Stewart takes Chris for a shot on the Pike

 

Lucky winner Chris Grant.

I took this years winner of a free guided pike trip (donated at prizegiving night)to one of my haunts down in the Galloway forest. Conditions were flat calm which is not very good for pike but we were there anyway so decided to crack on. I baited up two float rods, one fished close in and the other a bit further out.

After 20 minutes the close in float took  dive which resulted in a fish of about 4lb played well by Chris.

Although not his first pike it was a PB so well done

It was the only fish of the day alas but we went home happy
 

Etive shore match

Eleven anglers fished the first shore match of year at Etive.

1st F Spiers with 6 fish for 289pts.
2nd I Grant with 4 fish for 157pts.
3rd M Bletsoe with 3 fish for 127pts.
4th J Soon with 2 fish for 114pts.
5th N Wilson with 2 fish for 106pts.
6th J Wilson with 1 fish for 58pts.
7th S Wilson with 1 fish for 55pts.

Longest fish J Soons with 67cms

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sea Trout in the sun

Martin had a couple of fish despite in challenging conditions.

                                          Nearly- catch of the day right enough! A nice solid fish for March.

Annual Prize Giving

The members gathered at the home of Ayr Utd on Saturday night for the annual prize giving, food and light refreshments.

The committee would like to say thank you to all those who supported the various boat, shore and species events over the course of 2014. Here’s to a successful and fish filled 2015!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Tay outing

The clubs’ annual outing to the River Tay went ahead this year on the 20th February. Only four hardy souls braved the elements, Eddie Wong, John Wilson, Willie Kennedy and myself.

After a late start (Eddie being lost) we hit the water. Eddie and John starting off in the boat, Willie and myself on the far bank. The morning past with Eddie getting a hit on his lure but alas was not able to connect. After a spot of lunch to recharge the batteries whilst getting the feet warmed up it was soon our turn for the boat. 

After about an hour my rod slammed over and I played and landed a well mended Salmon Kelt in the 8 -10lb range. It was the only fish of the day but everyone enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to the trip again next year.

Any members reading this, can you please forward on some fishing pictures with a few words  to the committee as we move forward through the year please?

Thanks

Martin's first fish of 2015

Martin made an early start to  his Sea Trout kicking off as early as seasonal rules would allow.

The weather was bleak , the dog didn't fancy the sleet but there were one or two fish around falling to lures over a couple of trips.

 

That's fishing !

Stuart and I fished the small boat competition at Port Logan last weekend along with Jason & Gordon on Tartan Spartan and Cammy & Scott on Outcast. The event organised by Tom Stevenson was for the combined weight of the boats biggest nominated species .... Cod, Haddock & Pollock. 19 boats fished on what was a lovely day to be afloat.

Fishing was a little slow at the start in the bay but Stuart managed a sized Haddock which got us off the mark. We headed out to fish the wreck and arrived to find Tartan Spartan and two charter boats from Portpatrick fishing away. The fishing however was useless with Stuart managing the only Pollock between us all .... And it was only a small one at 1 1/2lb ..... Two fish in the bag !!!

As the tide was due to pick up we headed in shore .... We decided on a drift and managed several Haddock & a couple of small Cod before deciding to put the hook down and try some anchor fishing. We steadily caught some nice enough Haddock in the regions of 3/4 - 1 1/4lb so managed to increase our Haddock scoring fish. Stuart also managed a Cod that was just over the line on the stick at 35cm. We had fished this match last year and knew the importance of getting 3 counting fish to have a chance ( we couldn't catch a Haddock at last year yet this year there were more Haddock than anything else ).

We then decided to try in Logan bay for a last shot before the end of the match ....... And a good decision it was !  I wasn't long on the bottom when the rod buckled over ........ I shouted Stuart to get the net as I thought I had a reasonable Cod from the way the fish was fighting. To our surprise up popped 3 Cod between 1 1/2lb - 1 3/4lb ............. Superb  --  that's fishing !!!!!!

We headed in shortly after with our 3 counting fish which was gave us victory in the match .... Only 1 other boat managed to catch 3 counting fish but ours were bigger. £95 in the pocket and off we went home smiling.

A big tanks to Tom & his team for organising and to the Sands Of Luce caravan site for hosting the prise giving.

Unfortunately the club guys on the other boats didn't do very well ...... Maybe next time !!