Trip to Lofoten in April 2007
Halibut in Norway with fishing guide Kristian Keskitalo
Halibut fishing in North Norway
Halibut fishing in northern Norway
40 kilo plus halibut
Gordon Mackenzie foul hooking a 15 lb Coalfish in Skjervoy (Norway) on a Pirk, August 2008
Gordon Mackenzie catching a 40 lb Halibut in Skjervoy (Norway) on a Shad, August 2008
Try not to watch this with too much of a jealous attitude. Billy Allen and Harry Warren are in Key West, the sport fishing capital of the world, catching tarpon.
Scottish international boat angler Steve Souter joins his good friend Davy Holt for a days giant skate fishing. They are on board the Laura Dawn skippered by Ronnie Campbell. According to Steve, Davy is the best skate angler in the UK and Ronnie is the best charter boat skipper around so how can he go wrong? The answer is he can’t and they don’t. Giant skate are real monsters of the deep and it isn’t easy to land them once hooked. Try to imagine pulling 200lbs through 500 feet of water. That’s what Steve and Davy have to do. It can be back breaking stuff but very rewarding.
Shaun Cumming joined the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network’s Tagathon bash at Loch Sunart where efforts to preserve dwindling spurdog stocks are a work in progress. Consider spurdog as an…