Only one!

 On Saturday I met up with my Greek friend Achileas, who I hadn't fished with since 2015! We kept in touch and he always wanted to come fish with me up in Skye. He mainly fishes for sea trout and mackerel thus I thought it would be good if I'd take him out on the boat and show him something different. 

Conditions prevented us from visiting any Northern marks so we launched from a Southern slip and headed out. The fish are well into spawning now and this makes them tricky to find and tempt but I had high hopes for a few but quality fish...

We reached my preferred spot and started casting slim home poured Sluggo imitation soft plastics. After a few casts I got a bite and solid resistance...

The fish didn't seem to realise what happened and it was sluggish but I could feel it's weight as I was bringing it in. A couple short runs and I got her up. A fat mama was in the net moments later and we were delighted! I was expecting quality but not a double in the first few casts! I urged Achileas to cast to where I got her while I unhooked the fish. He got no bite and we then took a couple photos before releasing her and continuing fishing. 

Fat mama!

Same fish...

It was unfortunately one of those days that they didn't want to show up and even though we could see them on the fish finder, they weren't responding to our lures. We persisted for a couple hours but my friend needed to head down to Edinburgh so we decided to call it and head in. 

I was glad Achileas witnessed the quality of fish up here but disappointed I couldn't get him connected to another one. There's always next time I suppose...

Tight lines!