Weather: Mild night with no wind and some light showers Sea: Calm Time: 2000-2330 – 3.5 hours Tides: It’s been ages since I’ve tried Etive from the shore, and years since I’ve tried the south bank, but I’d identified a decent and fairly accessible spot when dinghy fishing a couple of years ago. Having a… Continue reading 15 October 2011 – Loch Etive
Category: West Coast
Anything relating to Scottish west coast and sea lochs, and exploring and fishing them. This is a catch-all category for posts that don’t fall neatly into one of my usual fishing grounds. For example, posts about Loch Etive are shown in a category of that name. For SW Scotland have a look at Galloway.
18 September 2011 – Loch Etive
Weather: Calm or light winds, warm and quite sunny Sea: Calm, fair peaty colour to surface water further up loch Time: 0830-2000 – 11.5 hours Tides: Moderate tides, HW approx 1100 Lovely day to be out although the fishing was a little slow. I tried about 5 marks during the day, mainly between Airds and… Continue reading 18 September 2011 – Loch Etive
26-27 July 2011 – Loch Etive
Weather: Hot and sunny, with an afternoon sea breeze Sea Conditions: Flat (and 19.5 degrees water temp in the shallows!) Times: Roughly 1400-1900 on Tuesday and 0800-1600 on Wednesday – about 13 hours altogether Tides: LW approx 1120 at Bonawe on Tuesday, small tides Took my son, Mike, and Bonnie the manic spaniel across to Loch Etive… Continue reading 26-27 July 2011 – Loch Etive
April 17-18 – Loch Sunart
Weather: Calm or lightish winds. Overcast on the Sunday and sunny on Monday. Sea: Calm Time: Roughly 1130-1630 on Sunday, and 0730-1530 on Monday – say 13 hours altogether Tides: HW 1822 on Sunday and 0637 Monday (large tide – 4.5m range) March and April are always fairly slow months for salt water anglers, but… Continue reading April 17-18 – Loch Sunart
March 4th 2011 – Loch Carron
Weather: Calm or light SW wind, mainly overcast. Chilly. Sea: Calm, clear and cold Time: Roughly 0845-1445 – 6 hours Tides: LW around 1330 – largish tide I hadn’t been up to Loch Carron for 6 or 7 years, since Ian and I had a windswept week struggling to find a few fish in late… Continue reading March 4th 2011 – Loch Carron
10 Feb 2011 – Loch Etive
A few hours fishing from my Rover inflatable on Loch Etive – chilly but otherwise a beautiful day, with a few thornbacks and spurdogs appearing to keep things interesting.
22 Jan 2011 – Loch Sunart
First time out on the boat for months, thanks to weeks of snow and ice. A bit disappointing in terms of fish, but great to be out once more and blow away a few cobwebs. Judging by the other boats out I wasn’t the only one keen to get on the water again.
20 November – Loch Etive
A fairly typical day at Etive, with decent numbers of thornback and small spurs showing – plus my first ever tagged spurdog recapture. And don’t forget a few mussels picked up for dinner later in the week – a little bonus for the effort spent getting a boat too and from the west coast.
15th August – Loch Etive
More like a family fishing day than my usual efforts, with two kids and a dog for company. Plenty of tiddler spurdogs for amusement, plus a little barbie on the beach miles from anywhere. Lots of sunshine too, so a great day out before it’s back to school next week…
4th April 2010 – Etive
Weather: Warm in the sunshine, but some cool and windy spells Sea Conditions: Calm Tides: Time Spent: 09:30 – 16:30 – 7 hours Took Mike and Bonnie (the dog) over to Etive for a few hours at the start of the Easter holidays. The fishing was fairly poor but we had a modest selection of… Continue reading 4th April 2010 – Etive