Excellent Video... I'm mostly a (Remote Hill Loch) Trout Angler these days.. But I worked and fished for many years in these remote areas of Scotland, simply stunning, watching your video unlocked some of my best Fishing & Hiking memories. Thanks. Best wishes for 2019.
Great footage.. I stay near Kyle of Lochalsh a couple of times a year but never have any luck fishing! Great at getting my spinner in a rock or seaweed though. Will film it next time 😀
Thanks Rod. Deepish rocky ground is generally your best bet, and I tend to use either lead head and jellyworm or something like a 40g jig. Have a look at Dimitrios Chariskos channel if you haven't already - loads of videos on Skye pollack.
Hi Doug k...how did you get on fishing in mull today and are you going to do a video....if you are wondering how I know ! You past me in my white antares boat half way to mull ..yes the ones who waved 😉👍
Not great and no would be the short answers! We did get between 40 and 50 pollack and coalies but most were very small and maybe 10-12 over the 2lb mark. Best was a little under 5lb 8oz and I think most of the spawning fish have moved offshore now. 'Twas a good bit windier than I was hoping, which didn't help in a small boat, but we were still drifting and anchoring quite nicely so I really can't blame the conditions. No video partly because of the bouncing around, but mainly because there's a lot of faffing about and it takes a lot of time to do. I don't mind myself but I don't often subject anyone else to the experience - you'll see that most of my videos are when I'm fishing alone and can suit myself what I do. That's actually my first time out on the boat since New Year, as time off and weather just haven't lined up too well this winter. I might pop a report up on Corkwing but I'll need to prise a couple of photos out of Ian as I didn't really take any myself. How did you get on yourselves? It looked like you were heading in the Garvellachs direction the last time we saw you. Were you pollack chasing too? I did think as we passed by that it's nice to have the option of a proper cabin to duck out of the weather!
Hi Doug..sorry not got straight back...(the joys of work and kids) as for Saturday I only managed bach island...wind and tide were not in my favour so headed back to kerrera, caught a few doggies thornbacks whiting and a few small Pollack...however was out by maiden island out of north channel oban last week and the Pollack where there in good numbers had 70 plus in one hour up to 5lb ..as for the cabin on a boat it is a luxury for me as my last boat was an old cathedral hull. my new boat also has double bed toilet and an inboard diesel engine great for warming your hands on .also I've been getting some really nice female spurdogs just near Heather island in the bay up to 15 lb ..as I work most days on a creel boat and get loads of small pouting bobtail squid and octopus etc.. there's plenty of free bait if you ever need just let me know 👍.
Hi Doug. We sure do live in a truly beautiful country don't we. Loved the sunset shot. Infact loads of great shots on the way to the last mark, you called it a hill but it looked more like a cliff to me. What lures and bait were you using a bit more detail would be nice. Was it snaggy on the bottom, it certainly looked deep. And finally where are you on the east coast would love to cast a line with you maybe one day. Im based in Forres and still cant believe youve fished the Muckle Burn. We at least have that in common. Great vid, going on google earth now to see how long the walk to the mark will be. My name is Alan. Tight lines.
Hi Alan,I'd say that the climb down to Rubha Hunish is getting on for 250 feet, but it wasn't difficult in dry conditions - more iffy if there was ice around. The water is definitely pretty deep in places, possibly 80-90 feet at times, and I lost most of the bottom gear to snags or rock ledges. Just standard mackerel baited pulley rigs and 30lb mainline, but I'd probably fish a rotten-bottom rig if I went back. Most of the fish came to metal lures - a Dexter wedge and another random lure whose name I forget. Both around 40-50g and fished sink and draw/jigging style until they joined the seabed permanently. Apart from that I'd fish on a 40g leadhead with a jelly worm or shad attached, but there were a lot of takes that didn't hook up properly, probably because the fish were smaller than I'd hoped for. If you're looking at Google Earth then bear in mind there are easier ways to get to Rubha Hunish - I was deliberately doing a bit of a wander with the rod so took a roundabout route...
Thanks for the speedy reply. I think its about a 3 hour drive from Forres. But you didn't tell me where you live. I will understand if you won't tell me, but we are so close. I'm just a fisherman not a wierdo. I've looked at the marks and they are very remote. There was one time I got into a boggy area and I had to lie on the ground and pull my self through it . Very muddy. I'm a hard core Fisher. I think Toriden wil be easier for me.
Hi Alan, I'm Edinburgh based so Skye and the NW is a long haul for me - something like 5-6 hours, which is why I tend to fish Oban/Etive more often. I've never fished Torridon, although I'll get around to it someday. Decent fish are there from the boat, but I don't know anything about the shore. Funnily enough I wouldn't count myself as anywhere near a hardcore fisherman these days and I like to break up the fishing with hiking, camping and general messing about. Even better if it's all well away from any civilisation!
