The graft that you put in to make your videos has really paid off with some cracking fish. A great well done Nat and hope for more sucess for you in the future. Well presented and a credit to North East anglers.
Eyup Nathan. I once got stuck on an island hopping trip with my missus in the nineties. The wind blew up, ferries didn't sail from Sifnos and the plane went without us. No credit or bank card, almost no cash and a phone card with three quid on it. Now get out of that! We did of course. Thanks for the extra fish, the extra mile and the extra beard is just what happens to proper wild feral fishermen getting amongst it in a big way. Stripes earned there fella. I'll sithi after, Dave.
Alreet Dave, Sounds like a proper adventure! At least I had Mr Visa plugged into my phone so had some cash (even though it wasn't mine). Things are easier these days, I guess, despite the lack of beard trimmer! Tight lines!!
Well you nearly achieved your ambition of becoming an Orkney resident, though maybe less resident and more hermit! 😂 Nightmare on the keys though! I always do the mad dash around thinking I’ve lost them only to realise I’d put them on the car roof! At least the fish gods were smiling on you with some more crackers. Thanks again
That is a grinding baw’ache ; losing keys. Glad that you made it into a jaw ache of a smile at those great fish, Nathan. Well done, kidda, another great watch! What an adventure!
@@SlippyLimpets If you can find the time, Nathan, that would be brilliant mate; your advice is always spot on and valued. Stay safe out there and good luck with the night and cod sessions! Tight lines, mate!
We are lucky in Scotland 🏴🏴🏴 to have a country as good as it is for outdoor adventures. Welcome to our beautiful country 🏴🏴🏴🏴 #FishingScotland
Like you I learnt about car keys a long time ago, I used to attach a spare key by magnet when away from home (not at home) in a secret place when I got out first time, and recovered it returning home. You are long overdue a small campervan my boy. By the way you're perfectly ok fishing between the dan buoys as the pots lie on the bottom . I.e. even if the string of pots are close cast between the buoys, so wind and tide don't get near the buoy line (vertical line), then when coming near the line of pot make sure your lure is well up in the water, when past let it sink again.
When I was into mountaineering, I used to take my spare set and give them to a mate, but seem to have got out of that habit when fishing. Yes a small campervan would be ideal for me and still may get one. Totally get you with the pots, and I do do as you've suggested but the dan ropes were exactly where I need to cast to hit the reef😔 Thanks for the comment and tight lines👍🎣
Would you ever consider using 3ft of wire pike trace? It can be incredibly limp compared to the piano wire everybody used to use and I can’t imagine in lower light conditions it would make much of a difference in terms of visibility.
Lost your keys🔑🔑🗝️? I'll have to try that one next time I am having a good fishing session.🤣🤣🥜 What an amazing place.😮 Well done on yet another 10lb plus pollack.👍👏 Bet Lewis wishes he'd lost his keys too.😄😄😄 I'd have been happy catching coalies.🎣🎣 Thanks for taking the time to share your fantastic adventures that I can only dream about.🛌😴 Take care Nathan and stay safe.😷🙊
Thats one of those nightmare scenarios loosing car keys you cert chose the wildest remotest spot to test your resolve ! Glad the fishing delivered after your ordeal with another double and some other big lumps. Dam those lobster ropes..many a mark has been made much harder by those unfort. Good fishing.
Whoo just caught up with your Orkney vids. . Been avin a nice break away can't wait to catch up mate ! The few bit's I've seen look brilliant. . . Will get back to ya soon Tight Lines in anticipation 👍🎣🎣🎣
What some people do to not go home... loool Love a bit of adventure myself. Nice bit of fishing too - and another massive pollack. My razor claws arrived and I've today put single hooks on them - now I just need to find the time and fuel money to find some fish. Was watching Phil-et-o fish kayak video and you popped up - lol Look forward to your next adventure.
Haha, don't tell Mrs Limpets 😉 Fuel is a nightmare to get fishing, I've had to choose between beer or fuel. I bet you can guess which one I went for. Hope they get you into the fish, and save you a bit of cash compared to using seekers.
