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
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
All 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
supporters
of SSACN - Scottish Sea Anglers Conservation Network
Give Fish a
Chance initiative