Specimen 222lbs skate at Rathlin island

Specimen 222lbs skate at Rathlin island

19/03/12 A shift into very deep water behind Rathlin island produced this stunning large female skate estimated at 222lbs for Andrew Logan from the...
Chris Logan and his first ever skate

A first skate on a sunny Sunday at Red Bay

After a great day at the Irish Specimen Fish Awards on Saturday it was back down to the nitty gritty on Sunday hunting big...
Red Bay Tope

Tope to 35lb for specimen hunters at Red Bay

The high pressure was great to see but we had to steam 30km south to get away from the massive tides that were running....
A lovely conger taken from a deep water mark north of Rathlin Island

Plenty of conger, bullhuss and specimen spurdogs on Predator II

The first day this year we got a weather window we decided to head up north of Rathlin Island 27 km from Red Bay. ...
Juvenile skate

Anglers fishing from Red Bay confined to shallow waters

The weather has not been kind to us up here at all. We have only managed to get out to the deep water once...

A fine specimen 19 lb. bullhuss for Carrickfergus angler Andy Logan while fishing out...

Charter skipper Hamish Currie reports on another trip out with a local group of anglers fishing out from Red Bay in Co. Antrim.  "This...

Good Conger, Spurdog and Ling reported from Red Bay in Co. Antrim.

Charter skipper Hamish Currie reports:  " The settled couple of days allowed us to push across the channel into the deep water holes s/w...
conger

Big congers and small skate on Predator II

A few settled days allowed me to shift across the channel into the deep water holes hunting specimens. We caught all the usual suspects...
skate

183lb skate on 12lb rod plus lots more great inshore fishing

Terry Jackson, specimen hunter and angling writer, sent us this report from a recent sea angling trip: On a recent trip aboard my Red Bay...
Skate

Skate to 140 lb for anglers off the Antrim coast

Last week we went back to basics hunting the deep water holes for skate, conger, spurs and so on. A few skate were taken...