Well done , hard work paid off for you, those were some great fish, I live in Aberdeen, met I guy from Orkney on a job a couple years ago, he went on about how good the fishing was 👍
He's right but it's a tough place to fish, compared to places like Skye. Mainly the weather but if you live there then I guess you can choose when you fish. I met 2 lads who had fished for 8 hours on a beach and only had a whiting and a couple of flounders between them, they said to me 'hope you haven't come up for the fishing?' Knocked us a wee bit but at least we found them
Overall, that was a few good sessions with some monster fish for the unexpected extended stay after losing your car keys. Lines of pots directly across a great fishing mark is always a pain, but like you said, got to make the most of it, and you both sure did. Enjoyed your latest adventures bud, and some awesome fish caught. All the best and tight Lines.
Great video, might have to head there in the Autumn! I Tell you what's hell of a lot worse than this drama, doing the same but without your fishing gear! Got stuck in Santander for a week in my VW Caddy and all I could do was explore the coast with fantasy of what lay beneath :-(
I reckon ya touched for one of the local lasses, and the car keys story was a cunning ploy to get a few extra nights in with Aukney Ann 😉 . Thanks for the vid Nathe, and well done on pulling 👍
Nightmare with the car keys going missing Nathan! Fair play to you making another video in those circumstances. Happened to me once, I still get a cold sweat remembering the frantic groping in every pocket and the turning of everything inside out, just in case....not a nice feeling. Fantastic fish on this trip and another personal target hit, well done. Looking forward to the next one, take care...
It's a weird feeling, the moment you realise your keys are gone, everything has been taken away from you. Had to get one more session in before I left, just to turn that negative experience into a positive outcome. Thanks Richard and tight lines👍🎣
Great video mate with some great fish, you get to fish in some amazing places, would love to know where you get your boots from, you seem to move about those slippery rocks very confidently .
Thanks mate. I was using a pair of shoes called SCARPA Rapid GTX, they're waterproof and have sticky rubber soles, but I've added some Supertrak studs to help with the seaweed. Having confidence in footing is another big factor, if you think you might slip/fall over, then you probably will. Hope this helps and glad you liked the video👍🎣
OMG Nathan,what is it with you losing things 🤦♂️🤦♂️. Anyway what an amazing trip,sometimes when you get dealt a bad hand you just have to make the most of it 🐟🎣💪
I had a valid excuse this time round, turns out I had covid and had total brain fog on the day I lost my keys. Thankfully isolating in a small tent worked out well and then this day made up for it all. Cheers Kevin and tight lines!👍🎣
Some nice Pollock m8 wish you could get them like that up the borders get the odd one being crap again for Pollock this year plenty cod just love the hit of a Pollock tight lines
Hi , do you not eat fish? 10lb Pollack and you put it back which is very commendable. One good fish for the table must be a reward for all the hard work put in .
Nice one 👍 Sorry to hear that you lost your keys buddy 👎... But what a fish 😀🎣 ..so much for bad luck ... Brilliant fishing keep up your good work love it👍
What a trip nathan.those Pollack were worth it mate.bet you couldn't wait to get a warm shower and climb into your own bed.sorry haven't been in touch lately,but been flat out working and hunting season is open.really enjoyed this.take care and tite lines as always.cheers
Hello fishing friend! I've been following you for a while now, and congratulations to you, these big colins are well deserved! I live in France and I also have a passion for this fish. My biggest, in the pebbles, accused 8 pounds and I fish them with the rubber eel. What is your jig and do you have any to advise me? I would like to try your throw-and-retrieve technique. In any case, congratulations again!
Hi! The jigs are called Razor Claw Silver Minnows, I was using the 40g version to help deal with the strong wind and tides. They're very cheap but effective, just make sure you change the hooks because they're terrible. 8lb is a great fish so sounds like you don't need any tips, but I found that just letting the jig hit the sea bed, give it one lift with the rod, start winding and did nothing else worked well. Hope this helps you and you get into some bigger colins👍🎣
Nightmare mate but at least you got some more pollack time in. Nice to finish off on a double figure pollack. I've enjoyed watching your Orkney expedition, it's somewhere I'd love to go and wet a line myself. Where next?
Where next is a good question! I might have another trip to Cornwall before November, but running low on holiday from work, and cod season is about to begin, so might just save them till February and head back to Orkney to break the 14lb mark🤞glad you enjoyed the vids mate and hope you get up there one day. Tight lines👍🎣
I've always found that pollack go back better with a real injection of oxygen, similar to how the Australian lads return GT's. We tried releasing the 1st couple of big fish from the ledge but they didn't take to well to it, we had to net them back out and take 10 minutes to revive them.
