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Glen with a Smoothhound from Wigtown Bay
LuceBay still throwing up some good sized Tope, mostly from Drummore side of bay but the bigger numbers of fish from south side of Scar Rocks. Further up the bay still a good few Smoothounds on crab baits, also some decent thornbacks and a few decent sized Bullhuss being caught.
Some Tope have also been caught in Lochryan, Mackerel also have come back in numbers from the Railway Pier in Stranraer and from Lighthouse Point at Cairnryan, also from the Rocks at Finnarts Bay.
Charter Boats from Stranraer are
Mike Skinner with the “Diva” tel.01776 820 244 /07501 222 145 and
Alan Gilliland with “Game On” tel. 07941 625 018
these chaps do some wreck and reef fishing trips when weather is decent.
Rock Marks worth a try near Portpatrick are Lairds Pt., Blackhead Pt. at Killantringan, also Yellow Isle just North of Portpatrick. The Cheese Rock, Dunskey Casle, Tandoo Pt. Just South of Portpatrick also all worth a try,
Species being caught from these marks include Tope, Smoothounds, Wrasse, Pollack, Dogfish, Bullhuss, Conger and many others.
Marks around Portlogan worth a try are The Basin at Mullhill, Dinihinnie, Portgill,for Pollack, Wrasse, Coalfish, Codling etc Mull of Galloway Rocks also worth a try for Pollack, Wrasse, Dogfish, Bullhuss, Conger etc.
North Point of Float Bay worth a shot for Pollack, Wrasse etc. Moneyhead also worth a shot for Pollack, Wrasse, etc
The Boat Fishing from Portlogan and Portpatrick is pretty good at the moment, Tope, Bullhuss, Conger, Codling, Pollack etc plus many other species.
Charter Boats operating from Portpatrick are
“Predator11” tel.07739 231 331 and
“Lucky Dip” Tel.07841 114 489 and from
Portlogan “Boy David Charters” Tel.07592 327 532.
All Beach Marks have been pretty hard going with the calm bright weather but those who brave the darker hours have managed to land some decent fish.
Fishing has been good this past month, with Boats fishing LuceBay landing Tope up to 72lbs, Huss up to 19lbs, Soothhounds up to 10lbs and Thornback Rays up to 15lbs. Spent a few hours last weekend with a friend of mine from the Cotswolds Fly Fishing for Pollack with Spike on Go West from Drummore, weather dictated that we fish the Portlogan side on the Saturday where we had lots of Pollack up to 6lbs , on Sunday we tried round the Mull of Galloway, but only landed a few fish over 3lbs but lots of smaller fish, then we spent a couple of hours for a Tope but didn,t manage one but had one Bullhuss. Spike,s Boat and Ian Burrets Boats from Drummore are ideal Boats for fly fishing for Pollack from, Ian can be contacted on 01776840346 and Spike on 07748593742 . The Shore Fishing has also been good , but best results have been into darkness as weather has been really warm and bright, Terrally Bay has been a good shot for a few Smoothhound, Dogfish etc. Lefnoll Beach has threw up some Dogfish, Flounder, small Whiting etc, Lighthouse Pt.at Cairnryan worth a try for Tope, Mackerel, Bullhuss and a few other species. Best Rock Marks are The Yellow Isle at Portpatrick, Dunskey Castle, The Cheese Rock, Tandoo Pt., Lairds Pt all worth a try, Mullhill and Portgill at Portlogan worth a shot for Pollack, Wrasse, Codling, Dogfish etc . Mull of Galloway marks worth a try for Tope, Huss, Conger, Pollack ,Wrasse etc. Lots of other marks fishing well in the area, too many to mention Tight Lines Eric
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