award winning fish landed on Gannet

Sea Angler Magazine - Shimano Mission Accomplished feature

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

angler     Darryl Neil    
weight     238lbs
sex        female
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

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

winner - Sea Angler Magazine November 1999
Shimano Big Fish Award

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

report from the Oban Times 9th September, 1999

All skate caught are weighed and measured, 
and the data collected is submitted to the 
Glasgow Museum Tagging Scheme
and to the
UK Shark Tagging Programme