Sea Angling in Orkney 1968 Part 2

The first common skate ever landed on rod and line in the Orkney Islands. Les Moncrieff landed three and I matched that.
Apologies for the bad gaffing by non-angler Julian Strange. [This was 1968!]
I gaffed the fish in the wing to minimise damage to the skate.
Nowadays ALL skate, if hooked, should be measured carefully, tagged if possible, and released quickly. I haven't targeted common skate for 30 years now.
Lots more fish in the sea.
Tight Lines.
Mike Shepley

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• sea angling in Orkney
• Orkney Islands
• common skate
• Scapa Flow
• deep sea fishing
• drift fishing
• Old Man of Hoy
• Graemsay Island
• Stromness

[TheFlyingScotsman447]

Part 3 (final) should be live by next weekend.

May visit for the Scottish Open Boat Championships September 1,2,3 later this year (2011). First time I fished the event in Orkney (1967) year before this film, Jack Scott caught his British Record halibut of 70 lbs same day as a smashed the Scottish ling record with a specimen of 33 lbs from St John's head. It held the record until beaten off Holborn Head in Caithness during the EFSA European Championships in 1971. Tight lines: Mike Shepley

[shetlandlive]

Great stuff Orkneylive . com has added this to our site, lots of local folk commented on part one. We are looking forward to part 3.