@@SlippyLimpets you’ll need to do a video on tying it as one way I’ve seen which does help would be difficult in windy weather and some way of supporting the flouro reel
Another great session on the big pollock. However please take some friendly advice from an old hand. You need to look after those big fish much better than your doing, by getting yourself a big soft rubber net. Under no circumstances whatsoever should you be dragging those big pollock up those barnacle encrusted rocks to descale them + return them very gentle rather than dropping them in the way that you do. Those big pollock are very rare and if you want to catch them again, make sure you look after them.
Thank you for the advice, much appreciated. I nearly always release the fish i catch and always want them to swim off in the healthiest state they can, especially these brutes. We did have a net but because of the angle of the rock it was nearly impossible to land them in it. Instead we waited for the swell to deposit them on the rock, rather than dragging them up it. When it came to the release, I didn't take any photos and just got the fish back the water as quickly as possible and the fish we'd released on the previous session, into the deep gully behind, seemed to struggle to swim back without a lot of coaxing. They seemed to swim back much more freely this session.
It was, and almost very expensive! Good job I had a spare set at home else it the car would have been on a flatbed for the 400 mile trip home. The Fish definitely made me forget about all that though!
Never caught pollock anything like that size from the shore! I wouldn't even have thought to use metals, and they're obviously doing the job. Interested to know your thoughts on why they out-fish weighted soft plastics/weedless lures?
That's an easy one in this location, they match the bait fish, but more importantly they gave me more distance so I could reach the reef where the pollack where hanging out. Hope this answers your question and thanks for the comment👍🎣
Distance and control. A friend of mine caught a welsh shore record pollock (which we released without a thought) on a dexter wedge. A decade or so ago. We both say it was over 20lb. Was a very big fish I remember that much. We had no scales no camera of course. It was a very similar mark to that and the Current record is only 18. Dare to dream maybe and throw some really big lures now and again.
Great video, I have been following you for a while now I like your content. I was wondering, did you ever fish the coast of Spain? And if you did,, what kind of tackle did you use? Best regards Erik.
Thank you Erik. I've not fished in Spain, yet, but there are a few Spanish people following me so maybe they can help you out. Have a look through the comments for Lure Fishing for Cod and Pollack in an Awesome location, there's a guy in Galicia (his comment is in Spanish) who might be able to give some info
The graft that you put in to make your videos has really paid off with some cracking fish. A great well done Nat and hope for more sucess for you in the future.
Well presented and a credit to North East anglers.
Thank you Sam😊
Production levels are incredible. Deserves his success
Eyup Nathan. I once got stuck on an island hopping trip with my missus in the nineties. The wind blew up, ferries didn't sail from Sifnos and the plane went without us. No credit or bank card, almost no cash and a phone card with three quid on it. Now get out of that! We did of course. Thanks for the extra fish, the extra mile and the extra beard is just what happens to proper wild feral fishermen getting amongst it in a big way. Stripes earned there fella. I'll sithi after, Dave.
Alreet Dave, Sounds like a proper adventure! At least I had Mr Visa plugged into my phone so had some cash (even though it wasn't mine). Things are easier these days, I guess, despite the lack of beard trimmer! Tight lines!!
Well you nearly achieved your ambition of becoming an Orkney resident, though maybe less resident and more hermit! 😂
Nightmare on the keys though! I always do the mad dash around thinking I’ve lost them only to realise I’d put them on the car roof! At least the fish gods were smiling on you with some more crackers.
Thanks again
Haha, yep, it was a good attempt but one day I'll succeed.
Fantastic watch as always Nathan, well done on those two cracking pollock mission accomplished mate.
Thanks John, glad you liked it and thanks for the comment👍🎣
brilliant fish!
Thanks Rhys!
That is a grinding baw’ache ; losing keys. Glad that you made it into a jaw ache of a smile at those great fish, Nathan. Well done, kidda, another great watch! What an adventure!
Haha, nice one, Gary, great comment! BTW, I'll get round to replying to your email ASAP. Tight lines mate👍🎣
@@SlippyLimpets If you can find the time, Nathan, that would be brilliant mate; your advice is always spot on and valued. Stay safe out there and good luck with the night and cod sessions! Tight lines, mate!
