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Post by pestguard1 on Dec 26, 2006 12:48:29 GMT
171lb common skate ...........     caught on Davy Holts boat "Catchalot" at Lochaline in Scotland...........in 530 feet of water My tag was put on & the fish was released |
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Post by solehunter on Dec 26, 2006 13:03:18 GMT
WOW, nice fish mate, how long did it take to get THAT in?
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Post by pestguard1 on Dec 26, 2006 13:09:06 GMT
1 hour 50 min ......................my arms were killing me ......I couldnt even lift a cup of tea after that for ages.
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Post by solentranger on Dec 26, 2006 13:11:32 GMT
Wow!, how does that compare with the average common through there?
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Post by pestguard1 on Dec 26, 2006 13:13:06 GMT
Wht made it worce was that when a skate comes to the surface they turn upside down , and sometimes dive again ..........guess what this one done just that .............I could have cried .................my back was was starting to take the stain ..................even though I had a harnes on as well as as a brace ......................boy!...... do these fish fight .
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Post by pestguard1 on Dec 26, 2006 13:15:17 GMT
Wht made it worce was that when a skate comes to the surface they turn upside down , and sometimes dive again ..........guess what this one done just that .............I could have cried .................my back was was starting to take the stain ..................even though I had a harnes on as well as as a brace ......................boy!...... do these fish fight . The one I caught was about average for that area .....................they do get upto 230+lb ...........Davy Holt runs a catch & release program from his boat "catchalot" for skate. |
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Post by solehunter on Dec 26, 2006 13:15:56 GMT
I bet they do! Worth it in the end though  Nice one!  |
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Post by solentranger on Dec 26, 2006 13:17:16 GMT
I can only imagine the power in such a mass & weight of fish, funny because I found thornbacks & blondes dont give up much of a fight at all.
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Post by slippery on Dec 26, 2006 14:00:00 GMT
Now thats a fish!! wicked, whats the success rate with that skipper?what time of year is best for these? thinking of maybe having a go!!they look that good,would love some back ache......
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Post by darenw on Dec 26, 2006 14:30:13 GMT
That mark doesn't look very far from the shore either. Nice fish mate a true giant. Some one told me once that you had them off the IOW until the banks were dredged away,dont know if thats true though Im too young to know for sure |
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Post by meoc4life on Dec 26, 2006 17:18:29 GMT
lovely fish i shall do a poll on best fighting fish
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Post by solehunter on Dec 26, 2006 17:51:55 GMT
That mark doesn't look very far from the shore either. Nice fish mate a true giant. Some one told me once that you had them off the IOW until the banks were dredged away,dont know if thats true though Im too young to know for sure I have a pic in a fishing book of jack Hargreaves fishing for them off the IOW. judging by the background, he`s off somewhere between brook to blackgang, and not very far out at all! Mind you the book was printed 1968  |
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Post by pestguard1 on Dec 26, 2006 19:20:59 GMT
Now thats a fish!! wicked, whats the success rate with that skipper?what time of year is best for these? thinking of maybe having a go!!they look that good,would love some back ache...... If you contact Davy Holt on WSF , he will tell you everythink you need to know about skate,and whats ther best time to catch etc,etc. Davy`s links are here........ www.catchalot.co.uk/skate.catchalot.co.uk/ |
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Post by cuckoo on Dec 26, 2006 19:37:10 GMT
171 lbs or raw power ,
well done mate , that truly is 1 nice fish !!!!!!
lee.
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Post by slippery on Dec 26, 2006 19:41:18 GMT
That mark doesn't look very far from the shore either. Nice fish mate a true giant. Some one told me once that you had them off the IOW until the banks were dredged away,dont know if thats true though Im too young to know for sure think it is true, we have a record for one ,so there was at least one here once! |
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Nice one! 
