Beach Fishing

[ascoyard]

Anyone tell me where best place is to go beach fishing is?what sort of fish and best bait.

 

(***Mod Edit - Moved to Sport section***)

[JAStewart]

What kind of fish are you after?

 

Chances are against this but if you are looking for flatfish, there is no better place in my experience than off Mael Beach, in Burra.

[MaxFusion]

clifts at lunna are good!, take the track out to grutwick and head anywhere north you can cast from....chances of catchin lots o species including mackerel, ling, pollock, cod, wrasse even dogfish

 

another favorite of mine is Brae Houland in Eshaness

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=60.5075,-1.58276|15|4&dp=841&loc=GB:60.50497:-1.24286

head for the points where you see the 23

 

scalloway harbour can also be fun if you can't be ar$ed walkin too far

lots of different species including flatfish, cod etc

 

and last but not least is the loch at weisdale(opposite the shop)

lots of flatfish, mainly flounder, and the place where Frank watt landed the shetland record shore caught cod a couple o years back!

 

tight lines

 

MF

[Fifi]

We've got an angling thread on the Northmavine forum - might be of interest to you.

 

http://northmavine.proboards86.com/index.c.cgi?action=display&board=tourism&thread=1200656746&page=1

[Guest Anonymous]

Just out of curiosity, does anybody here ever "Geeng ta da craigs wi a waand"??

I love a good pan of boiled sillocks, especially when they are left in the water after boiling, and eaten cold the next day, just like a sweetie.

 

An fur dem dat dusna ken. A Sillock is a peerie Piltock. Which is a Coalfish.

[fairislefaerie]

We do, kids love them tossed in seasoned flour & fried till crisp.

[ascoyard]

Thanks for all replys,just going to dig for worms.

[MaxFusion]

aye, there's a thread in the sport forum about beach fishing

 

7Lb lyrie(sp) is me best sofar (Pollock)

 

MF

[Fjool]

aye, there's a thread in the sport forum about beach fishing

Indeed there is, MF. I've now merged them. Thanks.

[peterliam]

quendale beach is worth a go.... there is flounders, and turbot.. acorrding to some ... inside knowledge..

 

 

anybody catch much at meal then?

 

iv tried it two or three times with no luck... so i gave up..

 

if you want flounders, that are decent,, go to hellister, and use three hook flappers, or two up - one down with size 2's or 4's (hooks)

[jannjulie]

fished quendale a couple of times for no result, with worms, fish and squid - lots of seals working along the edge all night which didnt help. any particular area of the beach or distance that worked? anyone done any good at sumburgh beach?

[peterliam]

hi , is that jan rigden?

 

i fished off a pier at sumburgh... and off the cliffs... off the pier, there are flounders, small though, and i caught nothing at sumburgh head...

 

any cod been caught recently?

[umph]

Hi Liam

A guy who used live doon at sumburgh told me the beach in bye

the pier was a good bit for dabs and they used to get a few place

mostly using worms as bait he also said if you need lug worm the

pool of virkie was the place to go for them

[Styumpie]

Just out of curiosity, does anybody here ever "Geeng ta da craigs wi a waand"??

I love a good pan of boiled sillocks, especially when they are left in the water after boiling, and eaten cold the next day, just like a sweetie.

 

An fur dem dat dusna ken. A Sillock is a peerie Piltock. Which is a Coalfish.

 

yis, I geein ta craigs noo n' ageen, wi da auld bamboo sillock wand, sometimes da spinner as weel. I think da sam, boild and huy dim cawuld da nixt day, wi early tatties or (I most remind me sell to be PC here) - shetlun 'black' tatties, an a grain a croppine made wi da livers.

[jannjulie]

liam,

 

pm sent

 

jan