Fishing Report Week Ending 23 April 2017

Gary McGinley started the week of with a good catch of 12 on cormorants and fab, then on Tuesday G. Welsh had 14 on crunchers, then Steven Walker 14 on red diawl bachs. Dave MacTaggart 13 . The numbers caught were impressive. All week the Loch fished well. Edinburgh post office had 40 on c/r on buzzers. The average rod catch during last week was 5. The weather is to be very mixed this week and colder so that will change tactics again.

Again fishing near the surface is where most action is. The heather hills and school bay are full of fish at the moment. Anglers fishing there are getting big bag numbers at the moment. Washing line method with a fab or booby on point and two droppers with crunchers or cormorants is doing very well. Also straight line buzzers worked well. It is a olive buzzer that is coming off at the moment. About a size 10.

Notice

Evening sessions start this Monday, 1st May from 5.00pm till dusk.

Remember we are holding an all nighter at the Loch and a float tube evening session in the summer. Phone the Lodge and book your place.

Fishing Report Week Ending 16 April 2017

Vic Donatti had a red letter day session on the Loch on Thursday. He had 28 on c/r on crunchers. I think that is the most caught by one angler on a day ticket. The weekly stocking did not go in till Friday. So it was not fresh stockies. He did not want to get out the boat, he was having such a good day. Well done Vic. That same night Robert Thomson from Westquarter had 10 on c/r. We still stock weekly and as many anglers do c/r now the Loch has more fish than ever. We have approximately 1000 extra fish than normal, so anglers are in for plenty of action. The buzzers are on. So we would recommend putting away the Lures and going small and natural. Lures will work all year round. But the better bags and better fish will normally be caught on something that imitates the natural food source. Right now that is buzzers. The heather hills is still a hot place to be, and both North and South reedy bays have switched on. The water is still cold so the margins are holding fish. Fishing close in means being quiet in the boat. A stealthy quiet approach and stay seated all help, to not spook the fish. Anglers and clubs that did well, Steve Burke 10 on c/r on buzzers, Billy McGranigan 9 on c/r, Kelvinside A.C. 17 for 35.1lb and 20 on c/r, A.B.C. and D. 43 for 87.2lb and 8 c/r, G. Seiviwright 5 for 10.2lb and 5 on c/r, A. Lidsay and A. Dolton 6 for 13.6lb and 4 on c/r. A special mention must go to Pat and Archie Ure. One is aged 88 and the other 89. Fishing for the first time at the Loch they had 5 for 14.6lb and booked a boat for next week also. A slow glass or floater was the best line this week with crunchers, buzzers and booby's doing well on the washing line.

Remember to book a place for our first ever early morning session and our float tube evening is also a first.

Fishing Report Week Ending 9 April 2017

The weather was good at the end of last week. It made for great fishing conditions. A few browns between the five to seven pounds were caught on c/r. Also a few rainbows in that size were also caught on c/r by the visiting clubs. The heather hills is still the place to be. Why that area is holding so much fish for so long is a mystery. There must be a food source, so we assume that the buzzers must be coming of there in numbers. The most consistent method was with a midge tip line, and using the washing line method, of a booby on the point. Then a cruncher and diawl bach on the droppers, fished static. The wind is to pick up this week, so that might change things . Another big stocking of blues are due this week. We love the blues and so do the anglers. They are great trout to look at and real heavy weights at the fighting. Good catches this week, Billy McGranagan 9 on c/r on crunchers, St. Johns 6 for 15lb and 48 on c/r, Dunfermline Artisans 20, G. Picken 7 on c/r on humungus, C. Stoneley 3 for 6.4lb and 7 on c/r. 

BIG NEWS

We are having our first through the night session starting just after midnight on Saturday till Sunday morning at 8.00am. That is the 11th of June.

Float tube evening on Sunday the 23rd July. So look out and dust down the tubes. Get the flippers ready and have a great time.

They should both be great events. Phone and book your place.

Fishing Report Week Ending 2 April 2017

The Loch is fishing great at the moment. Damsel nymths, cormorants, booby, diawl bach and buzzers are all catching. So the fish are just on. The hot spot is still drifting in to the cottage at the heather hills. It is holding a lot of fish at the moment. A slow glass line was the best this week, with drifting the best method. Good catches this week were C. Stonelee 3 for 6.12lb and 3 c/r on cormorants, A. park 3 for 8.4lb, Willy McFarlane 8 on c/r on booby and cormorants, A Lindsay 13 on c/r on crunchers, A. Bolton 8 on c/r on crunchers, David Fraiter 8 on c/r, D. Black 2 for 4.2lb and 4 on c/r,R. spears 8 on c/r on black and red buzzer, D. Patterson 5 and 3 on c/r on buzzer, I. McLaren 5 and 1 on c/r on buzzer, R and D macKie 12 on c/r on damsel, G. McIntosh 4 for 10.10lb on dancer, I Young 3 for 8.8lb, Ferry Fly Dressers 27 for 66.6lb and 2 on c/r, Strathy A.C. 34 for 75.4lb and 7 c/r, David Ezzi, Marco Ezzi, and Billy McGranigan in one boat 32 on c/r on diawl bach and bibios, St. Mungos 13 for 29.6lb and 7 on c/r, S. Weir 5 for 12lb. Keep checking the web site. we are going to be holding a float tube evening at the Loch as well as, a through the night session. Details will follow soon.