Fishing returns
SWANSWATER
The start of the brown trout season saw some superb fish being caught this week. The weather was cool for most of the week with some hard overnight frosts and some lovely sunshine at the weekend.
When it was overcast the fish were mostly between two and four feet down, but they went deeper when the sun was at its brightest and they were to be found at the dam and in the far bay.
A beautiful, overwintered brown weighing in at 10lb 2oz was the biggest specimen caught this week, and it was returned to fight another day.
Several 5lb to 7lb Browns were also landed along with some smaller Blues and Golds. A lovely 9lb Rainbow also features in the catch returns.
The usual favourite fly patterns were taking fish including Damsel, Cat’s Whisker, Diawl Bach, Eggs, Buzzer, Ally McCoist, Dancer, Hare’s Ear and Cormorant.
On the bait pond, which has also been stocked with Browns, Tigers, Blues, Golds and Rainbows, spinners and power bait were taking most of the fish.
The fishery is open from 8am to 5pm every day except Thursday when it closes at 2.30pm.
The catch returns speak for themselves this week where those doing well on the fly included John Stewart two for 12lb 8oz including 9lb Rainbow; Frank Barr three for 13lb including 7lb 8oz Brown plus three catch and release; Malcolm Miller two for 10lb 8oz including 6lb 12oz Brown plus two C&R; Callum McMillan two for 8lb 8oz including 6lb 8oz Brown; Joe Woods three for 10lb 8oz incljuidng 5lb 8oz Brown and two Tigers;
Danny Doherty five for 17lb including 5lb 12oz Brown and a Tiger plus one C&R; Calen McLachlan five for 16lb including a Gold; Donald McMurchie five for 13lb 2oz including two Golds; John Crattan five for 11lb 8oz from the Millpond including three Golds.
Barry Lee three for 9lb 8oz including two Golds; Garry McLachlan three for 8lb 8oz including a Blue; Lawrence Maguire two for 7lb 12oz; Tracy Allan two for 6lb 4oz from the Millpond including 4lb 4oz
Rainbow; Caitlyn Allan two for 5lb 8oz from the Millpond;.
Steven Stewart two for 6lb; James McLachlan two Golds for 5lb 12oz; Rosinski 17 C&R including several Blues and Golds and a Brown; Marcus Tripney and Dale Adams eight C&R; Gavin Hosie six C&R including 6lb Brown and three Golds;.
John Thomson six C&R including a Brown and four Golds; Neil Shedden five C&R including three Golds; Stewart Marshall three C&R including a Brown weighed in the net at 10lb 2oz; Hans Kane caught and released a 10lb Brown and a 5lb Rainbow.
On the bait pond, some of the best bags included John Fern two for 5lb 8oz including a Blue; Declan Horsburgh two for 4lb 4oz; Andy Brown two for 4lb 2oz.
Aiden McGuire two Tigers for 4lb 6oz; Alister Smith four for 10lb; Doad Cunningham four for 7lb 8oz including two Golds and a Blue;
Garry Ruane four for 7lb 12oz including two Golds; C and C McGreevy shared seven for 13lb 8oz including a Gold and four Blues; James Elliott three for 7lb including a Gold; Sam Parker three for 6lb 4oz including a Gold; Robbie Fletcher three for 6lb including a Gold.
James Wotherspoon four for 9lb 8oz; Luxley Arthur three for 6lb; Zhao three for 7lb including a Gold; Graeme McCurdie two for 5lb including a Gold.