Fishing Loch Ryan 1972 

Hi, I went fishing with Davy Agnew as he was a family member to me. My Grandfather Peter Murdoch went fishing with him often and when I was on holiday at my Grandfathers he took me fishing on Loch Ryan on this very boat. I am not sure of the relationship between my Grandfather and Davy Agnew but my mums full name was Mary Agnew Murdoch. Thanks for posting this... it really means a lot to me !!

loved all these uploads poroper information from a bygon past

Cracking auld video, great fishing, hopefully one day the fishing will be as good again, thanks for sharing.

How wonderful thanks for posting such a lovely old film reminds me of the great Jack Hargreaves .

This is how I remember the loch when I was wee, the man in the black jacket reminds me of my grand dad, even my mum thought it was her dad for a moment, will maybe try taking my boat down this year, have they launched from lady bay?

I’m from Stranraer and as a boy in the early 70s had summer jobs on Bill Simpsons fishing boat ( ex lifeboat) , catching bait for the Tope fisherman and general keeping the boat clean and taking the helm. Great days for a wee lad, fishing today out of Lady Bay later for sea bass I hope.

great old footage . thanks for putting it up.

Those were the day's fish for everybody. If we get our fishing waters back & just look after the people in this country & don't export to much we could be back to this in 10 years

Been fished out by trawlers for years ,knackered now !

Love the old British Seagull outboard motors in the video, we used to run Seagulls on our boats back in the late 60s early 70s. Nice cod fish, still a dcent fishery there? Thank you for sharing.

top video,3 of us used to try and get up there at least once a month for the weekend and stay in Bobby's house in Kirkholm, and do the pub crawl between the 2 pubs and get shown how to play dominoe's with the double 6 doe's used to cost a fortune for the regulars pints but worth every penny for the hospitality. :)

Sadly the fishery is a shadow of its former glory

Who was fishing in the video? I went once or twice in a very similar boat with my late uncle Sandy who lived in kirkcom and Bobby Rankin a local farmer about the same time. We used to catch haddock and codling mostly.

today we have better boat better engines fish finders trackers and all sorts of great modern things and no bloody fish to catch.