skate fishing charters on Gannet

skate fishing day charters from Oban on Gannet
award winning fish

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

  


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

 

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