The port of Oban is arguably the giant skate capital of Europe, but there is much more to the location. Planet Sea Fishing takes a look at the boat and…
Winter need not to signal an end to kayak fishing says Neil Turnbull. Sheltered and scenic Loch Etive is a prime example of a venue to beat the New Year…
Scottish international boat angler Steve Souter joins his good friend Davy Holt for a days giant skate fishing. They are on board the Laura Dawn skippered by Ronnie Campbell. According to Steve, Davy is the best skate angler in the UK and Ronnie is the best charter boat skipper around so how can he go wrong? The answer is he can’t and they don’t. Giant skate are real monsters of the deep and it isn’t easy to land them once hooked. Try to imagine pulling 200lbs through 500 feet of water. That’s what Steve and Davy have to do. It can be back breaking stuff but very rewarding.
Shaun Cumming joined the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network’s Tagathon bash at Loch Sunart where efforts to preserve dwindling spurdog stocks are a work in progress. Consider spurdog as an…
Catching cod along the exposed North East Scottish coast doesn’t have to go hand-in-hand with toiling through boggy fields or scrambling down cliffs. Steve Souter says there are easier options…
The European Boat Angling Championships comes to Orkney in the summer of 2015 and the cream of Europe’s anglers will be there. David Proudfoot knows the prolific Stromness venue intimately…
Former British shore-caught skate record holder Gordon Mackenzie has been among the big fish again. Here Gillies Mackenzie exclusively reveals a secret venue, details a magic rig, and brings you…
Come gale, rain or sunshine, David Storey has journeyed to beautiful St Abbs in the Scottish Borders each year for four decades. His obsession is rooted in spiritual connection with…
Caithness crew clean up at Scottish Open 45 anglers descended on the Orkney port of Stromness to fish the Scottish Open Boat Championships, a three day catch and release event…
UK’s biggest junior event awards £10,000 of prizes to kids A year of hard planning went into this year’s Clyde & Western Region Open Shore Competition on Greenock Esplanade. While…