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Corkwing (Doug K)
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Registrace 11. 03. 2014
Sea fishing, wild camping and general fossicking about around Scotland, both afloat and ashore. I love wild, isolated and beautiful locations and angling just provides a good cover story for exploring them. A few expeditions to more far flung spots around the world might also sneak in past the censor.
Arctic Norway | Camp Halibut, Soroya
Highlights from a week spent fishing around the island of Soroya in Arctic Norway. Based at Camp Halibut in Breivik, we had full use of a 24 foot boat with a 200hp Yamaha. We benefitted from some very nice weather, losing only half a day to wind, and fished as far as 35 miles from camp. We had some very nice individual fish, caught in magnificent surroundings, although the overall fishing was rather slower than I'd like.
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Mull Pollack | Etive Trout
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Pollack and trout aren't obvious bedfellows but this trip provided plenty of both - with a great wild camp on Loch Etive thrown in. Day 1 was a long run down the south coast of Mull to reach an inshore wreck. I had hoped just to carry on right around Mull but the wind forecast was a little too iffy to allow that. Instead, I returned to Etive to set up camp for the night and cook some dinner and...
Boat fishing Dunbar - June 2024
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My first Dunbar trip of the year and a bit of a mixed bag - fabulous weather but not too many fish about. On the plus side we'd plenty mackerel, although still a little scattered and mixed in with small coalfish. Cod, pollack and ling were there but thin on the ground, although I did pick up a bonus species that I haven't caught in years👍
Superb Loch Etive wild camp in a hot tent amidst snow covered mountains. Fishing a bit less superb🙂
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A fabulous winter wild camp in the Loch Etive wilderness. Clear skies and snow capped mountains surround my tent and provide a great background to my fishing. A hot tent stove is a fantastic luxury in such conditions and certainly keeps me toasty warm. Shame about the fishing though - only a handful of smallish spurdogs despite my best efforts... I've been asked about my overnight mooring setup...
Winter Adventures on the Sea Lochs: Fishing for Skates and Rays
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A fine wee daytrip to the Scottish west coast in search of skates and rays hiding in the sea lochs. Loads of rays turn up for the party, along with a few of their larger cousins. Even better, there was enough sunshine to drive away the mist and hint that spring might be on its way!
Loch Etive | Solo hike'n'fish in December
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My final fling for 2023 sees me grabbing some December sunshine as I hike down Loch Etive for a few hours shore fishing. I clobbered a deer back in November so I've been off the road whilst my car was getting fixed up, and this is my first time fishing for several weeks. It's as much a hike as a fishing trip as my mark is miles down the loch, along a very squelchy path. Given just how beautiful...
A Peck of Pike
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Today I'm exploring a lovely but remote corner of a small Scottish loch, fishing for pike. My reward is a full shoal of pike, although no monsters appear. A couple of gear disasters liven up the day too - one annoying and the other just stupidity on my part... Along the way we have classic sunshine and showers type autumn weather, with a gazillion rainbows brightening the forest skyline! Great ...
Lazy Autumn Camp on Etive | Hot tent | Kayak | Fishing
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Escaping the autumn gales briefly, I sneak in an overnighter to Loch Etive. I'm shore fishing but using my kayak to get me to where I want to camp for the night. After an amazing paddle down a beautiful, still, loch I get my tent set up right alongside where I want to fish. Dinner is cooked over my campfire, being a juicy piece of rump steak washed down with a nicely fortified hot chocolate to ...
Two Days at the Sandaig Isles | Big Spurdog | Tope | Wild Camping
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It's mid-September now and the days are shorter and cooler, but it's one of my favourite times of year. Plenty of summer fish still available and there are far fewer bugs to bother you! Ian and I headed west, trailing my Orkney Longliner for a couple of days fishing and camping near Skye. No skate this time, but wall to wall spurdogs with fish to over 15lb plus the bonus of a decent tope (going...
Loch Etive | wild camp | fishing | midges!!
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A couple of nights summer camping on a Loch Etive beach with only my boat and a campfire for company. Plagued by gurnards (in a good way) and by midges (in a not-so-good way!). I even managed some trout, including my first on the fly in salt water. Overall I had a really good time in a beautiful, isolated little spot.
