Better news to report as we spill into early June (I’m still a long way behind with these reports!). Both sunshine and fish off St. Andrews, including the first east coast double I’ve seen for a good while 🙂 A couple of drifts for mackerel produced nothing, although it’s still quite early for them. Moving… Continue reading East Coast Double
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Life Returns…
Mid-May usually signals lift off for codling along the east coast so I wasn’t surprised to hear Ian was catching quite well. Sunday saw me turn up dutifully at St. Andrews, armed with a shiny new Daiwa rod as well as my usual scruffy gear. We squeezed through the tiny gap in the harbour channel… Continue reading Life Returns…
St. Andrews
Small boat fishing in winter on the Scottish east coast is always a tad chancy in my experience. The odd good fish turns up but you’re usually pulverised by swell and it’s always pretty frigid. However, once in a while I succumb and let hope triumph over bitter experience – hence why I found myself… Continue reading St. Andrews
Pollack and Wrasse
A couple of weeks ago I ventured out onto the North Sea on Ian’s Raider. I’d taken along some ragworm, with a view to tackling the numerous wrasse that live close inshore, whilst pollack and codling were also on the cards. The sea was flat, one of those days where it’s hard to tell where… Continue reading Pollack and Wrasse
East Coast Skate
Roughly a month ago I managed a couple of back to back days fishing the east coast. Day 1 was a nice little trip out of St. Andrews, whilst day 2 was a visit to Trev in the wilds of Aberdeenshire. Back at St. Andrews I met up with Ian and we headed out into… Continue reading East Coast Skate
Codling Galore
Well, that was a good trip! Fishing has been very slow recently on the east coast (unless you like wee coalies). When Ian invited me out for a session on his Raider 18 my expectations were on the low side! Still, mid-May is when things generally kick off and the weather looked decent, so why… Continue reading Codling Galore
St. Andrews
It’s been a wee while since I ventured out from St. Andrews, although Ian was reporting some decent fishing between the autumn gales. Conditions looked good as we headed out from the harbour, and better than forecast for a change. Our initial mark produced plenty of fish, but not really the sort we were looking… Continue reading St. Andrews
Breezy Day at St A.
Scotlands weather obliterated our plans for a 5 day trip to Galloway, so we had to make the best of a bad deal. Consequently, we snuck out on a very breezy day at St. Andrews for a few hours fishing. Trev and I were crewing Ian’s Raider 18, targetting cod and pollack rather than tope… Continue reading Breezy Day at St A.
A Mixed Tale
Just catching up with a few mini-reports. January 2022 has been a mixed experience, with some decent fish on the west coast offsetting “nil points” on the east. Mackerel On the positive side, I picked up several mackerel on the third of January, which I think is my earliest ever. Ian and I had a… Continue reading A Mixed Tale
Fishless and Frozen at St. Andrews
An exaggeration on both counts, but it was a tough day afloat when I paid a visit to Ian last week… – and a short report! The numbers of fish around St. Andrews dwindle as winter sets in but their quality normally tends to improve. Therefore, when Ian suggested a cod hunting session in the… Continue reading Fishless and Frozen at St. Andrews