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.
Tag: Etive
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
7th March 2010 – Etive
Weather: Chilly with a light SE wind and mainly overcast. Wind less than 10mph all day Sea Conditions: Calm Tides: 11:36 1.3m Time spent: 0900-1700 – 8 hours Started off at Inveresregan in about 210 feet, and maybe 150 yards from shore. Fishing was slowish – quite a lot of small rattles, probably from whiting… Continue reading 7th March 2010 – Etive
4th October 2009
Weather: Generally good, with a fair bit of sunshine. Initially no wind, later a F2-3 Sea Conditions: Calm, lot of fresh water on surface (esp near head of loch) Time Spent: 0830-1830 – 10 hours Tides: 0743 GMT – 1.9m Started off at Ardchattan, using a small groundbait block alongside the anchor. This produced immediate… Continue reading 4th October 2009