Scotland Road Trip - Part One - Common Skate in Oban

This has been on the backburner for quite a while now. Finally managed to get a good few days off work, packed the van with everything I own and pointed it north! Not really got a plan as such other than ultimately getting up to Harris & Lewis, with stops in Oban and Skye on the way.
Part One see's us try for a common skate from the shore. Something that I've wanted to do for a very long time. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it!
Join me and Rory as we van life it up in Scotland.....
Thanks for watching. Please like the vid and subscribe if you haven't already. Part Two will be coming in due course, I've tons of good footage of our trip.
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  • @FOXY-2023
    @FOXY-20232 ай бұрын

    Well done , amazing underwater footage . That sure tested your stamina 😂

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Ай бұрын

    Incredible experience! So lucky to get one first try from the shore 👌🏼

  • @paulconway7146
    @paulconway7146 Жыл бұрын

    Double Bubble. An incredible catch and an equally incredible shot of the release. The release footage was the icing on the cake. bravo

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! The release footage was filmed by the skate guru Leigh, epic wasn’t it! 👏🏼

  • @seaangling
    @seaangling Жыл бұрын

    Massive congratulations 🎣👍🏻 Leigh is a superstar 🫡

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mark! He sure is mate, absolute legend! 🛥

  • @michaelgenias8491
    @michaelgenias8491 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic well done mate brilliant catch and release🙏🙏🙏

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Lovely to see her go back like that 👌🏼

  • @MrSidders
    @MrSidders Жыл бұрын

    What a fight!! Backbreaking stuff!! 💪👌👏

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely! 🥵 Not sure if I wanted to catch another 🤣🤣

  • @glendockree9171
    @glendockree9171 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding!!!! Well in!!

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Glen 🙏🏼

  • @chrisbentleywalkingandrambling
    @chrisbentleywalkingandrambling Жыл бұрын

    God, that was a mammoth one. I haven't got a clue about fishing, but that looked epic. I bet you were aching and knackered after landing that. I'm glad you catch and release, too. Nice one. Thanks for sharing. Typical Scottish weather.🤪😬😊

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chris! Absolutely made up to catch such an incredible creature. Will definitely be up for another crack soon 🎣 Hopefully get some sun 😎

  • @dylanpysgod5614
    @dylanpysgod5614 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic vid Mark! Keep it up some great camera footage as well 👌🏾 Not a bad skate either 😉😃👏🏾👏🏾

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers Dylan, thanks for watching mate 🎣

  • @RosscoMcKay
    @RosscoMcKay Жыл бұрын

    Great video mate enjoyed that 🎣

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ross 😊

  • @johnpringle4759
    @johnpringle4759 Жыл бұрын

    Wow love the under warter footage 👍🏽

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah lovely to watch her swim back strongly 👌🏼

  • @mawky1
    @mawky1 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video again. First the Tope and now a Skate - you could catch a fish in my back Garden and I don't even have a Pond 😂😂😂. Next time you pass Cumbria give me a shout and we'll go and catch a Hammerhead on the first cast in 1 foot of water. Looking forward to Toping again in Wales - soon be here. Was down at weekend but weather not the best. Keep the videos coming.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣 Tuna from Blackpool next!😉 Can’t wait for the toping, be some big fat girls knocking about soon 🤞🏼 Thanks for the comments mate. ❤️

  • @duncanspears9860
    @duncanspears9860 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Beautiful rare fish.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Duncan. A real privilege to catch!

  • @matthewpengelly291
    @matthewpengelly291 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, liked the tope one too. That Sonik did well handling that!

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers Matthew. Won’t be long before we’re out on the tope hunt once again. Target is a 50 from the shore 🤞🏼 The Sonik was just fine. Must admit I was a little worried I was slightly under gunned, but never felt worried during the fight and landed it within the hour 💪🏼

  • @Kc-bs9zt
    @Kc-bs9zt Жыл бұрын

    Great vid mate and we'll done on your skate.... if its the same leigh am thinking of I went out on his boat last year and had my first skate..199lbs of pure beauty....fantastic mate and looking forward to the rest of your trip👌🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching mate. New skate vid, featuring Leigh, coming soon! Currently mid edit 😉

  • @MrALANwolf
    @MrALANwolf Жыл бұрын

    What an amazing fish well done.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Alan! Will take some beating that’s for sure! 💪🏼

  • @guaporeturns9472
    @guaporeturns9472 Жыл бұрын

    Well doneZ

  • @bobjohnson3272
    @bobjohnson3272 Жыл бұрын

    loved it at oban but never had a skate well done and good luck

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Bob! 🙏🏼

  • @thetattooedangler
    @thetattooedangler Жыл бұрын

    Fáilte gu Alba. That's one of my favourite routes to take on a fishing road trip. I normally stop at Taynuilt on Loch Etive, then take the ferry from Oban to Mull, then an island hopper ticket to Skye to fish the HRF paradise that is Neist Point lighthous, before breaking out the fly rods for a session on one of the countless wee rivers and burns that the Inner Hebrides have to offer. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes mate definitely going to do some more of the islands next time we go up 👌🏼

  • @paulmclaughlan3204
    @paulmclaughlan3204 Жыл бұрын

    Nice one mate good content !!!

