Buoy Alba Charters in Argyll | Local business
Buoy Alba Charters
Locality: Argyll
Phone: +44 7854 888293
Address: Craobh Haven Argyll, QLD, Australia
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24.01.2022 Guys I thought I was time I done a post various friends customers and other anglers are asking why I don’t advertise etc and that I should, I would like to announce that Buoy Alba Charters is fully up and running from Craobh Haven Marina in Scotland. Our vessel is a new fast Evolution with 450 horses under the decking pushing you to the marks and a full spread of the latest electronics, a fully heated cabin and hot drinks facilities etc plenty space on deck for great photos ...of your prized catch. Fully coded and insured for 10 Anglers with a 60 mile C.O.P. We are fully kitted out with a full array of Scotland’s finest custom Alba Rods and Shimano Reels for the skate and top of the range rods and reels for general fishing all tackle and end gear is included in our charters, turn up with bait and fish. When Skate fishing we fish a max of six anglers and when general fishing we fish up to 10 anglers. The Skate fishing during the last few weeks has been incredible with the best day seeing a group of anglers from the Isle of Man catching 35 Skate to 181lb. This is the most skate caught by any charter boat in a day and the lads fully deserve the credit they worked extremely hard. On other trips we have been catching Skate to 213lb along with Spurdog, Blackmouth Dogfish, Thornback Ray Pollock Coalfish Mackerel and the odd Haddock. Sponsored by Ammo baits Scotland means we have access to the best baits available and can be delivered directly to the boat. We also work very closely with Mckies Fishing Charters and there vessel Size Matters, this boat needs no introduction as its reputation is well known for big fish all over the UK. With both boats working together you can pretty much guarantee we will be on the fish! We can arrange all accommodation at the marina if you need it and book you a table at the marina pub for when you get back in from a days fishing. If you would like to book a trip or just get some information on booking a trip give us a call, text or message through this page. Ammo baits Scotland has been supplying top quality frozen sea baits to anglers and charter boats around the Uk with consistently great feedback we all know the Ammo brand speaks for itself, if there is any enquires please get in touch. The boat will be moving beginning of June for a change or location and species and returning again October to carry on with the skate, there is some dates available for winter 2019/20 although filling up fast. Thanks Davie 07854888293 FB Buoy Alba Charters
22.01.2022 Big flatties them Great weekend in Scotland with a fantastic skipper and a great bunch of lads 35 skate between us today (7 each)
07.01.2022 We're well into shark season now, been some huge porbeagle caught and the blue dogs will be here in a couple of weeks. We have an offer on shark rigs, bite trac...es 6 and rubbing leaders 8! Bite traces made with 480lb 49 strand wire and a 10/0 Mustad Demon circle hook. Rubbing leaders with 480lb 49 strand wire, 6oz inline lead, 350lb Rosco swivels and coastlocks. Big fish rigs you can rely on!
04.01.2022 I’ve had various people messaging asking about dates and booking trips for the summer months. The boat will be fishing out of Portpatrick from June until October and covering the Irish Sea side of the Rhins of Galloway and also Luce bay and to the north of the Isle of Man when conditions allow and anglers are willing we will be pushing off shore and doing extended trips. Target species will be the fantastic Tope fishing the area is famous for aswell as bullhuss spurdogs pol...lock and all other species the area is famous for. On these trips we also include the very best of rods and reels included in the boat costs aswell as the hot drinks etc. The dates for skate fishing when we are back to our winter marina from the end of October are filling up very fast so don’t hesitate to send a message if you’d like info or to secure dates. Davie
02.01.2022 Our time in Scotland has now come to an end, the last three months have been a great experience for both anglers and my self. Firstly I would like to say a mas...sive thanks to all the staff at Craobh Haven Marina, they have been amazing and could not do enough for me and my anglers. Also all the staff at the lord of the Isles pub where excellent no matter what time we would get back from fishing, the staff would have a table ready for all the anglers for food and drinks. (The food here is excellent). If you have never been to this part of Scotland then you should definitely check it out, not just for fishing but the views, food, drink and wildlife is amazing. The biggest thank you goes to the 244 anglers who booked with us and made the long journey up here from all over the UK and Ireland. Most of them stayed for three to five days spending well over 120,000 on accommodation, food, drink, fuel, fishing, bait and in some cases flights and hire cars. The Skate fishing was truly outstanding at times, we totalled 641 Skate for a total weight of 80617lb!!! We averaged 9.1 Skate a day with the average weight of 125lb 8oz!! 442 Skate where female and 199 were male, we caught 44 over 200lb and 359 over 100lb!! When we fished inside the marine protection zone the recapture rate was around 20%, when we fished out side the marine protection zone the recapture rate was less than 2%. The biggest Skate was caught by Wirrel angler Mick Walsh a cracking fish of 232lb!! Bert Willams from the Wirral caught the first ever Blue Skate in Scottish waters all 22lb of it, this is an exceptional catch in UK waters. The most Skate we caught in one days was 37 for a total weight of 2790lb, by Garry Streeter and his lads from South Wales. The Liverpool A Team consisting of Phil Riley, John Owan, John Mcbride and Paul Hendrick, had the most weight in one day with 20 Skate for a massive total weight of 3590lb!! The best part about this is all the Skate are out there swimming around to be caught again in future. Anglers kept telling me each day what an amazing experience it has been for them to catch big fish in UK waters. If you have never had a fish in UK waters over 100lb then this part of Scotland is definitely the place to do it, you mite even get lucky and catch a Skate over 200lb!! Only four anglers never caught a Skate with us and on another day after returning from an off shore trip the lads wanted a few hours on the skate, this was the only day we never caught a skate. Sadly we only got chance to fish for Six Gill Sharks once over 80 miles out, the sea bed was alive with sea lice and big baits where lasting 25 mins max making the fishing very hard. We went shark fishing on the drift twice but on both occasions we had very tough conditions, wind against tide and no wind at all. We also tried a few gravel and sand banks but once the Spurdogs moved in nothing got a chance at the baits. We did find some amazing Pollack fishing no monster fish but 5lb to 9.5lb, on the both days we went there the lads had 120 Pollack in 2 hours the first day then 90 Pollack in 2 hours the next day. It was great to see massive shoals of fish on the sonar, most importantly the lads only took what they needed for the table and all stopped fishing when they had enough. Last but by no means least there is no way we could of caught this amount of fish without the top quality fishing tackle from our sponsors Shimano UK, thank you for your continued support. Kevin Mckie Size Matters (Scotland) 07999628511. #Shimano #Scotland #mckiesfishingcharters
