[Thornback]

well after a long wait for this species it all came together this weekend ,started off on friday night at etive after meeting up with bigpaul and his mate greg (good to meet you fellas)we started to fish and lucky for me but not for the north east boys both fish fell to me a spur to 9lbs and a dog of maybe a pound and with an early start in the morning i said bye and headed to the corran ferry(oh stan the rod worked a treat its a work of art mate)met up with gino and davy in the morning and set out from LA after a bit of a wait it was my turn to get to grips with the large lady after what i am told was 30 minutes which felt like 30 hours davy and gino got her on board a very nice girl at 171lbs and me a very happy man after a another few hours and gino losing one after ten minutes fighting:notworthy we gave up as the weather was to bad, as it was in the morning ,so no more fishing we said our thankyous to the skipper and headed for home i made a little diversion to see if etive was fishable and it was for surfing that is i turned around and headed for home tired,hungry and smelly but very happy

 

[Biggins]

Well Done mate

cracking fish you got, wetted my appetite to give the skate a bash sometime this year but i think a couple of trips to the gym might be needed.

Well deserved fish.:clap3: :clap3: :clap3:

 

[bigads]

Great looking fish paul, I enjoyed the fight ( maybe I'm strange ) It's a great experience just to see a fish of such a size. I love it it has to be said.

Congrats on a good fish, was she a new tag or an old one?

Gutted for Gino though....shame you lost one...

Did you do and pollock fishing?

The darkside grows within this one...hehehehehehehehe

 

[Thornback]

i will enjoy the next one now i know what to do, i was just concentrating on not losing it she was already tagged aswell she took about 20 minutes to get moving and after that it was just a pulling contest ,exellent though many thanks to davey:notworthy

 

[BLAN-KING]

Lovely fish m8 must have a go at gettin one of those :clap3:

 

[tight-liner]

Well done m8. Nice spur:clap3: and a very nice skate:clap2:

 

[Guest]

Well done Paul, your safe back from the darkside.................changed but safe.

 

[The Leadhead]

well done paul and a nice fish there a good weight cannay be denied where did ye catch the spurry are the marks still quiet just noo

 

[BLUETOONBOY]

glad to see that you finally got the the big one and i hope many more in the future. will seem a bit weak trying for the small speciece from the shore now you have had a monster.

 

[big-al]

well done paul ,crackin fish there mate .

i would love to catch another skate too .

al

 

[bigpaul]

well done paul, great meeting up with you aswell mate.

 

[Thornback]

well done paul ,crackin fish there mate .

i would love to catch another skate too .

al

i was hoping that sunday was going to be better but the weather was howlin man , craig has got back to me he is up for the sunart boats

 

[The Skink]

Wel done Paul thats a cracking fish mate. Gutted I didn't manage the trip being so close aswel but I managed a PB 11lb Spurry so all is not lost. Will definatly have to get out with Mr Holt sometime.
Neal
The SKink

 

[Thornback]

Wel done Paul thats a cracking fish mate. Gutted I didn't manage the trip being so close aswel but I managed a PB 11lb Spurry so all is not lost. Will definatly have to get out with Mr Holt sometime.
Neal
The SKink

aye skink your getting closer:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy but my spurs just keep getting bigger the moray boys know how to catch fish alright pity about the weather it was crap on sunday

 

[The Skink]

We went up and hid in the Quarry but it was pish. Every other mark Etive way was packed out. Some of Daz's marks too.
Neal
The Skink

 

[theguyfulla]

well done paul , welcome to the darkside h34r: :victory: they are an awesome fish aint they ?:clap3: glad you got the chance to pop yer cherry :clap2: an crackin spurry aswell :clap3:

 

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

Ads the fish was already tagged, she was one of my pets

As for the fish that was lost, the point of the hook had turned and stuck into the head of a mackerel, so no matter how hard we tried there was no way it would hook the fish it was unfortunate but pretty much unavoidable with the way we were rigging the baits.

I had a venture out yesterday but the wind picked back up and we had to abandon it, just as well though the cooling pipe on the Port engine burst, causing the engine to overheat and melt the water trap

So the boat is now tied along side the pier with a rag stuffed up the exhaust pipe blocking it until i can source replacement parts

 

[gino]

Just want to add that even seeing such a fish landed was an experience to remember....I helped to lift it on board and really felt the weight of it!! Losing one wasn't so bad....well I've stopped greetin' now anyway!! Thanks again to the King of Skate....Mr. Holt ....without his generosity none of it would have happened.

 

[MCoool]

Well done Paul, great fish and good pics to... wish I could have come, maybe next time..

 

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

We will get another couple of trips sorted as soon as the boat is back up and running it may be short notice though.. depending on how things go :boat:

Neal.. that lenny one has tried to bribe me to make sure any skate you catch are smaller than his one

Gino.. yer 20 quid is in the post mate :thumbs: