blackrat
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Well me and Mick Dunn travelled up today after planning this trip a few weeks ago, we arrived at the Digs at Premier Inn between Arbroath and Dundee around 2pm and after a sarnie we travelled another 12miles North to my favourite mark at USAN.
With the water at low tide on arrival, things looked good with a nice South easterly blowing and some canny movement on the water.
Parked up at the Salmon Farm and walked about qtr mile South to a ledge I had fished the previous winter with good results.
Mick didn't like the look of it so went another 100 m and found a canny shot.
Baited up with Bluey and Mussel and lobbed it about forty metres into the hole in front, immediately into a fish weighing a good 3lbs, I had not even rebated and Mr Dunn returned to my ledge which HE DID NOT FANCY...talk about haversacking.
2nd cast lost a fish, 3rd another 3lbr out. Mick was chucking to the right whilst I chucked to the left...For the next 3 hrs I had a bite a cast as the tide pushed in, but got hung up with all the fish, they were slack lining the bait and heading down into the kelp and rocks.
Mick then pulls out a fish just under 3lb in the spot HE DID NOT FANCY, Which was quickly followed by another.
Well I must have lost well over a dozen fish along with 16 full sets of gear, so much for rotton bottoms... With Mick only losing 4 sets...
Great to be occupied all night but gutted with the loss of fish.
Micks quote of " Your hole looks better than mine " had me worried for a second.
Any way made our way back to the Fish Farm around 9 pm and bumped into a couple of Marines from Arbroath who had been fishing their National Championship qualifier. They had seven each from the rock edges and the biggest around 8lb.
" that ledge you fished is very tackle hungry ". Get away I replied.
They were canny Crac until Mick said we were SAS. (retired)
Well going back in morning to chuck another bucket of lead away.
Baits used were Bluey, squid crab blacks and cart....all got bites...
With the water at low tide on arrival, things looked good with a nice South easterly blowing and some canny movement on the water.
Parked up at the Salmon Farm and walked about qtr mile South to a ledge I had fished the previous winter with good results.
Mick didn't like the look of it so went another 100 m and found a canny shot.
Baited up with Bluey and Mussel and lobbed it about forty metres into the hole in front, immediately into a fish weighing a good 3lbs, I had not even rebated and Mr Dunn returned to my ledge which HE DID NOT FANCY...talk about haversacking.
2nd cast lost a fish, 3rd another 3lbr out. Mick was chucking to the right whilst I chucked to the left...For the next 3 hrs I had a bite a cast as the tide pushed in, but got hung up with all the fish, they were slack lining the bait and heading down into the kelp and rocks.
Mick then pulls out a fish just under 3lb in the spot HE DID NOT FANCY, Which was quickly followed by another.
Well I must have lost well over a dozen fish along with 16 full sets of gear, so much for rotton bottoms... With Mick only losing 4 sets...
Great to be occupied all night but gutted with the loss of fish.
Micks quote of " Your hole looks better than mine " had me worried for a second.
Any way made our way back to the Fish Farm around 9 pm and bumped into a couple of Marines from Arbroath who had been fishing their National Championship qualifier. They had seven each from the rock edges and the biggest around 8lb.
" that ledge you fished is very tackle hungry ". Get away I replied.
They were canny Crac until Mick said we were SAS. (retired)
Well going back in morning to chuck another bucket of lead away.
Baits used were Bluey, squid crab blacks and cart....all got bites...
Any photos?
