Fishing has been hit and miss over the last week or so. There have been a few nice smooth-hounds about here and there. Martin joined us for the first time since lockdown and hopefully it was worth the wait. He was rewarded with a fine smooth-hound of just over 14lbs. They may not always have…
Category: Fishing
august
Its been busy again the lest week or so. The weather has been great and the fishing has been just as good. Inshore there is nice mixed fishing producing anything from dogfish and roker to hounds and bass. The stamp of fish varies from day to day depending on tides and location but at times…
july
We have had a real mix of weather, people and fishing lately. Inshore we have been catching plenty of hounds. Most trips producing several up to 6-8lbs but on a few trips we got into some decent packs of fish. the best day on hounds over the last couple of weeks (where we have kept…
2020 tope season
This week I thought I would fill you in on this years tope season aboard the ‘Galloper’. its been a good season all together. We managed to get most trips out and we were successful on most of them. Those that we didn’t see any tope on were either struggling for weather and bait or…
july
We have made the most of the weather and the fishing over the past few weeks. Luckily both have been spot on most of the time. We continued to enjoy some great bass fishing most places we have been and some decent fish have been mixed in too. After knocking Dave’s fish off at the…
july
Its been a busy week once again on the Galloper. The wind kept us ashore for a welcome break for a couple of days although we made the most of the shelter afforded by a low tide and nipped out for an evening trip. Alec had filled most of the spaces and Laura tagged along…
june
Despite the weather over the last week or so we have still managed a few trips in and around the wind. We have found good numbers of bass with some decent eating fish amongst them. The hounds are still present although we havnt seen any big girls for a week or two. There are still…
june
Despite being a tad windy at times it was another busy week with a few day and evening trips on the go. It was nice to welcome Tony’s group for the first time this year. A few of the lads were missing due to social distancing measures but we got out and found a few…
june
Sorry I have been a little laxed on reports of late, its partly due to being so busy and partly because things are still up in the air regarding trips. Hopefully after yesterdays news we will be able to operate a little more normally soon. Our trips last week saw a mixture of weather and…
june
We had a busy week with several day trips and a couple of evening trips thrown in too. The weather wasn’t amazing but good enough to get each trip out and find everybody some fish. Patricks group had a nice mixed bag of hounds, roker, dogfish and bass. Andy, Rueben and Nick joined us for…
may
In line with the first round of easing the lockdown we were only able to take one person out at a time at first. I was lucky enough to have several regular lads who were keen to get out fishing as well as support me so we arranged to head out after hounds and bass.…
may post lock down.
Sorry for the lack of updates over the last couple of weeks. I want to keep reports going on here for those of you who are regular readers but I will also limit it for the time being as I am getting so many calls from people asking for trips. As of today I can…
watery reflections part.8
I have wanted a catamaran since I was at school, they were just becoming really popular as I was starting to run the Razorbill. We used to call into Gemini Workboats every now and then and dream about what we might buy if we won the lottery. Every now and then they might bring a…
watery reflections part.7
The Aquastar had seen us through our wedding, purchase of our first house and setting up Stacey’s business. However, with much of the rest of the fleet being faster and the popularity of our offshore trips for cod and bass, we wanted something faster and more modern. After owning her for 5 years and making…
watery reflections part.6
water reflections Part.6 By now Dad had been offered the orange Aquastar and offered me the Starfish to buy. It was tempting as she was fast and with a good, nearly new, engine in her. However, we didn’t buy her. I don’t like buying from family and friends if I can help it, she was…