We are lucky in Scotland 🏴🏴🏴 to have a country as good as it is for outdoor adventures. Welcome to our beautiful country 🏴🏴🏴🏴 #FishingScotland
Top little adventure it was stressful watching those monster pollock fights! That was some fishing
Thanks Jon. It was quite stressful trying to land them.
Like you I learnt about car keys a long time ago, I used to attach a spare key by magnet when away from home (not at home) in a secret place when I got out first time, and recovered it returning home. You are long overdue a small campervan my boy. By the way you're perfectly ok fishing between the dan buoys as the pots lie on the bottom . I.e. even if the string of pots are close cast between the buoys, so wind and tide don't get near the buoy line (vertical line), then when coming near the line of pot make sure your lure is well up in the water, when past let it sink again.
When I was into mountaineering, I used to take my spare set and give them to a mate, but seem to have got out of that habit when fishing. Yes a small campervan would be ideal for me and still may get one. Totally get you with the pots, and I do do as you've suggested but the dan ropes were exactly where I need to cast to hit the reef😔 Thanks for the comment and tight lines👍🎣
Would you ever consider using 3ft of wire pike trace? It can be incredibly limp compared to the piano wire everybody used to use and I can’t imagine in lower light conditions it would make much of a difference in terms of visibility.
Must be feeling lonely. But with all the problems you've endured, you seem to be in good spirits. And some chunks to boot. Nice one mate.
Lost your keys🔑🔑🗝️? I'll have to try that one next time I am having a good fishing session.🤣🤣🥜
What an amazing place.😮
Well done on yet another 10lb plus pollack.👍👏 Bet Lewis wishes he'd lost his keys too.😄😄😄
I'd have been happy catching coalies.🎣🎣
Thanks for taking the time to share your fantastic adventures that I can only dream about.🛌😴
Take care Nathan and stay safe.😷🙊
😂😂 I bet he did too, does mean we have to go back so he can hook up to one of those beasts.
Thanks as always and tight lines👍🎣
Thats one of those nightmare scenarios loosing car keys you cert chose the wildest remotest spot to test your resolve ! Glad the fishing delivered after your ordeal with another double and some other big lumps. Dam those lobster ropes..many a mark has been made much harder by those unfort. Good fishing.
Thanks Si! On the plus side, I knew no-one would break into my car where it was. Yep, those pots are a real pain and costly too. Tight lines👍🎣
Great watch again thanks bud 👍 shame about the pots and your keys lol looks incredible up there awesome 👌
Cheers mate. It's hard going but quite a special place. Tight lines👍🎣
Another stunning couple of fish - awesome. I won't be able to sleep now until I am on Skye (only two more days)!! 🤣🤣
You should be there now, the weather looks good for you. Hope you're getting a good bend in that Tailwalk. Tight lines!!
Mate the effort you put into your fishing is insane and those big Pollock are just reward. Well done.
Thanks James, appreciate it😊
Great stuff as always Nathan buddy, have a nice cold beer you earnt it, ✌✌ stay safe buddy 👍
I had a few cold one's🍻🍻👍🎣
💜👍💜👍🎣🐟🐟🐟 cracking fish....what an adventure you had ....so calm the sea and no wind what a difference👍
It s a rarity up that way, but was lucky I lost my keys😂
That was an epic road trip Nathan, thank you for sharing it with us.
My pleasure, John, thanks for coming along
Whoo just caught up with your Orkney vids. . Been avin a nice break away can't wait to catch up mate ! The few bit's I've seen look brilliant. . . Will get back to ya soon Tight Lines in anticipation 👍🎣🎣🎣
Nice one mate, hope you enjoy!!
Stunning trip,and great group of videos, cheers
Thanks Mark👍
Blimey Nathan, all those problems and you still manage to give us a great video, thanks, take care, Norfolk Ray
Felt like I had to finish the trip on a high! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Nathan, you had no luck at all losing your car keys😉what a trip mate I take it you will be heading back sometime .... well done 👏👏👏
Haha, it all came good in the end!
Well Nathan you had some awesome fish mate , shame you lost your keys plus that line of pots did'nt help mate , have a safe trip home , tight lines
The fish definitely made up for the down sides. Thanks again Steve, Tight lines mate👍🎣
gotta love the big pollack just dragging line off the reel, some cracking fish there like bud
Love that sound, even if I did have the drag locked down. Gotta get back and get some bigger ones
Legend , I enjoyed every moment 👍
Cheers Corto!👍🎣
What some people do to not go home... loool Love a bit of adventure myself.
