Scotland, East coast 17/02/07

[bigroppa]

Went up to St abbs this morning, was a little swell runnig so decided to give it a miss, looked a little dangerous. Moved down the coast and fished Eyemouth for a couple of hours, only 1 small bite. There must have been about 20 seals so decided to move on. We ended up at some cliffs just north of Berwick, We parked the car and had a look around for a way down. We spotted a little old house at the bottom of the cliff so we went and got our gear. The route down the cliff was a little steep,(we followed the sheep tracks). When we eventually got down it all seemed worth it(or so we thought). There was a little outcrop with a big deep bay to the left and very deep water in front. We stayed there for 6 hours and not 1 bite between 3 of us, the conditions looked perfect with a good sea running. Maybie it will be better in the summer with a float or a spinner. Ill definatley be going back for a go. Next time i go ill take a rucksack, dragging a box with 20 sinkers in up a 300ft cliff really takes it out of you.
I took a couple of photos with my phone.

The water was deep but very snaggy.

 

[steva]

nice pic's m8 do you think it would give some good pollock and wrasse sport in the summer then? just i would like to add to my summer mark's cheer's

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Spectacular scenery up that way.

Shame about the lack of fishy action !!

 

[bronson]

topper pics mate !!!!!unluckly about nee fish.

 

[alan]

Nice pictures mate,think you'll have more luck in the summer on a calm day

 

[STEVO]

We did warn ya give it a try in the summer ..end of may - end of august.. and make sure you read stores book the codling crouch prior to heading up there

 

[Mogthemackem]

Know a few people who've fished that place in the summer and have caught decent pollock and wrasse. Looks a lovely place to fish

 

[steva]

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cheer's m8 were on about taking a tent and few crate's up that way this summer. we normally only do dunstanbrugth castle,bednell and howick but just got a lot of undersized pollock last year. plenty mackrel like! ah aye i think we'll take are rods aswell cheer's agian

 

[Dave10]

cheer's m8 were on about taking a tent and few crate's up that way this summer. we normally only do dunstanbrugth castle,bednell and howick but just got a lot of undersized pollock last year. plenty mackrel like! ah aye i think we'll take are rods aswell cheer's agian

I will be up quite alot this summer, where abouts at Dunstanborough castle do you recommend, and if you have any other marks that would be help, cheers dave

 

[marksworld]

cheer's m8 were on about taking a tent and few crate's up that way this summer. we normally only do dunstanbrugth castle,bednell and howick but just got a lot of undersized pollock last year. plenty mackrel like! ah aye i think we'll take are rods aswell cheer's agian

not to be a pain in the arse but dont forget to take ya rubbish emties away
if ya go up, its beautiful up the north, craster, dunstanborough, seahuses, eyemouth etc i hate cleaning others cans and waste up.


cheers
mark

 

[Dave10]

Agree with that had a caravan at Bamburgh for 6 years now love it up there, decided to start fishing this year after many years so will be giving Northumberland a go

Cheers
Dave

 

[steva]

I will be up quite alot this summer, where abouts at Dunstanborough castle do you recommend, and if you have any other marks that would be help, cheers dave

once at the castle dave walk right to the back cliff's you can float fish off the top and couple of the lad's had some good sport just casting a spinner off the cliff straight out letting it sink and then a steady retrive it's snaggy though.you can also spin or float off the bottom rock's to the right got a lot of mackrel off there last year in between tea time and dusk.howick's canny for spinning to. subarine hole just past doctor's house is good for pollock and red cod.and up at beadnell.beadnell point on the back skeer's fishing back in to the bay gave us load's of wrasse on the float and a nice spot spin hope that's some help m8

 

[steva]

not to be a pain in the arse but dont forget to take ya rubbish emties away
if ya go up, its beautiful up the north, craster, dunstanborough, seahuses, eyemouth etc i hate cleaning others cans and waste up.


cheers
mark

it's nee botha m8 we alway's take bags for fish and rubbish so you can put your tar and brush away! cheer's lee

 

[Dave10]

Cheers steva good info will give them a go

 

[marksworld]

it's nee botha m8 we alway's take bags for fish and rubbish so you can put your tar and brush away! cheer's lee

"tar and brush" i will tell everyone who fishes to keep our countryside clean, i did not tar you with any brush its just i fish up there alot and the shite i find is uncanny, i know one day we will lose the right to fish the castle because of the mess and that would be a great shame. last year early on in the season there were two lads from the toon way ish who had fished the night and had a tent with them, all around the tent were cans and crisp packets and general rubbish, when i got down to the cliff the mess there was just as bad. i had a quick chat and they said they were off soon, i remember saying its a canny hike to craster and my answer was ah its ok my mate will stop here i will walk and get the car and just take the gates off there hinges and come and pick me up. i left to fish after that so i dont know what happened but the mess was still there


cheers
mark

 

[steva]

point taking and the castle has got a lot more litter the past two years i first fished it 5y ago and it has declined i wouldent care but there's bin's next to the hut next to the entrance. and the hike's half the fun you can also come in the back way at the golf course less of a walk but the hill's a killer! cheer's lee

 

[marksworld]

steva i sometimes go up to the castle early fish it a couple of hours when more people turn up or there are no fish i like to walk back to the harbour stopping off to fish diffarent marks, its taught me a lot over a few years , i love it up that way even when i dont catch its nice to be out


cheers
mark

 

[markyb]

aye its a lovley walk up tht way theres a nice pub at embleton where u can get a nice pint afta a days fishing in the sun

 

[steva]

aye its a lovley walk up tht way theres a nice pub at embleton where u can get a nice pint afta a days fishing in the sun

trust you m8 to fit a pub and a pint in ha ha

 

[Dave10]

Has anyone fished Ross Northumberland and if so any good, cheers dave