East coast meet up 31-01-09

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:38 pm

I am meeting up with a couple of forum members at noon on 31st jan at a east of Scotland mark .The plan is to roam several other marks that can be fished if conditions are not good-but the forecast looks not bad,
High tide is around 4pm and we plan to fish 3 hours before and a couple of hours after Ht
We are targeting cod If you would like to join us PM me
I will give you the address nearer the date
It will be between Arbroath and Stonehaven

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:58 am

Sigh.. wish i was still up in Arbroath i lived there for many years alas i wasnt fishing then !! only been into it for a year now and loving every minute i go

Sue

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:31 pm

you could always visit old friends big grin

and take a rod with you ?

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:03 pm

bump

only 5 days til meet

heres a carrot ! I was out there last night and a 9lb cod was my reward !

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:18 am

WOW great catch!!!

Sue

Regular Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 403 Location: Jedburgh

well done on the 9lb cod....just hoping i can get one for myself on saturday...looking forward to it ... big grin

Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Posts: 1

congrats on the 9lb cod. the cliffs in arbroath r fishing well if ur doing sum high tide night sessions my mate fished it 2 wknds ago got a 12 pounder last cast the rest where between 3 and 7.im up fishing this wknd from sunday to wed cos its looking a bit too ruf for fri and sat. gd luck with the fishing and maybe c u up there if u fish the clifs or ulsan.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:11 pm

fished Arbroath many times cages/cliffs but have only brought in codling Iknow they are having a good season as is usan when conditions are right

we are meeting at a mark north of montrose on Sat It should be a bit of a blower but with an easterly on sat morn it should produce if the leads stay put ?

I am swaying about going out to usan on sunday with the loon -but will wait to see the conditions

abroathmonsta-pm when your going out sometime Im just up the road and I fish from dundee to aberdeen maybe 3-4 times a week I may be able to meet up with sometime

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:01 pm

For those peeps comming tomorrow just been out for a look and conditions look great with a strong easterly blowing and the water is very murky,
I hope the wind eases a bit for tomorrow so that the leads stay on the bottom,

remember your floaties and flasks

Tight lines

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:28 pm

welll???
waiting for your reports!!
hope you all had a great day out!!

Sue

Regular Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 403 Location: Jedburgh

Report of scottish forum meet

Thanks to scottishcodhunter for asking us up to fish the area and i had a very enjoyable day out with him and mac47.
caught my first flounder which was great and mac47 caught a small codling and scottishcodhunter caught a codling to about 3lb.
Conditions were a bit rough and we fished two marks from about 1pm until 6.30pm.
Didnt manage to get my first cod but very happy with my flounder as it adds a fourth species to my catch list.
Once again a big thanks to scottishcodhunter and mac47 for the great day out and the bits of knowledge i gained from fishing with experienced guys.
Tight lines to all
Fishhunter.

p.s hope to get back and catch my first cod before they dissappear again.

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:30 pm

I had a very enjoyable day out yesterday thanks to fishhunter and mac .
The conditions were looking good but it was a direct easterly wnd the first for months , The water was murky but the swells were over 20 feet so it was very difficult to hold the bottom ,
I was hoping the wind would change to a South east but it never did ,so many of the marks would be very unsafe we did move around and many of the peeps we met were having a" week-end from hell" the swell and east wind causing problems for many of the long distant travellers fishing Arbroath to Aberdeen

fishhunters big flatty and then macs codling managed to get our blood pumping and we were hoping for some more but it was quiet for a while ,we were using a mixture of baits fresh /frozen lug razor macky muscles and squid ,I tried my special of large prawn and macky strips soaked for a week in peeler oil - and landed a 3.4 lb codling and that was the biggest of the day
The crack was good and we exchanged stories about the ones that got away so I hope we meet up again soon and conditions bring us some biggies

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:39 pm

mmm i like the mack strips soaked for a week in oil.. n then catch a nice specimen!!!

may steal your recipe!!

sounds like you had a great time out meeting new people and sharing as you say "the one that got a way" tales..
Sue

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:35 pm

sue -remember to wear gloves and keep a tight lid on the bait if you try it -it is smelly stuff and stays on the hands for a long time (lesson learned )

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:14 pm

It was a great day out even though the fish were hiding, the craic made up for the lack of fish. In saying that fishhunters flattie was a stoatir.
Got to agree with scottishcodhunter about the smell from the peeler oil. If he hadn't caught a cod on it , I would have bet that it was the oils smell that chased all the fish away worried

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As an aside I have tried to pm you twice Steve but they don't show up in my outbox can you check and let me know if they got through.
Mac.