Eyemouth Gold

jarrowviking

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I'm getting hooked on the Summer Cod fishing lately and to feed my addiction, I took the short drive up the coast to Eyemouth in the hope of some nicely coloured Cod with the possibility of one or two hard fighting Wrasse thrown in.

The Golf course marks looked as good as anywhere today.

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Starting at the South end near Scout point I would work my way to the North if fishing was slow or my target species didn't appear.

Loads of Coalies at this mark, it's great catching stuff but they can get annoying after an hour or two, so off it was to another spot before I used up all of my crab on the little pests. lol.

Not great here this time, unless you've got a fetish for Poodlers (Coalfish). So I was offski looking for another likely place to fish.

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Hard work going around those gullies and I rock hopped a couple of times before I found what I was looking for in the form of Eyemouth Gold!

Reel tuned to perfection, I cast out a massive 5 yards and waited.

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The fish often take on a Golden hue here, and at their most extreme are a bright Orange, just like Goldfish.

A good one of 4lb 8 ounces was the result within minutes.

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Then another brightly coloured, but small one.

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Wrasse, get in!, loads of anglers hate them but I love them for their fighting qualities and would happily catch them all day long, given the opportunity.

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Devastation is the time you run out of bait and the fish are still biting. My last fish on my last crab was another worth it's weight in Gold, a very pretty looking fish.

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Note to oneself.....must get more crab soon, tightlines, David.
 
aaahhh slabs of gold..

thats it.. ive gotta go renew my love affair with eyemouth!

I usually go off the point down from the caravans..
 
do the kelp coloured fish taste any different to open water/wreck dwellers -may sound like a daft question but you if you take a moorland lamb which has fed on wild herbs etc you can taste it in the meat was wondering if these were the same.

beautiful looking gold fish tho.
 
A lot argue that it does Jason, but I can't really taste any difference. The colour is more to do with its natural surroundings as opposed to its feeding habits.
 
Cracking piccs and a good report as always - you should be on commission from the Scottish tourist board Dave as your reports always make me want to sling the gear in the car and hit the A1 north :D
 
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