Rosguill

2012 Starts

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:19:56 +0000

Mixed weather this season so far – this past 5 years the early part of the season has been settled and from June onwards more unsettled. This is different – hope for a nice summer.

Vis early was good followed by atrocious 2 metres on the Laurentic, but this past trip to the Justicia we had 20 metres, although a little dark due to the plankton.

Water temp on the botton at start of season was 8 centigrade, 9 on the surface – now 9 on the bottom and 10 surface.

East Belfast men at the Turbot AGAIN!!!

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:22:18 +0000

10 pounder

5 pounder

Sand OK also

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:43:33 +0000

Sand fishing ok – Turbot, Dabs, Thornbacks and, of course, Doggies

Thornback Ray

Double - Thornback & Turbot

Plaice

Bitten off – early in season???

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:41:50 +0000

This happens fairly regularly during the season – angler winding up a fish only to be hit by something big and up comes the head. Unusual because of the time of year.

Half a Ling!

Here we go again……2012, yippee

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:38:32 +0000

The usual suspects for May at the Limeburner. Reasonable numbers of Whiting, Haddock, Cod, Red,Tub & Grey Gurnards, Ling, Doggies, Mackeral. All in all, a nice start to the season.

Nice Cod

Haddock - a few around

HMS Hurst Castle

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:36:04 +0000

On her last day’s work of the 2011 season the Rosguill has found HMS Hurst Castle in a little over 80m of water around 12/14 miles north of Tory Island.

HMS Hurst Castle was a British Royal Navy, Castle – class corvette of 1,010 tons built in 1943/1944 which were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943. They were equipped with radar as well as asdic. On the 1st September 1944 she was torpedoed by German submarine U-482 and sunk. 16 men lost.

Diagram of wreck by diver below.

This is probably the last of His Majesty’s Ships to be discovered in my area off north Donegal. It is a really great find and I hope that in 2012 some photographs and video may be taken and be put online. Also, perhaps place a fitting tribute on her in memory of the men who lost their lives.

The mortar launcher in the diagram is very similar or the same as : – http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/exhibitions/navy/objects_photos_search-e.aspx?section=4-D&id=28&page=1

The torpedos are very similar to these: – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hedgehog_anti-submarine_mortar.jpg

Season finishes

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:57:41 +0000

2011 will remain in the memory of most regular divers to north Donegal as the year in which the visibility never really attained its normal clarity. Sure, there were a few days when the water turned to blue gin, but not many. Hard to understand why?

Weather was great right up until start September and as of second half October remains unsettled.

The Rosguill had a relatively sucessful year, pinging 10 new wrecks and diving 5 wrecks not dived since Beasley. Bells recovered from Veronica and Roscommon.

2012 hope to continue diving some of the “virgins” and intend to spend time looking for HMS Hurst Castle.

Few artefacts shown below from the SS Englishman, dived near the end of the season.

Season draws to a close

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:13:48 +0000

Still reasonable fishing – if the weather would allow the Rosguill go wherever.

September fishing

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:36:22 +0000

Fishing September good – Blue Sharks gone? – spoke too soon – caught 2 Blue Sharks very next day – 13 degrees water temperature.

But most other species OK.

First Common Skate at end of season

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:35:16 +0000

Nice female 173 pound Common Skate – first this year on board.