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Island Angling
Adventures
Guided shore fishing
trips with qualified resident coach.
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There are numerous boats which can be chartered
for angling, and they generally take clients out on the many reefs,
or sharking in season. In a way this is a shame, because there is
potential here for exploration of the mixed and clean ground marks
that surround the islands.
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It is quite feasible to
take a dozen species or more if you target them, such is the proximity
of productive marks within 20 minutes cruising of St. Marys harbour. |
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Sharking |
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Blue shark
are around from June to October, the main run being small ( up to
50lb ) females.Larger fish are traditionally taken at the beginning
and the end of the season, and fish well over 100lb have been landed.
Most boats now tag and release their captures, and returns have already
been recorded from waters far South. Porbeagles have been taken -
small ones - but the larger ones must pass through these waters, though
they haven't really been targeted. Sharking is an exciting facet of
our sport which can be enhanced by using light gear ( uptiders or
12 - 20lb class tackle ). Take along some gear to bottom fish or float
fish for garfish which can run to well over two pounds. |
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Reef Marks |
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The nature
of the islands means there is very productive fishing close inshore
at many marks. The mainstay of sport is the pollack. Love 'em or loathe
'em they run from a few inches to double figures and pull hard ! Most
people use tinsels or feathers, but redgilling is also fun. Rockhoppers
be warned - some of the better pollack are caught well within casting
distance of the shore. Tinsels also pick up wrasse, mackerel and codling.
Bait them with fish or squid to pick up ling as well, especially on
some of the deeper outer reefs. Sadly bream are no longer caught in
these waters, but we wait in hope. Anchor to add bull huss and conger
to your catch. |
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Clean ground |
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There are some
great areas for drifting a worm bait across the bottom. You can expect
good catches of plaice, dabs, codling, whiting, and gurnards amongst
other species. Failing that, baited feathers will pick up the codling,
whiting, gurnard, doggies, scad and who knows what else? There are
marks that traditionally used to produce prodigious hauls of ray and
tope, but who has the time to experiment with all the other fishing
available ? |
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