Thanks very much! I honestly can't remember what I was using in any detail, apart from the fact that I wasn't matching the conditions very well. Leadheads with firetails or shads didn't do well, although they're normally my first choice of lure for pollack. I was getting a lot of half-hearted takes which didn't develop, which is possibly a sign of smaller fish. Metals accounted for most of the fish, but I only had a small handful with me and eventually lost them all. I can remember a dexter wedge doing OK, but the rest were a random collection of cheapo jigging lures - all in the 40-60g range and a variety of colours. Next time I'll take a wider range of metals in the 20-60g range (it's deepish water) and a similar range of soft plastics. Possibly also a few surface lures for shallower marks. You've probably come across him already, but Dimitrios Chariskos has a load of videos on Skye pollack and goes into detail on different methods and lures.
High Doug, when i like to to fishing, i need a license. And if you want to have one, you have to go to a fishing-license-school, like an expensive driving-school. After this you have to make an expensive Test, what is more difficult than a driving-license-test, and at last you have to pay for the license every year. But you may not go fishing on sees a.s.o., where the fishing is privat. There you must buy a horrible expensive extra-license Kindly Fiete from mad old Germany
Hi Fiete,I think that's one thing Scotland is doing OK - no license for sea fishing and it's easy to get out and about hiking and camping, provided you don't act like an idiot. Still plenty of rules and private fishing on freshwater though!Cheers,Doug
Hi Matt - Not really, although I've BBQ'd the odd mackerel or boiled up a few mussels. My main eating fish is cod, but even then I only keep a smallish number, and only from the east coast. West coast fish tend to have more parasites, especially from the sea lochs that tend to feature in my videos. If I was out hiking for a few days then a trout might find itself sizzling to help out with the rations...
LOL - I'm anything but hardcore! Give me cold, dry and sunny any day compared to mild but wet and breezy. A decent sleeping bag and mat and frost's no hardship. I'm just lucky to be able to time things nowadays to grab little weather windows when they come along.
Excellent Video... I'm mostly a (Remote Hill Loch) Trout Angler these days.. But I worked and fished for many years in these remote areas of Scotland, simply stunning, watching your video unlocked some of my best Fishing & Hiking memories. Thanks. Best wishes for 2019.
Great videos, wonderful country. Tapadh leat!
S e do bheatha🙂 It's a lovely part of Skye, worth the effort to get there!
Great video - I am excited to be returning to Skye for the first time in over 20 years, and the first time to fish it. Fantastic.
Videos are stunning Doug
Absolutely top class.The effort, the technical skill and the fishing/exploring ethos. Really good work. Thank you from a fellow wanderer
Great videos. Soon be spring again and I can get up to the NW from Fife.
Magnificent scenery, what a special place
great video Doug ,been meaning to go to skye for years,but end up going to sutherland
Great footage.. I stay near Kyle of Lochalsh a couple of times a year but never have any luck fishing! Great at getting my spinner in a rock or seaweed though. Will film it next time 😀
Thanks Rod. Deepish rocky ground is generally your best bet, and I tend to use either lead head and jellyworm or something like a 40g jig. Have a look at Dimitrios Chariskos channel if you haven't already - loads of videos on Skye pollack.
Very nice
Love the videos
Cheers John - they're fun to make too, at least most of the time!
Hi Doug k...how did you get on fishing in mull today and are you going to do a video....if you are wondering how I know ! You past me in my white antares boat half way to mull ..yes the ones who waved 😉👍
Not great and no would be the short answers! We did get between 40 and 50 pollack and coalies but most were very small and maybe 10-12 over the 2lb mark. Best was a little under 5lb 8oz and I think most of the spawning fish have moved offshore now. 'Twas a good bit windier than I was hoping, which didn't help in a small boat, but we were still drifting and anchoring quite nicely so I really can't blame the conditions. No video partly because of the bouncing around, but mainly because there's a lot of faffing about and it takes a lot of time to do. I don't mind myself but I don't often subject anyone else to the experience - you'll see that most of my videos are when I'm fishing alone and can suit myself what I do. That's actually my first time out on the boat since New Year, as time off and weather just haven't lined up too well this winter. I might pop a report up on Corkwing but I'll need to prise a couple of photos out of Ian as I didn't really take any myself. How did you get on yourselves? It looked like you were heading in the Garvellachs direction the last time we saw you. Were you pollack chasing too? I did think as we passed by that it's nice to have the option of a proper cabin to duck out of the weather!
Hi Doug..sorry not got straight back...(the joys of work and kids) as for Saturday I only managed bach island...wind and tide were not in my favour so headed back to kerrera, caught a few doggies thornbacks whiting and a few small Pollack...however was out by maiden island out of north channel oban last week and the Pollack where there in good numbers had 70 plus in one hour up to 5lb ..as for the cabin on a boat it is a luxury for me as my last boat was an old cathedral hull. my new boat also has double bed toilet and an inboard diesel engine great for warming your hands on .also I've been getting some really nice female spurdogs just near Heather island in the bay up to 15 lb ..as I work most days on a creel boat and get loads of small pouting bobtail squid and octopus etc.. there's plenty of free bait if you ever need just let me know 👍.
