Club Shore Outing - January 2008

                       Arbroath area

The first outing of 2008 saw us back up the North East in search of Cod. No specific venue had been chosen on this occasion, and the decision was to meet at Victoria Park and make a choice of venue from there, depending on conditions on the day.

In the end the conditions were a bit disappointing - not quite rough enough for good cod fishing, but not exactly flat calm either. Of the six anglers who showed, 3 showed a preference for Usan, while the other 3 wanted to give Scurdie Ness a try. So away we went, and in truth neither spot fished particularly well. Usan in particular only produced 1 sized fish, a Pollack of just under 3lbs for Daniel Diaz. Up at Scurdie, the target species turned to Dab, and we found the sandbank carpeted with them. Unfortunately only a few were in-size, producing 3 for Davy Mcnair, and 2 for me, along with a bonus Flounder.

Top rod on the day, I'm delighted to say was Brian Allan, who managed 2 in size Dab, and winkled out the only codling of the day, a very welcome fish of 2-and-a-half pounds, to take the 100 points, and his first outing win . Well done Brian.

Next outing in March will be to the Loch Fyne/ Loch Shira area.