shore fishing

[GetWithTheTimes]

i have recently started fishing again and havent done so for ten years lol

i was at dwarwick peir as i remembered catching mackeral there if you cast out far enough

the other day i walked round to farsgo from thurso east and fished at the yankee base there is a pool when the tide is in that is free from seaweed and it fills up with cudding and pollack and the occasional cod from what the guy that was there said

i have also fished at scrabster without much luck and port skerry pier but it had salmon nets all round it

does anyone know where some good spots are for fishing and what bait lures should i use etc...

any info would be appreciated as i lost over £40 worth of stuff before i fished at farsgo and i know there must be some better places to fish, scrabster pier didnt seem to have much there like but maybe i wasnt patient enough

i will be going out just before high tide tonight so any help before then will be great

thanks

[slinky]

try of the side of the ola pier over the wall good for flatties, and dogfish at night. mackerel of the end with spinners or feathers .lighthouse rocks path leading down through gate to rocks dont go through one that takes you up the hill as ul end up at the end of holborn head,dunnet beach middle ie middle of the beach, middle car park good for big flat fish also u can dig lug at castletown harbourside and fish for bass also rember post ur results of ur catch

[Connor.]

Yankee base is quite good if you get it at the right time. Using lugworm or limpets as bait proved quite popular when i've fished there.

Murkle rocks There is a bit that pokes out the furthest into the sea. Alot of pollock are about there, use floats and some lugworm again.

At thurso east around Lady Janetseed(seat?) there is a big opening where fish normally come in at semi-hightide. I've caught ballan wrasse there before. Although a selection could be caught.

As the previous poster said, lighthouse rocks is a good place to be when you get the time right. It's also much better when the weather is good, for your benefit not the fish . Although using spinners would be better there, or sand eels

[Dog-eared]

Off the flat rocks below the tip of Holborn Head or Longberry by Oldwick. Both need a good head for heights for access.

[111heather]

why not try dennet beach

[GetWithTheTimes]

try of the side of the ola pier over the wall good for flatties, and dogfish at night. mackerel of the end with spinners or feathers .lighthouse rocks path leading down through gate to rocks dont go through one that takes you up the hill as ul end up at the end of holborn head,dunnet beach middle ie middle of the beach, middle car park good for big flat fish also u can dig lug at castletown harbourside and fish for bass also rember post ur results of ur catch

i will try the pier again i have better bait line and tackle now so will give it another go

Yankee base is quite good if you get it at the right time. Using lugworm or limpets as bait proved quite popular when i've fished there.

Murkle rocks There is a bit that pokes out the furthest into the sea. Alot of pollock are about there, use floats and some lugworm again.

At thurso east around Lady Janetseed(seat?) there is a big opening where fish normally come in at semi-hightide. I've caught ballan wrasse there before. Although a selection could be caught.

As the previous poster said, lighthouse rocks is a good place to be when you get the time right. It's also much better when the weather is good, for your benefit not the fish . Although using spinners would be better there, or sand eels

i will try past the lighthouse i remember fishing there when i was young but was told by a friend who tried to go that way last year that an english woman there chased them and told them not to go on her land, i had trouble as a kid with the guy above dwarwick pier, they are used to tresspassing laws down south but if i am right i am allowed to go fishing there if i want, as long as im not damaging her property

Off the flat rocks below the tip of Holborn Head or Longberry by Oldwick. Both need a good head for heights for access.

i hate heights lol i can climb down rocks and stuff as long as it aint too dangerous lol or too slippy i get paranoid near cliff edges

why not try dennet beach

i was out dunnet beach 2 days ago but there was too many of those wee red things that clog up the line so i just packed up and went, was out with a mate the other day half way between thurso and scrabster beach fishing off the rocks and he caught something big not sure what it was as he never hooked it right and it got off the hook when he got it out the water but looked some size and was silver belly not sure on upper colours

im gonna get some peeler crab tomorrow was told its good bait for bass

[chiccool]

whats the best places to fish around thurso , and whats the best bait and tackle to use ?

[thebigman]

whats the best places to fish around thurso , and whats the best bait and tackle to use ?

Depends on what you're after, for flatfish Thurso beach is as good as any place just now. For bass Dunnet beach is the place although you might have to hunt for a spot free from the red weed.

Lugworm tipped with small bits of mackerel for the flat and plain lug or spinners for the bass.

For tackle try something like this - http://www.planetseafishing.com/rigs...-Hook-Flapper/

Don't cast to far from the beach, particularly if fishing in the darkness as the fish will come right into the shallows.