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate 🙏🏼

  • @mat_allthegearfishing
    @mat_allthegearfishing Жыл бұрын

    excellent video, the camwera skills are great

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate! 👌🏼

  • @mitchfishes
    @mitchfishes Жыл бұрын

    Quality bud 👌 👏

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers fella 👌🏼

  • @grandadsfishingboat7455
    @grandadsfishingboat7455 Жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up subscribed ,Respect.👍

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the sub! New skate vid coming soon, currently mid edit 😉

  • @seigneurjesuistoipshaw.5359
    @seigneurjesuistoipshaw.5359 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Connel, and newly took up fishing. ( Kind of. No one catches fish when I am there for some reason…) But seeing how I only get one day off a week, that l👁👁ks like hard work there! 😜 Great video, loved the drone work, subscribed.😇🙏

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate. Stick at it, only takes one bite! 🎣

  • @thorfinnravenfeeder
    @thorfinnravenfeeder26 күн бұрын

    Not lucky. Skate are dead easy if, you choose the right mark, which you did. Well, they're dead easy to hook, anyway! Congratulations, just the same. Nice when, a plan works first time.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    26 күн бұрын

    Luck, pure skill, right mark, whatever it was I’m a happy camper! 😂 Thanks for the comment mate, tight lines 🎣

  • @zworm2
    @zworm2 Жыл бұрын

    First time watching and impressed, great video and release. Subscribed and rang that bell. All the Best and Tight Lines

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate, much appreciated 🙏🏼

  • @zworm2

    @zworm2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mboutdoors_uk Fished and played rugby all up and down that coastline. A Glaswegian.

  • @Masterfisherman
    @Masterfisherman Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed that mate, cracking video. Well done on the skate not a bad one at all. Looking forward to part 2 👍🎣 Ps: was the rod 14ft sonik sks black ?

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers Hakan! Thanks for watching mate. Yeah the rod was the SKS 14ft. Think it’s right on the limit for skating, but landed in under an hour so up to the task 👌🏼

  • @tonytwobins4964
    @tonytwobins4964 Жыл бұрын

    We stayed at Oban for a few days and never knew about the Skate. We fished small baits ..not even a bight .....but we're going back VERY soon ...after 23 years.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Tricky to find, but they are about! 🙏🏼

  • @BassMan-ei6py
    @BassMan-ei6py Жыл бұрын

    1K subscribers Tight Lines

  • @gavinlangford2984
    @gavinlangford29845 ай бұрын

    Great video again..what an epic battle.. What size fixed spool and braid were you using?? I am thinking of using a shimano 14000 with 80lb braid straight through!

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks pal! It’s a Diawa Emblem Z loaded with 80lb braid 👌🏼

  • @natashareilly2678
    @natashareilly2678 Жыл бұрын

    Lucky bastard! Be good to see some skill some time soon though 😈

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Not on this Channel! 🤪

  • @scotland.is.magical528
    @scotland.is.magical5285 ай бұрын

    Used to fish Lochalline but its full of tackle snags. 😢

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    5 ай бұрын

    Seems to be the case now unfortunately 😔

  • @stuartnicklin4101
    @stuartnicklin4101 Жыл бұрын

    Wow....what is the record for shore caught rays ? Amazing stuff 👍

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Not totally sure mate, but well over 200 I’d have thought 💪🏼

  • @troywales983
    @troywales983 Жыл бұрын

    awesome skate footage well done ,

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching 👌🏼

  • @toby_784
    @toby_784 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, been having a crack at skate fishing around Oban but I can only really cast out 50 meters max only getting in about 60ft of water with the up and over rigs I use, how far were you casting here? Nice video and even nicer fish 🎣

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    I can probably put the up and over about 100yds on a good day. It’s all about finding a mark with deep water that you can comfortably hit from the bank. Or get yourself a little inflatable and tow em out! 😉

  • @mawky1
    @mawky1 Жыл бұрын

    Are you using a Fox Reel mate? I'm looking for a new one to add to my Penn but needs to be strong with no flex when winding in.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s a Diawa Emblem Z. Carp reel but a big spool capacity 👌🏼

  • @mawky1

    @mawky1

    Жыл бұрын

    @MB Outdoors Thanks for that mate, think I'll have a look at one - surely can't go far wrong given its just monstered 170lb plus.

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure there are better sea reels tbf mate. Just saves me splashing out when I’ve already got these

  • @marting652
    @marting652 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid, but on retrieval dude, hold the rod higher angle, more pressure easier. You're to low to the water.

  • @w33ksy

    @w33ksy

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope. He did it perfect. If you have the rod too high when it releases from the bottom it could give you slack and loose the fish

  • @thatsabite
    @thatsabite Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely awesome! I'm about to hit 8k subs and want to get one for my viewer's along with a tope this year. It will take some doing. Scotland is calling me ❤

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck mate! Enjoy yours and Johns vids in Wales. Deffo a tope first mate 🦈 They should be showing up soon round North Wales. Had a load of mackerel today on Anglesey so they won’t be far away now! 🤞🏼

  • @thatsabite

    @thatsabite

    Жыл бұрын

    @MB Outdoors Cheers buddy! Yes, we've got tope marks marked ready for the get go, just waiting on the reports to start flooding in... mind you, wouldn't it be good to be the first report. I'm thinking if going flatty fishing next, stock up while I'm there 🤔 As for the skate, we definitely need one. No doubt it'll be next year. If your ever up for it, let's do a colab up in Scottland on the skate with myself and John.

  • @brado9232
    @brado9232 Жыл бұрын

    😆 "Promo sm"

  • @kjpkjp8083
    @kjpkjp8083 Жыл бұрын

    Gods country 🫶

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn straight! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @callumimscottish5556
    @callumimscottish55564 ай бұрын

    I just want to know where in Oban this is 😅 fished kinlochleven and hooked a skate last weekend but it bit through 80lb line

  • @mboutdoors_uk

    @mboutdoors_uk

    4 ай бұрын

    Not my mark to share I’m afraid. Was very kindly put on to it by a local skipper friend of mine, so wouldn’t like to give it up. Good luck in your shore skate quest 🤞🏼