I'm going to be fishing down in the South West for a few days next week. Cannot wait.
Can anyone who knows the area well, or perhaps anyone who has fished the area recently, please give me an update if you can as to what areas are fishing particularly well, or expected too next week, etc? I'm gonna be fishing alone I think, so I'm not wanting to be fishing particular dodgy spots, or trekking all over the place. I want to spend my time fishing.
I'm not looking for all your favourite spots, just pointers to what's hot and what's not areas. I ain't fishing the Yellow Isle mark at Portpatrick as that nearly finished me off last time. I've been struggling more and more over the last year which is weird as I was always fairly fit prior to then.
Any areas within reasonable travelling range of Auchenlarie Caravan site are potential targets, so any places surrounding Wigtown Bay and Luce Bay, etc, are options.
As it stands at the moment, I'm definitely going to be night fishing Terally Bay, up from The New England Caravan Park. Parking at the lay by, just in front of the house. I'll walk to the left on the beach and fish just to the r/h/s of the rocks (just along from where Mike (Peeler) fished recently I'm sure). I'm planning on getting a couple of rods out there and doing a wee bit of casting around the rocks for pollack, etc during the day using my light telescopic spinning rod. A magic wee rod and reel.
The second spot I was hoping to fish was at Port Logan. It's the large slab of rocks, to the left of the harbour, near to The Port Logan Caravan site. I'm not targeting just Caravan site marks btw
Just up from Auchenlarie, is it worthwhile fishing close to the River Cree for flatties. It's been ages since I caught a flounder, and decades since I specifically targeted them. As it's nearby, I'm toying with the idea of maybe a couple of hours with the lighter gear and giving it a bash.
Ideally, I'd love to be in with a chance of a decent sized conger, so the mark around The Cairn at The Isle of Whithorn is pencilled in too. A better chance at night of course, but it looks rather dodgy there on my todd in the dark. A smootie or huss would be absolutely brilliant too. Quite fancy a wee gurnard as well (Terally Bay maybe).
I know you can have a chance of tope at Terally Bay, but I'd imaging they'll more or less be moving on now, decreasing my chances even more.
So that's my grand plan, or at least, a few possible spots to fish. Hopefully I'll have a chance of picking up a mackie or two for bait or I'll maybe manage to buy a few from the boats. Here's hoping I'll have a half decent report to write up on my return.
Cheers 'n' beers! Eric.
Can anyone who knows the area well, or perhaps anyone who has fished the area recently, please give me an update if you can as to what areas are fishing particularly well, or expected too next week, etc? I'm gonna be fishing alone I think, so I'm not wanting to be fishing particular dodgy spots, or trekking all over the place. I want to spend my time fishing.
I'm not looking for all your favourite spots, just pointers to what's hot and what's not areas. I ain't fishing the Yellow Isle mark at Portpatrick as that nearly finished me off last time. I've been struggling more and more over the last year which is weird as I was always fairly fit prior to then.
Any areas within reasonable travelling range of Auchenlarie Caravan site are potential targets, so any places surrounding Wigtown Bay and Luce Bay, etc, are options.
As it stands at the moment, I'm definitely going to be night fishing Terally Bay, up from The New England Caravan Park. Parking at the lay by, just in front of the house. I'll walk to the left on the beach and fish just to the r/h/s of the rocks (just along from where Mike (Peeler) fished recently I'm sure). I'm planning on getting a couple of rods out there and doing a wee bit of casting around the rocks for pollack, etc during the day using my light telescopic spinning rod. A magic wee rod and reel.
The second spot I was hoping to fish was at Port Logan. It's the large slab of rocks, to the left of the harbour, near to The Port Logan Caravan site. I'm not targeting just Caravan site marks btw
Just up from Auchenlarie, is it worthwhile fishing close to the River Cree for flatties. It's been ages since I caught a flounder, and decades since I specifically targeted them. As it's nearby, I'm toying with the idea of maybe a couple of hours with the lighter gear and giving it a bash.
Ideally, I'd love to be in with a chance of a decent sized conger, so the mark around The Cairn at The Isle of Whithorn is pencilled in too. A better chance at night of course, but it looks rather dodgy there on my todd in the dark. A smootie or huss would be absolutely brilliant too. Quite fancy a wee gurnard as well (Terally Bay maybe).
I know you can have a chance of tope at Terally Bay, but I'd imaging they'll more or less be moving on now, decreasing my chances even more.
So that's my grand plan, or at least, a few possible spots to fish. Hopefully I'll have a chance of picking up a mackie or two for bait or I'll maybe manage to buy a few from the boats. Here's hoping I'll have a half decent report to write up on my return.
Cheers 'n' beers! Eric.