Loch Hourn | Kayak Camping on a sea loch
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A fine couple of summer days paddling on Loch Hourn, cooking mackerel on my campfire and wild camping on the Knoydart shoreline. Although I took my gear along I did almost no fishing, just spent most of my time exploring this beautiful coastline. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): uppbeat.io/t/dan-phillipson/making-progress License code: VID3FK1DQMDSBOZ6
Galloway Weekend | Tope and Huss
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Ian and I grabbed our chance at the beginning of June and headed off to Galloway for a shot at tope and huss. We'd three days in total, fishing out on Luce Bay in pretty calm conditions. The tope proved fickle and not around in huge numbers, but we had fish to 43lbs and good numbers of huss to around 14lb 12oz. No camping sophistication, but we'd an easy enough time at the Port William campsite...
My Best Dunbar Pollack | A fine morning afloat
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A grand morning chasing cod and pollack off Dunbar, in beautiful calm seas. It was even warm! Plenty of codling showing but the highlight was a superb inshore pollack hovering just on the 10lb mark. Not a PB but the biggest I've had from Dunbar, so well chuffed with this one. I didn't actually launch at Dunbar this time, but snuck in under the barrier at Skateraw and beach launched from there. ...
Rannoch Trout | Tiny Island Camp | Open Canoe
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Today I'm trying out a new canoe, showing off my poor paddling technique, and chasing a few early season brown trout on Rannoch Moor. Fresh snow on the hills and a calm, still, loch bathed in sunshine means a fabulous paddle but not many trout until the breeze picks up later. A few hours later, and pretty knackered after a lot of paddling and fishing, I overnight on a tiny island beach just inc...
3 Days in Hell | Fishing and camping around Knoydart and Sleat
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A 100 mile trip in chilly end of March weather, exploring Loch Nevis and Loch Hourn in my Longliner. I camped overnight on the shores of Hourn and fished a few different marks to try and get the feel of the place. I probably did as much travelling as I did fishing, but still managed spurs to around double figures and some bonus pollack from the wreck of the Port Napier in Loch Alsh. As for "Hel...
Solo Kayak | Hot Tent | Fishing on Loch Etive in January
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Solo Kayak | Hot Tent | Fishing on Loch Etive in January
Chilling on Etive | Wildcamp | Boating | Campfire cooking | Fishing for Spurdogs
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Chilling on Etive | Wildcamp | Boating | Campfire cooking | Fishing for Spurdogs
Galloway Forest Kayak | A perfect Autumn day searching for Pike
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Galloway Forest Kayak | A perfect Autumn day searching for Pike
Exploring Lorne | Fishing | Boat Camping
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Exploring Lorne | Fishing | Boat Camping
Brownies from a sea loch | SIB fishing and camping | Loch Etive
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Brownies from a sea loch | SIB fishing and camping | Loch Etive
Morvern Wilderness | Kayak | Camp | Fish
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Morvern Wilderness | Kayak | Camp | Fish
Fishing Dunbar - Cod, Pollack and Mackerel in Early Summer
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Fishing Dunbar - Cod, Pollack and Mackerel in Early Summer
Wild (North) West | Sandwood Bay Fish and Wild Camp
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Wild (North) West | Sandwood Bay Fish and Wild Camp
Wet'n'Wild in the Galloway Forest | Wild brown trout and wild camping
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Wet'n'Wild in the Galloway Forest | Wild brown trout and wild camping
Kayaking, Wild camping and Fishing on Loch Etive
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Kayaking, Wild camping and Fishing on Loch Etive
Boat camping and Shore fishing | Loch Etive in Autumn
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Boat camping and Shore fishing | Loch Etive in Autumn
Shore Fishing on Etive in December | Wild Camping with Hot Tent and a Steak over my campfire
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Shore Fishing on Etive in December | Wild Camping with Hot Tent and a Steak over my campfire
How (not) to catch a pike | Hot tent and a wild camp in the Scottish Highlands
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How (not) to catch a pike | Hot tent and a wild camp in the Scottish Highlands
Enjoyed that, some lovely fish
Fantastic trip
Glad you enjoyed it - although I wouldn't want to give the impression that fish were just lining up to be caught! We had some quite slow spells and had to work fairly hard to get fish at times. Cheers, Doug
That looks awesome Doug. I have fallen in love with Norway recently - an amazing place. My kids are always teasing me when I catch a fish, they say, "I bet it's not as big as Doug Ks". You have now officially ruined me with that massive cod!!!!! How am I going to beat that 🎣🎣🎣😅🤣
Hi David - just tell them that I'm fibbing and holding the cod right out towards the camera... half the time it's probably true! Or you could try for the proper skrei cod in March/April🙂 - I'm definitely not going to be in Soroya at that time of year! The scenery is amazing and dramatic for a reason and you have to be pretty tough to survive the winter up there. We stayed at Breivik, winter population = 5. Cheers, Doug
That looked like a great trip, well done on that Cod and the Angler fish looked fearsome.
