The Fishing Thread

Since fishing season is back round the corner thought I'd make a thread! I'm surprised there isn't one already.

Any keen fisherman on here? I'm not really a big fisher myself but we try and get out maybe 5 or 6 times during the summer.

Bunch of my pals are looking for somewhere good to go stay over night for it. Don't like catch and realise so fisherys and really an option.

Any body got any ideas?

Feel free to highjack with general fishing nonsense

 

I've never been fishing in ma puff mate......part from the wee plastic goldfish * at the carnivals

 

me and my m8s go to loch awe and stay over can hire a boat for 40 pound and its yours for the day mostly catch pike biggest weve cought been 8 pound

 

loch earnhead is good for fishing, or try loch lommond

 

Just the local ponds a few years ago, only ever caught a 1 pike.

 

I do a lot of Salmon fishing,,caught 33 last season up to 18lbs..Been out twice this season(caught nothing)and wont be going again till it warms up a wee bit..

 

Uff that's impressive mate. You a fly fisherman or do spin/bait?

Heard Loch Awe is good, we just like getting the rods out going away for a day a camp fire and a few beers.

Magic.

 

All nighter is at Loch Awe is 'awesome'!!! Few of my mates go there each year!!!
Some decent trout there!!
Aye keep away7 from fisheries that makes it too easy!!
Prefer Sea Fishing Mysel though!!!!

 

big into carp fishing, its an absolute obsession just like the tic.

 

dont like to bust yer bubble mate your talking crap, you wouldent get that many even using a net a season, lol tell us all where you got them 33 and dont say the clyde

 

Nothing but rave reviews about the place Went sea fishing before and caught about 40 mackerel, easyest fish in the world

Got a mate who's like that

 

Cant live without my fishing, fee paying night soon then im all set for the season :icon_mrgreen:

used to be in a club that went all over scotland so its fair to say iv fished a good few lochs haha!

few favourites are Loch Awe (just for the pike), Tay, Lubhair, Lubnaig. Loch Fyne as well for the sea trout.

Loch Tay is excellent fishing when the Rainbows escape from the farms, the place is alive with fish haha.

my favourite loch is called Loch Baa, if you go there and dont catch a fish you may as well just chuck it haha!

 

Here's a few of mine i caught last season, caught a few more but theses where the 2 best. Hope to get out alot more this year so watch this space

 

Ha ! Ha ! That's the same fish-you just chnged your jacket!!!!!

 

Whereabouts is Loch Bea?

 

the mid clyde section is fantastic value for money (cheapest salmon fishing in scotland) from dalmarnock bridge to bothwell bridge is fantastic. It better from august till end of season but I have caught grilse from march right the way through the season. some nights below the footbridge to bothwell at the livingston memorial in Blantyre (fish the blantyre side) is the proverbial shooting fish in a barrel. One night I caught 8 fresh sea liced salmon ranging from 5lbs to 15lbs in 3 hours. I must confess to being a philistine by using a copper (trout) toby as opposed to fly.

Biggest pike was 15lbs at the bothwell castle stretch and caught some lovely fresh fish behind the hoover factory at cambuslang.

A salmon was caught in the castle falls pool at Calderwood in EK last season in the rotten calder, first salmon that far up for decades.

 

How heacy were they mate? Looks a couple of crackers

 

Think about 10lb some friends say mor elike 12lb. I lost my scales and didnt get round to getting a new set but a friend who caught a 12lber said his seemed about the same weight when he seen it. Cant wait till the weather breaks and i get out again. I caught these in teh river moy on the west coast of ireland, one of the best if not thee best salmon river in europe. The bailiffs are a bunch a * thou, theyre never done chasing us for not paying,lol, cost a good few quid to fish it but by * im not paying a penny,lol.

 

Did i stick a wig on because my hair is longer ,