lot of big fish this year with braid the problem been its very susceptible to abrasion.
As most of my fishing is wrecking braid is weakened just by touching the wreck then when it comes to playing a big fish it will let you down every time.

Tope fishing is the same if you have a big tope going mad under the boat and the braid touches the side its good bye fish. In fact it was good bye to six last week.
So its off with the braid and back to the mono for me.

Diva is back to full speed she cruises at 20 knots and max is about 25/30 knots depending on payload and tide.

June 19th

Sea angling in south west scotland has come alive with an abundance of bait fish Herring Mackerel and sandeels.

Coal Fish are still plentiful on the inshore wrecks with catches over 100 fish been made all fish about the 2-3 lb mark with shallow water all fish can be returned alive.

Good size Bull Huss have started to show with five double figured fish from a mark off Corsewall Point and two from a mark in Lochryan.

Diva is a bit under the weather at the moment with a loss of about 15 knots off her top speed . But with a good bottom cleaning and a coat of Blakes Glide Speed should do the trick.

Good Weather

June 3rd
At last some good weather and a vast improvment in fishing, if you like catching Coal Fish, that is. They seem to be everywere. Good fun on a light spinning rod. Mackerel are a bit hit or miss at the moment.

On Sunday the 31st the weather was perfect, the sea was like a mill pond, so we set off to fish the wrecks around the Ailsa Craig.

The first wreck we tried was the "Margareta" and then the "Duke Of Edinburgh" and the "Austria" but all we got was sun burnt. We tried two more wrecks east of the Ailsa Craig but the story was the same.

By this time we had used about £50 of diesel with just a sun burnt head to show for it. Not being the type of person that gives in we will try one more - knowing in the back of my mind that we're not going home untill weve caught some fish.

We arrived on the wreck at about 6pm. The first drop down set the pattern each of us - a full house six at a time. Good Pollack and Coal Fish came first then Haddock, Cod, Whiting, Pouting, Gurnard, Mackerel and I had a Dab. The bigger fish fell to a SWB Tackle Hokeye.

Then at about 8.30pm, just if someone had thrown a switch, it stopped so we set off back to Stranraer reflecting on what a fantastic two and a half hours of fishing.
HE WHO TRIES WINS ? FRED