Fishing

[Stef]

Out on the river Ayr on last day of the season & got a nice fish, pity it wasn't clean though.

Took a couple of days off work to de stress on the river.

 

[ianflem]

Nice fish Stef ! Looks like it's been in for while,Knowing use Ayrshire lads was it the prawn or the Gaff :sofahide: lol.

 

[CJ]

Nice fish Stef ! Looks like it's been in for while,Knowing use Ayrshire lads was it the prawn or the Gaff :sofahide: lol.

Dynamite in Scotland.

 

[Stef]

Nice fish Stef ! Looks like it's been in for while,Knowing use Ayrshire lads was it the prawn or the Gaff :sofahide: lol.

Took a size 12 orange flamethrower.
Took me an hour to revive it before I got it swimming away.
Don't use the gaff much these days..

 

[ianflem]

Nah me either,Best result's come from the auld battery n jump leads Jokin !

The forth & Tay are closest to me and both have had excellent late runs .

A 45lber was caught on the Tay the other week which as also very dark in appearance/been in for a while.

 

[Stef]

They had a 50lb off of Boleside on the Tweed through the week,
Another fish that had been in for a while.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

my first season that I've drawn a blank, very few salmon this year

 

[dave l and l]

i had a few this season various rivers, fish the lomond system mainly, but its been poor this season. has the ayr got an extension our river finnished last week. how much is a season permit, was thinking about heading down there. mate was talking about the girvan i think dont know much about it

 

[Stef]

my first season that I've drawn a blank, very few salmon this year

Doug, it's been a poor season up here on a lot of rivers.
I haven't been out much but speaking to a lot of fishers they are all saying the same thing.

 

[Stef]

i had a few this season various rivers, fish the lomond system mainly, but its been poor this season. has the ayr got an extension our river finnished last week. how much is a season permit, was thinking about heading down there. mate was talking about the girvan i think dont know much about it

I bought a day ticket for the top beat of the Ayr (Muirkirk) that's where I got this fish.
The Girvans a very good river, not very big but gets a lot of salmon.
I fished the Stinchar the day before but only saw 1 fish, I packed up early as the weather changed dramatically & the river ended up full of leaves.

 

[qwertyuiop7]

I fish for trout on the rivers and its been a poor year aswell
Not sure why, maybe the cold start to the spring didnt help

 

[kilty55]

had a great days sport float fishing for roach n perch last week on a local water im member on weathers still not too bad

 

[Dougs Third Go]

saw that 50lb salmon on Border Lookaround yesterday,,,,jeez what a fish, heavily coloured and I was surprised that it wasn't a hen fish. Wonder how many winters it had at sea to get to that size?

 

[Stef]

They took scale samples Doug & I think it spent 2 years as a par then 3 winters at sea.
Must have been big when it 1st came back into the system.
I'm trying to get down the Etterick this weekend, they reckon 90% of the big tweed fish run up the Etterick.
A lot of big fish been taken the past few weeks.

 

[dave l and l]

i was looking at the tweed for a day.some of the beats look nice. some of the prices are a bit out of my league right enough.
do you ever fish the tay? good prices in feb and march

 

[dave l and l]

there you go boleside where the guy got the 50 pounder. is only 410 plus the vat for the saturday.
i didnt think that fish looked like a 50

 

[Stef]

i was looking at the tweed for a day.some of the beats look nice. some of the prices are a bit out of my league right enough.
do you ever fish the tay? good prices in feb and march

Fish up at Dalguise & the Tummel.

I looked at upper floors a couple o seasons ago on the Tweed, £660+vat per day but you had to book 3 days minimum & take the hotel, worked out about £2500 for the 3 days!!

 

[Stef]

there you go boleside where the guy got the 50 pounder. is only 410 plus the vat for the saturday.
i didnt think that fish looked like a 50

It doesn't look a 50 I agree but the sizes put it at that,
50in long & 33in girth.

Middle Etterick £50+vat for Saturday.
11 mile of water to fish = bliss!!!

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I had a day on River Lyon last season, £25 for day,,,but I was tiling estate owners (Wotherspoons) bathroom at time ,,,I only got a grilse though lol

 

[dave l and l]

fished the orchy a couple of times last season 2 fish one about 15 i reckoned. got a season ticket for the loch lomond system. trawled a few times nothing much happening,
i would like to fish the lyon its the main spawning river for the tay i think,

 

[dave l and l]

nice fish no matter what, yeah i was looking on fish pal at the middle etterick have you fished it before,?

 

[Stef]

nice fish no matter what, yeah i was looking on fish pal at the middle etterick have you fished it before,?

Fished it twice. Took a grilse about 4/5lb from it.
Good bit of water with plenty of holding pools.
Need to fish it about 1.5/2ft in height to get the best from it.
I only fish the fly so need a decent run on the water..