ive just returned from a short fishing trip up scotland over the three days we caught skate from 3lbs to 225lbs
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tight-lines Alain
Are you eating them? Skates can be nuisances here when targeting halibut.
These large Common Skate are usually tagged and released as they are on the endangered species list over here. The smaller Thornback Rays are eaten in the UK.
you gotta get yourself downunder willie
Hi Wallacewt id love to maybe when i retire only thing is id not want to come back to England tight-lines Alain ive a few more pictures of our ventures up Scotland this guy Steve is from Texas i met on a fishing forum in England he came up to fish for common skate
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i bloody hate these conger eels not a bit fish but i dont like them and i get my mate Rab to unhook them
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a small tope mini shark that can grow to 80lbs this is nearer 30lbs
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a friends boat landing a good female common skate
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just having a blast to the fishing grounds
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just put the anchor down and waiting for the boat to rest and skate fishing in over 600ft of water
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af48/willybendit/SL740030.jpg) ill up date the pictures in a few months time until then tightlines Alain