Stranraer Fishing Well

[Bob]

[img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c77/bob1955/Fish/25lb.jpg"Had a good day out on "The Orca" owned by Mike Watson on Wednesday, best conger was 25lb as in foto below (I Hope), three more conger of 17lb, 14lb, 8lb, I lost a good one around 20lb mark at the top...as did another angler...but his may have been bigger, loads of mackerel for bait, loads of lsd's while we waited for the tide, and I also had 7 pollack around the 2lb mark , I only kept 3 for the cat tho
Everyone caught fish, and everyone had at least one good conger on...there were only 4 of us out on the boat

[Bob]

oops...sorry, i thot i had resized em

[drummore]

hi any info on tope fishing at mouth of loch ryan (shore fishing) i think it is called lady bay,used to produce years ago ,ive been away from the scene for a while neil

[drummore]

apologies excuse me,, nice fish mate long time since i had one of those looks really warm out there neil

[steveb]

not bad pics bob

nice to se you getting back out

[Bob]

Thanks Drummore/Steve, Im glad to be back in the swing so to speak, although at the start of the trip I felt confident of being OK to fish....at the end I was in some pain Good to get a seat on the boat tho, I think my back is just always gonna be this way and I need to learn to accept that, I dont mind as long as I know I can continue to pursue my chosen sport/pastime....even if I may have to limit my trips to one a month or so (hopefully fortnightly).
I have missed the crack with the lads...both on here and on trips, I have a comp to fish in Weymouth on 6th Sept which is our main annual comp, so im gearing up to be ok for that...another trip to Stranraer in 2 weeks will be our last one b4 Weymouth...so fingers crossed
Drummore...i think you may mean Luce Bay....funny enough, we had a talk to the skipper about Tope, and he said that the Tope Fishing had Dwindled in the Area....not coz of the lack of Tope, but coz the anglers were only prepared to fish for them for say 2 or 3 hours....then they got fed up and wanted to go for the pollack/saithe or other species....coz they didnt want to blank.....but...to fish for tope, the chum needs to be in the water for 2/3 hours to get a decent run of em (but u all knew that)...We may have a wee tope trip coming up soon, I would rather have a 30lb tope than 20/30 other small fish.......30lb is small for a tope i know, but im using that as an example...a 50lb would be nice tho
in 35 years of fishing, this 25lb Conger is the biggest I have Seen in The Stranraer Area, tho the Skip has had em to 44lb.....ling,Thornies, Conger and Bull Huss are the main Target at the mo in the area....the guy (Wullie) who got the big conger had a bull huss on last trip that also got off the hook at the top....estimated at 19lb....hard to say i spose, but a experienced skipper says that i believe him.....scottish record is only 20lbs (well 20lbs 3oz 8 drams)


Bob.

[drummore]

no it was def, loch ryan ,disnae matter mate cheers neil

[gunbelt]

ohh if i could have only kept my driving lessons up id have been down that way very soon but i cant drive soo well done on the fishing great pics but ive rfished boats many at5ime but pref from shoere as i think my sealegs have gone now looking for someone to go shorefishing in drummore for a day or too better if from edinburgh if u have any ideas ty