Bait - Squid/mackie/sandeels
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys
Tide - high >>> low>>>high
Place -Dunstaffnage/The Priory
I had been looking forward to this trip for a while. An overnighter with some more of the Jedi SAC coffee, craic and hopefully my first spurdog.
The meet up point was at a small bay on the mouth of the Loch (technically out of it) where we would hopefully get some spurs and conger eel.
We were fishing 4 rods between 3 of us and it wasn't long before I saw my first spurrie in the flesh. 1st cast on his second rod Sharpie gets a nice run and smartly lands a beauty of a female spurdog. He's is quite excited as he immediately thinks he has broken double figures and landed a 10lber.
Dimensions taken (length 94cm, girth 36cm, weight 9lb 3oz) and fish tagged and released. Not the 10lber expected but a belter none the less and I was thinking I'd be happy with one half the size :)
After that we all started losing gear so we decided a move was in order and we headed round to the priory mark on Loch Etive proper.
There were a couple of Geordies there would seemed ok to begin with, but once Sharpie started hauling out a load of spurs from 5-8lbs one of the kept trying to cast to the same point as him and getting badly tangled with Andy's line and blaming him.
We all packed up and left around 4 am
I managed 4 LSD's but never managed to get my Spur!
Return trip TBA ASAP.
30 October 2010
17 October 2010
H's Quest for a Fash - take 2
Bait - Squid
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys/flappers
Tide - high >>> low
Place - Elie Lighthouse
After Wednesday's enjoyable but fish-less session Alan was keen to make up for it sooner rather than later. So a night session was agreed for Saturday night.
Anstruther was the agreed upon venue, however there were a few folk set up already so we decided to move down the coast to Elie Lighthouse.
A generous wee coalie broke my blank first cast, which was great as I didn't want this to turn into a third blank in a row. Baits were getting stripped badly again by crabs.
Alan was enjoying getting a lot of bites and more excitement than our previous trip, but that elusive first catch for him was still not coming. He hooked up a few, only to lose them into snags. We were thinking whether it was going to be another fish less session for Alan.
We kept getting distracted from the rod tip by the clean patches of sky and some wonderful starry skies and one spectacular shooting star!
About halfway through the tide Alan finally broke his duck with a nice coalie.
Another fishing obsession is born I think...
We persisted for a few more hours but in the end it was one coalie apiece and one very bloody angry crab for the session. Still when you can get out you need to go for it good tides or not, it bloody beats a night of X-Factor!
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys/flappers
Tide - high >>> low
Place - Elie Lighthouse
After Wednesday's enjoyable but fish-less session Alan was keen to make up for it sooner rather than later. So a night session was agreed for Saturday night.
Anstruther was the agreed upon venue, however there were a few folk set up already so we decided to move down the coast to Elie Lighthouse.
A generous wee coalie broke my blank first cast, which was great as I didn't want this to turn into a third blank in a row. Baits were getting stripped badly again by crabs.
Alan was enjoying getting a lot of bites and more excitement than our previous trip, but that elusive first catch for him was still not coming. He hooked up a few, only to lose them into snags. We were thinking whether it was going to be another fish less session for Alan.
We kept getting distracted from the rod tip by the clean patches of sky and some wonderful starry skies and one spectacular shooting star!
About halfway through the tide Alan finally broke his duck with a nice coalie.
Another fishing obsession is born I think...
We persisted for a few more hours but in the end it was one coalie apiece and one very bloody angry crab for the session. Still when you can get out you need to go for it good tides or not, it bloody beats a night of X-Factor!
H's Quest for a Fash
Bait - squid
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys
Tide - low >>> high
Place - Auchmithie
After I took up fishing and especially after my recent catch of Cod at Arbroath my friend Alan fancied a bash at fishing after a 20 break! Although the weather and tides weren't the best we managed to arrange time we were both free, aaah jobs do get in the way!
I decided to go to Auchmithie nice and safe for Alan to get re-acquainted with rod and reel and to get some casting practice in. A good chance of a catch of some sort as well. So after a well needed pit stop for bacon rolls we got to Auchmithie and set up shop on the main shingle beach.
We soon got everything up and lines in, time for a brew!
Alan was soon back in the swing of things and was enjoying trying to beat his previous casts.
There was plenty of practice to be had with re-baiting as crabs were stripping baits very quickly and again this was actually good for Alan to get plenty of practice.
I had been hoping for a bit of game, but it wasn't to be no bites (blanksville x 2)but an enjoyable day talking cheet all day.
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys
Tide - low >>> high
Place - Auchmithie
After I took up fishing and especially after my recent catch of Cod at Arbroath my friend Alan fancied a bash at fishing after a 20 break! Although the weather and tides weren't the best we managed to arrange time we were both free, aaah jobs do get in the way!
I decided to go to Auchmithie nice and safe for Alan to get re-acquainted with rod and reel and to get some casting practice in. A good chance of a catch of some sort as well. So after a well needed pit stop for bacon rolls we got to Auchmithie and set up shop on the main shingle beach.
We soon got everything up and lines in, time for a brew!
Alan was soon back in the swing of things and was enjoying trying to beat his previous casts.
