Popular Post Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 Headed out with Ray today prospecting a mark for Spurdogs. Stopped off of the Camswan wreck on the way out to try and obtain some pout & whiting for bait and to burn up some time so we could hit the mark at St Catherine's in a fishable state. We picked up a few pout for bait and moved out to scout the area for likely looking banks that we suspected should hold Spurdogs. Settled on a good looking spot and dropped the pick, which we struggled with in the tide, we aimed to fish the last hour of the flood, slack and then the start of the ebb. I was fishing 1 uptide and 1 downtider, Ray decided on 3 uptiders and a downtider. We actually managed to get the uptiders dug in in the 3kts of tide and 115ft foot depth with 8ozs. Out went the first of our baits and very quickly the bites commenced, we landed 3 Blonde rays in fairly quick succession, 2 for Ray 1 for me, followed by an Eel a piece in the 35lb range. It was nice to be able to really lean into a fish that put up a real battle in the tide. As the tide dropped slack the bites changed and we boated 4 Spurdogs one after the other 3 on Rays uptiders at the same time and one on mine. As quickly as they came they went and we hit into a run of smaller strap eels. Only managed the 1 picture of the biggest Spur of the day 15.75lbs, mine had taken the hook down and was bleeding so I quickly unhooked and returned and didn't bother with a picture, weighed somewhere in the 13lb range. Better tides next weekend so weather permitting we will head back A good day on the fish just a shame the weather was not as forecast mick, suzook12, JonC and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Nice one Scott. Sounds like a great day out. So spurs are a pack hunter that hit and run. I'd love to tick them off the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Where's his spur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 35 minutes ago, suzook12 said: Where's his spur? On the front of each dorsal fin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Spurs clearly visible in the image when you zoom in suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 50 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Nice one Scott. Sounds like a great day out. So spurs are a pack hunter that hit and run. I'd love to tick them off the list! Very much pack hunters & fast moving so once you hit the first one time is of the essence before they move on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Scotch_Egg2012 said: Only managed the 1 picture of the biggest Spur of the day 15.75lbs, mine had taken the hook down and was bleeding so I quickly unhooked and returned and didn't bother with a picture, weighed somewhere in the 13lb range. Was that with a circle hook ? I normally find circles work a whole lot better on hit & run fish. Very unlucky to get a circle deep hooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 11 hours ago, GPSguru said: Was that with a circle hook ? I normally find circles work a whole lot better on hit & run fish. Very unlucky to get a circle deep hooked. No just standard J hooks, we found the Spurs didn't hit hard and fast, very gentle tugs and a few pull downs but didn't break the lead out, maybe different with a bit of tide run though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Great fishing Scott. Well done! Scotch_Egg2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 awesome - my mate had a spur this weekend too - lovely fish and a great fight! nice fishing! Scotch_Egg2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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