Well Tony tested out the Angler's teeth and can confirm they are sharp🤣🤣 Strangely enough, I have only ever seen 2 angler fish before and I literally picked them up (alive) from pools in the Ythan estuary one day in winter. Both small, 10-12" long. Over 40 years ago - I took one home in a bucket to show my parents before releasing it again. The Norwegian specimens were altogether more impressive specimens in the mid-20lb range! Cheers, Doug
@@Corkwing-DougK I'll take a look at the Ythan. Last time I was there the Sea Troot were looping as they say. In my younger days I used to scuba dive out of Plymouth. There were some large Angler fish outside the Sound. Once saw a Sun fish from underwater which was quite something.
The Ythan fish were a one-off, probably getting disorientated in cold water and swimming the wrong direction. I used to dig bait at the Ythan regularly and this was the only time I ever saw them, dead or alive. Mind you, there's more species in that area than you might think, especially up towards Rockend and Hackley Bay - I've seen dead conger and lumpsuckers washed up, plus decent bass in the salmon nets (this was back in the 80s), and caught gurnard in Hackley Bay itself. Nets used to catch small turbot too.
@@Corkwing-DougK Thanks for the information. I had some more Haddock today while out on the boat, All very pale coloured fish.
Well Doug, your account of the Soroya trip is a sight for sore eyes.... The variety and size of the species, the boat, the scenery - including the puffin-headed lure 🤔- all contributed to make this one of your best ever videos. Many thanks for dedicating so much time capturing so many highlights of the trip and introducing us to such a wonderful fishing destination. Oh, that boat.......
Hi Charlie - my daughter was horrified when I told her that we were using puffins as bait, so I had to show her proof🤣🤣 As far as I can tell the boat is ballpark £100k so they're definitely not cheaping out (thankfully, given where we were). However, I don't think I could ever get used to the Scandi style of having the cuddy towards the stern rather than the bow - I guess it's because they don't anchor much so there's no benefit in having a nice cabin up front that you can hide behind! Our boat didn't even have an anchor, which prompted some debate amongst the crew, as it's definitely not the sort of place you want to drift ashore! Cheers, Doug
Great wee trip abroad, and very lucky weatherwise.
That's actually my first serious angling trip abroad, unless you count a couple of trips to Ireland many years ago! The weather was generally excellent and better than the video suggests - and definitely better than the same week back home🙂 Now to plan the next expedition...
That was a nice surprise Thanks
Glad you liked it! It was a bit of a change for me, and my first ever visit to Scandinavia. I'll definitely be back at some point, although maybe on some sort of humungous car camp🙂
Great video again Doug still some memorable fish landed and cracking weather considering what we have been getting fish locker channel recently posted a Norway trip he got some huge fish aswell
Thanks John. Fishlocker was only a few miles south of us and in the same location we fished on our last day. I think he had a similar experience to us, with some very nice individual fish but pretty few and far between. We definitely seemed to get better weather tho - no need for thermals😀😀 Cheers, Doug
Thanks for taking the cameras Doug, a spectacular insight into how the other half live & I hope you all get to return some day. I think Trevor was re-living his EFAD days though.
Hi Ash - it was a beautiful place, in a very rugged sense. I'd like to visit again but perhaps as a longer expedition with car and sib or kayak. Soroya looks great for hiking, camping and trouting too🙂 Cheers, Doug
Fantastic video as usual. Will a 2lb Pollock in Loch Sunart ever be the same again! We spent 4 days fishing just south of there in June and had some amazing fish. However this was the first year in 15 that we noticed a real drop in the number of fish. Hopefully it’s not a sign of things to come.
