fishing aberdeen

[biggandy]

going upto aberdeen this week any one got any good marks to fish up there, been once before and could do with a little help on marks if you dont want to post on here PM me please thanks

[gogs]

Andy when are you going?its forecast S/E gales on monday night that will make all the marks virtually unfishable for a couple of days. its dangerous up there with the deep water which makes the swells massive.its then forecast northerley on wed which is ok for a few of the marks as the wind will be of the land. some of the best marks are cove,downies,muchalls,newtonhill,nigg bay,redrocks,portlethen,findon.
best to get yourself a ordanance survey map for the area between stonehaven and aberdeen.
if i head up that way i wait till i get over the hill at stonehaven to see what state the sea is in before i decide where i am going.
dont take any chances if the sea is big,there have been a few washed of in recent years.

[fifer]

It looks like the wind will be from South - South West and quite strong. Any strong wind from a southerly direction is not ideal for fishing round this area. Ideal conditions are no wind and a nice swell, or nice and calm if you are fishing the kelp beds.

Like Gogs said this area is dangerous in any sort of a sea. The water is deep, the rocks are slidey and in a lot of places they slope towards the water. If the conditions are too bad to get on the rocks you could always head for a beach like Inverbervie....although it will get busy if the conditions are right. Another mark that can throw up some good fish is Gourdon pier. There are 2 piers here, an outer and an inner. No matter how bad conditions get you can cast a line at Gourdon.

A mark that is close to Aberdeen where you get good shelter is Downies. Steve Souter did a feature a few years back in Sea Angler where they all caught double figure fish. If you drive into Downies and follow the road right into the village as far as you can go, you come to a turning point. Its right at the end of the road, if there is no one else there you can park but its best to park further up the hill by the houses...that way no one can box you in and saves the locals moaning about parking in the turning point. Im not sure what the mark is called...we call it the two humps you will see why if you go there - aptly named I think...lol.

To get to it follow the path from the road straight down to the water...you can\'t miss it. YOu take the path to the left and basicaly follow it up and over the two humps, follow it round the bottom of the hill on the grassy slope.....you will come to the rocks. Again they slope to the water - you can fish from high up or just at the waters edge depending on conditions. The main thing to watch for is when it is windy going over the two humps is dangerous. There is a narrow path and steep cliffs/hill to both sides.

Fishes best 3 hours up, 3 hours down although can be fished at most states of the tide. Its a horeshoe shaped bay which is not as deep as other marks in the area.....I have fished it a number of times. For reasons I cant explain it fishes amazing one tide then go back on the next and nothing...so hit or miss.

If it is a bit calmer the flat rock at Downies is a good mark. At the bottom of the road instead of going dtraight down take the field to your right and head south. About a 10 min walk, there is a sort of path just follow it till you reach the edge. From here you will see the rocks, best mark is the furthest away rocks. They are flat but again covered in a sort of yellow bloom, when they get wet they are dangerous. Fishing from the front puts you in to real deep water but he ground is mixed, fishing to the right is a big gulley where you cast back towards the shore and the cliff face. I have had some awesome baggs offish from here. Well in excess of 30lb with regular 4 - 6lb fish. There are asos a few conger about here, sometimes they bite clean through your trace....my mate targeted them one night and managed to finaly land one of 25lb ish.

Hope this helps a bit.....if you wantto know anyhting else about these marks or if you have a mark in mind give me a shout and I should be able to offer something on it...

Craig.

[BIGMAN1]

Andy when you going, im going to Arbroath tommorow.

[biggandy]

i\'m going up this thursday the 10th ive been told a lot about the downies .... now a lot of people i have spoke to are getting confused about the doonie point.....now is downie point the one near strathlethan bay or is it the one just up fron castle rock of muchalls or is it some where completely different PLEASE HELP cheers

[gogs]

Andy doonie point is the one just north of muchalls.
downies is just south of portlethen.
blowing a hoolie there just now and then to drop and pick up again thursday.
looks good for the weekend.
if its to rough and you have to fish bervie beach,50-75yrds left of the house beside the carpark is good or the far right of the beach before it hits the rocks is good on the ebb

[fifer]

I have fished Doonie point a few times......I fished there last year with Steve Souter - it should be published in Sea Angler sometime. To be honest never had that much luck there but if you do go the rocks to the right seem to fish best, the ground is cleaner so could fish when its really rough.

[biggandy]

cheers for all help but there still seems to be a little confusion about downie point which one is it

[fifer]

Downie Point is nearer to Stonehaven, Doonie point is next to Muchalls, just under the massive rail bridge.

[biggandy]

right got you so downie point is just past dunnottar castle down the hill on the right as you head into stonehaven please say yes :P

[fifer]

yes

[biggandy]

cheers fifer i know exactually where it is now been briefly before theres a little rock bridge goes over to a large grassed mound and theres rock on the other side is that the one

[fifer]

yeah that sounds like the place......good luck, hope you get a few. Seems to be a bit slow up here so far. Not many fresh run fish yet - hopefully it gets a bit colder over the coming weeks.

[spanner]

LOL...its easy to get confused as there are 4 of them frequently misquoted.

Starting in Aberdeen and heading south:
1. Doonies Farm - actually Doonies Yawn before Cove
2. Downies - the point fifer described just south of Portlethen
3. Doonies Point - just south of Muchalls
4. Downie Point - between Stonehaven and Dunnottar castle.

From a safety perspective make sure you get directions for the right one as the area is potentially very dangerous, especially if you are following the wrong directions and head over the wrong cliff........

The good thing is that if you get the wrong one you still have a good chance of a fish as they all fish well.

[biggandy]

thank you both of you\'s that will help me no end thats gr8 i off up there tomorrow morning so ill let you\'s know how it went


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