– quote by a member of East Belfast Sea Angling Club as they re- obliterated the club records for Turbot caught in a day. Super Turbot fishing on board the Rosguill with 43 Turbot and Brill caught. Best angler with a new club record – 8 Turbot.

The same club had fantastic Turbot fishing in 2010 on board the Rosguill & believed that day could not be beaten. Amazing.

Fishing has improved. Poor Tope & Conger but other species not so bad. Mackeral still unusually patchy for mid June.

Top photo shows a Pollack which had just eaten a Launce.

Bottom photo shows that the Launce had just eaten a Sandeel.

Stubbornly, the quality of fishing like the weather fails to improve greatly. There are, however, a few good signs – the Pollack reef fishing this past 4 years or so has been particularily bad – but this year at Tory Island the Pollack reef fishing is effectively back to the good old days. Tope also are fairly good.

Fishing has improved with reasonable showing of Tope, some Spurdogs, medium sized Turbot, lots of Mackeral, reef Pollack. Lost 2 probably Porbeagle runs and after a 35 minute battle with a Common Skate, it spat the hook. The worst of the May winter weather has gone to be replaced by more summer unsettled weather.

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Fishing remains poor after a bout of very bad weather lasting around 5 weeks. Water temperature 10 degrees centigrade. A few nice Pollack on the wrecks, some whiting still around. Sand average. Weather is set to settle & fingers crossed!

Poor fishing this weekend. A few Mackeral. A few other fish, but not a lot going. Lost a couple Tope in the Swilly.

Mackeral have gotten less plentiful. Wreck fishing not as good as in April. Reports of Tope & Porbeagle around.

Good numbers of reasonable sized Whiting around now. (plus the odd Coalfish)!

First day – great weather and very good wreck fishing. Water temperature 9 degrees centigrade. Loads of mackeral, few Herring, lots & lots of baitfish showing on sounder – everywhere.

Strings of Mackeral

Early season Herring

One of the many nice Pollack from the Audacious

Nice Whiting

Season ended on the wrecks – fishing well for Pollack & Ling & Coalfish.

Fishing generally has been poor to fair. Mackeral are very patchy. There are a few Sharks around – mostly Blue Sharks – but nowhere as many as 2007 & 2008.

88 Pound Porbeagle

112 Pound Blue Shark

25 pound 4 ounce Ling caught on the wreck of the Devonian. Rosguill’s first specimen Ling although I have had 5 over 20 pounds from this particular wreck.

Couple of really nice Blue Sharks – 93 & 106 pound

Mackeral – lots

Water temperature – remains stubbornly low – at least by half a degree

Blue Shark – probably same as last couple years – average 1 to 3 runs per day – no return yet to the great years of 2007 & 2008

Porbeagle Shark – a few scattered around – hot spot has not recovered since start July

Reef Polllack – not as bad as 2009 but still not as they should be.

Limeburner – just Ok

Tope – seem to lots around

Sand – Usual – good & bad days

East Belfast Sea Angling Club records were obliterated on board the Rosguill by a super day’s sand fishing for Turbot & Rays. A total of 33 Turbot, 1 Brill, 6 Blonde Rays, 3 Homlyn Rays, 2 Cuckoo Rays, 2 Tub Gurnards and 84 ubiquitous Doggies

Nice 20 pound Blonde Ray

Smashing 120 pound Blue Shark – first Blue of 2010 for the Rosguill, boated after a mammoth battle lasting 1 hour and 20 minutes. First run it almost spooled Dublin angler, Steven. Beautiful Blue Shark measuring 75 inches fork length with an amazing girth of 33 inches.

120 Pound Blue Shark

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The first Blue Sharks of 2010 caught out of Downings were landed on 27 July by a private boat 4 runs with 3 landed – same boat had another the following day. Great to see them back!

Nice Red Sea Bream

Fishing has been Ok recently. Lots of Mackeral now. A lot of Porbeagle Sharks have been caught in the area – unfortunately none by Rosguill….Yet! Blue Sharks should be here within a few weeks. The Limeburner has been fishing ok – perhaps not just as good as earlier in the season. The sandy bays have been Ok with both good and bad days. Wrecks have been fishing good. There sems to be lots of Tope this year & they seem to have migrated earlier than normal onto the Limeburner grounds.