With no expectations we went south of Aberdeen from guidance from the lads at Somers Tackle Shop, and got a yomp on. After 20 minutes we found 2 other anglers on the rocks, and headed down for a quick word and pick up some local advice. John and Matty had just got there themselves, and we watched matty get a good couple pounds of pollock on feathers immediately, so following a generous invite for us to join them we legged it back to the car to get some gear and to start fishing alongside them. Ross had a cracking time nailing pollock to about 4lb on a deep spinning rig he'd perfected at his pollock marks in North Wales, whereas I was using jigheads, and so not getting the required depth. Meanwhile John and Matty had a steady stream of codling from bait, giving us immense confidence in the mark, and the general fishing in the area. Luckily that first day I eventually managed a codling of about 2lbs on a savagear sandeel 125mm.
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| Estimated 6lb pollock, at 66 cm |
The next day we joined the pair again, and after going back to somers to stock up on deep spinning rig components, I had more confidence of getting some pollock. For some reason I struggled when Ross was bringing in some decent size fish, until he lent me a firetail sidewinder, first cast of which I got a right battle from a loverly 6lber, a definate pb. not bad for the second scottish session. Shortly after, I lost another which I thought of an even bigger one due to an inconvieniently placed reef in front of us, and Marty also had a cracker of codling on a sidewinder.
This post is published the night before leaving for Aberdeen for my very eagerly awaited third session, which will be full of photos of my lures, rigs and hopefully fish!!
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