Neil Cutler won the Colin McEwan Memorial sea fishing match on Ravensheugh Beach in East Lothian on Sunday.
The Tyneside-based angler hooked into 401cm of mainly turbot and flounders during the five-hour match near North Berwick.
Cutler took home £226 in prize money from the inaugural event in which 45 anglers plus three juniors too part.
The well-known competition angler, who also won the Clyde and West earlier this season along with the Loch Ryan Open, is a regular competitor North of the Border and plans to attend other Scottish matches over the winter.
Isacc Muir from Ayrshire took the longest fish award sponsored by Barry McEwan, Colin’s brother and one of the organisers, a 38cm specimen which netted him £250.
Full results: Zone 1: 1, C Ogilvie 285cm; 2, I Muir 275cm; Zone 2: C Cunningham 115cm; 2, G Gardner 95cm; Zone 3: 1, C Empson 197cm; 2, I Campbell 110cm; Juniors: 1, William Scott 55cm; 2, Abby Empson 18cm. Longest fish: I Muir 38cm.
PICUTRE: Neil Cutler (left) with Barry McEwan. Contributed by Bass Rock Shore Angling League
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