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30th to 5th Sept Weekly Report
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temperature is gearing up for its autumnal descent and now
reads 18C at 6ft, clarity is 1.8m. The fish are now to be
found all over (with the exception of the shallow bays) and no
longer just in the warm water hot spots resident rainbows are
full of perch/roach fry. Killing lines are intermediate and
floaters (i.e. surface to two feet down) fished with a lure
(white cat, blob, damsel) combined with traditionals (e.g.
Dunkeld, silver Invicta, blae and black) or
nymph/buzzer/hoppers. The drop in temperature means that many
of the residents are feeding higher up and are now within
reach. Thus we've had some of the best fishing this season at
the Lake with average daily boat catches of 14lbs 8oz (for the
week) and superbly conditioned fish of average weight 2lbs
9oz. | |
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| Ladies National
Results 1/9/02 | |
| 1.Jill Forsyth 10
fish 28lbs 4oz (see picture below)
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| 2.Jean Ferguson 10
fish 24lbs 4oz | |
| 3.Jane Wright 9
fish 24lbs 0oz | |
| 4.Ailsa Smith 8
fish 22lbs 0oz | |
| 5.Kathy Beech 8
fish 19lbs 6oz | |
| 6.Liz Ellison 7
fish 18lbs 4oz | |
| 7.Lana Taylor 6
fish 16lbs 9oz | |
| 8.Marion Wallace 6
fish 16lbs 4oz | |
| 9.Bunty Webster 6
fish 15lbs | |
| 10.Wendy Mitchell
6 fish 14lbs 0oz | |
| 11.Nicky Cameron 5
fish 13lbs 6oz | |
| 12 Valerie Parkin
4 fish 11lbs 4oz | |
| 13.June Chrighton
4 fish 8lbs 9oz (reserve) | |
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| These 12 (plus
Helen Philp and Jay Steel) now comprise the National Ladies
Team for 2003. In all, the 30 competitors landed 120 fish for
307lbs. A mean weight of 2lbs 9oz and a mean catch per boat of
20lbs 8oz. This years Ladies Champion is Gillian Forsyth of
Methven with 10 fish for 28lbs 4oz. This was Gill's first
outing in a Loch Competition and her casting skill came to the
fore - as most of the fish were taken well away from the boat
as the line hit the water. Gillian is also this years Scone's
Ladies Casting Cham, fished a Cats whisker (#12) and a magenta
blobby on a floating line off the Road shore. 2nd was Jean Ferguson
also with 10 fish but for a lesser weight of 24lbs 7oz. Jean
was fishing a cat/diawl bach combination on an intermediate
line on the road shore. Cove and Kilgreggan's Jane Wright was
third with 9 fish. | |
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| Club Results
and Best Individuals: | |
| 30/8/02.
Falkirk fishing Club (4 boats) 15 fish for 39lbs, Bank of
Scotland versus Barclays Bank (16 boats) 152 fish for 404lbs
won by Barclays Bank. West of Scotland AC versus Western AC (8
boats) 29 fish for 74lbs. | |
| 31/8/02.
Gartmore (6 boats) 18 fish 48lbs, Heriots FP (8 boats) 64 fish
174lbs, Wiremill (9 boats) 44 fish for 113lbs.
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| 1/9/02.
Ladies see above, Winchburgh and District (5 boats) 53 fish
for 131lbs, Glenrothes Kingfishers (3 boats) 31 fish for
79lbs. | |
| 2/9/02.
Helensburgh AC (11 boats) 45 fish top bag Frank Bogie (8 fish
- diawl bach). | |
| 3/9//02.
B.Ralston 7 fish limit for 16lbs, Tayside Police (3 boats) 21
fish for 55lbs, Kenny Miller and Bill McGuire 12 fish 31lbs,
Interschools (12 boats) 79 fish 206lbs, Tam Ward + Jim
(cumnock) -10 fish 27lbs. | |
| 4/9/02.
Falkirk Fishing Club (4 boats) 30 fish for 88lbs,
Edinburgh Alliance (4 boats) 33 fish for 88lbs, Northern
Police (8 boats) 43 fish for 113lbs, T.Ward(Cumnock) 11 fish
for 34lbs. | |
| 5/9/02.
Mr.Lynas (Bishopbriggs) 9 fish for 26lbs, Strathclyde Police
(10 boats) 77 fish for 173lbs.
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| Boat averages
catch for August was 4 fish (3.96) 9.14lb.for August. This was
an improvement on last August when 3.6 fish were landed per
boat. The total of 3814 fish for 8808lbs (av.wt. 2lbs 5oz) is
the best August catch on record. Boat hires were up 4% on last
year and might have been more were it not for some
cancellations due to weather.
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