Nice bit of fishing too - and another massive pollack.
My razor claws arrived and I've today put single hooks on them - now I just need to find the time and fuel money to find some fish.
Was watching Phil-et-o fish kayak video and you popped up - lol
Look forward to your next adventure.
Haha, don't tell Mrs Limpets 😉
Fuel is a nightmare to get fishing, I've had to choose between beer or fuel. I bet you can guess which one I went for.
Hope they get you into the fish, and save you a bit of cash compared to using seekers.
Cracking mark. Looks like the closest we have to Norway
Feels like it too, just a tad warmer
Nice pollock, great setting and video, sounds like a hell of a trip 👍
It was a great trip, the 13lb 14 oz pollack being the best part👍🎣
Fantastic as always, when I lived on Isle of Skye neist point was where the big pollock where, the north Scotland is where to be
Yep, definitely seems that way. Thanks Richard!
Well done , hard work paid off for you, those were some great fish, I live in Aberdeen, met I guy from Orkney on a job a couple years ago, he went on about how good the fishing was 👍
He's right but it's a tough place to fish, compared to places like Skye. Mainly the weather but if you live there then I guess you can choose when you fish. I met 2 lads who had fished for 8 hours on a beach and only had a whiting and a couple of flounders between them, they said to me 'hope you haven't come up for the fishing?' Knocked us a wee bit but at least we found them
Overall, that was a few good sessions with some monster fish for the unexpected extended stay after losing your car keys. Lines of pots directly across a great fishing mark is always a pain, but like you said, got to make the most of it, and you both sure did. Enjoyed your latest adventures bud, and some awesome fish caught. All the best and tight Lines.
It was a great trip even if those pots cost me a few extra quid. Can't wait to go back and get a bigger one. Thanks, as always, and tight lines👍🎣
Thanks for all the effort you put in, I don't underestimate any of it so the fish were the least you deserved.
Thanks James, they were all we could have hoped for and made the effort worthwhile!
Great video, might have to head there in the Autumn! I Tell you what's hell of a lot worse than this drama, doing the same but without your fishing gear! Got stuck in Santander for a week in my VW Caddy and all I could do was explore the coast with fantasy of what lay beneath :-(
I reckon ya touched for one of the local lasses, and the car keys story was a cunning ploy to get a few extra nights in with Aukney Ann 😉 . Thanks for the vid Nathe, and well done on pulling 👍
Haha, how did you know she was called Ann?! 😂
Brilliant vids looking forward to more
Great days fishing. Worth the discomfort of sleeping tough eh??!!😁😆😁
Aye, I'd do it all again if I had to
Cracking video mate
Cheers mate
Tightlines was the old ABU yearly catalogue. Showing my age here lol!
Was it a saying before the old ABU mag?
Nightmare with the car keys going missing Nathan! Fair play to you making another video in those circumstances. Happened to me once, I still get a cold sweat remembering the frantic groping in every pocket and the turning of everything inside out, just in case....not a nice feeling. Fantastic fish on this trip and another personal target hit, well done. Looking forward to the next one, take care...
It's a weird feeling, the moment you realise your keys are gone, everything has been taken away from you. Had to get one more session in before I left, just to turn that negative experience into a positive outcome. Thanks Richard and tight lines👍🎣
Cracking vid brutha, sorry for your enforced stay but it made for a cracking adventure vid. Nice one brutha keep it up mate. 👍🍻🍻
Aye it did, and I got to know the area pretty well, too! Tigh lines 🎣👍🍻🍻
Some monster Pollack you had this trip fair play to you all the efforts you put in tho ,look forward to the next vid well done 👍
Thanks Nathan, finally got there!
Great video mate with some great fish, you get to fish in some amazing places, would love to know where you get your boots from, you seem to move about those slippery rocks very confidently .
Thanks mate. I was using a pair of shoes called SCARPA Rapid GTX, they're waterproof and have sticky rubber soles, but I've added some Supertrak studs to help with the seaweed. Having confidence in footing is another big factor, if you think you might slip/fall over, then you probably will. Hope this helps and glad you liked the video👍🎣
WELL DONE
Thanks!