Thanks Peter - I'll no doubt adapt to UK averages quickly enough☹ Just hold the fish closer to the camera 😀 Tony had been to Norway before and he noticed the drop in numbers quite clearly. The guides were open enough about fishing being poor in recent weeks, especially for halibut. With luck it's just a blip! Cheers, Doug
Great to see another old fella not scared to do CZcams channel . I don't fish but I love boating I have a small S.I.B with a Suzuki 20hp 4 stroke and go up and down Loch ETIVE to Oban with my camera and drone.Great video enjoyed watching . Was this 4 weeks ago ? its August the 29th while watching this and I don't remember it being like that this year lol. Oh just noticed your name do you hire boats? Anyway thank you for doing the video. Ray K UK YNWA.
Hi Ray, I'm over at Etive fishing and camping a few times a year but I've no connection to Dougie Bannatyne who does the boat hire on Etive. I uploaded this one at the end of July but the trip itself was two or three weeks before that - this year it's just been a case of grab any break you can in the wind, as there ain't been many. It depends on how complicated the editing is but I usually find it takes me a while to sort out the footage and upload a video - I've got another 2 or 3 that are "almost" ready to go. SIBs are good fun and pretty versatile, although I don't use mine all that much these days - have you ever bumped into Donny Wilcox when you're out on Etive? Cheers, Doug
Thanks for another fine video Doug. You did well to find a couple of fine days for your trip. The weather has been really limiting opportunities for boat fishing this year.
Hi Charlie - even this trip was a bit curtailed from my original plan! The weather has certainly been pretty dismal this year and it's a struggle to get out beyond the sheltered sea lochs. By way of contrast, I'm just back from a week 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle (in Soroya, Norway) and it was warmer, sunnier, calmer and generally much better than back home every day we were there! Cheers, Doug
@@Corkwing-DougK So can we expect a fish-filled video report of your trip😉?
Fish-filled would definitely be exaggerating! Some interesting catches however😁 The real star of the show is really Soroya itself, which is a little like Scotland on steroids with its dramatic and very rugged cliffs.
This place should remain undisturbed.
Quite probably true - but these lochs lie right alongside the main Glencoe road and have to be amongst the most photographed in Scotland, so they're beautiful but perhaps not quite as peaceful as they seem.
Most enjoyable, the food as well as fish.And NOMUSIC, thankGod, nor idiotic laughter the moment a fish gets hooked.
Many thanks - although I think my cooking is best enjoyed under the cover of darkness🤣 It hides many sins!
Hi doug like watching your videos gives me ideas of where to try myself,would u mind telling me in your latest video how far it was from taynuilt slip to the meldon and rough time travel please thanks neil
The Meldon is maybe 30-35 miles from Taynuilt, so I wouldn't recommend the trip just for the fishing - I did it partly just because I like exploring that part of Mull. It'd take a bit under 2 hours travelling. You also need to factor in the tide times at Connel, as the Falls of Lora can be dangerous on a large tide Cheers, Doug
Cracker of a video, and a great selection of kit. Personally I would have kept more of the bigger trout to eat, hot smoked is the way to go.
I don't really eat many trout myself - it might be sacrilege but I prefer haddock and cod myself😀
Lovely video, very relaxing watch good fish too
Many thanks - glad you enjoyed it👍
Looks so peaceful Doug and no midges.😂😂😂
No midges is a very big plus for winter fishing👍 It wasn't even very cold, given it was flat calm and sunny. I really couldn't ask for a better winter camp. Cheers, Doug
Thought that was the bonawe monster you hooked at the end. Nice video and great kit, all the best from N. Connel.
