Cart

[berwick]

Last two or three trips I have had out on the rocky headlands of Eyemouth I have found quite a few empty small edible crab shells left by seagulls.

I have been fishing with lug, squid, mussel and fish (mackerel and bluey) and have not had a bite in about 10 hours worth of fishing in various conditions and tide times. Well apart from a guillemot that tried to get a bluey head off my hook!

The crab shells got me thinking that if there are cod about they may be targeting crab so cart might be worth a try. Can I make cart at this time of year?

I am basing this question on what I have read about coral content being important and that I think at this time of year there is little/ no coral in the hens. Correct me if I am wrong. Anyone had experience of cart you can buy from online bait companies in term of quality?

[OuTkast76]

I fished eyemouth a month or so back and used cart and pretty much the first 5 or so casts i had good fish on but lost the first 4 in snags...my mate was using yellows and wasnt getting the bites i was on cart so yes its def worth using there, Not much if any coral in them now but the brown meat will still work, I have used the frozen sticks from tackle shops and its nowhere near as good as home made cart

[toonboymc]

Your right Chris home made is better imho

[Tonygdodds]

I had a lot if wasted trips fishing Eyemouth years back(poss15-20)
Then one day spoke to a load of scuba divers who told me about the sea bottom less than 50 yards from the rock edge the ground was rough with rocky gullies seaweed & plenty of cover for sandeels & small fish etc. Beyond that mark it was more sandy stretches with the odd patch of cover weeds etc.
The following weekend I had a change of tactics......light rod with ragworm/mackerel & sandeels you occasionally caught cod if you managed to get past the pollock some of which were double figure fish, I also done short casts with beach rod, peeler crab / squid done the damage with my biggest ever beach/rock cod which weighed in at 14lb
Sadly I havnt fished since & do always think of a return up there

I used to fish a rock mark walk through the caravan site and down the bank onto the rocks & low tide you can jump over the gap & onto another rock with a good depth of water & lots of pollock

[Stores]

I used to fish a rock mark walk through the caravan site and down the bank onto the rocks & low tide you can jump over the gap & onto another rock with a good depth of water & lots of pollock

Hairy Ness.

[berwick]

So it is still worth making my own cart at this time of year (minus coral)?

I fished the high rock ledges on the seaward side just before you get down onto Hairy Ness on Friday. Sounds like you were enjoying some summer time fishing Tony.

I read your catch report a while back Outkast. Fished cart off the red rocks by the sound of it. I have had a few fish off there in past few weeks, most on bluey. Last few trips out though no bait seems to be getting any interest. Only fish caught was a sea scorpion

[bigandy]

That mark sounds like Hairy Ness.

[Tonygdodds]

I've always wondered what it was called,
Brilliant place, and yes it was summer fishing
The pollock were what got me into spinning I was determined to get big fish
Most the time I came home with no memories to reminisce over
But the time I caught fish was possibly a one off but I can still remember it like yesterday
Does it still get regular fish?
It's got me itching to head up there now