OMG Nathan,what is it with you losing things 🤦♂️🤦♂️. Anyway what an amazing trip,sometimes when you get dealt a bad hand you just have to make the most of it 🐟🎣💪
I had a valid excuse this time round, turns out I had covid and had total brain fog on the day I lost my keys. Thankfully isolating in a small tent worked out well and then this day made up for it all. Cheers Kevin and tight lines!👍🎣
Great video!
Thanks Mike!
Cracking fish buddy got onto your TH-cam channel via the paas page.keep up the great work
Thanks mate, will do. Can I ask what the paas page is? Never heard of it? Cheers
@@SlippyLimpets paas stands for( pike anglers alliance scotland)
Great, thanks for the info!
Superb fishing mate those pollack were amazing 😃
More superb fishing there and good to get a bit of an insight to Orkney👌🏻👍 great stuff💪 (think I’ve commented on the right video this time🤷♂️🤦)
😂 yep, correct video! Thanks for the comment👍🎣
Currently in Kirkwall for work , I'm watching this and wondering why I have no fishing tackle with me... again! 🙈🤣
Awesome video's man 👍🎣
There's always next time man👍🎣
Some nice Pollock m8 wish you could get them like that up the borders get the odd one being crap again for Pollock this year plenty cod just love the hit of a Pollock tight lines
Yep, been totally sh*te for me this year as well, think I've maybe hooked 1 decent one all season. Roll on next year!
Hi , do you not eat fish? 10lb Pollack and you put it back which is very commendable. One good fish for the table must be a reward for all the hard work put in .
Hi Clive, I do eat fish but a fish that size is a bit big for a single lad to eat! Thanks for the comment👍🎣
Nice one 👍 Sorry to hear that you lost your keys buddy 👎... But what a fish 😀🎣 ..so much for bad luck ... Brilliant fishing keep up your good work love it👍
Thanks Pat , was nice to finish on a high. And on the plus side, I got to know the local bars ans restaurants quite well 🍻👍🎣
What a trip nathan.those Pollack were worth it mate.bet you couldn't wait to get a warm shower and climb into your own bed.sorry haven't been in touch lately,but been flat out working and hunting season is open.really enjoyed this.take care and tite lines as always.cheers
Yeah that and a change into my own clothes! Not a problem Michael, glad you back on board
Hello fishing friend! I've been following you for a while now, and congratulations to you, these big colins are well deserved! I live in France and I also have a passion for this fish. My biggest, in the pebbles, accused 8 pounds and I fish them with the rubber eel. What is your jig and do you have any to advise me? I would like to try your throw-and-retrieve technique. In any case, congratulations again!
Hi! The jigs are called Razor Claw Silver Minnows, I was using the 40g version to help deal with the strong wind and tides. They're very cheap but effective, just make sure you change the hooks because they're terrible. 8lb is a great fish so sounds like you don't need any tips, but I found that just letting the jig hit the sea bed, give it one lift with the rod, start winding and did nothing else worked well. Hope this helps you and you get into some bigger colins👍🎣
belters lad !
Nightmare mate but at least you got some more pollack time in. Nice to finish off on a double figure pollack. I've enjoyed watching your Orkney expedition, it's somewhere I'd love to go and wet a line myself. Where next?
Where next is a good question! I might have another trip to Cornwall before November, but running low on holiday from work, and cod season is about to begin, so might just save them till February and head back to Orkney to break the 14lb mark🤞glad you enjoyed the vids mate and hope you get up there one day. Tight lines👍🎣
Yip lost keys out cycling.
I bought a gps tile app on phone
Pinpoints area, then pinpoints keys job done.
It's a total pain, defo going to take a spare set with me and give them to whoever I'm with. And one of those GPS tiles you've mentioned
Listen I was out in the middle of nowhere, pitch-black. Nightmare
Awesome fish a real red letter day, why lob them in the water, when you could have dropped them in from the ledge behind you?
I've always found that pollack go back better with a real injection of oxygen, similar to how the Australian lads return GT's. We tried releasing the 1st couple of big fish from the ledge but they didn't take to well to it, we had to net them back out and take 10 minutes to revive them.
Bloody hell mate, I talk about doing it the hard way lol.. More cracker fish there as well.
😂 aye, had plenty of ups and downs but the fishing made up for it.
