Rigs - As above
Tide - All
Place - Various beach, rock and pier marks in East and North East Scotland
After a lot of PM's, where to go, what species to target, it was D-Day for all the strategic planning to come into action.
Day 1 - Arbroath to St Cyrus
Malky 'Udderman' picked me up and after a short pit stop for a coffee he was quickly ready to crack on with our three day tour. First stop was to be Arbroath cliffs to see if there were any wrasse to be had. Parking up at Vicky Park it was obvious that it was going to be a cracking day weather wise and hopefully the fish going to come out to play.
After a quick walk along the cliff we chose our spot to start the weekend. A nice flatish rocky platform into fairly deep water, about 15-25 ft at high tide. Both of us using sliding float rigs and worms to try and entice out the fish. Working around the rocky ledges and occasionally into deeper open water we moved along the mark and back for a couple of hundred feet trying different spots to no avail. Nae wrasse to show.
Time to change tactics and see if there were any other fish to be had, pollock was the objective or possible some mackies for fresh bait for the weekend. So out with the the spinners it was and quite quickly Malky was into a fish and landed a coalie. I followed shortly after with one of my own.
Fair bit of fun with light gear. We landed about 16 or so over 40 mins the largest about 2.5lbs. Skate bait anyone?
It was a couple of hours before low tide now so we packed up and after a coffee and a natter it was off to Eliott Beach for flatties.
We got the rods out about an hour before low tide and started to scout about to see if there was any lug to be had. Very few casts around and small worms didn't make Malky's effort worth while. We did fine a couple of sand eels washed up onshore. Probably due to the sea bird activity a few hundred yards offshore.
Despite varying bait and hook sizes Malky caught the solitary flounder of out 3 hrs on Eliott. First time I have blanked there in numerous visits, nae happy!
So after a not so swift visit to the chippy it was off to venue three of the day St Cyrus beach to meet up with Malky's pal Daveraver. I'd never met Dave before but he is a nice guy, good to chat to and a pleasure to fish with.
When we had walked down to the beach we found that there was a horde of teenagers having a party on the beach and trying to start a fire, lots of smoke and not many flames, so we set up little off to their right. One of the girls went over to Dave to ask what we were doing. Hmm fishing rods, line, hooks etc a bit of a no brainer there. Dave moved to the other side away from them to avoid any more daft questions. To be fair to them they didn't bother us the rest of the night even if they did have a shit taste in music, though I didn't see a lot of rubbish bags being filled.
Fish wise it was slow to begin with but once the sun lowered in the sky and the wind dropped the fish turned up. A few single flounders for us all and one double shot to Malky. Malky also catching the only dab. I think Dave had four or five flounders when he packed up and Malky and I had five each plus the one dab for Malky when we packed up shortly after.
Day one over it was back to the car for four hours kip (I was to be on milk time!) with a good few fish each.
Not spectacular fishing but a good day none the less and two more to come.
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