i went off to the highlands week before last and i managed to bag this brute
a 193 lbs common skate in all the two of us had 5, 193 184 111 119 and a 20 lbs this was over 10 hours over two days on a charter boat out of oban which was cheap as chips only 250 quid a day 4 came the first day then the second day we had most of it reef fishing for pollock, coalies and mackerel then 1.5 hours on the skate and got one the 119, the skate, bait was big whole mackerel and i mean big 18-20" long we fished in 500ft of water it was like reeling in a mini! we had some good pollock from the shore on skye which was great fun they went to 10lbs most were 5 to 6 lbs
you can see the skate has got of broken nose and a big slit by its head a bit of a mutant they get the wieght by measuring them and looking at a table that is used the skipper said it was a 200lbs plus fish but as its nose was about a foot shorter than normal the table said 193lbs , as you might imagine im over joyed with the catch