There was plenty of practice to be had with re-baiting as crabs were stripping baits very quickly and again this was actually good for Alan to get plenty of practice.
I had been hoping for a bit of game, but it wasn't to be no bites (blanksville x 2)but an enjoyable day talking cheet all day.
4 October 2010
Codding About!
Bait - squid
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys
Tide - low >>> high
Place - Arbroath Cages
I was looking forward to tonight's session with Paul and Dougie as it was my first since getting married last month and the first trip in almost a month.
We'd arranged to meet at 5 p.m. and I arrived at about 5 too, to find Paul already fishing. After a wee chin wag I got my gear out of the car and set up next to Paul on the Light house cage at the end of the pier. Lochee Boy showed up and joined us shortly after I arrived.
The weather was great scarcely a cloud or a breath of wind.
This was my first trip targeting cod and I wasn't expecting a great deal as I had my new SL30SH so I wasn't very experienced casting with it or Multies in general. Luckily not a mark that needs a massive cast.
After my first bait was stripped by crabs (Paul had been being plagued by them) I re-baited and cast into the spot Paul had told me to go for (only a short lob 30-40 yrds). After about 3mins I got a nice big nod on the rod, struck and fish on!
I knew I had a decent fish on and it was giving my wee SALT Bass rod a bit of difficulty, but in it came and with some help at the edge to the pier from Lochee Boy I had shortly landed my fist ever cod.
YEAHHHHHH!
A quick weigh later and the scales settled a tad over 5.5lbs, ya beauty, that's dinner sorted for tomorrow.
So I'd been fishing on my first cod trip for about half an hour and blank off with my first ever cod :-) There was a crab on my squid in the cod's mouth and a further three hardback's in it's stomach. I'm not 100% but it looks like it went for the wee bugger whist it was stripping my bait.
Dougie, Nessie and Jammy John turned up about sunset and after a chat set up on cage 3.
There wasn't much going on bite wise for a good hour and a half, but hooked up a couple of fish between 7-8 which quickly spat the hook. Hey ho can't win them all.
It was fully dark by now and I was struggling as I'd forgotten my headlight and tip light. In the shadows I kept thinking I had bites when I didn't, but anther good one came just before 9.
Ho ho, another fish on and this feisty one felt bigger than the first. Through a chorus of 'Ya jammy git' and some more help getting it in from Lochee Boy I had landed my second cod :-)
Not as big as it felt coming in and weighing in in the end bang on 3.5lbs.
I am one chuffed guy right now, with a big grin getting bigger as I have landed the only two fish out of 8 guys fishing!
Mindful of not pushing my luck and an early start tomorrow I left about 9:45 after a great session for me and great crack from the guys.
Planning another trip soon.
Rigs - Pennel Pulleys
Tide - low >>> high
Place - Arbroath Cages
I was looking forward to tonight's session with Paul and Dougie as it was my first since getting married last month and the first trip in almost a month.
We'd arranged to meet at 5 p.m. and I arrived at about 5 too, to find Paul already fishing. After a wee chin wag I got my gear out of the car and set up next to Paul on the Light house cage at the end of the pier. Lochee Boy showed up and joined us shortly after I arrived.
The weather was great scarcely a cloud or a breath of wind.
This was my first trip targeting cod and I wasn't expecting a great deal as I had my new SL30SH so I wasn't very experienced casting with it or Multies in general. Luckily not a mark that needs a massive cast.
After my first bait was stripped by crabs (Paul had been being plagued by them) I re-baited and cast into the spot Paul had told me to go for (only a short lob 30-40 yrds). After about 3mins I got a nice big nod on the rod, struck and fish on!
I knew I had a decent fish on and it was giving my wee SALT Bass rod a bit of difficulty, but in it came and with some help at the edge to the pier from Lochee Boy I had shortly landed my fist ever cod.
YEAHHHHHH!
A quick weigh later and the scales settled a tad over 5.5lbs, ya beauty, that's dinner sorted for tomorrow.
So I'd been fishing on my first cod trip for about half an hour and blank off with my first ever cod :-) There was a crab on my squid in the cod's mouth and a further three hardback's in it's stomach. I'm not 100% but it looks like it went for the wee bugger whist it was stripping my bait.
Dougie, Nessie and Jammy John turned up about sunset and after a chat set up on cage 3.
There wasn't much going on bite wise for a good hour and a half, but hooked up a couple of fish between 7-8 which quickly spat the hook. Hey ho can't win them all.
It was fully dark by now and I was struggling as I'd forgotten my headlight and tip light. In the shadows I kept thinking I had bites when I didn't, but anther good one came just before 9.
Ho ho, another fish on and this feisty one felt bigger than the first. Through a chorus of 'Ya jammy git' and some more help getting it in from Lochee Boy I had landed my second cod :-)
Not as big as it felt coming in and weighing in in the end bang on 3.5lbs.
I am one chuffed guy right now, with a big grin getting bigger as I have landed the only two fish out of 8 guys fishing!
Mindful of not pushing my luck and an early start tomorrow I left about 9:45 after a great session for me and great crack from the guys.
Planning another trip soon.
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