A couple of weeks ago I headed off to Skye, armed with just a spinning rod and lures. My plan was to try a few different marks around the island, with a couple of overnight camps chucked in. Despite leaving before five, it was nearly eleven by the time I snuck into the little carpark… Continue reading Skye Catch’n’Cook
Category: Shore fishing
Anything to do with shore fishing and sea angling, mainly around Scotland. Trip reports over the past few years together with images and video. If you’re after info just on Loch Etive or Loch Leven, etc. you can click on the named category. That will just pull back reports for those venues, but covering both boat and shore fishing.
Sandwood Surf
I visited Sandwood back in May, whilst hiking the Cape Wrath Trail, but had no rod with me 🙁 This time I was better armed 🙂 although peak holiday season ain’t my favourite time of year. I took the easy way to the bay, along the path from Blairmore and sighted Sandwood after 90 minutes… Continue reading Sandwood Surf
Sizzling at Sandwood
As regular readers will know, Sandwood and the country north to Cape Wrath is a favourite of mine. I do try and get there at least once a year, as much just to escape humankind as to do any fishing. I’m always careful to choose my weather, as the far NW experience is hugely dependant… Continue reading Sizzling at Sandwood
Could Do Better…
My alternative title was “Couldn’t do worse”, so perhaps not the trip of a lifetime! Trevor and I raided a remote spot on the west coast and failed rather badly 🙁 We started with high hopes, as we’ve fished here from my boat before, and very successfully. The old forestry pier we planned to try… Continue reading Could Do Better…
Sandwood Surf
The NW tip of Scotland is pretty harsh and forbidding much of the time, but fabulous if you get it right. Most years I do try and spend a night or two listening to the Sandwood surf rolling in. This year my chance came in early June – a bit breezy but a forecast of… Continue reading Sandwood Surf
Overnighter on Etive
As any reader of my blog already knows, I’m partial to the odd overnighter on Etive. Even in February. At least there is more daylight now, even if the full drabness of winter has beaten all colour from the mountains. My hike was its usual soggy self, with a good bit of wind helping blow… Continue reading Overnighter on Etive
A Trek along Etive
My dad would describe the trek along Etive as character building. Very scenic but not easy at the best of times. Today, the mass of thick mud and boulders in front of me was even less appealing as I was laden down with more gear than usual. Up close, the damage was impressive. A huge… Continue reading A Trek along Etive
Peace and Quiet on Etive
I’m often across at Etive over the winter months, both on my boat and from the shore. Whilst the fishing is unspectacular, it is one of the most sheltered places to sea fish in a very windy country. If, like me, you enjoy scenery, solitude and the smoke of a campfire, then Etive is also… Continue reading Peace and Quiet on Etive
A Perfect Kayak on Etive
The Scottish sea lochs are beautiful but I haven’t actually paddled my kayak on Etive for over a year now. Fine autumn weather coupled with the gloomy prospect of impending lockdowns made it an easy choice, however. I dusted down the plastic log, dug out my buoyancy aid and generally made ready! Even so, despite… Continue reading A Perfect Kayak on Etive
Bracadale Spurdogging
For decades I avoided Skye after experiencing poor weather on several visits to the island, away back in the pre-bridge days. My loss of course, and I’ve been back several times in recent years and had far better luck. It’s a fickle place but very rewarding if you catch it right – and steel yourself… Continue reading Bracadale Spurdogging