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Sea and trout fishing latest
The Bass Rock Shore Angling League are back in business after their summer holiday break and the first action is on Wednesday evening.
It’s a Dunbar Rover where anglers are allowed to pick their own...
Two sea fishing events this week
The Bass Rock Shore Angling League host the final round of their winter league on Wednesday, March 15, and it is a North Berwick Rover.
Anglers can fish where they wish between the two golf...
Fishing – invitation to join Bass Rock anglers
The Bass Rock Shore Angling League invite fishermen to join them on Wednesday, May 26, for the second Leg of their Summer League series.
It’s at picturesque Seacliffe Beach, one of Scotland's top beaches, near...
Fishing – Jamie misses out on ‘fish of a lifetime’ at Rosslynlee
Jamie McLeary was cursing his luck as a fish "of a lifetime" slipped away at Rosslynlee (pictured) Trout Fishery near Penicuik.The regular reported to fishery bosses that the brown trout must have weighed in...
Fishing – Bass Rock extend welcome and Parella lands top prize
The Bass Rock Shore Angling League are back in business on Wednesday, September 23, when they host the second in their Winter Series, this time at North Berwick.The harbour area is the location and...
Fishing – calm seas put skids under Bass Rock boys
It was tough going for the men who contested the latest round of the Bass Rock Shore Angling League.
Derek Morrison from Gifford topped the podium in round ten with a fish of just over...
Fishing – Ogilvie survives conditions to take hamper home
Craig Ogilvie survived "horrible" conditions to win the Christmas Hamper event organised by Bass Rock Shore Angling League.
He fished North Berwick Harbour and was one of ten anglers who braved the strong, south-east winds...
Fishing – Cooper brushes aside opposition in latest Bass Rock round
The hardy Bass Rock anglers will be out again on Wednesday, December 4, and this time the venue is Whitesands Beach near Dunbar.
The beach is approximately five kilometres south of Dunbar and registration is...
Fishing – Fairbairn bags big prize but suffers late scare
Stuart Fairbairn from Haddington won the sixth round of the Bass Rock Winter League, then he lost his rod over the breakwater.
Luckily, he went back later, after high tide, and recovered the rod, much...
Fishing – Ogilvie tops podium in latest winter league match
Craig Ogilvie (North Berwick), pictured left with his great friend Barry McEwan, won the second round of the Bass Rock club’s winter league with two fish for 3lb 2oz with Edinburgh angler David Cooper...
Fishing – local pair contest major British event
Local anglers Mike Connet and Jock Kettles are in the Scierra Pairs final, one of Britain’s biggest fly fishing events, this weekend.
The pair motored south earlier this week to practice and Mike side: “We’re...
Fishing – McEwan leads as Bass Rock series enters fifth round
Barry McEwan leads the chase for silverware in the Bass Rock Sea Angling League summer series.
The Port Seton-based angler is pictured above in the van with Thomas Slow of Portobello has 24 points going...
Fishing – McEwan leads chase for Bass Rock silverware
The Bass Rock summer sea angling league kicks back into action this week.
Round four was postponed from last week due to the poor weather but the forecast appears favourable for Wednesday, June 19.
Registration is...
Fishing – Brown beats freeze to win latest round
The beach near Dunbar Golf Club proved the best spot for anglers who contested the Dunbar Rover event hosted by Bass Rock Sea Angling League.
A total of 16 anglers braved freezing temperatures to take...
Fishing – Cooper lands Sonik double-whammy
David Cooper (pictured) had a 33rd birthday to remember as he hooked two major prizes in one of the biggest sea angling competitions on Britain’s East Coast.
The self-employed painter and decorator landed the heaviest...
Fishing – double for Craig in Bass Rock League
Craig Ogilvie won the latest round of the Bass Rock Shore Angling League based in East Lothian.
The North Berwick-based fisherman landed two cod weighing a total of 8.40lb in the eighth round of the...
Letter from Scotland
We’ve been enjoying a spell of wonderfully calm, sunny days. On such days the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth shines dazzlingly white against the blue sky and the blue sea. The white,...
Letter from Scotland
“They’re like a cliff of seagulls.” I’ve never forgotten the colourful phrase Donald Dewar once used to describe the hollering on the opposition benches in parliament. It just captures the whirling excitement, the screeching...
Scottish Seabird Centre creates its own “People’s Big Five”
The absence of iconic and much loved puffins from the nation's Big Five initiative has prompted the Scottish Seabird Centre to create its own unofficial People's Big Five list, and they are encouraging the...
New Boat for Scottish Seabird Centre
The New Boat launched at North Berwick Seabird Centre this week, and The Edinburgh Reporter was aboard when it made a trip to Bass Rock in wintry temperatures.
Margaret Bisset who won the competition to...
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