Thanks 👍 Etive is definitely a favourite place to escape for a night or two, and there's a surprising variety of fish to catch - even if they're mainly small! Cheers, Doug
So refreshing to see an angler wet his hands when going to handle fish pre release. Great videos, might see you on beach off Dunbar, I’ve upped the game from my hobie to a wee sib
I'm gradually getting better at such things, although there's always more to learn. Good luck with the sib - I find them a better/easier platform to fish from and they can cover a fair distance too. On the other hand, there's nothing quite like gliding along silently on a flat calm sea👍 I find myself eyeing up packrafts, although I'd probably just kill myself if I tried to use one🤣
Good stuff buddy 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks 👍 Sorry for the late reply but I've been a tad busy just lately - not actually fishing sadly, although managing some prep work for an upcoming trip🙂
Living the dream. What a fantastic trip. Absolutely my sort of trip, beautiful scenery, great fishing , wild camps n no people. Thanks for sharing Doug 👍 Atb Rick n Billydog
Thanks👍 It's one of my favourite places for an overnighter, for all the reasons you give. Mull itself has some stunning and very remote locations for a camp along the southern coasts, especially the little beaches hidden on the Ross of Mull. Cheers, Doug
Cracking video. You just can’t beat the Scottish scenery by boat. Great weather and plenty of fish 👍🎣
Thanks 👍 The south coast of Mull is virtually uninhabited and almost inaccessible from the land along much of its length, so boat is your own real option. And it's certainly a beautiful piece of coastline - the cliffs in the video might not look that big but are actually a little under 900 feet high. Cheers, Doug
Love the videos, can I just ask what is the procedure/method for anchoring the boat while you camp ashore ?
I get asked this quite a bit so I've put some info and a link in the video description - corkwing.co.uk/boat-fishing/setting-an-overnight-mooring/
Thanks I will check out
Great watch mate I didn't realise there was brown in etive I thought just sea trout. Brilliant videos as always
Thanks for watching - you'll get both browns and sea trout, and even rainbows when they stage a break out from the fish farms🙂 Nothing very big but I do get a kick out of catching them! Cheers, Doug
Change the word from pollack to pollock in the title, you'll get more hits
🙂 Minefield! 🙂 If it's an Atlantic Pollock then Europeans call it a Coalfish (or Saithe to us Scots). We have no equivalent to an Alaskan Pollock as far as I know. Either way, we're talking about different species - except when Pollock is used when you really mean the European Pollack (or Lythe, to many Scots). You're probably right about the hits though - although I'll just get slagged off by all my UK viewers for spelling pollack wrong. Sometimes you can't win...🤣
Hey just stumbled across your videos and I’m loving them especially the boat ones around Skye 👍 can I ask how you do that neat trick when anchoring just off the beach? This would be handy to know for my boat! Thanks.
I've been asked about my overnight mooring setup a few times and wrote up some notes on how I do it, which you can find at corkwing.co.uk/boat-fishing/setting-an-overnight-mooring/. I haven't done any YT videos specifically on mooring but my notes link to one video with more info and I think there are one or two others where I also show the technique. It works pretty well but I'd definitely recommend a bit of practice before relying on it overnight. All at your own risk of course, so only do something you're comfortable with!!
@@Corkwing-DougK that’s great thanks for the info, yea I’ve wanted to do an overnight camp for a while but have never really anchored before and I’m a bit nervous about it! Thanks.
No matter what you do, you'll be unzipping the tent door at 2 in the morning to check🙂 I really recommend practicing the technique in daylight (e.g. for a long lunch!) as it's far harder when you're cold and tired and darkness is falling. Cheers, Doug
@@Corkwing-DougK yea I plan to head out one day and do exactly that probably in a couple of locations too to see how it goes and get used to it👍 thanks again and maybe see you out on the water sometime.
Cracking video Doug. I just cannot get enough of the fishing and scenery of Loch Etive and the Inner Hebrides. Just wonderful!
A bit of sunshine has a magical impact on the west of Scotland🙂 Rarity value, I suppose🤣 (especially this year!)
Great video. Im confused though, are those brown trout or sea trout? I understood that brown trout are fresh water and that's a sea loch 😊
Etive salinity is quite low compared to the open sea especially further up, with increased rain lately even more so. So there seems to be a resident population of brownies who pop up the streams to spawn. The low salinity is why the Etive mussel fishery closed although you still see Etive Mussels being punted in local restourants - which is BS as no mussels have been grown on Etive ropes for years now.
As said, Etive has low salinity in its surface waters so you get loads of confused brown trout in the margins - sometimes mixed in with equally confused mackerel, and with spurdog lurking in the depths. It's a strange place...🙂 Sometimes, especially in winter, salinity is so low you can drink from the loch directly.
Lovely, fishy episode there Doug. Thank you for making these gentle fishing stories.
