wester ross

[MalcolmX]

i am in wester ross at gairloch for a week of photography(1-6 oct) so if any member of wab is about i would be happy to meet for a drink in the evening, failing that does any one know what the fishing is like off the beach (tactics and bait advice needed )

[DL]

Standard cod or flattie type set-up will do fine. Bait - both worms and shelfish available on the beach. Again standard something bright and/or spinny for mackerel.

No need to be a master caster, dont waste effort chucking it out to the horizon esp at the rocky bits at either end of the beach a short walk away. It is reasonably deep just out a bit.

See here for some details, scroll right down to the bottom of the page.

Wild Fishing Scotland

[rlchew]

I would have a drink with you Malcolm if I was in that part of the world.

I wish I was there. I just love Wester Ross and the rest of the Highlands.

Have a great trip. Enjoy the scenery and wildlife. Sorry, haven't got a clue re: fishing!

Richard

[Mr Mag00]

try this site for fishing help

Sea Fishing and Sea Angling Online Magazine
Sea Fishing and Sea Angling Online Magazine

have fun and more success than me?!

[Airehead]

Saithe is all I caught.
A little farther north on the Assynt crofters' estate I asked if I could spin for trout. (Their leaflet says they need more predators to thin out the small ones in the myriad of lochs). All I got was a turned-up nose and "You can fish from the rocks".

Funny coincidence near Gruinard Island - I stopped in a layby and saw a hat bobbing about in the bracken over the wall I wondered what he was doing until he came into full view - it was a birdwatching acquaintance from my home town! Neither of us had known the other was in the area.