Saltwater Trips

’Twas Christmas morning, the kettle just hissed, But Dani was working — a shift not to miss. The house still and quiet, no plans to unfold, So I grabbed up the rod in the pale winter cold. The sea lay glassed in that soft silver light, No creature was stirring — just Sea Eagles in their flight. I launched out a wedge in the run of the tide, Expecting a tap, just a half-hearted ride. But the rod bucked hard — and to my delight, Up came a pollack… a surprise double-figure fight

A few days away in the Mull of Galloway chasing Bass and Smoothhounds

Sib fishing for pollack in the sound of Mull, near Oban

Not the usual fly fishing for brownies! A wrasse hunt.

A full day of guiding fishing for Dad and Lad in Glencoe

A monster pollack, and some fishing on the fly

Quick successful evening pollack fishing on the lures

Shore lure fishing for big pollack in argyll

10 days in Sicily, shore jigging and species hunting

The Ling  ( Molva molva ) is a long, half eel, half cod-like fish found in Scottish waters. Although it's textbook habitat is deep, rocky...

Just like the trout fishing, we didn't have one blank session, and almost every session produced a personal best pollack! Not bad for a...