I could make them not so gentle!🤣🤣 I much prefer my trips to be on the warm, calm and wimpish side, and they're much easier to video too🙂 However, there are quite a few tales sitting on the cutting room floor, where trips nosedived into a hard landing!
@@Corkwing-DougK I am sure there are Doug if my fishing moments are anything to go by! You set a wonderful tone and unlike so many CZcamsrs have not fallen into the trap of saying 'you guys'!! Tight lines 🎣
great video, hoping to go and fish and wild camp loch etive soon just concerned about the tides
If you're camping well up the loch, north of Bonawe, then the tides aren't much of a problem, except at the Bonawe Narrows itself where the tiderun can be quite strong if you're in a kayak. You can find the tide times at easytide.admiralty.co.uk/?PortID=0371C (they are significantly different to those at Oban). From the shore, or using a kayak, then tides shouldn't cause any difficulty for camping - just drag any gear above the high water mark. If you're using a boat then you'll need to set a temporary mooring below low water, or else let the boat dry out as the water drops. If you are kayaking then wind is more of a problem than tide, as Etive can be quite blustery. For a kayak or SIB then launching at the very head of the loch is easiest and closest to decent camping spots, but the car park will often be full over the summer (and it's a long detour to find that out!). You can't launch a boat at the head of the loch so your only realistic option is to put in at Taynuilt, using the same place I did at Kelly's Pier. Pick decent weather and a small tidal range and you should be OK - just avoid getting anywhere near the Falls of Lora under Connel Bridge, as that is a dangerous stretch of water. Cheers, Doug
Well done Doug, the trip turned out fine after all. Smashing looking brownies up the loch too & plenty of them by the looks of it.
Hi Ash, I'm sure you recognise some of these places! With a little luck there's still enough summer left to get a trip out to some of the islands for an overnight camp. The Etive trout were going nuts, at least until the sun rose high in the sky. It was certainly good fun👍
Your videos are brilliant Doug, always a great watch! Would love to share a cast with you one day! How amazing is Etive, your maken me plan a trip back up there pronto!
Well, I released a beautifully coloured and large (for me🤣) brownie back into a very small loch right at the end of June - and realised that this was the first time I'd fished freshwater in 2024. I'm gradually getting back into it as I have more time, but I need to reacquire a load of skills I've forgotten since my teenage years. Etive's a bit of a playground in that respect, as you can try quite a mix of things on the one venue - and there's rarely anyone about to see you screw it up🤣
Great fishing! Do you fish barbless Doug?
Not in this video, although I'm edging more in that direction. Most of my non-edible fishing (skate, rays, spurs, etc.) is barbless or crushed barbs and in most cases I've swapped out trebles for barbed singles on lures. The wee Mepps and Droppen blade spinners is really the only area where I'm still using trebles supplied with the lures, and I do want to figure out how swap these out for singles if I can, without losing too many more fish. Two trout in this video were badly hooked on the trebles (out of 30+ that came to the boat) but I'd rather be able to return them all safely if I choose. Cheers, Doug
@@Corkwing-DougK thanks for an honest answer. I'm in the process of going barbless / single hooks too. We'll lose a few more fish no doubt, but my thinking is if we're releasing fish anyway it doesn't really matter too much 👍
Always a superb watch!
Thanks very much. I've actually been doing quite a bit more fishing this year but very little has made it's way to YT. Maybe I'll do a Xmas special with the highlights that didn't quite made a standalone video🙂
@@Corkwing-DougK Would love to meet up for a duet for my channel! Iv got a SIB which is handy, maybe one day eh!
Paradise
Indeed! Etive especially is a favourite, and even the midges were reasonably well behaved on this trip🙂
Thanks for upload 😊
My pleasure 😊 Summer's not over yet either, so time for a few more before the gales return!
@@Corkwing-DougKI'm hoping for an Indian summer,long long one,back down mog end of august 😊
Pity the water couldn’t be like a sheet of glass every time, plenty of fish caught a good trip was had
Yup, I definitely prefer the sheet of glass approach🙂 Sometimes it works against you, if you're drift fishing a sluggish tide as were at Dunbar a few weeks back, but too much wind is usually a much bigger problem than too little.
