Wednesday 15 January 2020
Fishing report by Jim Boyd
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ANGLING
PRESS SERVICES
JIM BOYD - angling journalist/photographer
Issued
by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday 13 January
2020. The report is for the week ending Sunday, 12 January 2020.
1.
FRANDY
(Gleneagles) THE FISHERY IS NOW
CLOSED FOR THE 2019 SEASON
2.
ORCHILL TROUT FISHERY
(Braco) Tom Brown from Killearn used
a Damsel to take a tasty basket of 3 fish weighing in at 11lbs 8oz,
Brian Zarebski (Fallin) 3 fish for 11lbs 8oz on a Snake, Donald Blyth
(Doune) had a brace for 7lbs on a Cat, John Score (Alloa) 3 fish for
8lbs 8oz on an Orange Lure and William Crawford from Fauldhouse had a
great catch of 13 fish on a C/R ticket using a Black Lure. Stewart
Caunter from Livingston took 13 fish on C/R on an Eggstasy, Ivor
Campbell (Aberfoyle) had 2 fish for 5lbs on a Cut Throat Cat and
Colin Clark from Inveraray had 18 fish C&R on an Eggstasy.
Because
there is so much natural feeding in the water right now the fish are
being attracted by bright colours so flies and lures incorporating
bright green, red, yellow and orange are all doing well. The Eagle
Club from Tillicoultry had 10 fish for 36lbs 8oz with A Beverage
having the top bag with 3 fish for 12lbs - best fish 6lbs on a
Bloodworm.On Sunday, Alexander Buses had 21 fish for 53lbs 8oz -
heaviest basket S Bennie with 4 fish 12lbs - best 4lbs 12oz on a
Bright Green Buzzer, Ian Law (Paisley) 3 fish weighing 7bs 8oz on a
White Fritz and Alistair Sangster from Blackford used a Damsel to
take 2 for 5lbs.
Greg
Lockhart from Dunblane caught a couple for 5lbs 8oz on Buzzers, G
Frater (Stirling) 3 fish for 8lbs on the CDC and Damsel, Jim Linton
(Moodiesburn) 8 fish for 21lbs on Blobs
and
Hector Wilson from Bannockburn took 3 fish for 7lbs 8oz on an Okey
Dokey.
3.
FORBES OF
KINGENNIE
(Broughty Ferry) The Kingennie End of Year Competition, fished on the
Boathouse and Burnside Pools, was won again by Robert Gibson who read
the conditions perfectly to release 19 fish. In second place was Greg
McLaren with 15 fish. Overall there were 166 fish returned between 24
anglers giving an average of 6.92 fish per rod. The biggest rainbow
of the day went to Paul Sharp (16lbs); biggest brown was returned by
Scott Mudie (14lbs 09ozs); and there were twelve rainbows between
6lbs and 12lbs returned. Congratulations to our winners and thanks to
all who took part in the competition and all who helped run it.
Water-levels
and clarity are now close to being perfect.
On
the Boathouse
Pool, Grant
Burnett returned 11 fish and Jock Leslie released 9. Buzzers and
Diawl Bachs were the better options.
The
Burnside Pool
has responded to a variety of approaches from Buzzers/Diawl Bachs
fished on a midge-tip line to Squirmies and Wotsits fished beneath a
bung. George Gall certainly found the method and the fish, returning
16 in a session. Davie Simpson enjoyed an excellent day releasing 11
fish with two nice rainbows estimated at 10lbs and 9lbs. Ron Gray
returned 11 fish and George Birse released 10 including a fine
rainbow of 8lbs. Jake Gilchrist again showed what an excellent angler
he is by returning 6 fish in a short session with the two biggest
rainbows estimated at 16lbs+ ( a magnificent fish) and 10lbs. Richard
Buckley also braved the steady rain to take two rainbows with the
better fish being a superb specimen weighing 13lbs 8ozs.
