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James RobertsonA 21-year-old girl is hoping to encourage extra girls to take in fishing after she was once named trainee fisherman of the 12 months.
Brooke Lamond, from Glasnakille in South Skye, began going out on fishing boats together with her dad when she was once simply eight-years-old.
She misplaced pastime when she went into secondary faculty, however made up our minds to offer it any other pass in November when a circle of relatives good friend introduced her a role on a ship catching shellfish.
Brooke stated she nonetheless known as herself a “fisherman”, including: “I feel like that’s the name of the job role.”
She advised BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “I wouldn’t want that to change just because I’m a woman, it’s almost emphasising the point that it’s a woman doing it.
“I’d without a doubt say ‘fisherman’ is my name.”
And despite doubters saying she wouldn’t manage the role in a male-dominated industry, she came top in the category for the Fishing News Awards.
Brooke stated: “It’s great so as to say ‘I will do this and it isn’t important that I’m a girl, it isn’t important who you might be’.
“I’ve had that attitude since I was young. My dad’s disabled so he’s always been looked at like ‘surely he can’t do fishing’.
“It was once slightly tricky being attentive to folks announcing I wasn’t going to control it. But I knew in my head that I may.”
Amy McKinnonAs the granddaughter of a boatbuilder and daughter of a fisherman, Brooke grew up very familiar with the water.
She told BBC Scotland News how she spent her childhood helping her dad on his mobile trawler.
“My dad’s been fishing for over 40 years now, so I guess I at all times had it in me,” she stated.
“Because of the fishing he does, we’d keep away for days at a time, infrequently every week.
“It was good because it was time I could spend with him. It’s very different to the fishing I’m doing now.”
‘Really difficult’
However Brooke was once not sure about committing to the fishing trade as she were given older.
“When you go to high school, your idea of what you want to do changes because there’s so much going on,” she stated.
“I needed a job through the winter last year and I never thought that fishing was going to be an option for me, but it just fell into place and it worked quite well.”
Family good friend and native skipper James Robertson urged she will have to take a look at her hand at creel fishing on his boat off Elgol.
James Robertson“At the beginning it was really tough because I was the only woman down here,” she stated. “And my back was quite bad.
“But you get used to it in no time since you’re doing it day in, time out.
“As long as the weather is on your side then you’re doing it as often as you can.”
During the 12 hour shifts at the water, the pair catch prawns, lobsters and brown crab which is then taken to a neighborhood manufacturing facility and shipped off to puts like Spain and France.
Now Brooke fishes within the wintry weather and spends the summers months serving to out on boat excursions round Skye.
“I like the pattern I’m in,” she stated.
“Even thought it’s bitterly cold and the weather’s not great in the wintertime, it’s still enjoyable for me.”
And she hopes to look different girls succeeding within the trade.
James Robertson“The most important thing for me is that people know women are out fishing,” she stated.
“And you need more men like James who wouldn’t think twice about taking women on, because a lot of men aren’t like that and still think it’s a man’s job.”
Like many younger folks on Skye, Brooke plans to stay her seasonal running development.
“If I could, a skippers ticket would be quite cool to have,” she stated.
“I’ve not really made any set plans. I did a gel and BIAB [builder gel in a bottle] nail course the other month, I’m really interested in beauty as well.
“Fishing is weather-dependent, so perhaps on my off days I may do attractiveness.
“I do what I enjoy and I’m not putting any pressure on myself.”
