Anyone fishing the east of Scotland gets very familiar with the summer haar, or thick mist that rolls in from the sea after a few days of fine, settled weather. Often it burns off by late morning, but it can last for days as a thick blanket limiting visibility to a few 10s of metres.… Continue reading Fishing the Haar
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A few hours off Dunbar
This past Sunday I took Alcatraz out for a morning trip from Dunbar – her first launch there in almost a year. There was a fairly chunky NE swell running for the first hour or two and, although this settled down a bit as the tide eased off, the wind and tide combined to a pretty… Continue reading A few hours off Dunbar
A modest start to 2014
My 2014 fishing season kicked off in modest style on the Arbroath coastline with an early morning visit to Auchmithie. It’s been several years since I was here and in the dark it took some time to find the track down to the beach, negotiating a minor cliff-fall along the way. Alas, my effort was in… Continue reading A modest start to 2014
Rough Day at Aberdeen
Rough in more ways than one… I was lined up to drive my M-I-L back to Aberdeen from Edinburgh after spending Christmas with us, so thought I may as well get a bit of shore fishing in as well, given that the weather looked suitably awful. Duty done, I hit the cliffs around 2 in… Continue reading Rough Day at Aberdeen
A bucketful of codling
St Andrews can fish quite well in the autumn and early winter, if the weather behaves itself, so I was more than happy to take up Ian’s offer of a trip out even though it was mid-November. The day turned out better than expected with a fairly light SW wind and a bit of sun,… Continue reading A bucketful of codling
Hunting off St Andrews
I’d had a cold for the last couple of days and wasn’t expecting to be doing much over the weekend given the forecast wasn’t great either. However an email from Ian suggesting a Saturday trip was too good an offer to refuse, especially since the fishing off St Andrews and the east coast generally had… Continue reading Hunting off St Andrews
Summer 2013
What with holidays and family commitments I rarely get the chance to do that much fishing in July and August, and that was true for this year too. The inflatable got wet a couple of times off Skateraw as I headed out in the early morning for a few mackerel and codling, and I met… Continue reading Summer 2013
A late start at Dunbar – 19 May
I think this is the latest I’ve started boat fishing the east coast of Scotland for many years, but the very cold spring and strongish winds haven’t been very inspiring. Even today it was 50:50 whether to try Dunbar or head west. Arriving at the harbour just before seven it was quite misty with a… Continue reading A late start at Dunbar – 19 May
Sunrise over Skateraw
Sept 9th 2012 – Skateraw (near Dunbar) With the days getting shorter again you don’t have to be up that early to catch a sunrise, and it was exactly half past six when the inflatable was pumped up and ready to go, and I watched the sun climb above the horizon. This was a shortish… Continue reading Sunrise over Skateraw
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