Not much to write about since June – the weather was crap, I barely got out (once in July and August combined) and my fishing was generally unremarkable, which is code for poor. There were a couple of respectable trips aboard Ian’s Raider at St Andrews but even there the fish were down in numbers… Continue reading Summer 2012 🙁
Category: Boat fishing
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25 June – More East Coast Coddie Bashing
Weather: Variable WNW wind, everything from force 1 to 4. Sun and scattered showers. Mild Sea: Slight wave action, but a fairly unpleasant wind against tide chop in evening. Time: Roughly 3.30 – 9.00 p.m. – 5.5 hours Tides: HW approx 6.00 p.m., and a moderate tide Today had a sort of will we, won’t… Continue reading 25 June – More East Coast Coddie Bashing
10 June – Isle of Whithorn
Weather: Dry, calm and sunny all day. Great weather for boating. Sea Conditions: Flat calm and clear. Tides:Large Tide. LW 1100 HW 1700 Time:Launched 0900 and recovered 1800 – 9 hours Decided to make a daytrip to the sub-tropical paradise of Galloway yesterday, and for once the forecast was too pessimistic. No wind and sunny… Continue reading 10 June – Isle of Whithorn
1 June – Coddie Bashing at St Andrews
Weather: Dry, with a mix of scattered clouds and sunshine. Light ENE wind Sea: 2-3 foot NE swell, but fairly clear water Tides: HW approx 1230. Smallish tide Time: Roughly 0930-1430 – 5 hours First shot on Ian Raider out of St Andrews this year, and I was reasonably hopeful after a successful trip from… Continue reading 1 June – Coddie Bashing at St Andrews
27 May 2012 – Dunbar
Weather: Scattered sun and cloud but becoming pretty misty later on, down to 150 yards or so. Sea: Light NE swell, and fairly clear water. Time:Fished approx 0600-1130 This was rather a late kick off for the east coast fishing, as I’m usually out sometime in April. However I’d spent more time over on the… Continue reading 27 May 2012 – Dunbar
22 April – Port Logan/Ardwell Bay
Ah well, the short version is “not a lot to report”, but I’d a good day out anyway, and there were a few fish around as well. I didn’t fancy the sea lochs this weekend, and Dunbar looked to still have a northerly swell running, so I decided to give the south west a shot… Continue reading 22 April – Port Logan/Ardwell Bay
25 March – Loch Leven
After a couple of decent trips to Loch Leven and catching some decent rays, it was a fairly easy choice to make to head back that way for a lazy day’s fishing. The hour had just changed so I took pity on Ian and arranged to meet at Lochearnhead at 7.30, with a view to… Continue reading 25 March – Loch Leven
12 Feb 2012 – Rays galore at Loch Leven
Weather:Calm, or light WNW wind. Dry and cloudy. Cold Sea:Calm Time:0845-1715 – 8.5 hours Tides:HW0920/LW1530 Given two less than fantastic trips to Loch Etive this year I thought I’d revisit a loch that I’ve not fished for several years – Loch Leven. I snuck the boat in at the old ferry slip under the bridge… Continue reading 12 Feb 2012 – Rays galore at Loch Leven
5 February 2012 – Etive (yet) again!
Weather: Cold – but calm. A few showers and a little sun, but mainly overcast Sea: The usual Etive millpond. Surface water temperature up over 2 degrees in past 3 weeks – 6.5, up from 4.3 degrees last trip. Time: 0830 – 1930 – 11 hours Tides: HW 0605 (1.5m) LW 1325 (0.4m) HW 1840… Continue reading 5 February 2012 – Etive (yet) again!
15 Jan 2012 – Etive Fails to Shine
Weather: Cold! – but little wind. A little sun but mainly overcast Sea: The usual Etive millpond, with a few ripples. Temperature down to 4.3 degrees now Time: 0900-1700 – 8 hours Tides: HW 1100 – smallish tide An overdue chance to blow a few cobwebs away saw me leaving home at about 5.30 a.m.… Continue reading 15 Jan 2012 – Etive Fails to Shine