Thanks Doug, that was a nice watch. I like the mix of fishing and camping, that’s right up my street 👍
Thanks - Etive's not really a red hot venue for fishing these days, but it is brilliant for just chilling out with a tent and catching a few fish on the side. Stunning place which can be uncannily quiet on a calm day. Cheers, Doug
Another great video Doug. Incredible sport on that light spinning gear, good sized pollock, and brownies that fight as hard as sea trout . 👍. You make it look easy.
Glad you enjoyed it. Sometimes it really is that easy🤣 Lining up the nice calm conditions is the difficult part, especially this year!
Great video very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Just watched your Cruden Bay video too - I started out on the Aberdeenshire coastline but it's not a place that features much on YT, at least for boat fishing. Nice to see it on a sunny day🤣
@@Corkwing-DougK Hopefully you'll get to see more as I pick up knowledge of the area from 'Skipper Gordon" 😉
This is such a dreamy video, well done! I love it from start to finish, the camping also looks amazing. I shall try doing something similar with my inflatable boat. Only a couple of hours away from me. thanks for sharing such a nice adventure
Etive is a favourite of mine and great for combining camping with a bit of fishing. Just make sure to pick a decent spell of weather!
great wee watch , love the retro avon and my fave lure for seatroot in the salt is blue n silver toby smaller sizes all ive ever caught with it is seatroot ..your uploads are brilliant . all the best 9ft
Thanks a lot - there should be another video soon, also with Etive in a starring role🙂
How do you that, anchor your boat out in the water? Is it an anchor bungee?
It's effectively a form of pulley rigged against an anchor dropped below the low water mark. I don't think a bungee arrangement would work well enough in a tidal environment although I've not tried it. I've been asked about my overnight mooring setup a few times and wrote up some notes on how I do it, which you can find at corkwing.co.uk/boat-fishing/setting-an-overnight-mooring/. I haven't done any YT videos specifically on mooring but my notes link to one video with more info and I think there are one or two others where I also show the technique. It works pretty well but I'd definitely recommend a bit of practice before relying on it overnight. All at your own risk of course, so only do something you're comfortable with!! Cheers, Doug
@@Corkwing-DougK thank you sir great work on the videos👍🏻
Lovely video and a cracking mix of fish 👌🏻 can I ask what time of year this is please? Thanks
Early August last year. Good luck with the midges if you give it a go🤣
@@Corkwing-DougK cheers. Haha yeah they’re the trouble aren’t they!! Tight lines 🙋♂️
Always good to see Dunbar on a good day, however may I point out boat fishing with waders on not recommended even if weather is good , better to take them off and stow somewhere in cuddy, just trying to be constructive tight lines.
Lovely video Doug! Looked like a great day out!!
Interesting video Doug. Could I ask what you took the Wolf fish on, was it bait or lures? I fish around Whitby where I am told they were once fairly common but have never caught one myself. Still you can always live in hope. Nice to see you out and about again.
Hi Gordon - it took a chunk of mackerel fished on the bottom. I've only ever had three, so less than one per decade! All of them took bait (and all the others I've seen, perhaps another three in total). This is the only one I've seen come to fish bait, the rest taking mussel or lug. Cheers, Doug
Hi Doug, great videos, can you tell me what size of fixed spool reels you were using in your Galloway weekend trip video? many thanks
Hi Tommy, One was a Penn Spinfisher VI 4500 Liveliner and the other a Penn Slammer 560 Liveliner. Both cope OK with the shallow water in Luce Bay although I think the 560 is better suited to the tope. If I was fishing deeper water such as the banks west of Burrow Head then I'd go for a multiplier in preference, although the 560 might just manage. The Liveliner versions of these reels are much better than a standard fixed spool for handling fish like tope that grab and run with the bait. Cheers, Doug
Nice wee session Doug. I've been thinking of heading over east at some point this summer. Ash's ling looked delicious from where I'm sitting😋 I had to do the "J" reverse last time at Dunbar and when I got it right first time I was gutted that nobody was watching🙃
Same for me on the slip - but you can guarantee an eager audience when you least want one😀 We were over at Port William earlier this month but it was cold, windy and pretty hard going - campsite was almost completely empty. You're bound to do better over on "our" side😂😂
@@Corkwing-DougK I'm back over on the other side of Luce Bay at New England Bay this year. I've only been out once there and once from Port Logan. Weather has been shocking. I'll be back down as soon as the wind allows at least a few days out.