skate fishing charters on Gannet

skate fishing day charters from Oban on Gannet
awards

Scottish Shark Tagging Programme
The SSTP rewards its volunteer taggers with caps with an SSTP logo on them.Gold Shark Tagger cap - SSTP

 

Gold Tagger cap
for recording more than 100 skate
awarded to
Adrian Lauder  - skipper of Gannet
14th July 2010

 

Gannet - skate fishing in the news

13 year old Erin Cherry lands 225lb skate

Erin Cherry - Oban Times - 15th July 2010

winner - Sea Angler Magazine - November 1999 

Shimano Big Fish Award
This is the 'Common Skate Caught From a Boat' referred to in the Shimano Mission Records Table.

angler: Darryl Neil
weight 238lbs female skate
depth 157 metres
bait mackerel
length snout to tip of tail 88"
width at widest point 72"
Glasgow Museum Tagging Scheme tag no 3719

Gear Used - Penn 130lb class Tuna Stick, with 14/0 Penn reel, 10/0 hook on 250lb mono line trace, 130lb Penn mono line, Veals shoulder / kidney harness combo, and Penn butt pad

"A massive heavy female fish in excellent condition, returned alive and well, after taking just over an hour to land."


tope record tumbles off Oban
Oban Times report

report from the Oban Times 9th September, 1999

angler : Davy Herd, Pocklington, York
tackle : Penn Senator 80lb class rod with Penn 0/6 multiplier reel; mackerel bait

85lb female tope, caught, weighed, tagged and released
near Oban on 6 / 9 / 1999 on GANNET  tag no 01172

  


supporting conservation

All skate caught are weighed and measured, all data collected was formerly submitted to the Glasgow Museum Tagging Scheme
and is currently sent to the



Scottish Shark Tagging Programme
UK Sharktrust
UK Sharktrust
Tagging Programme


Gannet skate fishing charters is proud to support


 

Give Fish a Chance initiative