hopefully the weather and vis will improve soon.
I'm with you there Dave - we haven't had many opportunities to get out on the East coast at all and the forecast certainly isn't looking any more promising :-(
I've been across to the W Coast a couple of times this year just to get a decent swim & there's certainly more life about incl. smaller pollock, plaice (a bit thin still) and Lobbies.
I've been lucky with the vis each time and the water is a good 1-2deg warmer than the East which almost makes up for the 3.5 hour drive.
Interesting to hear you say the lobster season is from August @ Dunbar - we certainly start seeing them generally from May onwards, not in huge numbers granted, but they are around for sure and numbers tend to increase over the summer.
I'm talking S of Berwick which may make a difference? I'm interested to know if the reason you say the season is from August is you mean there's just not enough lobster around until Aug to make it worthwhile for your family to set pots or if you mean you actually never see any at all until this late in the summer?
Interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Cheers
Grant