Lures
have been the order of the day on the Bankside
Pool with
Steve Alton returning 5 Rainbows, the best fish estimated at 9lbs.
Young
Ryan and Stephen Cargill hit the jackpot on the Woodside
Pool (any
legal method) taking a magnificent rainbow which weighed 11lbs 4ozs.
Most fish in this pool are taken on Powerbait fished beneath a float
but a black/green lure on a fly rod took this one. Spinning with a
Mepps type spinner has also produced some good fish recently.
Please
note that there will be a Pairs Competition being fished on the
Boathouse and Burnside Pools on Saturday 25 January.
4.
MARKLE
(East Lothian)
NO REPORT THIS WEEK
5.
SWANSWATER
(Stirling)
It was a wet and windy week with the odd calm day and one frosty
night. Around 4 inches of rain fell over the course of the week and
although the water was coloured by the heaviest falls, it quickly
cleared due to the volume of water running through the ponds. The
water temperature was sitting at 6oC for most of the week with only a
slight dip on Friday due to the frost. The fish were to be found in
various parts of the ponds depending on the weather with the small
ponds fishing well when conditions on Swanswater got more difficult.
Favourite fly patterns included Nomad, Cat’s Whisker, Dancer,
Damsel, Bibio and Bloodworm. On the bait pond, various colours of
power bait were attracting fish.
Amongst
those taking fish, Jimmy Higgins had the biggest fish of the week - a
5lb Rainbow. Colin Henderson, Tillicoultry, took 4 for 11lb
including a Gold; Alan and George Evans shared 5 for 12lb 8oz
including 2 Golds, from the boat; Gavin Johnston took 2 for 5lb 4oz
including a Gold; and Danny Doherty, Denny, netted 3 for 9lb
including a Gold and a Tiger. Several others took one or two fish.
Quite a few anglers opted for catch and release this week with Alan
Kirkham returning 4 from the boat; Robert Cummings, Brandon Coulter
and Harry Haggarty all releasing 3; and others just managing to hook
one or two. On the bait pond, Jamie McKenzie had a Gold in his 2
for 5lb; and Kieran Welsh landed a nice Blue.
The
Fishery is open every day from 8.00am to 4.00pm.
6.
WOODBURN
(Milton of Campsie) The loch is gin clear considering the amount of
rain that has fallen lately with the fish being caught on a wide
variety of patterns but those fishing the bung seem to be doing
better than most. Last week saw a restocking of fish in the 2-4lb
range but this week will see some much bigger ones introduced.
As
usual some hefty specimens appeared in the record books last week but
pride of place goes to regular John Shaw from Kilsyth with a
tremendous rainbow that tipped the scales at 15lbs 8oz.Also doing
well was Pater Tanner from Kirkintilloch who had 9 c/r including one
at 9lbs, Robbie Dunlop returned a cracking 12 pounder, Mr Pride
(Glasgow) 6 c/r – best a cracking 9lb blue and Mr Strachan took a
brace weighing 4lbs 7oz and a further 3 on c/r – best 5lbs. Mr
Russell caught 2 for 4lbs 8oz, Ian Davidson 5 c/r, Willie McCallum
from Cumbernauld had 5 c/r including a lovely brownie, Duncan Stewart
(Lenzie) 15 c/r, Ian Anderson (Cumbernauld) 7c/r, B Hunter (Glasgow)
kept 2 for 8lbs 4oz and 6 c/r whilst Mr. Simpson from Kilsyth
managed 4 c/r. J King from Edinburgh had a red letter day including
a fish of 13lbs in his catch of 6 c/r, Grant Blair (Glasgow) 4 c/r,
Mr. Taylor (Glasgow) 12 c/r, Mr Dougan had 8 c/r including 3 doubles,
Jim O'Riley (Glasgow) 1 blue for 3lbs 8oz and Mr Pride from Glasgow
took 8 c/r including 2 doubles.
ENDS
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