Thursday 29 August 2013

Drimnin - 27th and 28th August 2013

A last minute opportunity came up for a fishing trip to Drimnin in NW Scotland which we of course grabbed with both hands.
Drimnin sits on the Sound of Mull and has some very deep water within easy reach of the shore.  We fished more or less constantly for two days and saw plenty of fish.  As always with Scotland the scenery was breathtaking.

The two main marks we fished were the Town Pier (lots of Wrasse and Codling and the occasional Conger) and the West Pier (Very deep - down to 300ft. Most species can be caught here) and we did explore a little further out from these marks looking for new species.  There are hundreds of places to fish in this region. Far too many to cover in two weeks let alone two days.  It was worth the 300 mile drive and I hope to get back up here maybe in October this year.

The fishing is very dependant on the state of the tide in this region.  We fished the West pier over high water yesterday and I managed only a few Coalies on the feathers and a Mackerel in 3hrs.  My parents went back 4 hrs later and caught 30 or 40 fish in half an hour including Pollock to 2lb.  We were lucky to have had the time to fish some marks more than once or we may not have had many fish at all.  It's worth doing your homework before making the drive.....

We managed to catch 10 different species over the two days (Cod, Coalie, Whiting, Dogfish, Ballan Wrasse, Goldsinny Wrasse (new species for me), Tub Gurnard (new species for me also) Mackerel and Pollock.  My father had a conger of 25lb+ that snapped the trace while being landed.....































The one that got away..............


Monday 26 August 2013

Upper Tyne 25th August 2013

I decided to head out for another few hours to fish HW into darkness last night.
I ended up at my typical spot on the Upper Tyne.












Sunday 25 August 2013

The Tyne 25th August 2013




After picking up some fresh crab I decided to get out for an early morning High Water to see if I could find any big Eels.  I decided to fish a mark I used to go to with my father years ago, a pontoon moored near the mouth of the River Ouseburn.  I took only light gear and small hooks.

I managed 5 fish in about 3hrs which I was very happy about.  The biggest of them was a decent 1.5lb.  





Friday 9 August 2013

Holy Island

I managed to get out with my parents last weekend to test run the boat out of Holy Island.  Weather was blustery but red hot. Which made for some great pictures.  All shots were taken with my Galaxy S2