[garybonefish]

Hi All
I fished taynuilt slipway for first time today.
Not quite as good as i had hoped!!
Lovely place ! and the guys i met had caught some mackies one doggie and a thornback earlier on.The latter two were some of the species
That i had been targeting on this weeks break ( with family)
I fished alongside my 14yr old daughter ! who usually catches the best one's if she is with me
We fished at low tide for five hours ! when we left the water was fairly
racing in! I have read a lot of posts about etive ! hadnt heard you needed a grip lead that could doubled for an anchor on the QE2 before
We used mackie strips on pulley rigs ! also tried spinning dexters,jelly worms ,krill mackie feathers.at same time as bait .
What did i catch ??? thats right zilch!!
Well apart from three gurnards of some sort.
Do have a pic will put it on later just so someone can identify it!
whatever they were ?? it was new species to me!
But they were very small about a pound for the three of them combined. We also tried an hour at Ardchattan priory !! but same result. We probably fished wrong spot there as there was no one else there!! the bit we fished was straight down from the church with the blue door??? I have a few days left before heading the 200 miles back home,so i hope i will get out again at least once more
And might yet get a (thornie) .doggie or spurdog,that i came here to
try to catch for the first time.
Regards
Gary:wallbash::wallbash:

 

[JoeJoe]

Hi,
I fished there last week and didn't catch much either. One Dogfish in 5 hours. I used mackeral for bait and one hook rigs cast quite far out. Going by the reports I read on this forum I thought I might be in with a chance of catching a Spurdog. It was raining for a while before I arrived there last week so there would have been a lot of freshwater in the loch and that might have affected the fishing. Also, loch etive is said to fish better at night but I'm sure you could still get a few fish during daylight. I might be back up soon and I think marks like the church or the area around the connel bridge look better since the water is deeper. However I've heard that around the connel bridge you need big grip leads to hold bottom due to the tide. Also you could try the dunollie castle to ganavan area outside Oban. I've never fished there but I have been in the area and there are one or two posts on here from a few years back saying that it is good for pollack and dogfish. Sandeels and squid might be worth a try also. good luck

 

[conger11]

me an a couple of mates are goin to be fishing at dunstaffnage castle this morning just outside oban if your in the area pop by and al give more advice on marks that are fishing well at the moment

 

[troutman2]

Hi m8, a fish'd it last Monday night till 6.30 tues mornin and ended up wi 11 spur/5lsd's and 3 wee red cod, try the squid for the spurs.cheers.

 

[peeler3]

Bad luck at Taynuilt pier ,well done on the gurnards though at least no blank.When i fish there i use mackie,squid and sandeel they seem to do it for me.

 

[Mikeybhoy]

Give it a try during darkness and you should see your results improve . Also give Sandeel and Blueys a try from up there. best with a grip lead as well as the tidel race can be very feirce esp there where the loch narrows

 

[ronfishy]

at taynuilt pier look straight accross the water and you will see an old slipway head round thier,try floats close in,and one rod out.see how you get on.

 

[Mr Balis]

Bad luck mate,

I fished the pier on saturday and had a good night!

It'll be better next time!!

tight lines

 

[boban]

hi m8 me and a few m8s fished etivelast weekend as i read fish the pier rite oppsite taynult pier we caught loads spurrys dog fish thorny bout 5lb sea trout gurnards pollack cod bout 2lb a starp conger and a few comman eels all off us had a great weekend totalling over 60 fish between us mainly on pully rigs wi mackeral as bait seemed to do the damage