Boat Fishing

The Isle of Man offers some of the finest boat fishing found around the British Isles. All you need to take part in this experience is of coarse a boat! Most of the harbours around the Island are tidal, meaning they drain when the tide retreats. If your boat is on a trailer, slipway access is very easy with wide and clean slipways at most harbours.

Off the south coast of the Island you will find fast tides and deep waters, the ideal home of the big fish such as conger, ling, cod, pollack and pout. The west coast offers relatively shallow waters where you will find most of the 'bin lid' species (flat fish). The east coast upto Ramsey offers the greatest variety of species and the north coast being similar to the west offers a mixed bag.

Boat Speak - Know the terminology 

Boat Hook - rusty wooden handled gaff

Bow - The pointy end of the boat where the waves splash over.

Stern - The look you get from the Skipper when you foul the prop with your line.

Prop - The thing that clunks and bangs after the mechanic has fiddled with it

Port and Starboard - This is where you take a leak

Draft - something like wind, Ithink!

Bridge - this is where the controls live.

Flying Bridge - like the bridge, but you stand on the seat.

Oars - Used when prop falls off. Flares - Distressing wide bottomed trousers.

RADAR - Really Awful Day And Raining

Jumping basking sharks - Well what can I say !!!!!

Here are a few pictures of some Boat fishing venues around the Laxey area

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.

 

click here Bulgham Bay, just north of Laxey. Fishing the bay itself is not very productive, but fishing the point as seen in the picture will see Pollack (callig) upto double figures. The way to fish this spot is by free lining a sandeel whilst drifting along the rock face 100 to 200 yards out.
click here Bulgham Bay again, this time 400 to 500 yards off the site of the old tip, here you will catch flatties and the odd pollack
click here The approach to Laxey Harbour, over sand here, so flatties will be caught on the bottom using worm baits.
click here Another point just north of Laxey, this is the sort of coast you can expect to see while motoring north, all good for pollack using a free lined sandeel or trolling a rubber eel, oh, look out for the goats!

Before renovation (these images are quite large)

After renovation

And with some paint!