Angling reports: May 6

May 6 2011 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

THE Ayrshire Angling Association holds its 87th Ayrshire Championship at Loch Doon on Saturday, May 14. Competitors should be registered before 8am at the dam.

Registration costs £8 for affiliated club members and £10 for non-affiliated club members. There are prizes for open, fly fishing only and junior sections. Details from Craig Osborne (tel: 07766 657291).

SPRINGWATER FISHERY (Dalrymple): On the fly pond, Stevie Pringle from Paisley and Ian Crossan from Ayr released nine, Colin Campbell released seven, J. Nisbet from Irvine got his limit four fish for 8lbs 10oz. Best flies were black buzzer, yellow dancer and shipman’s buzzers.

Bait pond: best catch goes to John Allardyce from Airdrie with five fish for 11lbs 3oz. Young Ian Jones, on holiday at Craig Tara, was fishing for the first time and had three fish for 6lbs 6oz. Best bait was power bait.

Coarse pond: The D&T Security grab a grand qualifier was won by Davie McCauley from Motherwell with 15lbs 7oz. Second was Ewan Weed from Ayr with 13lbs 2oz while third was Gordy Taylor from Ayr with 12lbs 10oz.

BURNS TROUT FISHERY (Tarbolton): the fishery is holding a junior bait competition on Sunday, May 15 from 9am until 4pm with a four fish limit, and heaviest bag wins. Cost is £15, bookings to 07527 405715.

Winner of the open fly was I Gray with four fish for 9lb 5oz, second was J Graham with four for 9lb 1oz, third was S Hamilton with four for 9lb.

The fishery was visited by Good Year AC who caught 22 fish between them.

Catches: fly pond: K Grents, four for 8lb 14oz; R Barr, three for 6lb 12oz; W Dykes, four for 8lb 14oz; R McFarlane, four for 8lb; I Skilling, three for 7lb 5oz; S McClelland, three for 5lb 4oz; Tam Boyle, eight for 18lb 12oz; C McFarlane, three for 7lb 2oz; D Wilson, one for 1lb 14oz; J Morrison, four for 8lb 6oz; C Hamilton, two for 4lb; J Holland, two for 4lb 2oz; R Jones, two for 4lb 10oz; W Quinn, four for 8lb 2oz; P Quinn, four for 7lb 13oz.

Bait pond: Roberts family, Dreghorn, 20 fish for 29lb 7oz; six-year-old Kian Roberts, six for 12lb; D Speirs, one for 1lb 14oz; R Penman, one for 2lb; R Purdie, four for 6lb 4oz; J McLauchlan, two for 3lb 8oz; T Ather, two for 3lb 8oz; S Baird, four for 7lb 13oz; S C Baird, four for 7lb 12oz; A Todman, four for 6lb 12oz; B Dempsey, one for 1lb 12oz; D McClelland, two for 3lb 6oz; G McCarlie, two for 3lb 9oz; S Burleigh, two for 2lb 14oz; Mr Dyer, 4 for 6lb 8oz; I Crosbie, three for 5lb; B Allan, two for 3lb 6oz; Q Muir, one for 1lb 14oz.

RAITH RESERVOIR (Prestwick): the week following the open day provided some nice returns among them M. Spence eight fish on power bait, J. Lothian eight on power bait, T. Wilson eight on power bait, Joe Smalcic six on power bait before rod and reel were pulled off the rod rest into Davy Jones’s locker by Mr Big, Robert Baillie four on power bait, Alex McNeil four on power bait, Tom Drummond four on power bait, J. Currie four on power bait, W. Douglas four on power bait, John Anderson three on power bait, J. McKean three fish, Tom Patterson three on the floating worm and D. Cronie three on the floating worm.

The star was G. Lewis with three rainbow on power bait for 6lbs, ‘J’ three fish worm? Last, but not least, Tony Armstrong in the fly department, one on a green gold head.

Ticket outlets: Gamesport of Ayr, Newalls newsagents of Monkton, Pets Aquarium of Prestwick, Torbets of Kilmarnock and Wee Jimmy’s of Bank Street, Irvine.

BROOMHILL FISHERY (Patna/Rankinston B730): cold east winds affecting catches through the day, dries doing really in the evening.

Fly pond: Budgie two c/r, Davie Hamilton three kept 6lb 2oz, Geordie Kerr four c/r, Jamie two c/r, Archie Thom two c/r, Darren Russell three c/r, John Barrie three c/r, Lawrie Barry nine c/r, Craig Bletsoe four c/r, Danny Szulc six c/r, John Hagan three c/r, Josie Brown two kept, Jamie Chapman two c/r, Rab Dunsmuir two c/r, Geordie Kerr four c/r, Gail Annal one c/r.

Bait pond: Caitlin Barry one kept 1lb 7oz, Stewart Murray snr two kept 4lb 2oz, Stewart Murray jnr one kept 2lb 1oz, Cailean McLennan three kept 6lb 4oz, Angus McLennan one kept 1lb 11oz, Michael Stewart four kept 6lb 13oz, Billy Kean three kept 4lb 9oz.

Kate McLaren, Buzzers, cormorant and various flies. Worms and power bait are favoured.