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Time flies Elton, even for the young such as myself lol.

Well I know that Davy had a couple last month, so they're definately around although the bigger fish do tend to hang about the sea lochs in the winter months.

I've had runs and seen them caught in Loch Fyne, in Argyll Scotland at new year so they definately hang about.

This appears to be a problem with the mark 2 Greys, ever since they moved production to the far East. I have a mark one PZ300T and its an excellent bit of kit, hasn't let me down yet. Should maybe try to get a good condition original Greys??

Yeah, tis the same all over. Up here (Clyde region) the second a solitary seal appears you can't hear yourself think for people grumbling "AWWW F*CKING SEAL. NAE WONDER THERES NAE FISH." Aye. The fact that the Clydes had the arse trawled out of it for the last 30 years has nothing to do with that. I say leave em well alone. I certainly couldnt pull the trigger on such an intelligent creature just because it nicks the odd fish off a line.

Wow, that fish must have been taking its sardines that morning. Also, the article at the bottom says that surfers should watch out for Bull sharks that have also been spotted, hmmm...

Davy, you have just entered the twilight zone. Nothing or no-one is as it seems. Especially fishing reports.

I do 99% of my fishing with my dad, he was the person that got me into it and I'm hugely thankful for that. He's good company as well.

That story is agonisingly familiar, can't think who thats happened to in the past though

Awesome Cod Barry, thats a huge shore Cod by anywhere's standards, let alone the Solway a few years ago. Not jealous...not at all Do you mind me asking what it fell to?

The method I'd favour would be using a plain lead that allows a little amount of movement, just enough lead to keep the bait trickling along the sea bed (you'd have to find out how much lead for yourself by experimenting) fish a one up one down flapper (use your own discretion when choosing hook size, but for Dabs I'd go for a 4 max, Plaice use a 1 or 2) slide 3 or 4 lumi beads (or indeed a colour of your choice, red is a good choice) onto the snood (cant remember the exact size but they're oval size 8mm or so). Bait with Mackerel strip or Lug (or a cocktail) for the Dabs, and use shellfish and worm baits for the Plaice, I find Rag to be a good choice as it will take just about anything.

Sheeiiiteee, can't believe I escaped with my life intact after an all nighter near the Puffin dc last summer Oh, might bring some water skis next boat trip, just in case a minke whale decides to tow the boat for a bit

Well done Tack, good to see someone catching. I blanked at the w/e and tbh I thought I would have at least taken a Wrasse or Pollock. The fish are gonna be a bit later this year I think.

I'll be out somewhere, don;t know where yet though.

I'm not joking...that looks like my garden shed with a keel.

Thats a nice surprise. These sort of things do tend to turn up from time to time, a 35lb'er was caught out from Whitby last Autumn (granted that was the N/E and not the S/E). I also remember hearing of one of a similar size to your mates, about 6-7lb being caught in the Bristol Channel a few years ago.

Considering that you have a variation of bottom compositions available to fish Id go with a mainline of around 18-20lb. A good quality mono will still retain a diameter of around 0.35mm or so even in these breaking strains. Plus you get the added security of those few extra pounds. Rig wise, keep it simple. Something like a two hook flapper for the rock mark and a one up one down, or a two/three hook clipped down rig for the clean ground, stick with hooksizes of around twos for the first few sessions just to find out whats around. Even though you might not be fising at distance a leader is still necessary IMO for a multitude of reasons; it gives you extra security when you need to blast the bait out those extra few yards, if you're fishing from a high stance then it allows you to lift a largish fish to dry land. It wont impede on your distance that much. IMO main species around Corran would probably be dogfish, maybe some Codling at this time of year, so Id use mainly fish baits, but a fish/shellfish cocktail could be useful for picking out a Codling or two. You'l no doubt get some flats on the muddy ground so worms will come into their own if you can get a hold of them for the clean ground. Hope this is of some help.

Lol, your a new man MM, innuendo and everything

Just goes to show Mike that you should never give up, the fish ARE out there to be caught despite what some people may say.

HA! That serves you right! I hope you catch another 19lber just to rub your nose in it! Nah seriously mate well done!

Had some decent fish from areas that have previously been pretty rubbish. A 2lb Plaice from a venue that where fish are distributed very thinly, a 10lb Conger only a few yards from shore in a few feet of water. Its been a decent year in terms of volume, only one or two fish that I would class as specimens though.

Wow, just when you think things cant get any worse on here...unbeleivable.

Thats exactly what I was thinking

Where the old Gully Bridge pier used to be. I was pulling in bits of rotten wood and rusted iron all day lol.

Good report Codroamer, I had a similar experience yesterday. Fished the Gareloch on the flood from 7AM (Still dark) till 3PM and all I had was a solitary Codling of about 4oz, and Whiting and Dabs. The beach that I was fishing in question drops off to over 40 feet within about 60 yards so to say I was dissapointed would be right. I too will be back