Dave has a trip to remember at Oban; SEA Angling.Byline: ALAN CHARLTON WHAT a few days Newcastle angler Dave Wright This article is about the Canadian broadcaster. For other uses, see Dave Wright (disambiguation). Dave Wright, (born May 18, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian broadcaster. had on a recent trip fishing at Oban for skate aboard Ian Burrett's On Yer Marks. After a fruitless first day, Dave was soon into a skate on the second day after 40 minutes he landed and returned a fish of 179lb, only for his other rod to go as he was undoing his harness. Halfway through the battle to land another skate of 180lb, his first rod went again and after landing his first 180lb fish, he landed another of 180lb. By this time Dave had been strapped in for over two hours and shattered, but there was no let-up. The next day Dave was straight into a fish of 185lb, followed soon after by a personal best of 202lb, which surfaced 100 yards from the boat using the tide to finish Dave off, who couldn't manage the trip to the pub to celebrate . John Armitage of South Shields South Shields, city (1991 pop. 86,488), South Tyneside, NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River. It is a significant port. Shipbuilding and marine engineering are the main industries; chemicals and paints are manufactured. also enjoyed the skate fishing, taking a cracker of 219lb - the best of six taken by him and his dad Trevor - while Malcolm Tweddle took the only fish of 198lb in a party of Hexham anglers . Boat angling had started to pick up here until the sea came away again, parties aboard Tyne boat JFK taking up to 60 fish with cod to 9lb and ling to 8lb from wrecks and ground marks. A party from Nestles took 60 cod and The Coronation Club 45 cod - the best around 6lb - aboard Mistress fishing rough ground. Dans De Leur, out of the Blyth, also reported reasonable catches of cod not far off. Gary Smith Gary Smith may refer to:
Boats are also taking good-sized coalfish with some touching 4lb and there have been reports of the first mackerel mackerel, common name for members of the family Scombridae, 60 species of open-sea fishes, including the albacore, bonito, and tuna. They are characterized by deeply forked tails that narrow greatly where they join the body; small finlets behind both the dorsal and being taken commercially. Once these are available to anglers, catches will improve. Although good-sized coalfish have been taken from Roker pier on fresh crab, the rivers are still giving shore anglers the best sport, with the glass Centre the best venue in the Wear. Romanian angler Madarin Tabacary, fishing his first competition, won the Eastenders Open with a cracking flounder flounder: see flatfish. flounder Any of about 300 species of flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes). When born, the flounder is bilaterally symmetrical, with an eye on each side, and it swims near the sea's surface. of 39cm. In their sweepstake match at the Business Park, Chris Hossack took six for 190cm, including the longest fish a coalfish of 39cm. An odd catch for this area was a small tope of 3-4lb taken at the Rat House Corner in the Wear. THE Fish on the Tyne tomorrow and Sunday at Gateshead Quayside quay·side n. The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. quayside quay n → Kai m in front of the Sage includes talk-ins, cooking and filleting, Blyth-based trawlers unloading their catches and representatives of Get Hooked on Fishing giving casting and tackling up demonstrations. On May 11, NWSAL Silloth Open Championships (Penn Points) takes place from 10am to 2pm reg Rafa Club 8 to 10am. Guaranteed pounds 1,000 prize money. Entry pounds 12, jnrs pounds 3 prizes snrs 1st pounds 500, 2nd pounds 200, 3rd pounds 100, l/f pounds 150, jnrs 1st pounds 30, 2nd pounds 20, 3rd pounds 10, 4 zones, winners pounds 25. Details Steve 01900 62345. |
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