Achiltibuie Pier / Lossiemouth Breakwater

flounder_al

Planned a trip to fish Achiltibiue Pier from LW up and over HW. Weather kind of scuppered that idea but i still tried.

Weather/Wind. Cloudy with showers. Breezey with strong gusts
Sea State. Choppy
Bait. Bluey, Squid, Mackerel and mussel
Tide. HW @ 18.30

Set off from Dingwall at 9.00 and arrived after a tourist ridden drive at just before 11.00

Wind was ok at this point. Set up and was fishing by 11.20. Ground is semi snaggy but strong mainline pulls through. Was only casting about 70 yrds out.

Caught first doggie about an hour into session. Nice fish of about 2lb. Went straight back. 15 mins later i had first thornback. Good clean fish that really pulled against the tide. Cast back out and within 5 mins i was bringing in another thornie. Same sort of size as last one (wasn't same one though).

After that it went a bit quiet. During the fishnig the win was getting up more and it was becomning harder to spot bites on the rod.

I stopped fishing and had something to eat whilst a boat unloaded on the pier.

When the boat left i resumed fishing. Had nothing for about 30 mins and then i after then i had 4 doggies one after the other.

All fish at this time were caught on Bluey and squid. Nothing touched the mackerel. I decided that the wind was getting too much and i was fed up of checking my kit every two mins.

Packed up and decided that the east coast would be a better option. So set off for Lossiemouth.

Arrived at Lossie and set up inbetween the numerous feather chuckers. I was just fishing for the flatties.
Had no bites but the crabs were well fed. They were really out in force and were a real pain.

After the feather chuckers left i decided to do a bit of spinning too. The coalfish were playing around and i landed loads of them. All were under the 1lb size but on light tackle were a joy to catch and release.

Also got 5 mackerel during the session and are now nicely sat in the fridge and freezer.

Highlight of the evening was when 3 bottle nosed dolphins came next to the harbour and started chasing the mackerel. They were beautiful to watch and just capped of a decent day.

Finished fishing at 10.00 and went home for a well deserved drink.

Trull · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: Both sides fishing

Hi Flounder_al

Your trip sounds fun, if you are ever venturing to Aberdeen please get in touch

Tight lines

Trull

flounder_al · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:

Hiya Trull

Head over to Aberdeen way more over the winter periods (october onwards). Will defo give you a shout though. Spend most of my time at Peterhead BW, Portlethen or Inverbervie, but do visit others. Always willing to try more places out though

lugworm · Member Joined: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 21

I love watching the dolphins up your end of the country. The first time I saw them was from the ramparts of Fort George.

Hoping to get up to Lossie later this year to visit some friends, and hopefully get some fishing done.

flounder_al · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject:

Lugworm

Giz a pm when you are coming up and i'll see if i can arrange to show you some marks big grin

lugworm · Member Joined: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 21

Will do mate !