Gaverick
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Well me and Phil have had this trip planned for a while so on Friday night we loaded up the car with gear and began the 3 hour drive to the Mull. We arrived at our camping spot at around midnight due to some delays in setting off so we didn't get to do any fishing as we had planned.
We rose early to a bright start on Saturday and headed over to Port Logan to fish on the rocks. After about 30 minutes of fishing I hooked into a wrasse, probably around the 2lb mark. We had plenty of bites between us but connecting them up was proving difficult in the rough ground. The weather then started to turn a bit nasty with high winds and rain looking likely so we thought it would be best to head back to Ardwell and get the tent up. After setting the tent up and having some food we fished the beach for about an hour then the heavens opened so we scrambled back into the tent and stayed there for the night, managing to get by with only a few minor leaks.
On Sunday the weather was looking good and we headed up to Cairnryan pier. We arrived around 10am and we never stopped catching fish until we left at 7pm. We had Pollack, Flounder, Dogfish, Sprat, Coley, and many many Mackerel.
On Monday we woke up and the wind was howling, we tried float fishing at Port Logan but it was no good. After a bit of pondering we decided it would be best to head back up to Cairnryan. After a bit of fishing from the beach without any luck we moved back onto the pier. Once again the Mackerel were out in numbers and they were chasing all the bait fish up onto the surface and leaping out to get them, it was a crazy sight with Mackerel coming within a foot of the beach. We also had more Pollack and a flounder.
Later in the day we spotted some big Mullet cruising around the pier legs so we got out the spinning rods, a couple of small hooks and some buns. I've seen Henry Gilbey trying to fish for Mullet on TV before and he gets very frustrated, and now I know why. There were many strikes made by me and Phil only for the hook to come flying out of the water and the fish swim away with the bread.
We hooked into 3 fish which quickly got off the hook and disappeared back into the depths but on the 4th fish I managed to keep it on the hook. After a few minutes of tussling with it we managed to haul it up the side and I'd caught my first ever Mullet
We rose early to a bright start on Saturday and headed over to Port Logan to fish on the rocks. After about 30 minutes of fishing I hooked into a wrasse, probably around the 2lb mark. We had plenty of bites between us but connecting them up was proving difficult in the rough ground. The weather then started to turn a bit nasty with high winds and rain looking likely so we thought it would be best to head back to Ardwell and get the tent up. After setting the tent up and having some food we fished the beach for about an hour then the heavens opened so we scrambled back into the tent and stayed there for the night, managing to get by with only a few minor leaks.
On Sunday the weather was looking good and we headed up to Cairnryan pier. We arrived around 10am and we never stopped catching fish until we left at 7pm. We had Pollack, Flounder, Dogfish, Sprat, Coley, and many many Mackerel.
On Monday we woke up and the wind was howling, we tried float fishing at Port Logan but it was no good. After a bit of pondering we decided it would be best to head back up to Cairnryan. After a bit of fishing from the beach without any luck we moved back onto the pier. Once again the Mackerel were out in numbers and they were chasing all the bait fish up onto the surface and leaping out to get them, it was a crazy sight with Mackerel coming within a foot of the beach. We also had more Pollack and a flounder.
Later in the day we spotted some big Mullet cruising around the pier legs so we got out the spinning rods, a couple of small hooks and some buns. I've seen Henry Gilbey trying to fish for Mullet on TV before and he gets very frustrated, and now I know why. There were many strikes made by me and Phil only for the hook to come flying out of the water and the fish swim away with the bread.
We hooked into 3 fish which quickly got off the hook and disappeared back into the depths but on the 4th fish I managed to keep it on the hook. After a few minutes of tussling with it we managed to haul it up the side and I'd caught my first ever Mullet
...some of the lads went up to St Abbs on Sunday - am yet to hear their fishtastic report...
