jarrowviking
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Hi lads, the best sea fishing is just about over now up in the scottish borders but with a bit of luck and a settled sea, there could still be fish to be found for at least another month or so.
I took a trip up on sunday and although fishing wasn't a patch on how it usually is at the height of summer I still caught a couple of pollack around the 4lb mark, lots of mackeral, a small wrasse and coaly.
Pollack fishing is great fun but you do have to put a lot of time and effort into catching them, they're just not as prolific over here as on the west coast. When these fish hit though they don't half go and anything over 4lb takes some stopping!
One of two similiar pollack caught on this trip. 4 inch sidewinder lures with orange tails are deadly and are my pick of the bunch.
Still mackeral to be had and in numbers to! Not many coalfish about though or cod.
You need a head for heights for all of the marks along this stretch of coast. It's worth the effort and bum nipping though as the place is spectacular and during august especially the fishing can be great!
The best time to catch pollack is at first light or during a dull cloudy day on lures. Cod and wrasse fishing is best when the sea is flat calm on a glorious sunny day, the kind of day I like best. Peeler crab, ragworm and prawn all work.
No need to cast far either as fish are often found under your rod tip.
The "path" down. A goat track really.
Nearly there.
I only fish here with easily carried bass rods and a very light bag with only the essentials, a selection of floats, lures and 1 to 3 ounce weights. Why use and loose 6 ounce weights when smaller weights are cheaper and easier to carry. I don't take a tripod and prop my rods up on the rocks. Reels are filled with at least 40lb braid or mono.
Weekends often get busy with neoprene nuisances so it's best to try fishing from monday to friday. Although I tried to wave them away this time these numpty dumpties decided to explore the waters within feet of where I was fishing!
More fish frighteners turned up to, not good at all. They show no respect to anglers......£22 in petrol, another £15 on bait and lures, I can tell you I wasn't a happy bunny at all. @$$£$
Anyway the odd fish appeared again about an hour after they ran out of gas.
The lighthouse nearly 300ft above the sea. It's a long way down to all marks.
Can you tell which rock is the crocs back? A hint can you make out the crocodile to the right of the pic?
I'm looking for a fishing buddy or two to keep me company on 5 or 6 trips up to eyemouth and st abbs during next summer, hence the pics as you'll need to know what your getting yourself into, lol. I'll pick you up in my motor from the Tyneside area and take you for free as long as you can provide the fresh peeler crab. (My dodgy knees can't take any more crabbing) Sounds like a deal to me!
You also need to either have a very good head for heights or be familiar with the area. One more thing you will scratch your rods to bits so if your a tackle tart and hate scratches this isn't the place for you, oh! and you need to be fit to, lol.
Just pm me and join me on a few st abbs adventures next year. Tightlines, Dave.
I took a trip up on sunday and although fishing wasn't a patch on how it usually is at the height of summer I still caught a couple of pollack around the 4lb mark, lots of mackeral, a small wrasse and coaly.
Pollack fishing is great fun but you do have to put a lot of time and effort into catching them, they're just not as prolific over here as on the west coast. When these fish hit though they don't half go and anything over 4lb takes some stopping!
One of two similiar pollack caught on this trip. 4 inch sidewinder lures with orange tails are deadly and are my pick of the bunch.
Still mackeral to be had and in numbers to! Not many coalfish about though or cod.
You need a head for heights for all of the marks along this stretch of coast. It's worth the effort and bum nipping though as the place is spectacular and during august especially the fishing can be great!
The best time to catch pollack is at first light or during a dull cloudy day on lures. Cod and wrasse fishing is best when the sea is flat calm on a glorious sunny day, the kind of day I like best. Peeler crab, ragworm and prawn all work.
No need to cast far either as fish are often found under your rod tip.
The "path" down. A goat track really.
Nearly there.
I only fish here with easily carried bass rods and a very light bag with only the essentials, a selection of floats, lures and 1 to 3 ounce weights. Why use and loose 6 ounce weights when smaller weights are cheaper and easier to carry. I don't take a tripod and prop my rods up on the rocks. Reels are filled with at least 40lb braid or mono.
Weekends often get busy with neoprene nuisances so it's best to try fishing from monday to friday. Although I tried to wave them away this time these numpty dumpties decided to explore the waters within feet of where I was fishing!
More fish frighteners turned up to, not good at all. They show no respect to anglers......£22 in petrol, another £15 on bait and lures, I can tell you I wasn't a happy bunny at all. @$$£$
Anyway the odd fish appeared again about an hour after they ran out of gas.
The lighthouse nearly 300ft above the sea. It's a long way down to all marks.
Can you tell which rock is the crocs back? A hint can you make out the crocodile to the right of the pic?
I'm looking for a fishing buddy or two to keep me company on 5 or 6 trips up to eyemouth and st abbs during next summer, hence the pics as you'll need to know what your getting yourself into, lol. I'll pick you up in my motor from the Tyneside area and take you for free as long as you can provide the fresh peeler crab. (My dodgy knees can't take any more crabbing) Sounds like a deal to me!
You also need to either have a very good head for heights or be familiar with the area. One more thing you will scratch your rods to bits so if your a tackle tart and hate scratches this isn't the place for you, oh! and you need to be fit to, lol.
Just pm me and join me on a few st abbs adventures next year. Tightlines, Dave.
I will be back there next year not too sure about the peeler though.
anyway i got my pb wrasse 
it was only three pound but the biggest ive had in 3yrs targeting them iam still feeling it in my legs now 
