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
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A Corkwing for Corkwing (finally)
The early part of October saw me out on Ian’s Raider, fishing out of St. Andrews. The pollack and cod played a little hard to get so we ended up spending 2 or 3 hours chasing wrasse. Ian’s hard-dug rag proved highly successful and a rapid succession of small to middling ballans appeared alongside the… Continue reading A Corkwing for Corkwing (finally)
Sea Fishing Off Dunbar
I’ve not had a day out sea fishing off Dunbar for 10 months, so I was well out of touch. To try and rectify this I slipped the Longliner into the harbour on a quiet Monday morning a couple of weeks ago. Edging out of the harbour my first target was to catch a few… Continue reading Sea Fishing Off Dunbar
Wrassling at St. Andrews
I was debating what to last weekend when Ian dropped me an email suggesting a trip out of St. Andrews with Trevor. The forecast was for a fine sunny day but with a stiff westerly breeze – not perfect, but much easier than an east wind. We duly met up on the harbour pontoons, after… Continue reading Wrassling at St. Andrews