Hi I’m on my way to Orkney and Shetland where were you on Orkney?
Fished all over the mainland. Hope you have a good one!
Which knot do you use to retie on your leader to the braid as some knots are fiddly and i’d say not easy when you have limited time to fish
I use an FG knot, seems fiddly at first but can now tie it in about a minute. The benefits of it out weigh the length of time to tie it.
@@SlippyLimpets you’ll need to do a video on tying it as one way I’ve seen which does help would be difficult in windy weather and some way of supporting the flouro reel
Another great session on the big pollock. However please take some friendly advice from an old hand. You need to look after those big fish much better than your doing, by getting yourself a big soft rubber net. Under no circumstances whatsoever should you be dragging those big pollock up those barnacle encrusted rocks to descale them + return them very gentle rather than dropping them in the way that you do. Those big pollock are very rare and if you want to catch them again, make sure you look after them.
Thank you for the advice, much appreciated. I nearly always release the fish i catch and always want them to swim off in the healthiest state they can, especially these brutes. We did have a net but because of the angle of the rock it was nearly impossible to land them in it. Instead we waited for the swell to deposit them on the rock, rather than dragging them up it. When it came to the release, I didn't take any photos and just got the fish back the water as quickly as possible and the fish we'd released on the previous session, into the deep gully behind, seemed to struggle to swim back without a lot of coaxing. They seemed to swim back much more freely this session.
What spot in Orkney is this? Would love to give it a go! :)
Fantastic! What rod and reel please?
Thanks Barry. It's a Tailwalk HiTide SSD S83MH, beauty of a rod. It's had a good work out with a 60lb blue shark and now some double pollack on it.
Nothing worse than loosing your keys 🥺..it’s scary though,.especially so far from home .you got some lovely fish to brighten your day 👍
It was, and almost very expensive! Good job I had a spare set at home else it the car would have been on a flatbed for the 400 mile trip home. The Fish definitely made me forget about all that though!
Never caught pollock anything like that size from the shore! I wouldn't even have thought to use metals, and they're obviously doing the job. Interested to know your thoughts on why they out-fish weighted soft plastics/weedless lures?
That's an easy one in this location, they match the bait fish, but more importantly they gave me more distance so I could reach the reef where the pollack where hanging out. Hope this answers your question and thanks for the comment👍🎣
Distance and control. A friend of mine caught a welsh shore record pollock (which we released without a thought) on a dexter wedge. A decade or so ago. We both say it was over 20lb. Was a very big fish I remember that much. We had no scales no camera of course. It was a very similar mark to that and the Current record is only 18. Dare to dream maybe and throw some really big lures now and again.
You should've given me a shout on here or the Angersay channel Nathan.
Let me know next time and we can make sure you're billeted 😕
Sounds good! I'll definitely be back up at some point, maybe February next year. I'll let you know.👍🙌
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I'll get the hoover out 🤣
Whats the depth of water in this spot?
Nothing worse that putting on a heavy lure and getting an underwhelming distance 😂
Great video, I have been following you for a while now I like your content. I was wondering, did you ever fish the coast of Spain? And if you did,, what kind of tackle did you use? Best regards Erik.
Thank you Erik. I've not fished in Spain, yet, but there are a few Spanish people following me so maybe they can help you out. Have a look through the comments for Lure Fishing for Cod and Pollack in an Awesome location, there's a guy in Galicia (his comment is in Spanish) who might be able to give some info
Overall... Well done you! But... I bet it'll be a bit strange coming back down to 'light' braid and gear...?
In all honesty, it felt strange going up to heavier line, now that I'm back on the lighter tackle it feels like I'm back in the right place
Do you know of anyone in Northumberland that offers tuition in sea fishing ?
I'm sorry, I don't. There doesn't seem to be any guides up here like what you get down south
@@SlippyLimpets ok thanks, i'll ask at Hardys i live in Alnwick.
So you lost your car keys hay .wink wink. Or was that the excuse to stay longer catching cracking Pollock. Haha.
😂It did work out quite well in the end
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great fish from the shore, next holiday car keys around your neck, you will enjoy your days more ,lol
Either round my neck, or spare set given to whoever I'm with!
Well in mate ... if ya ever fancy a chuck in winter up foxton drop is a message on insta as a never fished that beach but know tou have
Will do