I love Galloway on many levels – it’s wild but not as bleak as the NW Highlands; has a particularly appealing mix of hills, lochs and sea; plenty of interest for a younger family; and easily the most varied and exciting fishing in mainland Scotland. In recent years I’ve only managed to snatch the odd… Continue reading Angling Heaven – Galloway in June
Category: Boat fishing
Anything to do with fishing from a boat
A late start at Dunbar – 19 May
I think this is the latest I’ve started boat fishing the east coast of Scotland for many years, but the very cold spring and strongish winds haven’t been very inspiring. Even today it was 50:50 whether to try Dunbar or head west. Arriving at the harbour just before seven it was quite misty with a… Continue reading A late start at Dunbar – 19 May
Oban Skate Double (just not for me)
End of March and it’s been bitterly cold and snowy for the last 2 or 3 weeks, with a stiff easterly breeze dampening any enthusiasm at all for fishing. Unfortunately Trevor had a week’s holiday booked and wanted a bit of company for at least one day’s fishing so I rather reluctantly booked a day… Continue reading Oban Skate Double (just not for me)
Ice Fishing on Etive
Well, yesterday was one of these days that reminds you why you bother to go fishing in mid-winter. It started before 5 when I left Edinburgh in the midst of a mini-snowstorm, which fortunately petered out quickly as I drove inland, and by the time Alcatraz hit the water in Etive it was a lovely… Continue reading Ice Fishing on Etive
Lifting the Gloom on Etive
Went up to Taynuilt yesterday to get the boat wet for the first time since early December, and fish Etive properly for the first time in many months. It was a nice calm morning, but full of the dank, misty gloom that the Scottish Highlands do so well, with no glimpse of the mountain tops… Continue reading Lifting the Gloom on Etive
Shivering on Sunart
This is the tale of a trip to the wilder parts of Scotland in mid-December, and one that came together quite wonderfully well given the preceding forecasts and work getting in the way of the participants. Of course, trailing a boat across to Ardnamurchan for 3 days fishing hardly counts as a great adventure but… Continue reading Shivering on Sunart
Leven Thornbacks
November 11, Ballachulish I’d gone across to Leven with a view to launching at the bridge only to find the slipway is now effectively blocked off by the RIB used by the sea school at Ballachulish, so I ended up slipping Alcatraz at the slate slip alongside the Isles of Glencoe Hotel. Easy enough to… Continue reading Leven Thornbacks
Etive Fireworks
20 October 2012 – Loch Etive Literally! I was sitting in the boat off Barrs last night when suddenly, after an hour of stargazing, the sky was lit up with great flashes of light as a firework display suddenly started up from behind the old lodge on the north shore. Although the spectacle didn’t last… Continue reading Etive Fireworks
Solo Skating off Oban
October 7th 2012 – Oban It’s been a couple of years since I last fished out of Oban, but the forecast was good and the tides small enough to have a reasonable stab at the skate grounds. Also it gave a chance to meet up with an old friend who I hadn’t seen for almost… Continue reading Solo Skating off Oban
Sunrise over Skateraw
Sept 9th 2012 – Skateraw (near Dunbar) With the days getting shorter again you don’t have to be up that early to catch a sunrise, and it was exactly half past six when the inflatable was pumped up and ready to go, and I watched the sun climb above the horizon. This was a shortish… Continue reading Sunrise over Skateraw