Weather: Peeing rain for most of the time, but light winds and mild Sea: Slight chop around 1 foot, but pretty calm. Water was clear Time: 0700-1130 – 4.5 hours Tides: HW 0625 (5.1m) LW 12:22 (1.1m) BST This was planned as a shortish trip out using the inflatable in search of mackerel bait for winter… Continue reading 2 October 2011 – Dunbar
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
Aug/Sept 2011 – Dunbar
A couple of poor trips out of Dunbar at the end of August/early September – next to nothing apart from a few decent pollack and a small sprinkling of ling and codling (but mackerel in plague proportions). First trip since early July was very poor – a handful of decent pollack, best over 7lbs, but nothing… Continue reading Aug/Sept 2011 – Dunbar
July 31 – Dunbar
Weather: Force 2-3 S wind, overcast, mild Sea: 2-3 foot ENE swell, clear water, 14.5 degrees Time: 0630-1300 – 6.5 hours Tides: LW 0940, large tide About time to pick up a few mackerel for bait over the winter, as there’s none at all in the bait freezer at the moment. Normally I try and catch these… Continue reading July 31 – Dunbar
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
3 July 2011 – St Andrews
Weather: Light E wind, dry and sunny Sea Conditions: A moderate (4 foot or so) swell from the NE, but water was clear Time: 1330-1900 – 5.5 hours Tides: LW approx 1040, largish tide Fished with Ian and Tim on Ian’s Raider, taking advantage of our rare tee-shirt weather. Mackerel were a bit elusive to… Continue reading 3 July 2011 – St Andrews
29 June 2011 – Aberdeen
Weather: Light, variable wind, dry and sunny Sea Conditions: Small (2 foot) swell, but pretty clear water Time: 0830-1600 – 7.5 hours Tides: LW approx 0700, mid-range tide Been a couple of years since I’d taken the inflatable up to Aberdeen but it’s one of my favourite east coast venues, mainly because you end up… Continue reading 29 June 2011 – Aberdeen
28 June 2011 – Dunbar (Inflatable)
Weather: Light N/NNE wind, warm, dry and sunny Sea Conditions: Calm and clear Time: 1300-1630 – 2.5 hours Tides: HW approx 1430, mid-range tide A case of grabbing a little sunshine whilst I could – not brilliant fishing, but a lot better than most of the alternatives! Ended up with a few codling, mackerel, tiny… Continue reading 28 June 2011 – Dunbar (Inflatable)
June 10 – Nice surprise from Dunbar
Weather: ESE wind force 1-2, dry and mainly overcast Sea: Modest chop, clear water Time: 1100-1730 – 6.5 hours Tides: HW approx 1000, LW 1600 – smallish tide Had a good day out of Dunbar, with the wind and tide nicely aligned to give a fast but steady drift. Total of 43 coddies and 7… Continue reading June 10 – Nice surprise from Dunbar
June 4 and 5 – Galloway
Weeks of frustration had been building during a very windy May, so the first possibility of a weather window was seized with both hands and Ian and I arranged a couple of days targetting hounds and tope in Wigtown and Luce Bay. Saturday involved a lazy start that saw us launch at Brighouse around 1 p.m.… Continue reading June 4 and 5 – Galloway