Weather: Largely sunny; light ENE wind; warm Sea Conditions: Wind against tide most of the day, so a rather awkward choppiness. No swell. Time Spent: 13:00-18:30 – 5.5 hours Tides: 16:00 – 4.9m Probably my best day out of Dunbar this year, although that’s not saying very much. I didn’t get a lot of fish,… Continue reading 6th August 2009 – Dunbar
25th July 2009 – Dunbar
Weather: Initially cool, with a F2-3 NW breeze (F2-3) until early pm, but warmed up a lot in the sunshine. Sea Conditions: Wind against tide, but clear. Underlying 3-4 foot swell from N Time Spent: 0700-1530 – 8.5 hours Tides: LW 1144 – Large tide I took Bonnie with me today, as she’d be home… Continue reading 25th July 2009 – Dunbar
5th July 2009 – Dunbar
Weather: Calm or light E/SE wind. Dry and fairly sunny. Thunderstorm just after I landed which soaked me as I was sorting out the trailer. Sea Conditions: Fairly calm, with only a 2-3 foot swell Time Spent: 0530-1230 – 7 hours Tides: LW 0930 – moderate tide Kicked off at the River Garry, but the… Continue reading 5th July 2009 – Dunbar
28th June 2009 – Port Logan
Weather: Light SW wind, dry. Cloudy and cool at first, later sunny Sea Conditions: Calm and clear Time Spent: 0430-0930 – 5 hours Tides: HW 0400 – Medium tide Back onshore after my session at Wigtown I was feeling pretty knackered but decided to push across to Port Logan for a few hours fishing on… Continue reading 28th June 2009 – Port Logan
27th June 2009 – Wigtown Bay
Weather: Light SE wind dropping to calm for much of the day; overcast becoming sunny and hot later Sea Conditions: Muddy colour at first (altho fish seemed to like it), then clear as tide pushed through Time Spent: 0900-2030 – 11.5 hours Tides: LW 0930 moderate tide First off was a patch of roughish ground… Continue reading 27th June 2009 – Wigtown Bay
31st May 2009 – Wigtown
Weather: Dry, sunny, light or no wind Sea Conditions: Calm and reasonably clear Time Spent: 0815-1845 Tides: LW 1300 – Moderate tide Took 3 hours to get to Garlieston where I launched with no difficulty and headed out to the Cree and set up for smoothies. Fishing varied during the day, with the best of… Continue reading 31st May 2009 – Wigtown
24th May 2009 – Dunbar
Weather: dry, sunny, variable SW to S wind force 2-4 Sea Conditions: Calm and clear Time Spent: 0615-1115 – 5 hours Tides: LW 0853. Moderate tide I started off at the River Garry, but a series of drifts proved very unproductive and only a single small codling appeared. Part of the problem seemed to be… Continue reading 24th May 2009 – Dunbar
11th May 2009 – Port Logan
Weather: Sunny, but moderate E wind force 4-5 gusting 6 Sea Conditions: Wind chop, but otherwise sheltered Time Spent: 0830-1600 – 7.5 hours Tides: HW 1400 – moderate spring Day 2 of our Galloway weekend saw Ian and I wake up just after 5 at Brighouse, mainly because it was very cold, and were on… Continue reading 11th May 2009 – Port Logan
10th May 2009 – Wigtown
Weather: Calm and sunny Sea Conditions: Calm. Coloured in the estuary. Lot of freshwater after rain. Time Spent: 1500-2130 – 6.5 hours Tides: LW1930 – moderate spring Fished with Ian and launched out of brighouse bay (£18 for tent, car, boat and launch). A late start on Sunday saw us out at Wigtown Bay for… Continue reading 10th May 2009 – Wigtown
2nd May 2009 – Dunbar
Weather: F2-3 westerly which backed F2 easterly for a little while. Mainly sunny with some cloud. Fairly cool. Sea Conditions: Small chop but nothing substantial. Clear Time Spent: 1800-2130 – 3.5 hours Tides: HW 2100 – small tides Started off at the River Garry and tried to tie up to the divers shot line, but… Continue reading 2nd May 2009 – Dunbar