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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Tuesday, 03 January 2012
The following reports are for the week ending Sunday, 01 January, 2012.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) CLOSED UNTIL MARCH 2012

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) The end of the year finished very well

at Forbes of Kingennie with the Hogmanay Competition bringing the year to an end.

The Boathouse and Burnside ponds held competitions and with a good turn out on

both ponds the competition was set to be fierce.

On the Boathouse Pond the prize for biggest bag went to Bruce Martin who

managed a great basket weighing 21lbs 7oz but he was pipped by Boab Miller for

the big fish prize by only a few ounces to Bob’s fish of 8lbs 3oz.

On the Burnside Pond the prizes were taken by George Birse who managed the

biggest fish and the biggest bag. Most of the fish taken were on lures teamed with

intermediate lines.

The Bankside Pool is also fishing very well at the moment. the fish have been

chasing around the bays hammering into fry any kind of lure or fry patterns are

working well when teamed with floating line or midge tip.

The Bait Pond has seen fish keen to hit spinners, very small Mepps or very small

Toby style lures have been taking a lot of fish but they will still gulp down a ball of

Powerbait if offered at the right depth.

The Forbes of Kingennie management thank you for all your support over the past

year and hope to see you all again in the near future – Happy New Year from Jonnie

and Grant and all the team.

3. HOLL (Fife) NO REPORT UNTIL MARCH 2012

4. MARKLE (East Lothian) LATE REPORT TO FOLLOW

5. MORTON LOCH (Livingston) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

6. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone from Elizabeth and

the Staff and let’s hope it stops raining and we get a few more good day's for fishing

before the end of the holiday's. There have been a few anglers out last week in the

very mixed weather and the fish again were mainly being caught near the top with

Pink, White, Black & Green, Yellow, HH Damsel and buzzers.

Dave Wilkie from Stirling took 5 fish for 13lbs on a Damsel, Ian Sloan,

Almondbank, 5 for 12lbs on a Pinky, Steven Leydon, Stirling, 3 for 8lbs on a Damsel,

Robert Young, Kilsyth, 3 for 8lbs on a Black & Green Fritz and Mervyn Gough,

Stirling, 3 for 9lbs on a Hot Head Damsel. Jim Marshall from Stirling caught 4 fish

weighing 10lbs 8oz on a Damsel, Peter McGrath, Perth, 3 for 9lbs on a Damsel and

John Hutchison, Alloa, 3 for 8lbs on an Olive.

7. ORCHIL LOCH COARSE PONDS (Braco) NO REPORTS UNTIL MARCH 2012

8. SWANSWATER (Stirling) Happy New Year and tight lines for 2012 to all from

the management and staff of Swanswater.

good days and some tougher ones during the last week of the year.

was the best day of the week with several anglers bagging up and the biggest fish

of the week landed. Most of the week the fish were around 4 feet down and taking

a variety of lures, with buzzers also taking.

which is relatively high for this time of year and the fish are still quite active.

competition on 27th December was well attended and although the fishing was

quite tough all who took part enjoyed themselves. The winner was Ronnie Codona

from Glasgow, with runner-up George Paterson, and Willie Martin and Mark Turner

sharing third place. A total of £1600 in aid of Strathcarron Hospice was raised from

the raffle, sales of tea and coffee and Buzzers tied by Peter Bryce over the year,

and various donations. Many thanks to all involved. On the day of the competition

those not taking part who were fishing the small ponds had some excellent sport with

several bag limits taken, including many featuring Tigers.

Mick Stubberfield, Cowie, ended the year on a high note taking the biggest fish this

week, a 9lb 8oz Rainbow in his bag of 3 for 14lb 8oz, which also included a Blue.

Other good bags included Ronnie Codona, Glasgow, 5 for 17lb 4oz including 2 Blues

Willie Martin, Stirling, 2 Blues for 9lb 11oz, bigger one at 6lb 6oz,Mark Turner, Alloa,

2 for 9lb 11oz including 5lb 10oz Rainbow and Davy Horne, Stirling, 3 for 11lb

including 5lb Rainbow and 2 Blues. Steve Griffin, Kilsyth, 3 for 10lb 8oz including

The old year finished well, with some

Hogmanay

The water temperature is around 7oC

The

5lb Rainbow and 2 Blues, Frank Turner, Alloa, 4 for 12lb 14oz including 2 Blues,

George Paterson, Stirling, 4 for 12lb including 2 Blues, Peter Tanner, Kirkintilloch,

3 for 12lb 15oz including a Blue plus 5 C&R and Gary Waugh, Cumbernauld, 3 for

11lb including a Blue. Jimmy Young, 3 for 10lb including a Blue, Gary Dunsmore,

Stenhousemuir, 3 for 9lb 4oz including a Blue, Charles Devine, Stirling, 2 for 8lb

4oz, TJ Falloon, Glasgow, 2 for 7lb 12oz from the small ponds and Stephen Cowan,

Linwood, 2 for 6lb 13oz including 2 Blues. Brian Lockie, Stirling, 2 for 6lb 5oz

including a Tiger.

9. LOCH VENACHAR (Trossachs) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

ENDS