Hi Doug. We sure do live in a truly beautiful country don't we. Loved the sunset shot. Infact loads of great shots on the way to the last mark, you called it a hill but it looked more like a cliff to me. What lures and bait were you using a bit more detail would be nice. Was it snaggy on the bottom, it certainly looked deep. And finally where are you on the east coast would love to cast a line with you maybe one day. Im based in Forres and still cant believe youve fished the Muckle Burn. We at least have that in common. Great vid, going on google earth now to see how long the walk to the mark will be. My name is Alan. Tight lines.
Hi Alan,I'd say that the climb down to Rubha Hunish is getting on for 250 feet, but it wasn't difficult in dry conditions - more iffy if there was ice around. The water is definitely pretty deep in places, possibly 80-90 feet at times, and I lost most of the bottom gear to snags or rock ledges. Just standard mackerel baited pulley rigs and 30lb mainline, but I'd probably fish a rotten-bottom rig if I went back. Most of the fish came to metal lures - a Dexter wedge and another random lure whose name I forget. Both around 40-50g and fished sink and draw/jigging style until they joined the seabed permanently. Apart from that I'd fish on a 40g leadhead with a jelly worm or shad attached, but there were a lot of takes that didn't hook up properly, probably because the fish were smaller than I'd hoped for. If you're looking at Google Earth then bear in mind there are easier ways to get to Rubha Hunish - I was deliberately doing a bit of a wander with the rod so took a roundabout route...
Thanks for the speedy reply. I think its about a 3 hour drive from Forres. But you didn't tell me where you live. I will understand if you won't tell me, but we are so close. I'm just a fisherman not a wierdo. I've looked at the marks and they are very remote. There was one time I got into a boggy area and I had to lie on the ground and pull my self through it . Very muddy. I'm a hard core Fisher. I think Toriden wil be easier for me.
Hi Alan, I'm Edinburgh based so Skye and the NW is a long haul for me - something like 5-6 hours, which is why I tend to fish Oban/Etive more often. I've never fished Torridon, although I'll get around to it someday. Decent fish are there from the boat, but I don't know anything about the shore. Funnily enough I wouldn't count myself as anywhere near a hardcore fisherman these days and I like to break up the fishing with hiking, camping and general messing about. Even better if it's all well away from any civilisation!
Fantastic video, enjoyed it very much. Magnificent part of the world.
Can I ask what lures you were using when spinning?
Thanks very much! I honestly can't remember what I was using in any detail, apart from the fact that I wasn't matching the conditions very well. Leadheads with firetails or shads didn't do well, although they're normally my first choice of lure for pollack. I was getting a lot of half-hearted takes which didn't develop, which is possibly a sign of smaller fish. Metals accounted for most of the fish, but I only had a small handful with me and eventually lost them all. I can remember a dexter wedge doing OK, but the rest were a random collection of cheapo jigging lures - all in the 40-60g range and a variety of colours. Next time I'll take a wider range of metals in the 20-60g range (it's deepish water) and a similar range of soft plastics. Possibly also a few surface lures for shallower marks. You've probably come across him already, but Dimitrios Chariskos has a load of videos on Skye pollack and goes into detail on different methods and lures.
Whats this place called in skye . ?! Great fishing
Hi Muhammad - all in the very north of Skye, on or near Rubha Hunish
Braw.... thanks for posting up.
High Doug, when i like to to fishing, i need a license. And if you want to have one, you have to go to a fishing-license-school, like an expensive driving-school. After this you have to make an expensive Test, what is more difficult than a driving-license-test, and at last you have to pay for the license every year. But you may not go fishing on sees a.s.o., where the fishing is privat. There you must buy a horrible expensive extra-license Kindly Fiete from mad old Germany
Hi Fiete,I think that's one thing Scotland is doing OK - no license for sea fishing and it's easy to get out and about hiking and camping, provided you don't act like an idiot. Still plenty of rules and private fishing on freshwater though!Cheers,Doug
Hi Doug, do you ever cook what you catch?
Hi Matt - Not really, although I've BBQ'd the odd mackerel or boiled up a few mussels. My main eating fish is cod, but even then I only keep a smallish number, and only from the east coast. West coast fish tend to have more parasites, especially from the sea lochs that tend to feature in my videos. If I was out hiking for a few days then a trout might find itself sizzling to help out with the rations...
That's a very patriotic Scot at 0:29
I’m English and yet I’d do that no bother. Long live the beautiful land of Scotland
those are some cracking marks
You bet they looked like great marks. Going on Google Earth now to see how long the walk from the car was. LOL.
@@kwimreaperm1674 haha! Message me the info.
Your hardcore lol,thanjs
LOL - I'm anything but hardcore! Give me cold, dry and sunny any day compared to mild but wet and breezy. A decent sleeping bag and mat and frost's no hardship. I'm just lucky to be able to time things nowadays to grab little weather windows when they come along.